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24 Teams Set For Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge
Twenty-four teams in Warri, Delta State will compete for the ultimate prize at the second Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge, which kicks off next week in Warri.
According to the sponsor and 1997 African Player of The Year, Victor Ikpeba, the U-17 championship is meant to expose talented players to the global market and also give back to the society that made him a successful international football star.
Ikpeba said, “The purpose of hosting the U-17 challenge is to enable top clubs in Europe have the opportunity of discovering young and talented Nigerian footballers from the grassroots, just as I was discovered after I played for the Golden Eaglets at the Scotland ’89 U-17 World Cup.
The General Coordinator , Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge, Dapo Sotuminu, said against the setting at the first edition in Warri last year, when only 16 teams participated in the competition, the 2022 edition will have 24 clubs converge on the Army Day Secondary School pitch, Effurun, Warri to vie for honours in the competition.
The champions of the competition, which ends December 23, will go home with a cash prize of N150,000. The second-place team get N100,000 and third-place side receive N70,000. The fourth-place team will also get a consolation prize of N50,000, as well as individual awards for exceptional players during the competition.
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Chess Championship: Dan-Jumbo Emerges Best Female Player
The third edition of Naphtail Chess Open Championship which ended on Wednesday in Port Harcourt saw Rivers State born Queen Dan-Jumbo emerged best female player in the tournament following her impressive performance.
It was clash of the Titans as top Chess players in Nigeria gathered to chase honours.
The three days competition was held at Vee Hotel, Trans Amadi ,in Port Harcourt and over 80 players in Nigeria registered for the tournament this championship was recognised by International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Speaking with Tidesports in an exclusive interview on Saturday, Dan-Jumbo said her dream was to become Grand Master in Chess worldwide.
According to her, she started playing Chess at the age of 15 but went into it professionally in 2009 as she represented Rivers State in National Sports Festival (NSF) in Kaduna, the same year.
“I started playing Chess in the early 2000s. I picked the interest through my my elder brother as him and his friends always play Chess in our compound so I began to learn it.
” In 2009 I went to National Sports festival in Kaduna represented Rivers State and I won a silver medal on my board.
“In 2011 and 2012 NSFs I won two Gold medals each hosted by Rivers and Lagos States respectively. While in Edo NSF I won bronze medal” Dan-Jumbo said.
The Asari-Toru, in Rivers State born Chess player use the forum to advice upcoming Chess players to be focus, saying losing a game is part of every competition but the most important thing was that you don’t lose hope.
“My advice for upcoming chess players was that don’t lose focus. Even when you lose, find a way to adjust and get back out”, she added.
Tonye Orabere
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