Sports
FCT League: Strikers Beat Rock I-0
Medical Strikers Football
Club has defeated Rock Football Club 1-0 in the knockout stage of the ongoing 2014 FCT League.
In the match played at the Area 3 Sports Complex in Abuja, both teams displayed robustness at the onset of the game and tried to win.
Rock FC dominated proceedings in the first half with an offensive game which kept the Premier League side on the back foot for most moments of the first half.
Medical strikers’ FC fought back but could not convert their chances to goals.
At the start of the second half, Rock FC again took control of the game with Madagi Japhet, Obinna Kalu and Dele Sunday, making a go for goals but to no avail.
The trios were the architects of all moves upfront but erratic shooting and poor conversion rate were the bane of the Rock FC.
Abdulsalam Salami of Medical Strikers broke the deadlock for his team through a penalty kick which was the only goal of the match in the 82nd minute which made them controlled the game.
The best chance for the Supreme fell to Paul Samsom in the 94th minute; after beating Andrew Ekawem in a one-on-one encounter, he narrowly missed target to the relief of Rock.
Rock struggled until the end of the match but could not convert their chances to goals.
Coach Ibrahim Bako of Medical Strikers said he was happy that his team won, adding that they hoped to perform better in their stage.
“I am happy that we won, it was a though game I thank God we came out successful, my players played to instruction.
“I am going back to my drawing board and work on my players because the next game might be tougher than this,’’ he said.
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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.
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