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18th NSF: Lagos Targets Medals In Hockey
The Head Coach, Lagos State Hockey Association, Edet Bassey, has said that he was confident that his teams would win medals at the 18th National Sports Festival (NSF) in November.
The festival, tagged “Eko 2012”, is scheduled to hold from November 27 to December 9.
Bassey told newsmen in Lagos that his teams were prepared, expressing optimism that Lagos would not miss out on the medals table in hockey.
“We’ve been training; we are training hard towards winning medals. Definitely, my teams will win medals; gold, silver, bronze, my team will win.
“Deep inside of me, I will say a gold medal and we have all that it takes to win gold. We have all of our players in good shape,” the coach said.
“Our confidence has nothing to do with Lagos hosting the festival. We are going to approach every match as they come and win them convincingly.
“We have young and viable players who are ready to win. So, what we need is to train harder and spend more time to fuse the team together, Bassey said.
Lagos failed to qualify for hockey in the last festival.
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Umuahia Hosts Africa Para- Badminton Championship
The championship will run from today to October 12 at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia. On the ground for the championship are athletes from Brazil, Peru, Egypt, Cameroon, Tunisia, Nigeria, Mauritius and Rwanda. They arrived on Sunday.
Some of the other countries were expected in the Abia State capital yesterday. Speaking on the championship, yesterday, Abia State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Nwobilor Ananaba, said the chief host, Governor Alex Otti, has mobilised facilities and the personnel to ensure a successful event.
Speaking through the Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports, Raymond Chima Ukwa, said: “We have the best mats, playing mats, especially the wheelchair playing mats, which is the first of its kind in West Africa.
“If you go around, you’ll see the hall and the preparation that has been made to ensure that people have an equitable world-class playing field.” Thrilled by Governor Otti’s support for the competition, Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) President, Francis Orbih, said that, besides making all the necessary arrangements that will ensure a successful hosting of the events, “we will have a Para-Badminton workshop for coaches and players.
“Nigeria is doing well, Abia is doing well, and we want to do better to improve on where we are, which is why all these have been put together by Governor Otti.”
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FIFA U20: Flying Eagles Narrowly Loss to Norway
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles began their campaign at the 24th FIFA U20 World Cup with a narrow 1–0 loss to Norway on Monday, despite creating several opportunities to level the game.
Norway took the lead in the 9th minute after being awarded a controversial penalty. The Flying Eagles pressed for an equaliser but were denied two penalty claims in the second half.
Kparobo Arierhi came close in the 47th minute when his shot drifted wide with the goalkeeper beaten, while Tahir Maigana struck the upright in the 63rd minute.
Nasiru Salihu’s rising effort in the 71st minute also went narrowly over the bar, drawing gasps from the crowd.
Seven minutes from time, Maigana again tested Norway with a long-range strike that went just wide as Nigeria continued to pile on the pressure.
Despite their dominance, the Flying Eagles could not find the breakthrough and now turn their attention to Thursday’s clash against Saudi Arabia in their second group match.
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