YSFON To Check Age Cheats

The Youth Sport federation of Nigeria (YSFON) has promised to check attempts to falsify age of athletes or footballers involved in its competitions.

YSFON’s National President, Nasiru Gawuna made the pledge in Uyo recently while speaking with journalists at the end of 2012 YSFON soccer tournament.

The competition was sponsored by the Chief of Naval Staff in collaboration with the Naval Officers’ Wives Association (NOWA).

Gawuna, who said that YSFON actually started as far back as 1965, lauded the Chief of Naval Staff for supporting the tournament from 1999 to date.

“YSFON will make sure that no issue of age cheating occurs in our tournament. The issue here is not who wins or loses but identifying the talents and developing them for the future of this country.”

He said that the U-14 boys for the Chief of Naval staff Cup were sourced from the grassroots and their records could easily be verified.

“What matters to us is to bring out the talent and develop them for our future use.”

He appealed to all tiers of governments and agencies involved in sporting activities to invest in the development of talents spotted during the YSFON competitions.