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Enyimba Beats Raja Of Morocco 2-0 …Progresses To Knock-Out Stage: CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Nigeria flag-bearers at the on-going Orange CAF Champions League, Enyimba FC of Aba, has progressed to knock-out stage of the competition as they defeated hard fighting Raja Casablanca of Morocco 2-0, yesterday at the Aba township stadium.
Enyimba of Nigeria, two times African Champions impressive performance was enough to give the host the victory they desired.
Uche Kalu opened the scoring on 8th minutes with a fine curling effort that left the Raja keeper helpless.
The home side continued to dominate and further stretched their lead when the captain of the home team, Chiedozie Johnson smashed home from the edge of the 18 yard box on the 26th minutes.
The hard fighting Raja improved on their game shortly after they conceded the second goal.
Raja dominated the second phase of the game, as they were impressive and also missed clear scoring chances.
As it stands, Enyimba still maintain the lead in Group A with 7 points from 3 matches, while Raja still have romance with the bottom with 1 point in 3 matches.
Tonye Orabere
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Chess Championship: Dan-Jumbo Emerges Best Female Player
The third edition of Naphtail Chess Open Championship which ended on Wednesday in Port Harcourt saw Rivers State born Queen Dan-Jumbo emerged best female player in the tournament following her impressive performance.
It was clash of the Titans as top Chess players in Nigeria gathered to chase honours.
The three days competition was held at Vee Hotel, Trans Amadi ,in Port Harcourt and over 80 players in Nigeria registered for the tournament this championship was recognised by International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Speaking with Tidesports in an exclusive interview on Saturday, Dan-Jumbo said her dream was to become Grand Master in Chess worldwide.
According to her, she started playing Chess at the age of 15 but went into it professionally in 2009 as she represented Rivers State in National Sports Festival (NSF) in Kaduna, the same year.
“I started playing Chess in the early 2000s. I picked the interest through my my elder brother as him and his friends always play Chess in our compound so I began to learn it.
” In 2009 I went to National Sports festival in Kaduna represented Rivers State and I won a silver medal on my board.
“In 2011 and 2012 NSFs I won two Gold medals each hosted by Rivers and Lagos States respectively. While in Edo NSF I won bronze medal” Dan-Jumbo said.
The Asari-Toru, in Rivers State born Chess player use the forum to advice upcoming Chess players to be focus, saying losing a game is part of every competition but the most important thing was that you don’t lose hope.
“My advice for upcoming chess players was that don’t lose focus. Even when you lose, find a way to adjust and get back out”, she added.
Tonye Orabere
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