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  • NPFL: OSHOMO HOPES FOR BACK -TO- BACK WINS AS THEY TAKE ON PLATEAU UNITED

    Victor Charles

    Akwa United defender Oshomo Olamilekan has expressed confidence that his side will record back-to-back victories for the first time this season when they welcome Plateau United in another home fixture on Sunday.

    The team secured a slim 1-0 home win in their match day five encounter versus Gombe United on Wednesday, a result which calmed the pressure on the players and technical crew.

    Speaking to our reporter Sarah Badji, Oshomo said that he believed the victory against Gombe United was the turning point for his team and that it would spur them to do more in subsequent games.

    He said the joy of playing in front of their home fans will help them get all three points provided they keep their opponents in check and play to the instructions of the Coach. The game will be played at the Eket stadium as against their original Godswill Akpabio stadium, Uyo, which is being used for international engagements.

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  • Eedris Abdulkareem Eagles will win AFcon 2021

    Eedris Abdulkareem: Why Super Eagles Can Win 2021 AFCON 

    Former Nigerian hip hop super star and former member of the now defunct Remedies, Eedris Abdulkareem, is backing the Super Eagles to go all the way to win the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon.

    The Eagles will be hoping to clinch a fourth continental title at next year’s showpiece.

    In the draw that was held few days back, the three-time African champions were drawn in Group D alongside Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau.

    Speaking in an interview with vc sports, Abdulkareem however highlighted what could hinder the Eagles from achieving their target.

    Of course we can with the array of talents we have but we need to stop politicising issues and allow the real talents that are ready to play.

    “Nigeria’s problem has always been favouritism, but once that is out of the way, our Eagles will soar. I just want to urge the coach to pick the best players always.”

    On his favourites club, the 47-year-old revealed that he is a fan of Chelsea.

    Nigeria won the continent’s most prestigious price in 1980, 1994, 2013 respectively. she lost in the semi finals of the tournament in Egypt two years ago losing out to eventual winners Algeria

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  • DAVID CHIMEZIE EXCITED AT WARRI WOLVES

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    Former IWERE FC, DYNAMITE FORCE David chimezieFC, and present WARRI WOLVES FC center back David chimezie has expressed joy of playing in Nigeria’s top flight as a dream come for him .

    he made this known to VC . sports in an exclusive interview held on Tuesday morning .

    CHIMEZIE is an indegene of WARRI SOUTH in DELTA state respectively he started his footballing carear at IWERE FC before joining dynamite force for one season before moving to parent club WARRI WOLVES.

    and this is his first season with the DELTA based club side.

    however the 18 year old made is debut against RANGERS and went on to score his only goal this season against ENYINMBA FC. on matchday 30 Tie in the NPFL .

    David also reinstated the need that his side will avoid the drop come the end season after suffering a difficult campaign

    wolves are currently 18th on the log with and with three games to go tensions are high and price of survival is as stake but for the teenager he believes his side has all it takes to stay as the fight for survival continues 12 points are up for grapps and it begins with their match day 36 tie Jigawa Golden stars Heartland on 37th and Ifeanyi Ubah on the last day.

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  • NWANKWO EAGER FOR MORE GOALS AT NASARAWA

    NPFL Leading Scorer Silas Nwankwo Targets 25 Goals

    Nasarawa United top scorer Silas Nwankwo has reinstated the need to finish the 2020/21 season as the league top scorer come the end of the season .

    the 18 year old has already scored 16 goals so far this campaign and also one in the AIETEO cup and the Nasarawa teenage sensation believes he has all it takes to score 25 goals when the current campaign comes to an end.

    only Akwa United’s Ufon Udoh has 23 goals in a single season mean while in the past few seasons several players in the NPFL have came close in breaking the jinks but couldnt they include the likes of Stephen Odey of MFM with 19, junior lokosa of Kano PIllars, 19 and Anthony Okpotu of Lobi stars with also 19 .

    Nwankwo, who is a product of D Royal Academy of Lagos that produced Junior Ajayi Of Al Ahly played for Sunshine Stars before he joined Nassarawa United where he is making wave with his goal scoring prowess

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  • SWAN RIVERS GLAD ABOUT NSSF PARTNERSHIP

    SWAN Condemns Attack On Complete Communications’ Offices

    the sports Writer’s association of Nigeria rivers state chapter, did embark on a one-day sensitization seminar held at the Nuj complex Moscow Road in port Harcourt in collaboration with the Nigeria shooting sports federation NSSF.

    the theme of the event was centered on unveiling shooting a millennial sport.

    the event was highly graced by the commissioner for sports rivers state hon boma iyaye who was represented by the permanent secretary rivers state ministry of sports and also the president of the sports swriter’s association of Nigeria Sir Honor Serawo.

    also gracing the occasion was the president of the Nigeria shooting sports federation Brig Gen Longdale o Adeoye along side the coach of the federation Samuel Effiong and members of the association all Marked the event.

    however, the aim of the event was to educate the SWAN members in the state about the sport of shooting and to promote the sports to greater heights for better coverage and reportage among sports writers. 

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  • MIKEL EXCITED OVER FG’S APPOINTMENT

    Former Nigeria International has been named as Nigeria’s youths ambassador for grass root sports development in the country his appointment came yesterday at the Teslin Balogun stadium in Lagos from the directives of the federal government through the minister of youths and sports development Sunday Dare.

    In his remarks Mikel the federal government and the sports ministry for finding him worthy for this position and promised to put his full support in rebranding Nigeria football and sports in general to a greater Hight.

    the former Chelsea man made 14-year international career between 2005 and 2019, he played 91 times for Nigeria, scoring six goals.

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  • Ezenwa Pledges Support To Eagles Over Sierra Leone’s Clash In Benin

    Ezenwa Visits Super Eagles Camp, Wishes Team Luck Against Sierra Leone

    Heartland Fc goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has visited the camp of the super eagles of Nigeria as they prepare for an AFCON 2022 double header tie against Sierra Leone, this weekend .

    The Super Eagles will be hopping to continue their one hundred percent record in Group L when they take on the Leone Stars at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.

    Ezenwa, who was not named in the squad for the game as a result of his inactivity at club level visited the team’s Etherno Hotel base on Tuesday to demonstrate his support for the team.

    Ezenwa was part of Super Eagles’ squad that came third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

    He has been capped 21 times by Nigeria.

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  • VARDY SIGNS A NEW DEAL AT LEICESTER

    Jamie Vardy

    Leicester City forward Jamie Vardy has signed a new deal that will keep him at the club until 2023.

    The 33-year-old’s current deal at the King Power Stadium was due to expire in two years.

    However, Vardy has been rewarded with a one-year extension after finishing last season as the Premier League’s top scorer with 23 goals.

    The new deal will extend Vardy’s stay at the Foxes to 11 years after he joined the club in 2012.

    Vardy played a key role in helping Leicester win the Premier League title in 2015-16, scoring 24 goals that season.

    In June he reached a significant career milestone by scoring his 100th Premier League goal, becoming the 29th person to achieve that feat.

    The former FC Halifax and Fleetwood striker has scored 130 goals in 310 appearances in his eight years at Leicester.

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  • Akwuegbu Commiserates With FC Ifeanyi Ubah

    Akwuegbu Commiserates With FC Ifeanyi Ubah Over Armed Robbery Attack

    Ex Nigeria international, Benedict Akwuegbu, has sympathised with FC Ifeanyi Ubah over the armed robbery attack on the team at Lokoja on their way to Kano for a match day 6 Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, clash against Jigawa Golden Stars,

    However The team, traveling with the club bus, was attacked by armed men who emerged from the bush at Kabba and started shooting sporadically at the bus, leaving the driver seriously injured..

     Friday night, the driver had been given three pints of blood with club officials in a frantic effort to remedy the situation.

    Akwuegbu described the incident as “seriously dangerous” to the game in Nigeria and heaped praises to God that no life was lost.

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  • RIVERS UNITED SECURE A HARD FOUGHT WIN AGAINST RANGERS IN MATCHDAY 4 OF THE NPFL

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    Rivers united secured their first win of the ongoing 2019/2020 Npfl season with a hard fought victory over Rangers at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium yesterday evening.
    however it was the home side who took the lead midway through the first half after shuji oshobe was judged to be foulled inside the Rangers penalty area .

    striker Bamba Bakari made no mistake from six yards as he fired the home side into the lead leaving the visitors empty with nothing to show for the efforts
    with both teams suffering defeats in their matchday three encounters the flying antilopes were at the verge of suffring another defeat as substitute Ibrahim Olawoyin got a goal back for the rangers side .

    however it was the home side that had the final say as the pride of rivers ran away with all three points for ugwu’s men is now back back defeats for them in the league for Rivers united they will consolidate on this win as the prepare for a tricky tie against Warri wolves this weekend at the warri township stadium.

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