Saturday 31 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 36 fixtures

Sunday, November 1, 2015.

Wikki Tourists              vs Dolphins
Heartland                      vs Giwa

Shooting Stars              vs Ifeanyiubah
Nasarawa United         vs Sharks
Kwara Utd                   vs Taraba
Abia Warriors             vs Enyimba
Warri Wolves              vs Bayelsa Utd
Sunshine Stars            vs Lobi Stars
Rangers                      vs Akwa Utd
El-Kanemi Warriors   vs Kano Pillars

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 35 Results

Dolphins            2 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Giwa FC             3 Wikki Tourists         2
FC Ifeanyiubah 1 Heartland                  0
Sharks               2 Shooting Stars           1
FC Taraba         0 Nasarawa United      0
Enyimba            1 Kwara United            0
Bayelsa United 1 Abia Warriors            0
Akwa United     2 Sunshine Stars           1
Kano Pillars      2 Rangers                     1
Lobi Stars         ? Warri Wolves             ?

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Glo Premier League Wk 35 fixtures

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Dolphins              vs El-Kanemi
Giwa FC              vs Wikki Tourists
FC Ifeanyiubah vs Heartland
Sharks                vs 3SC
FC Taraba         vs Nasarawa Utd
Enyimba           vs Kwara United
Bayelsa Utd      vs Abia Warriors
Lobi Stars         vs Warri Wolves
Akwa United    vs Sunshine Stars
Kano Pillars      vs Rangers

Thursday 22 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 34 results and table

El-Kanemi          1    Giwa FC           2
Wikki Tourists  2    FC Ifeanyiubah 0
Heartland          1    Sharks FC       0
Shooting Stars  1    FC Taraba       0
Nasarawa Utd    0   Enyimba         0
Kwara United    1   Bayelsa Utd     1
Abia Warriors   2   Lobi Stars       0
Warri Wolves    3   Akwa United   0
Dolphins FC     2   Kano Pillars    1
Sunshine Stars  p  Rangers          p
......

                                      Table
                                      P       W    D     L    PTS
1. Wikki Tourists         34     16     9     9     57
2. Warri Wolves FC     34     17     8     9     59
3. Wikki Tourists        34     16     9     9       57
4. Giwa FC                  34     15     12     7     57
5. Sunshine Stars       33     16     5     12     53
6. Nasarawa United    34     15     8     11     53
7. Heartland FC          34     15     5     14     50
8. Abia Warriors        34     15     5     14     50
9. Kano Pillars            34     14     7     13     49
10. Shooting Stars      34     14     7     13     49
11. Rangers                33     12     9     12     45
12. FC IfeanyiUbah   33     12     8     13     44
13. El-Kanemi           33     12     7     14     43
14. Lobi Stars            34     9     13     12     40
15. Akwa United      34     11     7     16       40
16. Sharks FC           34     9     12     13     39
17. Dolphins FC        34     9     11     14      38
18. Kwara United     34     10     6     18      36
19. Taraba FC             34     8     9     17      33
20. Bayelsa United     34     6     13     15    31

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 34 fixtures

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

El-Kanemi           vs Giwa FC
Wikki Tourists    vs FC Ifeanyiubah
Heartland            vs Sharks FC
Shooting Stars    vs FC Taraba
Nasarawa Utd     vs Enyimba
Kwara United     vs Bayelsa Utd
Abia Warriors     vs Lobi Stars FC
Warri Wolves     vs Akwa United FC
Dolphins FC       vs Kano Pillars
Sunshine Stars   vs Rangers (pp)



Wednesday 14 October 2015

Nigeria's score sheet in sports since 1960

BY GANIYU SALMAN

There is no denying that fact that Nigeria has become a force to reckon with in sports in the past five and a half decades, given its horde of achievements especially on the continent.


The presence of Nigeria is also felt at the global level, thanks to the sheer brilliance of its athletes amid the environment in which they operate.


Unarguably, Nigeria first made it to the world map in sports through boxing following the victory of Hogan 'Kid' Bassey who won the world featherweight title in 1957 after his victory over French-Algerian Cherif Hamia in Paris, France.
 

Richard Ihetu a.k.a. Dick Tiger on October 23, 1962 became the second Nigerian to rule the world as he won the world middleweight title at the expense of American Gene Fullmer. Regarded as one of the best boxers from Africa, Tiger became an undisputed light heavyweight world champion in 1966 with his victory over Puerto Rican José Torres.
 

Perhaps, what remains the biggest achievement recorded by a Nigerian in modern boxing  was the emergence of Akwa Ibom State-born Samuel Peter in 2008 as the first African to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title.
Peter's victory game boxing a lift in Nigeria nay Africa as it marked the beginning of a new era in sports.
 

In football, Nigeria at the cadet level remains the world's best at the expense of Brazil, following Nigeria's triumphs in the FIFA U-17 World Cup on four occasions, 1985, 1993, 2007 and 2013, but Nigeria had on two occasions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in 1989 and 2005. 
Nigeria in 1996 became the first African country to win the Olympic soccer gold with a 3-2 victory over Argentina at Atlanta '96 Olympics.
 

The supremacy of Nigeria in women football on the continent though is being checked, but still unequalled with the Super Falcons' victories in the African Women Championship (AWC) on five occasions, while Nigeria also became the first African country to play in the quarter-final at the global stage in 1999.
 

In athletics, Blessing Okagbare has raised the profile of Nigeria through her exploits in the track and field events. After winning the bronze in long jump at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Okagbare clinched both the 100m and 200m gold at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to become the fourth woman to achieve such feat. At Glasgow 2014, she also sets the Games record with a time of 10.85 seconds.
The Delta State-born athlete sets a new African record in 100m with a time of 10.79 seconds on July 27, 2013 at the London Anniversary Games.
She also won the silver and bronze medal for Nigeria that year at the senior IAAF World Athletics Championship in Moscow, the first time after Nigeria's failure to appear on the podium for 16 years.


Nigeria has also produced a number of world-class athletes like Chioma Ajunwa, the first and only Nigerian to win the Olympic gold in individual event (long jump) at Atlanta '96, Mary Onyali, Falilat Ogunkoya, Olusoji Fasuba, Chidi Imoh and Innocent Egbunike, among others.
 

For the first time, Nigeria also ruled the continent in men's basketball with the victory of D'Tigers at the just-concluded 28th AfroBasket Championship in Tunisia, while D'Tigress won the women's title on two occasions in 2003 and 2005. 
The team handled by Scott Nnaji at the just-ended 2015 AfroBasket Women's championship in Cameroon sensationally won the bronze with a surprise victory over Angola . The D'Tigress had lost by a-one point margin to the hosts, Cameroon in the semi-final.
 

The introduction of special sports is a blessing to Nigeria as it has increased the country's fame through the heroics of their athletes.
 

Team Nigeria emerged the world best in para-powerlifting at the London 2012 Paralympics and today, a number of world record holders have come out of Nigeria in para-powerlifting. The list include Yakubu Adesokan (48kg), Esther Oyema (55kg), Folashade Oluwafunmiayo, the late Joy Onaolapo, Graze Anozie and Ben Nsini (44kg).
 

However, Nigeria has not been able to transform its dominance in the U-17 World Cup to
the senior level as it is yet to meet the quarter-final record of Cameroon and Senegal at the World Cup.  
 

Also, Nigeria has been playing second fiddle in Africa as it had only won the All Africa Games once in 2003 as hosts, after its failure to win also as hosts in 1973. At the just-ended 11th All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, Nigeria finished second behind Egypt, a feat not acceptable to some Nigerian stakeholders given the myriad of talents that the country is blessed with.
 

Dr Amos Adamu, a former Director-General, National Sports Commission (NSC), who was in
charge when Nigeria hosted and won the 2003 All Africa Games, while speaking on the state of sports in Nigeria disagrees that the country is not moving forward in the sector.
 

"Nigeria is doing well as far as I'm concerned. Look at the number of gold medals Nigeria won in different events, you will realise that we are number one in Africa in those sports, and placing second overall is something commendable.
 

"Certainly, Nigeria could do better in sports. When you look at the environment under which our athletes train, where people who don't invest in sports want results, Nigeria is doing very well and you will give kudos to Nigerian sports. I'm very proud of our sportsmen and women," said the former FIFA executive.
 

Also, the dominance of the Super Falcons on the continent is becoming a thing of the past as countries like Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and the Ivory Coast are growing in the sport by the day.
 

Nigeria was denied of the 2012 Olympic ticket by the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon
as well as the 2016 Olympic ticket by Equatorial Guinea.
 

Also, at the just-ended All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, the Falcons first lost
1-2 to the Ivory Coast in their last group match and also 1-2 to Cameroon in the semi-
final. The Nigerian team lost again, 1-2 to the Ivory Coast to miss the bronze, a string
of result that had never been recorded by the Falcons since 1991.
 

"We have the manpower to dominate sports in Africa but Nigeria needs to improve in
sports like swimming which is a multi-medal event to be able to live up to its acclaimed status of giant of Africa," noted a sports analyst.
........

Captions:
Photo 1: Nigeria's D'Tigers after their victory at AfroBasket Men's championship in Tunisia.
Photo 2: Esther Oyema, world's record holder in women's 55kg powerlifting.


Tuesday 13 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 33 results

Giwa FC               1 Dolphins           0
Sharks FC           2 Wikki Tourists  0
Taraba FC           1 Heartland          0             
Enyimba               2 Shooting Stars 1           
Bayelsa United   1 Nasarawa Utd   2       
Lobi Stars FC    2 Kwara Utd          1               
Akwa United FC 1 Abia Warriors    0
Rangers               1 Warri Wolves   1
Kano Pillars         2 Sunshine Stars 1
FC IfeanyiUbah   p El-Kanemi        p



                     Table

                               P       W     D     L     PTS
1. Enyimba            33     17     10     6     61
2. Warri Wolves    33     16     8     9       56
3. Wikki Tourists  33     15     9     9      54
4. Giwa FC            33     14     12     7     54
5. Sunshine Stars  33     16     5     12     53
6. Nasarawa Utd    33     15     7     11     52
7. Kano Pillars      33     14     7     12     49
8. Heartland FC    33     14     5     14     47
9. Abia Warriors   33     14     5     14     47
10. Shooting Stars 33     13     7     13     46
11. Rangers FC      33     12     9     12     45
12. IfeanyiUbah     32     12     8     12     44
13. El-Kanemi         32     12     7     13     43
14. Lobi Stars        33     9     13     11     40
15. Akwa United    33     11     7     15     40
16. Sharks FC        33     9     12     12     39
17. Dolphins FC     33     8     11     14     35
18. Kwara United   33     10     5     18     35
19. Taraba FC        33     8     9     16       33
20. Bayelsa Utd     33     6     12     15     30

Monday 5 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 32 results and Table

Dolphins           0  FC Ifeanyiubah  0
El-Kanemi        2  Sharks                0
Wikki Tourists 1  FC Taraba          0
Heartland         2  Enyimba             1
Shooting Stars  0  Bayelsa Utd      0
Nasarawa Utd   1 Lobi Stars          0
Kwara United   2  Akwa United     1
Giwa FC            0  Kano Pillars      0
Abia Warriors  3  Rangers             3
Warri Wolves   3  Sunshine Stars  0
............


Table
                                                P      W     D     L     PTS
1. Enyimba                             32     16     10    6     58
2. Warri Wolves                     32     16    07     9     55
3. Wikki Tourists                   32     15    09     8     54
4. Sunshine Stars                  32     16     05     11   53
5. FC Giwa                            32     13     12     7     51
6. Nasarawa United              32     14     7     11     49
7. Heartland FC                    32     14     5     13     47
8. Abia Warriors                   32     14     5     13     47
9. Kano Pillars                      32     13     7     12     46
10. Shooting Stars                32     13     7     12     46
11. FC IfeanyiUbah              32     12     8     12     44
12. Rangers                          32     12     8     12     44
13. El-Kanemi Warriors       32     12     7     13     43
14. Lobi Stars FC                 32     8     13     11     37
15. Akwa United                  32     10     7     15     37
16. Sharks FC                     32     08     12     12     36
17. Dolphins FC                  32     08     11     13     35
18. Kwara United                32     10    05     17     35
19. FC Taraba                     32     07     09     16     30
20. Bayelsa United             32     06     12     14     30


Friday 2 October 2015

Globacom Premier League Week 32 fixtures

 Sunday, October 4, 2015

Dolphins              vs FC Ifeanyiubah
El-Kanemi           vs Sharks FC
Wikki Tourists    vs Taraba
Heartland            vs Enyimba 

Shooting Stars    vs Bayelsa Utd
Nasarawa Utd    vs Lobi Stars
Kwara United    vs Akwa United
Giwa FC           vs Kano Pillars


Results:
 
Abia Warriors   3  Rangers            3
Warri Wolves    3 Sunshine Stars  0



 

Table
 

                                      P      W      D     L    PTS
1. Enyimba                   31     16     10     5     58         

2. Warri Wolves          32     16     7     9       55     3. Sunshine Stars        32     16     5     11     53
4. Wikki Tourists        31     14     9     8       51    
5. Giwa FC                  31     13     11     7     50    
6. Nasarawa Utd        31     13     7     11     46    
7. Abia Warriors         32     14     5     13     47    
8. Kano Pillars            31   13     6     12       45     

9. Shooting Stars        31     13     6     12     45
10. Rangers                32     12     8     12     44 
11. Heartland FC        31     13     5     13     44    
12. FC IfeanyiUbah     31     12     7     12     43      
13. El-Kanemi             31     11     7     13     40    
14. Lobi Stars FC       31     8     13     10     37    
15. Akwa United         31     10     7     14     37    
16. Sharks FC             31     8     12     11     36    
17. Dolphins FC         31     8     10     13     34    
18. Kwara United       31     9     5     17       32    
19. Taraba FC            31     7     9     15       30    
20. Bayelsa United     31     6     11     14     29