It will be foolish to sell Ighalo now-Watford captain

WATFORD captain Troy Deeney believes it will be counter productive for the newly-promoted English Premier League side to sell Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo to any prospective bidder for now.
 
Ighalo has been in a devastating form this season scoring 14 goals so far in the top flight after 20 goals last season to aid the Hornets' promotion from the English Championship.
 
Teams in England and Europe which include Atletico Madrid and AS Roma are reportedly eyeing the signature of the Super Eagles striker, but Deeney believes the Watford owner, Gino Pozzo will not make a mistake of allowing Ighalo to go.

 
“He (Ighalo) ain’t going in January. If no one wanted any of our players we’d be c**p. So, come and want him as much as you want but I know Gino [Pozzo, the Watford owner] and it just wouldn’t make sense,” Deeney told theguardian.com.
 
“Why would he sell a striker and want to stay in the league? The value of selling Odion for, what would he be worth? £20 million, £25 million? Or staying up and getting £200 million? Simple business maths, he’s not going to sell him. Odion doesn’t come in saying: ‘I want to leave.’ He’ll just keep doing what he’s doing. We just laugh at it.”
 
Ighalo, it will be recalled on Monday night became the first player to score in six consecutive EPL games for Watford in a 1-2 loss to Tottenham Hotspur at Vicarage Road. The strike was also the 34th goal by Ighalo in 2015, who emerges the best striker in English all top four divisions.

Meanwhile, the Quique Sanchez Flores-piloted Watford is eighth on the EPL table with 29 points from 19 games.

Caption: Ighalo shows skill during a game.

Mikel impresses Hiddink despite 2-2 draw with Watford

RETURNEE manager of Chelsea, Guus Hiddink showered encomiums on John Mikel Obi despite the team's 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on a Boxing Day.
 
The Nigeria international came on to replace Cesc Fabregas in the 46th minute, and his inclusion brought some level of stability into the Blues defence to the delight of his Dutch manager.
 
Hiddink who took over from sacked Portuguese manager, Jose Mourinho, said on the Blues official website that he was impressed with the performance of Mikel, whose close range shot almost delivered full points for the London side.
 
"I liked our intensity but we also have to look for a balance in the team. It’s a very attacking-orientated team.
"When we have a midfield with all creative players it’s beautiful but sometimes you need a balance and I thought John Obi gave us that balance.
 
“When you have the creative players such as Matic, Oscar, Willian coming inside and Cesc as well, sometimes you have to choose in a different way," said Hiddink, who had earlier coached Chelsea in 2009 season.
 
Meanwhile, Chelsea will on Monday night Manchester United, whose manager, Louis van Gaal, has been under intense pressure to resign following a spate of poor results.
 
The Red Devils lost 0-2 to Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium also on a Boxing Day with goals from Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic thus; need victory to save the job of van Gaal, who is equally ready to throw in the towel if the result of Monday's game call for it.

Caption: Mikel Obi.

Globacom Premier League Week 38 results and final table

Heartland           2 El-Kanemi Warriors 1
Shooting Stars   2 Dolphins                    2
Nasarawa Utd   2 Giwa FC                     0
Kwara United    2 FC Ifeanyiubah         0
Abia Warriors   1 Sharks                       0
Warri Wolves    5 FC Taraba                1
Sunshine Stars 0 Enyimba                     0
Rangers            3 Bayelsa Utd              1
Akwa United    1 Lobi Stars                  0      
Wikki Tourists 2 Kano Pillars              0


Final league table
                                            P   W   D  L   GF  GA PTS
1. Enyimba                          38  19  13 06  48  27  70
2. Warri Wolves                 38  19  09 10  62  29  66
3. Nasarawa United           38  18  09 11  46  35  63
4. Wikki Tourists               38  18  09 11  45  36  63
5. Giwa FC                         38  17  12 09  44  41  63
6. Sunshine Stars               38  18  07 13  58  38  61 
7. Kano Pillars                   38  16  07 15  45  39  55
8. Heartland FC                 38  17  05 16  46  40  56
9. Shooting Stars               38  15  08 15  39  39  53
10. Abia Warriors              38  16  05 17  39  43  53
11. IfeanyiUbah                 38  14  08 16  37  40  50
12. Rangers                        38  13  10 15  46  51  49
13. El-Kanemi Warriors    38  14  07 17  38  56  49
14. Lobi Stars                     38  11  14 13  34  39  47
15. Akwa United                 38  13  08 17  33  43  47
16. Dolphins FC                 38  11  12 15  38  40  45
.......
17. Sharks FC                     38  11  12 14  28  39  45
18. Kwara United                38  12  06 20  32  46  42
19. Taraba FC                     38  09  10 19  30  47  37
20. Bayelsa United              38  07  13 18  28  48  34
.......

Globacom Premier League update

Globacom Premier League Wk 37 results

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

Week 37 Table
                                                       P       W       D     L   GF  GA  PTS
1. Enyimba International              37     19     12     06  48  27    69
2. Warri Wolves                            37     18     09     10  57  28    63
3. Giwa FC                                     37    17     12     08  44   39   63
4. Sunshine Stars                         37     18     06     13  58    38   60  
5. Nasarawa United                      37     17     09     11  44   35   60
6. Wikki Tourists                          37     17     09     11  43   36   60
7. Kano Pillars                             37     16     07     14  45    37   55
8. Heartland FC                           37     16     05     16  44    39   53
9. Shooting Stars                         37     15     07     15  37    37   52
10.FC IfeanyiUbah                     37     14     08     15  37    38   50
11. Abia Warriors                        37     15     05     17  38  43    50
12. El-Kanemi Warriors             37     14     07     16  37  54    49
13. Lobi Stars                             37    11      14    12  34    38    47
14. Rangers International         37     12     10    15  43    50    46
15. Sharks FC                            37     11     12     14  28   38    45
16. Dolphins FC                        37     11     11     15  36    38    45
17. Akwa United                       37     12     08     17  32   43    44
18. Kwara United                      37     11     06     20  30  46    39
19. Taraba FC                           37     09     10     18  29  42    37
20. Bayelsa United                   37     07     13     17  27  45    34
............
Globacom Premier League Week 38 fixtures
Sunday, November 15, 2015

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

Globacom Premier League Week 37 fixtures

Sunday, November 8, 2015

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

Globacom Premier League Week 36 results and table

Wikki Tourists     2 Dolphins       0
Heartland             3 Giwa              2
Shooting Stars     2 Ifeanyiubah  1
Rangers                2 Akwa Utd     2
El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Kano Pillars 0
Kwara United       1 FC Taraba    0
Abia Warriors      0 Enyimba      1
Warri Wolves       4 Bayelsa Utd  0
Nasarawa United    2 Sharks       2 (Abandoned)
Match awarded by LMC to Nasarawa 3-0
Sunshine Stars     0 Lobi Stars   1 (Abadoned in 77th min)
Remaining minutes to be played in Abuja
..........
Rescheduled games.
Sunshine Stars  5 Rangers      1
Ifeanyiubah       2 El-Kanemi   1

Table

                                                     P       W       D   L     PS
1. Enyimba International          36     19     11     06     68
2. Warri Wolves                        36     18     08     10     62
3. Wikki Tourists                     36     17     09     10     60
4. Giwa FC                               36     16    12      08     60
5. Sunshine Stars                    35     17     05     13     56
6. Heartland FC                      36     16     05     15     53
7. Nasarawa United               35     16     08     11     56
8. Kano Pillars                       36     15     07     14     52
9. Shooting Stars                   36     15     07     14     52
10. Abia Warriors                  36     15     05     16     50
11. FC IfeanyiUbah               36    14     08     14      50
12. Rangers International     36    12     11     13     46
13. El-Kanemi Warriors       36     13     07     16     46
14. Akwa United                  36     12     08     16     44
15. Lobi Stars                      35     10     13     12     43
16. Sharks                            36     10     12     14     42
....................................................................
17. Dolphins                      36     10     11     15     41
18. Kwara United             36     11     06     19     39
19. Bayelsa United          36     07     13     16     34
20. Taraba                        35     08     09     18     33

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

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             ?

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

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 

Globacom Premier League Week 31 results and Table

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


                 Table

                                     P      W       D     L    PTS
1. Enyimba                   31     16     10    5     58    
2. Sunshine Stars        31     16     5     10     53
3. Warri Wolves FC    31     15     7     9       52    
4. Wikki Tourists        31     14     9     8       51    
5. Giwa FC                  31     13     11     7     50         
6. Nasarawa United    31     13     7     11     46    
7. Abia Warriors         31     14     4     13     46    
8. Kano Pillars            31     13     6     12     45    
9. Shooting Stars        31     13     6     12     45    
10. Heartland FC       31     13     5     13     44    
11. FC IfeanyiUbah    31     12     7     12     43    
12. Rangers                31     12     7     12     43
13. El-Kanemi            31     11     7     13     40    
14. Lobi Stars            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    

Globacom Premier League Week 31 fixtures and Week 30 table

Sunday, September 27, 2015

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

Saturday, September 26
Akwa United    vs Nasarawa Utd 

Week 30 table
                                   P       W     D      L    PTS   
1. Enyimba                 30     15     10     5     55   
2. Warri Wolves         30     15     6      9     51
3. Wikki Tourists      30     14      9      7     51
4. Sunshine Stars      30     15     5     10     50   
5. Giwa FC                 30     13     10     7     49   
6. Nasarawa Utd        31     13     7     11     46   
7. Abia Warriors        30     14     4     12     46   
8. Kano Pillars           30     13     5     12     44   
9. Heartland FC         30     13     5     12     44
10. Shooting Stars     30     13     5     12     44   
11.IfeanyiUbah          30     12     6     12     42   
12. Rangers               30     11     7     12     40   
13. El-Kanemi            30     11     6     13     39
14. Akwa United        31     10     7     14     37   
15. Lobi Stars            30     8     12     10     36   
16. Dolphins FC        30     8     10     12     34   
17. Sharks FC           30     7     12     11     33   
18. Kwara Utd            30     9     5     16     32   
19. Taraba FC            30     7     8     15     29   
20. Bayelsa Utd        30     5     11     14     26   

Globacom Premier League Week 30 results

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

Globacom Premier League Week 28 results

Giwa FC                     1 Enyimba           0
FC IfeanyiUbah        2 FC Taraba         0
Nasarawa Utd           1 Warri Wolves   1
Kwara Utd                 1 Abia Warriors  0
Shooting Stars          2 Sunshine Stars 1
El-Kanemi Warriors 2 Lobi Stars         1
Wikki Tourists          3 Akwa United    1
Heartland                  2 Rangers           0
Sharks                      1 Kano Pillars      0
Dolphins                  2 Bayelsa Utd       0
 
Week 28 table

                                     P    W       D       L  PTS
1. Enyimba                 28     14     10     4     52    
2. Warri Wolves         28     14     6     8     48    
3. Sunshine Stars      28     14     5     9     47
4. Wikki Tourists       28     13     8     7     47    
5. Giwa FC              28     12     10     6     46    
6. Heartland FC      28     13     4     11     43    
7. Abia Warriors     28     13     4     11     43    
8. FC IfeanyiUbah   28     12     5     11     41    
9. Shooting Stars    28     12     5     11     41    
10. Kano Pillars     28     12     4     12     40    
11. Nasarawa Utd  28     11     7     10     40
12. Rangers           28     10     7     11     37    
13. El-Kanemi        28     10     6     12     36    
14. Lobi Stars        28     8     10     10     34
15. Kwara United   28     9     5     14     32    
16. Dolphins FC    28     7     10     11     31    
17. Akwa United   28     8     7      13       31    
18. Sharks FC       28     6     12     10     30    
19. Taraba FC       28     6     8     14     26    
20. Bayelsa Utd    28     4     11     13     23

Results: Globacom Premier League Week 27

Globacom Premier League Wk 27

 Warri Wolves  4 Shooting Stars  0
Enyimba          4 IfeanyiUbah      0
Abia Warriors 1 Nasarawa Utd   0
Kano Pillars    1 Kwara Utd         0
Rangers          2 Wikki Tourists  0
Akwa Utd        1 El-Kanemi         1
Lobi Stars      1 Dolphins             0
Bayelsa Utd   1 Giwa FC             1
FC Taraba     2 Sharks                0
Sunshine       0 Heartland           0

Globacom Premier League Week 24 results

Heartland     1 Kwara Utd       0
FC Taraba   0 Bayelsa Utd      0
Dolphins      1 Sunshine Stars 0
Wikki          2 Abia Warriors   0
Enyimba      1 Kano Pillars      0
El-Kanemi  0 Warri Wolves    0

Federation Cup semi-finals

Akwa United 1 Nasarawa Utd  0
Lobi Stars     1 Rangers            0

Globacom Premier League Week 23 results and table

Week 23 results

Bayelsa Utd       1 Enyimba 1
Abia Warriors    1 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Lobi Stars          2 FC Taraba         1
Nasarawa Utd   2 Heartland          0
Akwa Utd          3 Sharks               1
Rangers            2 FC IfeanyiUbah 3
Sunshine Stars 4 Giwa FC 0
Warri Wolves   1 Dolphins 0
Kwara Utd       0 Wikki Tourists 1
Kano Pillars    4 Shooting Stars 1

                             Table

1. Sunshine Stars      23    13     4     6     43         
2. Enyimba               23     11     9     3     42         
3. Warri Wolves       23     12     4     7     40         
4. Wikki Tourists     23     10     8     5     38        
5. Kano Pillars          23     11     4     8     37         
6. Abia Warriors       23     11     4     8     37        
7. Giwa FC                23     09     8     6     35              
8. Heartland FC        23     10    03   10    33        
9. Nasarawa Utd       23     09    06    08   33         
10. IfeanyiUbah        23     09    05   0 9   32         
11. Shooting Stars      23     9     5     9     32        
12. Rangers               23     9     5     9     32         
13. El-Kanemi           23     9     3     11     30         
14. Akwa United       23     8     5     10     29         
15. Lobi Stars FC       23     6     9     8     27         
16. Kwara United      23     7     5     11     26         
17. Sharks FC          23     4     10     9     22        
18. Dolphins FC        23     4     9     10     21         
19. Bayelsa United   23     4     9     10     21         
20. FC Taraba           23     4     7     12     19         

Federation Cup q/final results:

Lobi Stars        2 BJ Foundation          1
Akwa Utd         2 Tornadoes Feeders  2 (Akwa won 4-3 on penalties)
 Nasarawa Utd 1 Ifeanyi Ubah            0
Rangers           3 Elkanemi                  0

Globacom Premier League Week 22 results and table

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

                           Table

1• Enyimba----------------------------22------11--11---41
2• Sunshine Stars--------------------22------12--13---40
3• Warri Wolves---------------------22-------11--13---37
4• Giwa FC----------------------------22----9-------4---35
5• Wikki Tourists-------------------22-----9--------4---35
6• Kano Pillars----------------------22-----10-----4----34
7• Abia Warriors--------------------22-----10-----2----34
8• Heartland FC--------------------22-----10----7-----33
9• Shooting Stars-------------------22----9------5-----32
10• Rangers-------------------------22----9------1-----32
11• Nasarawa Utd-----------------22----8------2----30
12• El-Kanemi Warriors---------22----9----(-10---30
13• FC Ifeanyiubah---------------22----8-----1------29
14• Akwa United------------------22----7----(-6-----26
15• Kwara United-----------------22----7----(-8-----26
16• Lobi Stars---------------------22-----5----(-5-----24
17• Sharks FC--------------------22-----4----(-7-----22
18• Dolphins FC------------------22-----4---(-5-----21
19• Bayelsa Utd------------------22-----4---(-12----20
20• FC Taraba----------------------22-----4---(-10----19

Globacom Premier League Week 22 fixtures and Week 21 table

Sunday, August 9, 2015

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

WEEK 21 TABLE
                                    P----W--GD--PTS
1. Sunshine Stars-----21----12---13------39
2. Enyimba FC---------21----10---10------38
3. Warri Wolves-------21-----11---13-----36
4. Giwa FC-------------21------9-----4-----34
5. Wikki Tourists-----21------9-----4-----34
6. Heartland FC------21-----10----9-----33
7. Kano Pillars--------21-----10----4------33
8. Abia Warriors------21-----10----2------33
9. Rangers-------------21-------9----1------31
10. Shooting Stars--- 21------8-----3------29
11. Nasarawa Utd-----21-------8---(-2------29
12. Ifeanyiubah-------21-------8-----1------28
13. El-Kanemi W-----21-------8---(-12----27
14. Akwa United-----21-------7----(-5-----26
15. Kwara Utd--------22-------7----(-6-----26
16. Lobi Stars---------21------5----(-4------24
17. Sharks-------------21------4----(-7-------21
18. Dolphins----------21------4-----(-5-------20
19. Bayelsa Utd------21------4-----(-12----19
20. FC Taraba---------21------3------(-11----16

Globacom Premier League Week 21 results

Kwara Utd            2 Dolphins            1
Lobi Stars             3 Bayelsa Utd      0
Shooting Stars     2 Wikki Tourists  1
Rangers               1 FC Taraba         0
Abia Warriors     2 Giwa FC             0
Warri Wolves     3 FC Ifeanyiubah  0
Akwa United       2 Enyimba FC      2
Nasarawa Utd    4 El-Kanemi          2
Kano Pillars       2 Heartland FC     1
Sunshine Stars   2 Sharks FC          0 

Globacom Premier League Week 21 fixtures

Wednesday, August 5, 2015
 
Nasarawa United vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Lobi Stars            vs Bayelsa United
Akwa United     vs Enyimba FC
Enugu Rangers   vs FC Taraba
Sunshine Stars  vs Sharks FC
Warri Wolves    vs FC IfeanyiUbah
Abia Warriors   vs Giwa FC
Kwara United    vs Dolphins FC
Shooting Stars  vs Wikki Tourists
Kano Pillars    vs Heartland FC

Globacom Premier League Week 20 results and table

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






Table
1. Enyimba FC-------20----10----10----37
2. Sunshine Stars ---20----11----11----36
3. Wikki Tourists---20-----9------5-----34
4. Giwa FC------------20-----9-----4-----34
5. Heartland FC-----20----10----10----33
6. Warri Wolves-----20----10----10----33
7. Kano Pilars-------20-----9------3-----30
8. Abia Warriors----20-----9------0-----30
9. IfeanyiUbah------20-----8-------4----28
10. Rangers Intl------20-----8-------0----28
11. El-Kanemi     -----20-----8-----(-10---27
12. Shooting Stars--20-----7-------2-----26
13. Nasarawa Utd---20-----7-----(-4----26
14. Akwa Utd---------20-----7-----(-5----25
15. Kwara Utd--------20-----6-----(-5----23
16. Sharks FC---------20----4------(-5---21
17. Lobi Stars---------20----4------(-7---21
18. Dolphins FC------20----4------(-4---20
19. Bayelsa Utd------20----4-----(-9----19
20. FC Taraba---------20-----3----(-10---16

Globacom Premier League Week 20 fixtures

Sunday, August 2, 2015

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

First round table
Team                    P       W      D    L    Pts       
Sunshine Stars     19     11     3     5     36
Enyimba              19     10     6     3     36    
Warri Wolves      19     10     3     6     33    
Wikki Tourists     19     9     6     4     33    
Heartland FC     19     10     2     7     32    
Giwa FC             19     8     7     4       31    
Abia Warriors     19     9     2     8     29    
IfeanyiUbah       19     8     3     8     27    
Kano Pillars       19     8     3     8     27    
Rangers             19     8     3     8     27    
3SC                    19     7     5     7     26    
Nasarawa Utd    19     7     5     7     26    
Akwa Utd          19     7     3     9     24    
El-Kanemi         19     7     3     9     24    
Kwara United     19     6     5     8     23    
Lobi Stars FC     19     4     9     6    21    
Sharks FC        19     3     9     7     18    
Bayelsa Utd     19     4     6     9     18    
Dolphins            19     3     8     8     17    
FC Taraba       19     2     7     10    13

Federation Cup round of 16 results and q/f pairings

Heartland FC     2 BJ Foundation          3
Plateau Utd        0 El-Kanemi Warriors 1
Nasarawa Utd    2 Abia Warriors          1
FC Ifeanyi Uba  4 FC Taraba                2
Prime FC            0 Akwa United            1
Rangers             3 Kwara United           2
Dolphins             1 Tornadoes Feeders 1
.Tornadoes Feeders won 4-3 on penalties
Remo Stars      1 Lobi Stars                  1
. Lobi won 5-3 on penalties

Quarter-final pairings
 Lobi Stars                  vs BJ Foundation
Elkanemi Warriors   vs Rangers

Nasarawa Utd          vs Ifeanyi Ubah
Akwa Utd                 vs Niger Tornadoes Feeders

 

2015 Federation Cup: Round of 16 fixtures

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
 
Nasarawa Utd          vs Abia Warriors-Osogbo
Ifeanyi Ubah            vs FC Taraba-Abuja
Prime FC                vs Akwa United-Oleh
Tornadoes Feeders vs Dolphins FC--Ado Ekiti
Remo Stars            vs Lobi Stars-Rojeny Stadium, Oba
Heartland FC         vs BJ Foundation-Makurdi
Plateau United       vs El-Kanemi Warriors-Minna

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Kwara United   vs Rangers -Abuja

Globacom Premier League Week 19 fixtures and Week 18 table

Sunday, July 19, 2015

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



                   Week 18 table


                               Team        P    W    D    L    Pts   

   
01. Sunshine Stars      18     10     3     5     33    
02. Enyimba                18     9     6     3     33    
03. Wikki Tourists     18     9     6     3     33    
04. Giwa FC               18     8     7     3     31    
05. Heartland FC       18     9     2     7     29    
06. FC IfeanyiUbah   18     8     3     7     27    
07. Rangers               18     8     3     7     27
08. Warri Wolves      16     8     2     6     26     
09. Kano Pillars         18     8     2     8     26    
10. Abia Warriors     18     8     2     8     26    
11. El-Kanemi           17     7     3     7     24    
12. Shooting Stars     18     6     5     7     23    
13. Nasarawa           18     6     5     7     23    
14. Akwa United       18     6     3     9     21    
15. Lobi Stars FC     18     4     8     6     20    
16. Kwara United     17     5     4     8     19    
17. Sharks FC           18     3     9     6     18    
18. Bayelsa United   18     4     6     8     18    
19. Dolphins FC       18     3     8     7     17    
20. Taraba FC          18     2     7     9     13