Category: Sports

Perfect Touch Player, Adeleke Basit Emerges First Bolowotan Golden Cup Man Of The Match

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Wale Jagun Adeleke Basit, a player of the Perfect Touch FC, has emerged the first winner of the Man of the Match Award at the ongoing Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup 2023. The player was presented with a temperature led display vacuum flask by the LOC, after the game. The award gift is sponsored by the Ikorodu City Football Club. Basit, who was voted the Man of the Match, fought off strong challenges from his team mates and players from the other team, Amazing FC, to win the award. He…

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Bolowotan Gold Cup: LOC To Honour Individual Performances Starting From Second Round Matches Today

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Kunle Adelabu Individual players that show exceptional qualities in the ongoing 15th edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup, will be honoured with gift items starting from the second round of preliminary matches, which commence today. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) made the announcement in a statement released on Wednesday, on the tournament’s platform. Formidable FC will play host to the Deluxe FC in the first match of the day which kicks – off 2pm, while Amazing United FC will play against the Perfect Touch FC in the second…

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Igbogbo Stadium Completion: Contractor Begins Laying Of Synthetic Pitch, Putting Finishing Touches

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Kunle Adelabu The contractor handling the construction of the Igbogbo Stadium, has started laying the synthetic pitch on the surface of the standard pitch, in the quest to meet the January 6, delivery date. The Director – General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Prince Toyin Gafaar (Bolowotan) had, at the opening match of the 15th edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Gold Cup holding at the Police Barracks Playing Ground, informed THE IMPACT, that the contractor has January 6 delivery date to complete and handover the sporting facility in Igbogbo. The…

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Football Club Owners Plan To Make Ikorodu Number One Football Destination

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Association of Football Club Owners (AFCO), Ikorodu branch, Mr Oluwasegun Ajiroba, popularly called, ‘Ebony’, has revealed the plans of the new association to make Ikorodu the number one football destination in Lagos State. Ajiroba, who represents the Joy Cometh FC, spoke with THE IMPACT, when he and other members of the association presented the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) and the sponsor of the Gafaar Bolowotan Gold Club, Prince Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan, with a recognition award. The award was presented during the opening match…

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New Soccer Initiative, Oba’s Football Cup Commences October Next Year – DG Lagos Sports Commission

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Kunle Adelabu -Igbogbo, other stadiums ready January The Director – General (DG), Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Prince Oluwatoyin Gafaar (Bolowotan), has revealed plans to commence a new football tournament in 2024, across the state. The tournament, slated for October next year, will start in Ikorodu, and be named after the Ayangbure of Ikorodu. The DG Sports revealed this while speaking with football stakeholders in Ikorodu, during the opening matches of the 15th edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Gold Cup, at the Police Barracks Playing Ground, on Sunday. Bolowotan, who…

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2023 Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup: Ultimate Villa, Adosag FCs Win Opening Matches

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Kunle Adelabu The 15th edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup kicked – off on Sunday, with two of the seeded teams winning their opening matches. Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission and sponsor of the tournament, Prince Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan, accompanied by the Match Commissioner, officials of the Ikorodu Division Football Association (IDFA), executives of the football club owners in Ikorodu and other guests, performed the ceremonial kick – off. The opening game between the Ultimate Villa FC, a team which has participated in all the editions…

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Photos: Mathew Kuti Wins 2023 Junior, Senior Renewed Hope Table Tennis Challenge

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Wale Jagun Table tennis prodigy, Master Mathew Kuti has, again, proved that he is on another level compared to his contemporaries when it comes to the game as he beat his opponents, both in junior and senior categories, to emerged winners of the 2023 Renewed Hope 2023 Top – 16 Invitational Challenge. At the finale of the tournament, which was held at held at the Molade Okoya Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Saturday, the young champion emerged winners in the U- 19 and Mens’ Single categories of…

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Ultimate Villa Hosts Apalura As Bolowotan Gold Cup Now Commences Sunday

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Kunle Adelabu Ultimate Villa FC will, on Sunday, December 24, host Apalura FC in the opening match of the 15th edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Gold Cup. The tournament, which was initially scheduled to begin today (Saturday) could not kick- off as planned, due to some logistics challenges. According to the organisers, the tournament will now kick off on Sunday (tomorrow), at 2pm prompt with Ultimate Villa FC trading tackles with the Apalura FC at the Police Barracks Playing Ground, along Igbogbo in Ikorodu. The second match of the soccer…

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Organisers Promise Bigger, Better Tournament As 15th Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup Kicks – Off Tomorrow, December 23

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Kunle Adelabu The 2023 edition of the Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup will kick – off tomorrow, Saturday, December 23, 2023, as the organisers pledged to make this year’s edition the best ever since the tournament commenced in lkorodu, 15 years ago. The tournament, which is is being sponsored by the Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Prince Toyin Gafaar (Bolowotan), is organized annually by a Local Organising Committee (LOC) put in place by the Ikorodu Division Football Association (IDFA). Like the previous editions, all the matches will…

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Africa Can Win Next World Cup With Well Organised Federations, Cooperation – Asisat Oshoala

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Kunle Adelabu The sixth term winner of the African Women’s Player of the Year Award, Asisat Oshoala, has said that African teams can win the next world cup if there are better and well managed football leagues across the continent and cooperation among the federations. Oshoala, who was announced as the African Women’s Player of the Year, on Monday, at the CAF award gala in Marrakesh, Morocco, charged clubs and football administrators to develop the game in the continent, like what is obtainable in Europe. She gave the charge in…

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