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‘I Want To Coach Nigeria’s Women National Team’

A Nigerian Coach based in Switzerland, Adedeji Adeyemi Anthony has indicated his interest in handling any of the under aged national women’s team.
Adedeji, with a UEFA B coaching license believed with his 11 years coaching experience, he’s qualified to handle either the Flamingoes or the Falconets and had appealed to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to give him the opportunity to contribute to the development of women’s football in Nigeria.
“I started coaching with FC Bulach, a Liga 4 women’s team in Switzerland before moving to FC Dubendorf in 2011 to 2016. I was also a coach with FC Ruti junior team in 2016,” he said.
The former Stationery Stores of Lagos midfielder said he led the junior FC Ruti to win the Junior Coca-Cola League championship in 2015 and he’s presently the coach of FC Winterthur U-16 team.
“In the 2010 /16 I was a trainer in one of the best junior League called Coca Cola league U-17 Football Club, Dubendorf. I won the league 2015/16 season and also lost in cup final by penalty shootout.
“Last year, I took another step forward and challenge myself by training a female team in the Bundesliga 3 professional league and this has prepared me to handle any female team, including the Nigeria national teams,” he said.
“It’s my pride and honour to give back to my country, what I know how to do best and ready to coach any level of our national teams, especially the female under aged teams.
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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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