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‘Cameroon and Morocco will play against each other in the final match of Qatar 2022 world cup’

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‘Cameroon and Morocco will play against each other in the final match of Qatar 2022 world cup’

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Samuel Eto’o Fils’ crystal ball reveals an all-African Qatar 2022 world cup final match

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 
Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Cameroon Football  Association, has predicted an all-African team final match in the main event of the world cup final at the 2022 world cup in Qatar.
 
 
Eto’o made his prediction in an interview with Talk sports, a British sports radio station, stating boldly that Cameron and Morocco would play in the event’s final encounter.
 
 
The former Barcelona FC of Spain forward disclosed that all the five African representatives would qualify from their groups at the end of the first round.
 
 
“This is going to be a very good world cup for Africa because Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, and Cameron are going to Qatar to prove bookmarks wrong,” Eto’o said.
 
 
Eto’o, who drew the path to the final, told the Talk Sports crew that he expects the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to beat Belgium in the quarter-final and Africa champions Senegal in the semi-final.
 
 
He views Morocco’s path to include victories against Spain in the round of sixteen,  Portugal in the quarter-final, and France in the Semi-final.
 
 
Samuel Eto’o is among the most decorated African players after winning the Afcon, UEFA champions league, and African footballer of the year award, among others.

Lagos teams eye football gold medal

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Lagos teams eye football gold medal

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Dotun Coker is sure his state’s teams will play in the football event finals of the National sports festival

 

By  Rasheed Adewuyi 

 

 
 Dotun Coker, technical committee chairman of the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA), says the state male and female teams are now battle-ready for the forthcoming national sports festival In Delta state later this month.
 
 
 
 
In an interview with Sports Joust, Coker hints that their target is to play in the final of the festival’s male and female football events.
 
 
 
“With the level of preparation and support from the sports commission, we aim to play in the final. We’ll also work harder to beat the would-be opponents in the final,” he adds.
 
 
 
Coker further disclosed that both teams would play five friendly matches against top-selected sides in Lagos before traveling to Delta, adding that the male team will take on Messiah FC at the Teslim Balogun stadium this weekend.
 
 
 
“The Players are drawn from the nationwide league,  The FA cup, the Football league, and the state-endorsed private league to form a balanced team,” he adds.
 
 
 
The Lagos state male team won a silver medal at the last festival held in Edo state.
 
 
 
The 21st National Sports Festival will commence on November 28 and ends on December 10,  2022.

Alliou Cisse is livid over losing Sadio Mane to injury before the start of the world cup

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Alliou Cisse is livid over losing Sadio Mane to injury before the start of the world cup

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Alliou Cisse

 

Blames Qatar 2022 world cup timing

for Senegal’s loss of star striker

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

 

Senegal national team coach Alliou Cisse is seriously angry with the timing of the 2022 world cup in Qatar following the injury sustained by Bayern Munich forward Sodio Mane in Germany yesterday.

 

Mane was substituted 20 minutes into Bayern Munich’s 6-1 victory over Warder Bremen following an injury to the upper part of his right fibula.

 

Speaking on Europe Sports world cup countdown, Cisse said losing a player like Mane at this time is a big blow to the Terenga Lions, adding that his absence will affect the team at the world cup.

 

“Senegal medical team will continue to work with Bayern medical doctors to assess the injury to enable both parties to know how to help the player to play in the world cup if possible,” he said.

 

A report from Germany says Mane will miss Saturday’s game against Schalke and may be ruled out of the world cup if the damage to his fibula is very severe after the assessment.

 

Alliou Cisse is likely to announce his final world cup squad this Friday.

 

Senegal will play in group A with the Netherlands, the host nation, Qatar, and Ecuador.

Super 8 tourney will revitalize Nigerian basketball

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Super 8 tourney will revitalize Nigerian basketball

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Engineer Musa Kida, NBBF president

 

Promises NBBF boss Musa Kida

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

Engr. Musa Kida, president of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF),  has said that the Super 8 tournament will revitalize the game in Nigeria.

 

He urged enthusiasts and lovers of the big men’s game to storm Lagos and enjoy top-quality matches.

 

The NBBF boss said the Final 8 of the league would provide fans the opportunity to relive fond memories of basketball and once again enjoy exciting but competitive matches.

 

“The Final eight matches are another opportunity for our basketball players to do what they love doing. I’m sure the matches would be very exciting and truly competitive in the spirit of sportsmanship,” Kida stated.

 

He expressed further that the Final 8 is a testimonial of the commitment of his board to reposition basketball in Nigeria.

 

“I tell you that we remain committed to the development and growth of basketball in this country. The final eight is one of the several competitions and programs slated by this board to revitalize the game in Nigeria,” the highly regarded sports administrator enthused confidently.

 

The NBBF Premier league final 8, expected to hold November 7-12 at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, would feature Gombe Bulls, Kano Pillars, Benue Braves, Kwara Falcons, Lagos Islanders, Nigeria Customs and Rivers Hoopers.

 

Nigeria’s representatives to the 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL), scheduled to hold next year in Kigali, Rwanda, shall emerge at the end of the competition in Lagos.

‘Take proper care of our budding stars’

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‘Take proper care of our budding stars’

Sam Sodje speaks about match-fixing allegations which were dropped

Sam Sodje issues a clarion call to

Nigeria’s sports ministry

 

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

The Federal Ministry of Youths, Sports and Social Development has been advised to take proper care of athletes discovered at the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Delta later this month.

 

Sam Sodje, the special adviser to the state governor, who gave this advice in a telephone chat with Sports Joust, explained that the ministry of Sports should emulate Delta state by assisting budding talents to become future champions.

 

“It is good to discover athletes at the grassroots level, but it is very important to give them all the necessary assistance that will make them compete with their counterparts from other parts of the world. Moral and financial support should be given to upcoming athletes if Nigeria wants to produce more world champions like Tobi Amusan,” he said.

 

According to Sodje, Delta state won the last six Sports festivals due to constant support from the state government, adequate preparation, and monitoring of its athletes.

 

” We took our athletes to the United States of America on different training tours that have helped them to win medals in various events in previous Sports festivals,” he added.

 

Sports Joust gathered that over eight thousand athletes from the 36 states of the federation, including the festival capital Abuja, will take part in this year’s festival.

 

Delta won the last edition held in Edo state with 384 medals. 158 gold, 116 silver, and 110 bronze.

Qatar 2022: Black Stars reject winning bonus

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Qatar 2022: Black Stars reject winning bonus

GFA spokesperson, Henry Asante Twum

GFA spokesperson Henry Twum

 

To settle for a qualification bonus instead

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

The Black Stars of Ghana have agreed that they will not receive a winning bonus at the 2022 world cup in Qatar.

 

Disclosing this to Journalists in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, the country’s football Federal spokesman, Me Henry Asante Twum, said the players have resolved to receive a qualification bonus instead of a winning bonus.

 

” The GFA held meetings with the players, and both parties are happy over this amicable settlement. The Football Association will ensure that the entire team and the technical crew are properly cared for in Qatar. The welfare of our players is very important to us,” he said.

 

Henry explained that funds to prosecute the preparation in Abu Dhabi and Qatar would be released by the Minister of Sports and Finance before the team leaves Ghana for Qatar.

 

Apart from the government money, plans are in top gear by the GFA to raise additional funds through corporate bodies. The GFA has scheduled a fundraising ceremony for next weekend in Kumasi, Ghana.

 

Ghana will start its campaign on November 24 against former European champions Portugal in Qatar.

Nigerian football official caught on video boasting of influencing games

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Nigerian football official caught on video boasting of influencing games

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Ibrahim Musa Gusau president of NFF

 

 

NFF suspends Auwalu Jada from all football events

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the suspension of football official Auwalu Baba Jada from all football-related activities, pending investigations into a video that has been trending online for some days now, in which “he is the principal character,” a recent NFF press release alleges.

 

“Auwalu Baba Jada has been suspended from all football-related activities pending investigations into the video recording in which he is the principal character. The NFF has tasked the ethics and integrity units to investigate.

 

“Auwalu Baba Jada will have no role in any football activity, event, or program until the conclusion of the investigations, and this also means he is summarily suspended from his membership of the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League,” NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said on Tuesday.

 

In the referenced video that is turning heads on Youtube, Auwalu is boasting about influencing professional league match results in virtually every pitch across the length and breadth of Nigeria except matches involving Lagos-based club MFF.

NBBF inaugurates adhoc constitution review committee  

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NBBF inaugurates adhoc constitution review committee  
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NBBF president Engr Musa Kida
 
 
Tasked with the review of the body’s
 
2019 constitution
 
 

By Rasheed Adewuyi

 

 
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to review and amend its 2019 constitution.
 
 
 
The review and amendment committee is to be headed by a retired legal luminary, Chief justice of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta.
 
 
Auta described as a living testimony of hard work, diligence, courage, and integrity, is expected to bring his over forty years of impeccable career to bear in reviewing and amending the NBBF constitution, which is a little over three years old.
 
 
Justice Auta, who turned 70 in September, will work with Dr. Lanre Grover, a very seasoned and experienced Sports administrator and Nigeria Olympic Games Committee trustee member, Mrs. Hauwa Kulu Akinyemi and Alhaji Honourable Abba Abdulquadir Kaka as members while Barrister Emmanuel Okabe is the secretary of the committee.

World cup selection fear paralyze Black Stars

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World cup selection fear paralyze Black Stars

2022 World Cup: Otto Addo, rest technical team to arrive next week for Black Stars v Nigeria playoff games

Black Stars officials

 

 

Otto Addo vows to take only in-form Black Stars to Qatar 2022

 

Rasheed Adewuyi

 

A palpable tension has paralyzed Black Stars of Ghana players after coach Otto Addo announced that his final world cup list would rely solely on current form for player selection.

 

Otto Addo and his technical team, which includes premier league manager Chris Hughton , submitted a provisional list of 35 players In mid -October and are expected to release the final list before or on November 14 to meet the FIFA deadline.

 

Sports Joust reliably gathered that several Ghanaian players are nervously waiting to see if they will miss out on the world cup list.

 

According to Addo, the coaching crew is doing everything possible to select players to produce the desired results in Qatar. Since the team won’t have enough time to prepare, choosing players in good shape is necessary.

“The team would consist of the players featured during the international friendlies against Brazil and Nicaragua and a few new names that were invited recently,” Addo told the Joy FM crew.

 

Participants will be allowed to name a squad of 26 players, including three goalkeepers, with five substitutions for the team each match.

 

Ghana will start its campaign on November 24 with a crucial match against group H favorites Portugal. The Black Stars will play South Korea on November 28 and Uruguay in the final group game on December 2.

 

The team will commence preparation for the Mundial in Abu Dhabi in the second week of November.

Nigeria’s relay teams to chase gold in Budapest, Hungary

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Nigeria’s relay teams to chase gold in Budapest, Hungary

CWG: Nigeria Clinch Gold In Women's 4X100m As Men Settle For Bronze – Channels Television

Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay team goes for another gold chase.

 

Clinch 2023 World Athletics Champs spot

 

By Rasheed Adewuyi 

 

The Nigerian women’s 4x100m and mixed relay teams have qualified to compete at the 19th World Athletics Championships scheduled to hold in Budapest, Hungary, in August 2023.

 

The two relay teams secured their spots in Budapest following the revision of the qualification system by World Athletics.

 

This revision came about following the postponement of the World Athletics Relays, earlier scheduled in Guangzhou, China, from May 2023 to April 2025.

 

The decision to delay the World Athletics Relays impacts the qualification system for the relay events at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

 

Before the revised qualification process, the first 12 teams from the 2023 World Relays would have qualified directly for the Budapest event, while the best-ranked teams filled the remaining four places at the end of the qualification period.

 

The revised qualification system will now have the top eight teams from July’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. The top eight teams from the performance lists qualify for Budapest 2023.

 

The Nigerian 4x100m women’s relay team of Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favor Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha ran a then 42.22s African record to place fourth in the final.

 

In contrast, Nigeria’s men’s team suffered disqualification from the semifinal. The Nigerian mixed relay quartet of Samson Nathaniel, Imaobong Nse Uko, Dubem Amene, and Patience Okon George ran 3:16.21s to finish sixth in the final.

 

It will now be in Budapest next August. The men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams and the women’s 4x400m relay team will have to compete to be among the top eight teams from the performance lists to secure their passage to Budapest.

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