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NSF: Team Rivers In Good Condition In Abuja
Rivers State contingent, Team Rivers to the 19th National Sports Festival currently going on at the National Stadium, Abuja, has been demonstrating good form as the festival enters day-seven today.
As at press time, Team Rivers is placed second on the medals table behind Delta State, which is currently leading the pack. It has been an encouraging performance for the Rivers team as the medals continue to tumble in, despite some close contests in many events.
Speaking on the performance of the contingent so far, Rivers States Director of Sports, Evangelist Ezekiel Ordu, commended the effort being put in by Team Rivers and their current position at the festival. He said that everything was being done to motivate and encourage the athletes to do better.
On the issue of payment of the athletes’ allowance, Evangelist Ordu said that money for the payment was ready and that the athletes would receive their dues without delay.
“The athletes’ money is intact. The money is there for payment. There is no cause for alarm”, Ordu said.
Ordu who is with the team in Abuja further explained that Team Rivers had 23 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Blonze, totalling 72 medals.
The director of sports, noted that Team Rivers prepared very well for the tournament, adding that their good praperation has been yielding good result.
“They will do better than what they have done, so far before the competition will be over”, he stated.
By: Kiadum Edookor.
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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