Coach Decries COVID-19 Effects On Sports

Coach of the Rivers State Wrestling Association, Eli Oyomununede has decried the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, especially, on his team which has suffered setbacks in their events for the 2020 calendar.
He disclosed this recently in an interview with Tide sports in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the team stopped training since April this year, in order to comply with the lined out health rule to stop the virus from spreading.
He said that, training is now kicking up gradually to enable athletes prepare for the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) Which he said has been shifted to next year due to the virus.
“For now, we have commenced training, though not intensive, but we need to start from somewhere to get to somewhere. So, the athletes have started preparation ahead the NSF competition to ensure a better outing,” Eli Oyomununede said.
However, athletes now train at the State Basketball Court located at Niger Street, old Port Harcourt Township.
He noted that the team is presently training in preparation for the task ahead (NSF) come next year, as to have an edge over their counterpart in other parts of the country and to compete favourably.
“We are presently preparing for the forthcoming Sports fiesta to ensure that we fortify ourselves adequately and put in our utmost best, when the competition eventually gets underway,” Oyomununede explained.