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Nigeria’s female U-20 national team Falconets defeated Benin Republic 3-0 at at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, to seal passage the final of the maiden U-20 WAFU B in Ghana. Ahead of this semifinal clash, the Falconets were the tournament’s form team, having won all three of their games in Ghana, scoring 16 goals and conceding none. Bello opened the scoring in the 24th minutes, as she drove through the heart of Benin’s defence to lash the ball past the goalkeeper for the opener. Onyenezide made it 2-0 on 34th minutes from the penalty spot kick, after Flourish Sabastine was hacked down in the danger area of Benin Republic by forcing the referee to point to the spot for a penalty kick. The Falconets continued with high spirit of dominance in the second half, and on the hour-mark, Onyenezide bagged her second goal went as she went on a solo run and danced past two defenders to make it 3-0 in the 62nd minutes for the Falconets. Elsewhere, in the first semi-final on Wednesday G

Peace Cup to start 2nd July  The third edition of Peace Cup will begin on the 2nd of July, 2023 in Lagos, organisers have announced. The cup tournament which is built towards grassroot development of football in the country will be played at Aboru, Ilepo Oke-Odo Area. The following clubs will be participating in the tournament: Sizoko fc, Tridal fc, Fadob fc, Crown Star fc, Ottasolo fc, Akinola All Star, Ayante fc & D-Platinum fc etc. According to the pioneer of the tournament, renowned  Match-Commissioner in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Dr. Adekojo Ibrahim Kolade says Grassroots football development is the best channel to discover raw talents in Nigeria.

Grassroot football development is the best channel to discover raw talents says Dr. Adekojo Ibrahim Kolade.  The director and Pioneer of PEACE CUP 2023, declare the biggest tournament as a channel to discover raw talents and to bring boys out from the street and make them a better person in life.  Here comes the 3rd Edition of Peace cup. A tournament which has produced a lots of talented player for most clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), NNL and even in the NLO clubs.  This year's own is going to be more interesting and tough where by all matches will be live stream.  Teams available are likes of Ottasolo fc,Sizoko fc,Tridal fc, Fadob fc, Crown star fc, Ayante fc, D-Platinum, Akinola All Star who happened to be the defending champion and so on.

President of SGFC Athletics Sports Club and CEO Txpoint Consulting LLC, USA, Richard Opanuga has congratulated the Chairman of 36 Lion FC Olawale Liameed Gafar on his victory after being elected the Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association. In the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) elective congress held on Wednesday at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, Onikan Lagos, Hajji Gafar pulled a total of 10 votes to beat his challenger Dotun Coker who pulled just 4 votes. The Business man In his congratulatory message on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, said; “My Friend, My Brother, I congratulate you on your victory today, and also thank the good people of Lagos State for their foresight in electing you into the board of the Lagos State Football Association. “Truly, your victory is an exemplary demonstration of capacity and dedication, a bold and emphatic testimony, of your hardwork, commitment and passion towards youth empowerment and development in the country. “I have no

The Referees committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has invited eleven referees to appear before the committee on Friday, the 19th of May, 2023 at the conference hall of the NFF office in Abuja by 10am The affected referees are RIVERS VS BAYELSA – OGARBOR JOSEPH – SAMUEL PWADUTAKAN KWARA UTD VS NASARAWA – KOSOKO SIKIRU – ISAMAILA ABUBARKAR VANDREZZER VS WARRI WOLVES. – SUNNY CHIBENDU IJEBU UTD VS CROWN – GABRIEL OTOLORIN JIGAWA VS KATSINA – ABDULLAHI SHUAIBU YOBE DESERT VS DMD -ABU DANZARIA ( ASESSOR) – SHAARNI GUZA – JAMILU ABUDULLAHI – GARBA HAMZA Reason(s) for the invitation was not revealed but it’s most likely to defend some of their decisions they made while in charge of their respective matches. Credit : Braceradio 

𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑹𝑬𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝑸𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑴 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼17 𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑪𝑼𝑷 𝑰𝑵 𝑨𝑳𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑨. 𝒁𝒂𝒎𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝑸𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑴 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼17 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂.  𝑸𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝑷𝑭𝑳 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒓, 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 3 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑  𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝑩𝑼𝑹𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑨

Ottasolo Football Club got back to winning ways in their second match of the 2023 Nationwide League One as they defeated Juvenile Football Club on Friday, www.spectacular9ja.blogspot.com reports Ottasolo defeated Juvenile at the Ilaro Stadium by three goals to two in their group B2A meeting. After a first which saw the two sides without a win (a draw for Juvenile and a loss for Ottasolo), the two sides came into the game pumped up for their first win of the season. However, it was Coach Boldwin Bazuaye's boys who drew the first blood of the game as Olatunji Oladayo opened score six minutes into the encounter. Orisanode Mujib doubled the lead five minutes after before Adeosun Matiti made it 3 for the team few minutes later, but Juvenile pulled one back before half time to end the half 3-1. The second half started with Juvenile seeking to change the score line and get back to the game. They pulled one back, but Ottasolo held on to get the vital points and set their season

Hephzibah Sports club would be participating in the Tikitaka tournament in Abuja.  Tikitaka FC International Tournament is aimed at lifting young football players from grassroots and develop them into top players.  Hephzibah sport club would be participating and we call on our supporters to come show us support as our boys showcase the potentials they possess. Speaking to our correspondence Director of Hephzibah sports club Ismail Idowu said he wants to bring this young talented player out of street to give them a better and brighter future. Hephzibah sport club has a lots of talented and young players who are ready to prove a point according to the coach of the young side Coach Ogundare Olusola speaking to Spectacular9ja on Wednesday 3rd of May, 2023. The tournament will commence on Monday 8th May, 2023, at exactly 10AM. Venue: Go Project Package B, National Stadium, Abuja.