The Nigeria Football Supporters Club have congratulated Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi on his reelection as the chairman of Lagos State Football Association for another four year tenure. In a statement by the National Chairman of the NFSC, Rev. Samuel Ikpea, he expressed the heartfelt happiness of the foremost football supporters club over the smooth and rancour […]
The First Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi has been re-elected as Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association. The amiable legal practitioner with over 30 years in the bar, who is also a Member of the CAF Youth Competitions Committee, defeated his only challenger, Alhaji Gafaar Liameed at the elections held […]
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The 1st Vice-President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Chairman, Lagos State Football Association, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi has expressed confidence in the abilities of the Super Falcons to do the nation proud during the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. He hinged his confidence on the recent victories of the team at both the female […]
via Super Falcons Winning Mentality Key To Better Performance in France – Akinwunmi — finixsportsblog
…Says Lagos State deserves pat on the back The Nigeria Football Federation will soon embark on a nationwide developmental project for the Football Associations of the various States, in the form of mini Secretariats, so says NFF President Amaju Pinnick. Pinnick, while speaking at the Lagos State Football Association’s Ekofootball Review Public Presentation on Wednesday, […]
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Lagos FA Cup Draws Holds Wednesday…As over 90 clubs Registered for Championship Lagos State Football Association, LSFA has concluded plans for the draws of the 2016/2017 WGB/Lagos State FA Cup holding this Wednesday at the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN Lagos Chapter secretariat within National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Dotun Coker, Chairman of the Technical […]
All is now set for the second edition of the Ekofootball Women Championship. The championship is expected to feature 16 teams including a private school drawn from different parts of the state and pooled into four groups of four teams each in a round – robin contest. Speaking during the draws held at the LSFA […]
via ALL SET FOR EKO FOOTBALL WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP – By Akeem Busari — newfanzoneblog
All is now set for the 2016/2017 Eko Football Female Championship, with a seminar tagged ‘Lagos For Her’ Season 2. The epochal seminar holds next week Wednesday at the Molade Okoya Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. It will see Ms Nkechi Obi, CEO, Nigeria Women League Board, Dr. Oluyomi Oluwasanmi […]
via ALL SET FOR EKO FOOTBALL FEMALE CHAMPIONSHIP — newfanzoneblog
The parthership between FC Barcelona and Lagos State government through the Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC has begun to yield dividends. The efforts of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) and Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) for the continuous empowerment of coaches will come to fruition as plans have already been concluded to employ 50 […]
via Lagos State FA Calls for Coaching Applications…As FCB Escola Comes To Town — newfanzoneblog
The proprietor of 36 Lion football club, Alhaji Gafar Olawale Liameed, has praised the organisers of the Yobo Centenary Testimonial Game. Gafar opined that such events would encourage the younger generation of footballers to give their best at all times to national duty and knowing that such efforts would not be in vain. “l am […]
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To challenge the norms in Nigeria football circle and offer modern basic training the trainers’ techniques, Search and Groom, a non-governmental organization that specializes in youth development has secured the franchise to bring “COERVER® COACHING BASIC TRAINING FOR TRAINERS” to Nigeria. The project which is supported by Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) will hold in […]
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Lagos FA AGA Passes Vote Of Confidence On NFF, FA Exco As Tinubu Declares Total Support Rising from its Annual General Assembly in Lagos, The congress of the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) has passed a vote of confidence on the Nigeria Football Federation under the leadership of Mr Amaju Pinnick. The congress unanimously threw […]
As Buruj Sports Academy boys are poised to confront Free Stars FC on Tuesday in the round of 16 stage of this year’s Lagos State Football Association competition, one of the major pillars of support for the academy, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere, has challenged the youngsters to fly over their opponents so that they can make it to the next round.
The game will hold inside the Agege Stadium at exactly 7.30 am and the man popularly known as Omo Rapala vowed that he will do everything he can to motivate the boys so that they can give their very best. He also promised that irrespective of the result, he will continue to be part of what the management of Buruj Sports Academy is doing to promote sports from the grassroots.
“I want to assure our players who are billed to play against Free Stars on Tuesday that I am solidly behind them. They are young boys who need motivation and other incentives and I am willing to do my best to make them happy.”
“My hope is that they will win the first match and proceed to the next stage. I have been part of what the academy is all about since its inception and I am ready to continue to be part of what the management are doing to promote sports from the grassroots.”
“I want them to win but whether they win or not, that will not prevent me from giving my support to both the management, the players and the officials,” the Ibadan-born musician called PK1st by admirers posited.
Meanwhile, the players of the Buruj Sports Academy have also expressed determination to beat Free Stars come Tuesday so that they can go far in the competition this year.
According to some of them, with the kind of support they are getting from the management and other individuals, they cannot afford to disappoint.
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