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Ogunsakin, Mubarak Hit Finals At Sapetro Futures Tennis

Nigeria’s brightest future tennis stars, SeunOgunsakin and Ganiyu Mubarak put up some very commanding performance in their semifinal matches to reach the finals of the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship taking place at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club.
Tidesports source reports that Ogunsakin, the top seed in the boys 14s, dismissed KehindeLawal from Lagos with consistent and well place groundstrokes, which completely overwhelmed his opponent.
It was a similar story in the semifinals between boys 16 top seed, Ganiyu Mubarak from Oyo State, and Gabriel Inyang from Lagos. Mubarak absorbed all the hard forehand strokes from Inyang with his admirable defensive skills to prevail 9-0.
Also, Nene Yakubu, 13, met all expectations by beating former ITA Junior Tennis Circuit girls 14s champion, SalamatuHaruna from Abuja, 9-2.
Yakubu will be up against Success Ogunjobi, who beat her Ekiti State team mate, Faith Adewusi, 9-7.
In other semifinal matches, Khadijat Mohammed from Abuja beat teammate, Mary Azi to qualify for the girls 14s final where she will meet Mary Iorlumun from Benue.
SeyiOgunsakin overcame Ibrahim Wadzani from Benue, 9-3, in the boys 12s and will take on OnyekachiOgumjiofor from Oyo State in the finals. Ogumjiofor eliminated David Edwards in the second semifinal by the same score.
The tournament ends today with a grand finale, which will have Senator Daisy Danjuma, Executive Vice Chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum as Guest of Honour.
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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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