Sports
YSFON, Boys Brigade’s U-16 Teams Play For Coker
As part of activities marking the Diamond Jubilee Birthday anniversary of the National Depuity President of Youths Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) and patron of sports writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Sir Jimmy Coker, the Rivers State YSFON Under-16 boys team is set to take-on the State Boys Brigade Under – 16, in a football match.
The match will take place on Friday at the Liberation Stadium’s Training Pitch, Port Harcourt.
According to a statement made available to Tidesports, the Life Patron of the Rivers Sate Boys Brigade and former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Sampson Agbaru will be Special Guest, while the National President of YSFON, Alhaji Jamiu Tunde Ojulari is being expected among other dignitaries to grace the occasion.
The statement has it that there will be a choral evening on April 10, featuring various choirs at Bankarm Methodist Cathedral, 29 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt in the evening, with Hon. Justice Obie Daniel – Kalio of the Rivers State Judiciary as chairman of the occasion and Rt. Rev. C.O. N. Nwamkpa, the Methodist Bishop of Port Harcourt as Spiritual Father of the day.
The Climax of the celebration will come up on Sunday with a special thanksgiving service and book presentation at Wesley Methodist Church, Harbour Road, Port Harcourt under the distinguished chairmanship of the former Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Sir Gabriel Toby, while the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will be the Chief Guest.
His Eminence, Dr. Sunday Ola Makinde, the Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria will oversee the service.
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.
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