Kwara Stadium Veteran Badminton Club storms Lagos for friendly

The Kwara Stadium Veteran Badminton Club will storm Lagos on Friday to confront the Police College 2008, Ikeja, in a friendly badminton game billed for Saturday, August 6.
The Kwara team is made up of 20 players led by the Club Captain,  Alhaji Sambo Magaji who is the Registrar of Kwara State College of Education Technical, Lafiagi, with the likes of highly experienced players Yinka Abolarin, Abdul, Mutiu Jimoh, Dr Abdulfatai Olokoba (CMD) Kwara State General Hospital, Ilorin. Others include Alhaji AbdulWahab  Oba, (CPS to Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State). Pharmacist Lanre Alege of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Bunmi Adedoyin, Coach Bola Mogaji and Yomi Bakare (P.A to Zonal Chairman IPMAN Western Zone).
Others include Prince Femi Adeleke, Emeka  and Sunday Oderinde.
Three categories of games will be played-Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
Speaking with sportswriters after their training in Ilorin, the Captain of the Club, Sambo Mogaji said all the necessary arrangements have been concluded to ensure a successful trip and outing in Lagos.
Sambo promised that the Club would make the state proud in the Centre of Excellence.
The Kwara Badminton Veteran Club had earlier in the year hosted Bida Veteran Club in a friendly in Ilorin.

2016 NPFL Match day 29 results, scorers

*Nasarawa United 3 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Tayo Fabiyi (32, 85 mins)
Abdulrahman Bashir (75 mins)*MFM, Lagos 0 Plateau United 1
Kabir Umar (4 mins)

*IfeanyiUbah 2 Kano Pillars 1
Ismaila Gata    -IUbah   (30 mins)                 
Gambo Mohammed  -Pillars (55 mins)
Tamen Medrano   -IUbah   (83 mins)

*Shooting Stars 2 Sunshine Stars 1
Meshack Chukwubuikem-Sunshine Stars  (23 mins)
Sunday Adetunji     -Shooting Stars  (31, +90 mins)

*Enyimba 1 Rangers 1
Chukwude Stephen -Enyimba (44 mins)
Godwin Aguda     -Rangers (45 mins)

*Akwa United 3 Wikki Tourists 0
Hassan Babangida (11, 30 mins)
Ubong Friday     (68 mins)

*Lobi Stars 3 Warri Wolves 0
Kingsley Eduwo
Patrick Ikeokwu
Raphael Ayagwa (80 mins)

2016 NPFL Match day 29 fixtures

Saturday, July 30

Nasarawa United vs El-Kanemi Warriors

Sunday, July 31

Shooting Stars       vs Sunshine Stars
Rivers United        vs Ikorodu United (pp)
IfeanyiUbah          vs Kano Pillars
MFM, Lagos       vs Plateau United
Enyimba               vs Rangers
Lobi Stars             vs Warri Wolves
Akwa United        vs Wikki Tourists
Niger Tornadoes vs Abia Warriors

2016 Federation Cup quarter-final results:

Crown                 4  Wikki Tourists 3 (pen)
Nasarawa Utd   4  Akwa Utd          2 (pen)
Rivers Utd        0  Enyimba            0 (Abandoned due to downpour)
IfeanyiUbah    1  Warri Wolves      0 (Abandoned)

2016 NPFL match day 28 results, scorers

*Shooting Stars 3 Tornadoes      1

Tayo Adebogun          -Shooting  (8 mins)
Sunday Adetunji        -Shooting  (32, 37 mins)
Mustahpha Ibrahim   -Tornadoes (80 mins)


*Wikki Tourists 2 Abia Warriors  0
Ibrahim Alhassan
Godwin Obaje

*Kano Pillars   1 MFM, Lagos     0
Gambo Mohammed (61 mins)

*Rangers        1 Lobi Stars     1
Ocheme Edoh    -Rangers    (23 mins)
Kingsley Eduwo -Lobi Stars (62 mins)

*Sunshine Stars 1 Rivers United  0
Dele Olorundare (42 mins)




*Heartland      0 IfeanyiUbah    0

*Plateau United 2 Enyimba 0
Joshua Obaje   (37 mins)
Sunday Ingbede (70 mins)

* Warri Wolves 3 Akwa United 1
Ubong Friday -Akwa Utd (34 mins)
Sikiru Alimi -Wolveds (44 mins)
King Osanga  -Wolves  (60 mins)
Kelvin Itoya -Wolves  (68 mins)

*Ikorodu United 2 Nasarawa Utd 2
Paul Duke          -Ikorodu  (36 mins)
Abdulrahman Bashir -Nasarawa (46 mins)
Oluwole Balogun    -Ikorodu  (60 mins)
Samson Gbadebo     -Nasarawa (64 mins)

2016 Federation Cup q/final fixtures:

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Rivers United   vs Enyimba           -Ibadan
Akwa United    vs Nasarawa Utd  -Enugu
Warri Wolves   vs IfeanyiUbah     -Ijebu Ode
Wikki Tourists vs Crown               -Lokoja

2016 NPL Match day 28 fixtures

Saturday, July 23

Sunshine Stars   vs Rivers United
Ikorodu United   vs Nasarawa
Heartland           vs FC IfeanyiUbah
Kano Pillars       vs MFM, Lagos
Rangers             vs Lobi Stars
Warri Wolves    vs Akwa United
Wikki Tourists  vs Akwa United
Shooting Stars   vs Niger Tornadoes

Sunday, July 24

Plateau United vs Enyimba