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Coach Calls For Indigenous Coach For Super Falcons
The Head Coach of New Creation Ambassador Church Football Club of Port Harcourt, Marius Okechukwu has called on the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to hire an indigenous coach for Nigeria Super Falcons of Nigeria.
Okechukwu made the call at the weekend in an exclusive interview with Tidesports when the Super Falcons failed to win bronze medal in the Women Africa Cup Of Nations(WAFCON) in Morocco.
According to him, indigenous coaches know how to handle the Super Falcons team better than their foreign counterparts, adding that Morrocco 2022 was one of the very few times the Super Falcons failed in the WAFCON.
The Copper Queens of Zambia beat Falcons 1-0 to claim bronze medal last Friday in the third place match.
An own goal by Chiamaka Nnadozie in the first half led to the defeat of the Super Falcons.
Coach Okechukwu, who is popularly called Coach Maco said that the Super Falcons coach failed in his primary duty by not introducing his younger players in the team.
He explained that the coach knew that most of his important players were either injured or red carded, adding that the best to have done was to introduce young players who could have been faster on the ball and run with the ball because the Zambian girls were very fast on the ball.
When asked whether to sack the coach, he said that he was not the authority of the Nigeria Football Federation, ( NFF).
“ We Have a lot of indigenous coaches that have been with the team and they have achieved.
‘ We have home based coaches who are qualified and ready to do the job.
‘ I believe home based coaches can achieve a lot with the team because if you watch them playing, they did not play the Africa football pattern.
By: Kiadum Edookor
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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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