2017 NPFL Match day 6 fixtures

Sunday, February 5

Kano Pillars               vs    ABS, Ilorin        
Shooting Stars          vs    Rivers United 
Niger Tornadoes      vs    Katsina United
IfeanyiUbah              vs    Enugu Rangers   
Lobi Stars                 vs    Wikki Tourists
Akwa United             vs    Remo Stars   
Nasarawa United      vs    Plateau United       
Abia Warriors           vs    Gombe United   
Sunshine Stars          vs    MFM, Lagos      
El-Kanemi Warriors  vs    Enyimba   

Leading scorers:

Stephen Odey        - MFM FC            4
Ajomu Chidebere   -Niger Tornadoes 3
Godwin Zaki          -Abia Warriors      3
Golbe Elisha         - Plateau United     3
Mfon Udoh           - Enyimba               3
Olatubosun Sikiru  -MFM FC            3
Victor Mbaoma      -Remo Stars         3
Mohammed Mohammed -ABS           3

           LEAGUE TABLE

Team              P    W    Pts
Plateau            5    4    13
MFM FC        5    3    10
ABS FC           5    3    10
Enyimba           5    3    10
Rivers Utd       5    2    9
Abia Warriors   5    2    7
Gombe Utd        5    2    7
Wikki Tourists  5    2    7
Lobi Stars         5    2    7
Enugu Rangers  5    1    6
Remo Stars       5    2    6
Kano Pillars      5    2    6
Katsina Utd       5    2    7
El-Kanemi          5    2    6
Sunshine Stars   5    2    6
Nasarawa Utd    5    1    5
Tornadoes           5    1    5
IfeanyiUbah        5    1    4
Shooting Stars    5    1    4
Akwa United       5    0    3



 

Nigeria retain ITF/CAT junior tennis title

Nigeria successfully defended the ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championships title which ended in Lome, Togo late last month.
 
The 12-man Nigerian team garnered 950 points at the 10-day tournament which featured 111
players from 11 countries.

The win reaffirms Nigeria’s status as the regional superpower as Mohammed Ubale-tutored team fights off strong challenge from Cote d’Ivoire to keep the regional title for six years running. Benin Republic and Cameroon finished third and fourth with 780 and 715 points respectively.
 
Cote d’Ivoire, who finished second on 800 points, had threatened to dethrone Nigeria after
Day 6 restricting the defending champions to one gold, one silver and one bronze, but Nigeria had a strong finish to post another memorable outing at the tournament which serves as qualifiers for the African Junior Championships billed for South Africa in March.

Aside from emerging the overall winners, Nigeria’s impressive display saw the boys’ team
bagged qualification for the Junior Davis Cup as well as the World Team Cup while the girls’ team also secured their place in the Junior Fed Cup. All the tournaments will hold later in the year and this is also the first time Nigeria will be qualifying for all the tournaments from a single competition.
 
Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) president, Engineer Sani Ndanusa expressed delight at the performance of the players stating that the federation’s commitment to the development of the game particularly at junior level will be sustained with renewed vigour.

Nigeria’s title hope was almost slipping off with the injury sustained by Marylove Edward
which forced her to forfeit the girls’ 14 and under title to compatriot, Oyinlomo Quadri and more crucially, her withdrawal from the doubles which denied the country a significant number of points but the team still prove its superiority with half of its representatives securing their places in the AJC.

In addition to Oyinlomo and Marylove, the quartet of Michael Osewa, Michael Ayoola, Matthew Abamu and David Dawariye, who defeated Andre Sydina of Senegal to the last ticket in the boys’ 14 and under category, will be rubbing shoulders with qualifiers from other regions of the continents. It also means Nigeria has the highest number of qualifiers from the CAT Zone 2.
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Caption: Oyinlomo Quadri with the 14 and under title.
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2017 NPFL match day five results, scorers

*ABS, Ilorin      2 Shooting Stars  0
Mohammed Mohammed   (39th min)
Chukwuebuka Anaekwe (52nd min)

*Enyimba        2 Nasarawa United 1
Mfon Udoh     -Enyimba (13th min)
Adamu Hassan  -Nasarawa (56th min)
Mfon Udoh     -Enyimba  (66th min)

*Enugu Rangers  1 Niger Tornadoes 1
Godwin Aguda  (40th min)
Bolaji Adeyemo (+45 min)

*Gombe United   2 Sunshine Stars  0
Sanusi Sani (...min)
Manir Ubale (...min)

*Plateau United 2 Abia Warriors   1
Golbe Elisha  -Plateau United (5th min)
Godwin Zaki   -Abia Warriors  (34th min)
Philip Azango -Plateau United (43rd min)

*Remo Stars     2 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Onuoha Chukwujekwu (2nd min)
Oche Salefu made   (50th min)

*Wikki Tourists 3 FC IfeanyiUbah   1
Prince Agrreh -IfeanyiUbah     (5th min)
Richard Johnson-Wikki Tourists (2 goals)
Idris Guda     -Wikki Tourists (......)

*Rivers United  0 Lobi Stars       0

*MFM, Lagos     1 Kano Pillars  0
Adebayo Waheed (67th minute)

*Kastina United 1 Akwa United     1
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2017 NPFL Match day five fixtures

Sunday, January 29, 2017

MFM FC      vs Kano Pillars
ABS FC        vs Shooting Stars
Rivers Utd      vs Lobi Stars 
Wikki Tourists  vs IfeanyiUbah
Rangers         vs Niger Tornadoes
Katsina Utd vs Akwa United 
Remo Stars  vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Enyimba       vs Nasarawa United
Plateau Utd   vs Abia Warriors
Gombe Utd   vs Sunshine Stars
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2017 NPFL match day four results, scorers

*Shooting Stars 1 MFM, Lagos 1
Sikiru Olatunbosun-MFM (38th min)
Adebayo Abayomi   -3SC (89th min)

*Sunshine Stars 1 Kano Pillars 0
Sunday Alimi (82nd min)

*Niger Tornadoes      2 Wikki Tourists  0
Chidiebere Ajoku (27th, 72nd min)

*Nasarawa Utd  3 Remo Stars   1
Abdulrahman Bashir-Nasarawa (14th min)
Abiodun Awoyemi-Remo Stars (64th min)
Douglas Achiv-Nasarawa
Emmanuel Makama-Nasarawa

*Lobi Stars    3 ABS, Ilorin  0
Kingsley Eduwo (2 goals)
Nwangwa Nyima

*El-Kanemi     1 Katsina United  0
Sunday Anthony (89th min)

*Gombe United  0 Plateau United 0

*Abia Warriors 0 Enyimba      0

*IfeanyiUbah   0 Rivers United 0

*Akwa United   0 Enugu Rangers 0

2017 NPFL Match day Four fixtures

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Shooting Stars            vs MFM, Lagos
Lobi Stars                  vs ABS, Ilorin
FC IfeanyiUbah        vs Rivers Utd
Niger Tornadoes       vs Wikki Tourists
Akwa United             vs Enugu Rangers
El-Kanemi Warriors vs Katsina Utd
Nasarawa Utd         vs Remo Stars
Abia Warriors         vs Enyimba
Gombe United        vs Plateau United
Sunshine Stars       vs Kano Pillars

NPFL Match Day three results, scorers, table

*Kano Pillars   2 Shooting Stars 1
Adigun Adewale -Shooting Stars (42nd min)
Adamu Mohammed -Pillars (47th, 90th min)

*MFM FC, Lagos 4 Lobi Stars 0
Stephen Odey   (27th, 59th, 63rd min)
Tchato Giscard (62nd min)

*ABS FC         1 FC IfeanyiUbah 0
Chigozirim Metu (17th min)

*Rivers United  1 Niger Tornadoes 0
Guy Kuemian (22nd min)

*Wikki Tourists 1 Akwa United 0
Harrison Madu (80th min)

*Enugu Rangers  1 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Bobby Clement (72nd min)

*Katsina United 1 Nasarawa United 0
Suleman Musa (80th min)

*Remo Stars     1 Abia Warriors 0
Victor Mbaoma (90th min)

*Enyimba        2 Gombe United 0
Ibrahim Mustapha (65th min)
Mfon Udoh        (90th min)

*Plateau United 3 Sunshine Stars 1
Benjamin Turba -Plateau Utd (44th min)
Kabiru Umar    -Plateau Utd (70th min)
Emeka Umeh     -Plateau Utd (79th min)
Alaba Adeniyi  -Sunshine    (90th min)
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Table
                                             P     W   D   L   GF GA GD  PTS
1     Plateau United             3     3     0     0     8   3     5     9
2     ABS                             3     2     1     0     5   2     3     7
3     Rivers United             3     2     1     0     4   2     2     7
4     MFM                          3     2     0     1     7   4     3     6
5     Abia Warriors            3     2     0     1     4   2     2     6
6     Enyimba                     3     2     0     1     4   3     1     6
7     Kano Pillars              3     2     0     1     3   2     1     6
8     Katsina United          3     2     0     1     3   3     0     6
9     Enugu Rangers        3     1     1     1     3   3     0     4
10     Wikki Tourists       3     1     1     1     2   2     0     4
11     Ifeanyi Ubah          3     1     0     2     4   2     2     3
12     Shooting Stars      3     1     0     2     3   3     0     3
13     El-Kanemi             3     1     0     2     3   4     -1     3
13     Remo Stars          3     1     0     2     3   4     -1     3
15     Gombe United      3     1     0     2     3   5     -2     3
16     Sunshine Stars     3     1     0     2     2   4     -2     3
17     Lobi Stars            3     1     0     2     1   6     -5     3
18     Nasarawa Utd      3     0     2     1     1   2     -1     2
19     Akwa United        3     0     1     2     2   5     -3     1
20     Niger Tornadoes  3     0     1     2     1   5     -4     1

Caption: Stephen Odey of MFM FC, the first player to score a hat-trick this season in the NPFL. He is now leading the goal chart with four goals.

2017 NPFL Match day three fixtures

Sunday, January 22, 2017

 Kano Pillars    vs Shooting Stars
 MFM FC        vs Lobi Stars 
ABS FC           vs FC IfeanyiUbah 
Rivers United  vs Niger Tornadoes
Wikki Tourists  vs Akwa United 
Enugu Rangers vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Katsina United  vs Nasarawa United 
Remo Stars       vs Abia Warriors 
Enyimba            vs Gombe United 
Plateau United  vs Sunshine Stars 

2017 NPFL match day two results, scorers

*Gombe United 2 Remo Stars 1
Victor Mbaoma     -Remo   (20th min)
Oshobe Shuji      -Remo   (37th min, own goal)
Fabason Djoufouna -Gombe  (87th min)

*Lobi Stars      1 Kano Pillars 0
Solomon Kwambe (39th min)

*IfeanyiUbah     4  MFM, Lagos   0
Yaya Kone       (4th min)
King Osanga     (33rd min)
Jimoh Oni       (35th min)
Ifeanyi Onuigbo (84th min)

*Niger Tornadoes 1 ABS FC       1
Mohammed Mohammed -ABS       (30th min)
Ebenezer Odeyemi  -Tornadoes (37th min)

*Akwa United     1 Rivers Utd   1
Cyril Olisema -Akwa United    (9th min)
Bernard Ovoke -Rivers United  (26th min)

*Nasarawa United 1 Rangers      1
Adamu Hassan      -Nasarawa (49th min)
Fortune Omoniwari -Rangers  (67th min)

*Abia Warriors   2 Katsina Utd  0
Godwin Zaki  (36th min)
Seun Olulayo (54th min)

*Plateau United  3 Enyimba      1
Elisha Gorbe       -Plateau Utd (12th min)
Kabiru Umar        -Plateau Utd (55th min)
Emeka Umeh         -Plateau Utd (80th min)
Ikechukwu Ibenegbu -Enyimba (83rd min)

*Sunshine Stars  1 Shooting Stars 0
Sunday Oluwadamilare (78th min)

*El-Kanemi Warriors 2 Wikki Tourists 1
Samuel Mathias    -El-Kanemi (8th min)
Chinedu Onyelonu  -Wikki     (23rd min)
Abraham Audu      -El-Kanemi (39th min)

 Caption: ABS striker, Mohammed Mohammed, scored two goals in two games in the ongoing season.

2017 NPFL match day two fixtures

 Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Lobi Stars                  vs Kano Pillars
IfeanyiUbah              vs MFM, Lagos
Niger Tornadoes      vs ABS
Akwa United             vs Rivers Utd
El-Kanemi Warriors  vs Wikki Tourists
Nasarawa Utd           vs Rangers
Abia Warriors          vs Katsina Utd
Gombe United         vs Remo Stars
Plateau Utd             vs Enyimba
Sunshine Stars        vs Shooting Stars

2017 NPFL match day 1 results, scorers

January 14, 2017

Kano Pillars 1 IfeanyiUbah 0 (Match abandoned in 48th minute)
Scorer: Gambo Mohammed
Kano Pillars 3 IfeanyiUbah 0 (Boardroom ruling)

January 15

*Shooting Stars 2 Lobi Stars 0
Afolabi Waheed (34 mins
Sunday Faleye  (67 mins)

*ABS FC      3 Akwa Utd      1
Mohammed Mohammed -ABS
Stone Evbuomwan      -ABS
Abubakar Chindo      -ABS
Godspower Igudia  -Akwa Utd

*Rivers Utd  2 El-Kanemi      1
Emeka Ogbugh    -Rivers Utd
Guy Kuemian     -Rivers Utd
Bello Kofarmata -El-Kanemi

*Enyimba     1 Sunshine      0
Ibrahim Mustapha

*Remo Stars  1 Plateau Utd   2
John Kim      -Plateau Utd (26th min)
Victor Mbaoma -Remo Stars  (45th min)
Golbe Elisha  -Plateau Utd (52th minute)


*Katsina Utd 2 Gombe Utd     1
Tasiu Lawal      -Katsina Utd
Suleiman Ibrahim -Katsina Utd
Mannir Ubale     -Gombe Utd

*Rangers     1 Abia Warriors 2
Fortune Omoniwari -Rangers
Emeka Isaac       -Abia Warriors
Godwin Zaki       -Abia Warriors

*MFM FC      3 Niger Tornadoes 0
Sikiru Olatunbosun
Stephen Odey  (2 goals)

*Wikki Tourists    0 Nasarawa   Utd   0

Total goals scored: 25

CAF withdraws U-17 AFCON 2017 hosting rights from Madagascar

The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has withdrawn the hosting rights of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2017) from Madagascar.

The decision was reached at the CAF executive committee meeting held in Libreville, Gabon on Thursday.
 
Following the reports of the CAF inspection teams, the CAF executive committee unanimously
decided (with the exception of the President of the Malagasy Football Federation) to withdraw the hosting rights from Madagascar.
 
In a statement on its website, the secretariat of the continental body said it will launch a new bid for applications within a limited period (until 30 January 2017) for the selecion of a new host.
 
CAF has also issued a 10-day ultimatum to the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) to
present player, Langa Lesse Bercy, for a new MRI test in Libreville, following a protest filed by the Tanzania Football Federation, after two unsuccessful scheduled meetings.
 
The test is to confirm the player’s eligibility to participate in the U-17 AFCON championship, having played in the qualifiers. 
 
Meanwhile, CAF has also released the list of candidates for its executive committee elections billed for March this year with president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick as one of the contestants.
 
The incumbent president of CAF, Alhaji Issa Hayatou is to re-election against Ahmad from
Madagascar.

The full list:

Election of CAF President for the period 2017-2021

Outgoing President: Issa Hayatou (Cameroon)

Candidates:  Ahmad (Madagascar) and Issa Hayatou (Cameroon)

Elections for CAF Executive Committee for the period 2017-2021

Northern Zone

Outgoing member: Mohamed Raouraoua (Algeria)

Candidates:  Anwar El Tashani (Libya), Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco) and Mohamed Raouraoua

(Algeria)


West Zone A 

Outgoing member: Amadou Diakite (Mali)

Candidates:  Amadou Diakite (Mali) and Hassan Musa Bility (Liberia)



West Zone B 

Outgoing member: Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin)



Candidates:  Amaju Melvin Pinnick (Nigeria)

           Anjorin Moucharafou (Benin)



Central Zone

Outgoing member: Adoum Djibrine (Chad)

                                              

Candidates:  Adoum Djibrine (Chad)

                                                                                          

   

Central-East Zone

Outgoing member: Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan)



Candidates:     Juneidi Basha Tilmo (Ethiopia)

              Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan)

              Moses Magogo (Uganda)

              Suleiman Hassan Waberi (Djibouti)



Southern Zone (2 Vacancies)

Outgoing members:         Ahmad (Madagascar)                        

          Suketu Patel (Seychelles)



Candidates:     Danny Jordaan (South Africa)

              Frans Mbidi (Namibia)

              Rui Eduardo Da Costa (Angola)

              Suketu Patel (Seychelles)





Female Candidate (1 vacancy)

Candidates:     Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone)

              Lydia Nsekera (Burundi)





2. Election of African representatives to the FIFA Council for the period 2017 - 2021

Subject to eligibility confirmation by FIFA, the following candidates were approved for

the election of African members onto the FIFA Council:



Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish Grouping

Tarek Bouchamaoui (Tunisia)



Francophone Grouping

Constant Omari Selemani (DR Congo)

Augustin Sidy Diallo (Cote d’Ivoire)



Anglophone Grouping

Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana)

Leodegar Tenga (Tanzania)

Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia)



Open applications (3 vacancies, including one female member)

Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea)

Chabur Goc (South Sudan)

Danny Jordaan (South Africa)

Hani Abo Rida (Egypt)

Lydia Nsekera (Burundi)

Caption: NFF president, Amaju Pinnick in the race for CAF seat.

 

2017 African Junior Tennis championship: Oyinlomo in flying start as Igbinovia loses

Nigeria's Oyinlomo Quadri on Thursday began her quest to defend the girls’ 14 and under title she won in 2016 in Abuja on a good note, following her 6-1, 6-1 victory over Hanah Minet of Cote d’Ivoire at the ongoing 2017 ITF/CAT African Junior Championship West and Central Africa qualifiers in Lome, Togo.

 
Oyinlomo were among the seven Nigerians who emerged victorious in the second day of the tournament featuring 15 countries.
 
With four wins from five matches on the opening day, the defending champions stepped up the gear enjoying the highest number of wins as hostilities hot up at the Stade Omnisports, Lome.
 
Marylove Edward had her match against Kouma Niangadov of Mali stretched to Thursday following poor visibility and the 12-year-old double forehand and double backhand player posted a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win to enhance her chances of qualification from the round-robin preliminaries.
 
Omolayo Bamidele from Ekiti also defeated a Togolese opponent 6-0, 6-1 as David Dawariye of the Kodian Academy, Port Harcourt humiliated another home boy, Paul Padio 6-1, 6-0.
 
Also, Kaduna-based Rebecca Peters also advanced in the competition beating Marie H of Burkina Faso 6-0, 6-0.
 
Matthew Abamu also stunned home fans as he defeated Togo’s M. Dossen 6-0, 6-1 while Micheal Ayoola who had in his first game defeated  Mali's Umar Fouma 6-3, 6-2 also conquered Delmas Ntcha of Benin Republic 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.
 
Abuja-based Saminu Abubakar kept Nigeria’s winning run with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Cedric Falalou of Togo.
 
Meanwhile, Wilson Igbinovia, who made a winning start at the AJC was the only Nigerian to taste defeat on Thursday losing to J. Alipoe of Togo 6-1, 6-2 in the boy’s 16 and under category to give worried home fans some respite.
 
Thirteen-year-old Igbinovia, it will be recalled, on Wednesday triumphed over Maiga Quattara of Burkina Baso 6-1, 6-2 in his AJC debut.
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Caption: Oyinlomo Quadri in action at a recent tournament.

Obafemi Awolowo Tennis Club organises free BP test

Obafemi Awolowo Tennis Club (OATC) last weekend organised free blood pressure test for members of the public at the tennis arena of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan.
 
Aside tennis players, cyclists, footballers, coaches, administrators, track and field athletes, taekowondoists as well as parents also took part in the exercise which kicked off at 8am and lasted five hours on Saturday, January 7, 2017.
 
In his remarks, Club Captain of OATC, Mr Kunle Yusuf said the event was designed in memory of the late member of the club, Mr Wale Alayande, who died on January 6, 2016.
 
"We are impressed with the turn out of people who showed up for the BP test. It is important to pay attention to this aspect of life because health is wealth. Some of the participants were advised on what to do based on the results of the tests and this would certainly help them health wise. They will now know what to do to make their blood pressure normal having been advised by the medical personnel. 
 
"Also on Friday, we held a special prayer for the repose of the soul of Wale because he is always in our hearts. May his soul continue to rest in peace," Yusuf stated.
 
Meanwhile, Coordinator of Bright Future Cycling Club, Ibadan, Mr Kolapo Aminu while speaking with harmonysport.blogspot.com commended OATC for organising the BP test.
Kolapo after taking part in the exercise noted that it was a good initiative.
 
"This is a control mechanism which must be embraced by individuals especially adults. It is important that one goes for this BP test every month for one to know his health status and act accordingly.

" I commend OATC for thinking in this direction and I believe this would motivate some organisations and individuals too to consider BP test in fact as a monthly exercise," Kolapo as he is fondly called said.
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 Caption: Mr Collins Okofu (right), a member of OATC undergoing blood pressure test during the exercise.