Sports
YABATECH Prepares To Win NIPOGA
Athletes from Yaba College of Technology will commence preparation for the Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA) competition on January 24, an official of the institution said over the weekend in Lagos.
The Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun, will host this year’s NIPOGA Games.
An Assistant Coach in the institution, Olu Akinfolarin, told newsmen that the early training was to ensure that YABATECH won the Games.
Akinfolarin said the preparation would start with the football team on January 24 while others would commence at a later date.
“Our outing at the last edition of the games in Zaria was fair but this time we want to be the best of all the institutions.
“Early preparation will give us a better chance of winning gold in all the sports,” he said.
The Games will feature more than 12 sports, including football, table tennis, badminton, basketball, athletics, volleyball, scrabble, handball, taekwondo, hockey, chess and long jump.
Akinfolarin also said that sports and education ought to blend together, hence the foresight of the founders of the Games in bringing students from different institutions together for the competition.
“There will be talks to enlighten the students on the importance of education and sports and the need for discipline during the Games,” he said.
He pleaded with the federal government to continue to encourage students to take part in sports.
Akinfolarin said he was confident that the institution would perform well at the Games.
He said the institution won 16 gold, 10 silver and 18 bronze medals in the last edition of the Games in Zaria.
LA Galaxy won a record-extending sixth MLS Cup title as they beat New York Red Bulls to delight a home crowd at Dignity Health Sports Park.
The MLS Cup is the showpiece match at the end of the US season, pitching the champions of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference finals together.
This was the first MLS Cup between two sides from the largest cities in the United States, Los Angeles and New York, and it produced a hectic opening with all three goals scored in the first half-hour.
Red Bulls were the lowest seed to ever reach the final after finishing seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, and their underdog status initially showed as Galaxy dominated the 29th MLS Cup early on.
Galaxy led after nine minutes when Joseph Paintsil squeezed his shot under goalkeeper Carlos Coronel, and it was 2-0 soon after as Dejan Joveljic ran through the Red Bulls defence and finished with the outside of his boot.
Both men celebrated by holding up the shirt of team-mate Riqui Puig, the former Barcelona player who ruptured his ACL in the Western Conference Final which Galaxy won to reach this championship game.
Galaxy threatened to overwhelm their opponents as Sean Nealis headed a free-kick against his own crossbar.
But Red Bulls centre-back Nealis pulled his team back into the game after 28 minutes when he chested down and volleyed in from 15 yards when Galaxy players failed to clear a corner.
Both sides hit the woodwork in the second half: Galaxy right-back Miki Yamane struck the outside of the post, before Emil Forsberg curled an effort off the upright for Red Bulls.
But Galaxy, who had home advantage because of their better record in the regular season, held on to win their first MLS Cup since 2014.
Red Bulls remain without an MLS Cup title in their history after losing on what was their second appearance in the championship game.
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