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Agbonlahor Becomes New Captain At Villa
Aston Villa has named striker Gabriel Agbonlahor as their new captain following Stilian Petrov’s diagnosis with leukaemia.
England international Agbonlahor, who has scored six times for the Midlands club this season, has been awarded the armband after the Bulgarian put an indefinite hold on his playing career.
Agbonlahor, who has played over 200 games for the club he joined as a boy, will lead his side out for the first time against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.
The 25-year-old made his debut in 2005, before enjoying loan spells with Watford and Sheffield Wednesday for the remainder of the campaign.
He returned to Villa Park the following season and has been a key player in the side ever since, notching 53 goals in his time with the Premier League club.
He has also earned three full caps for England, his first coming in a friendly against Germany in 2008.
32-year-old Petrov, who joined the club from Celtic in 2006, has led the side for the last three seasons despite having three managers during that time.
He was present during Saturday’s clash with Chelsea to witness a minute’s applause dedicated to him during the 19th minute – a tribute related to his squad number at Villa.
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Rivers Referee Academy To Produce FIFA Graded Referees Soon
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RSG Set To Host School Sports Competition Soon
Rivers State Government has reiterates its commitment to host schools sports competitions in August this year, to boost grassroots sports development with the view to discover hidden talents.
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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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