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Nasarawa United Unveils New Signings For Next Season
Nigeria Professional Football League side, Nasarawa United FC, on Friday, 14, unveiled six new signings, as the Club prepare for the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League Season. The event took place at the Club’s House in Lafia.
The list includes three new players, including two goalkeepers, while one is a former player of the Lafia-based side who pitched tent elsewhere last campaign.
The new signings are Sulaiman Jamilu, an attacker from Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna, right full-back Victor Dennis, from Plateau United FC; Central defender, Benjamin Fredrick from ABS FC of Ilorin, Kwara State, while goalkeepers, Yinka David and Jerry Isaac both joined from Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna and MFM FC, of Lagos, respectively.
Homeboy and attacker, Anas Yusuf, returned to the Solid Miners’ squad following a spell with Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi last term.
The squad numbers of the new signings will be confirmed in due course.
United will sign a few more players in the coming days to solidify their squad.
The team has lined up some graded Pre-season games to blend the new acquisitions with existing players in order to keep them in fine form ahead of the new League Season.
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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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