{"id":355881,"date":"2026-05-29T01:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355881"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:25:54","slug":"khana-akpajo-all-stars-set-for-friendly-match-morrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355881","title":{"rendered":"Khana, Akpajo All-Stars Set For Friendly\u00a0 Match &#8221; Morrow&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Khana All Stars FC in the Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, will tomorrow host Akpajo All Stars in a friendly football match at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, football pitch.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The return leg of the friendly game promises to be exciting and entertaining as both teams are prepared.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking in an exclusive interview with Tidesports yesterday in Port Harcourt, the chairman of Khana All Stars FC, Saro Tap-le, said preparations for the game are in top gear.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, they will use the match to honour and decorate their patron, the Chairman of Khana LGA, Dr. Bariere Thomas.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the encounter won\u2019t be an easy one, knowing that Akpaoju All Stars are coming with full force to win the match.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe played in Akpajo before, and they hosted us well, so tomorrow is our day to host them back. We are doing everything possible to give them a good fight. All arrangements for hosting them are in top gear.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere is no cause for alarm. We are doing our best to host them in a big way. It is an All-Stars game, so winning is not the most important thing. What matters is the relationship we will create.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cYou know, in the first encounter they defeated us 2-0, so tomorrow we will do our best to ensure we repay the scoreline.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI think my teammates are training very hard for the game. Despite the fact that it\u2019s not all about winning, we are going to surprise them,\u201d Saro Tap-le stated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kiadum Edookor<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khana All Stars FC in the Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, will tomorrow host Akpajo All Stars in a friendly football match at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, football pitch. The return leg of the friendly game promises to be exciting and entertaining as both teams are prepared. Speaking in an exclusive interview with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":355899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355884,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355881\/revisions\/355884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}