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Smart City are the inaugural winners of the Jagaban Cup 2022 after a pulsating 5-4 shootout victory over stubborn Messiah FC in the final of the tournament held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos on Friday night. The two teams tried to cancel out each other before the regulation time but there was nothing to separate them until penalty was used to decide the maiden champions. Smart City proved to more precise in the penalty shootout winning by 5-4. Earlier, 36 Lion narrowly lost the third place match to Ikorodu City via penalty shootouts too after both teams failed to score any goal during the regulation period. Despite the heroics of 36 Lion goalkeeper, Samuel Oriola who saved two of Ikorodu City’s spot kicks to take the penalties to sudden death, the latter still triumphed 3-2 after NPFL La Liga U15 Promises graduate Sulaimon Lawal blasted the decisive spot kick beyond the Lions’ goalie’s gaping hands. The exhibition match between Community Team and Family Team ended 1-1. It was a

Having won five Man Of The Match (MOTM) awards in the Maltese Premier League, Nigerian International and Pieta Hotspur goalkeeper, Dele Alampasu, has stated that his new team will end the season in a good position. Since the 25-year-old joined Maltese topflight side, Pieta Hotspur in July 2022, the former Flying Eagles goalkeeper, has becomes an integral member of the team. It has not been an easy ride for the Super Eagles goalkeeper, since he arrived at the MFA Centenary Stadium in July, but Dele is optimistic his team will end the season in a good position. “It’s been a challenging moment for me since I joined my new team, but the good thing is, we are improving day by day and I think that’s a plus for us as a team. “The Maltese Premier League is somehow competitive and for us a newly promoted team, it is very challenging competing with big teams, but we are getting better and I believe we will finish well at the of the season,” he said. Alampasu has    been able to win five MOTM awa

De Potters and Smart City called the shot at the end of Day One of the Jagaban Cup in Groups A and B of the tournament held for scouting of talents and also to drum up support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2023 General Elections. In the opening Group A game played at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos, 36 Lion defeated Messiah FC 2-0 through the goals of Odom Chika and Edem Joseph while Smart City pipped Olukismet 2-1 in a Group B tie. Alade Balogun drew the curtain raiser from the penalty spot in the 26th minute for Smart City and he doubled the advantage in the 42nd minute for his second goal of the game. Olukismet reduced the goals arrears in the 49th minute through Abdulrazaq Ridwan. In another game played, Lateef Ganiu’s late double sealed a 2-0 win for De Potters over hard fighting Badagry United FC while FC Bethel relied on Taiwo Adebayor’s 40th minute strike to tame Jo Sportyne 1-0. Relegated MFM managed to

 Olukismet's head coach Atobaje Oladeji has named a 20-man squad ahead of the 2022 Jagaban Cup. “We have picked a strong team that should be able to perform well at the tournament in Lagos,” said Oladeji. The squad is made up of two goalkeepers, seven defenders, six midfielders and five attackers. Fapounda Babatunde and Abdul Korede are the two goalkeepers.  Also making the cut are John Fred, Adewale Lawal, Gbenga Afolayan, Elanya Akonunju, Michael Yusuf,  Ibrahim Yebiboh and Olorunfemi Sesan Draws for Jagaban Cup will hold on Monday 14th November at National Stadium Surulere. Time is 2pm. The Jagaban Cup will hold from November 15th to 18th at Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos. The squad  Goalkeepers: Fapounda Babatunde, Abdul Korede Defenders: John Fred, Adewale Lawal, Gbenga Afolayan, Elanya Akonunju, Michael Yusuf,  Ibrahim Yebiboh, Olorunfemi Sesan Midfielders: Francis Uche, Akindoyo Benjamin, Abdulrazaq Ridwan, Adekunle Adebayo, Anuoluwapo Yusuf, Davies Olaide Forwards: Waku Pa

Organisers of the maiden FC Ebedei/ FC Midtjylland Year-End Invitational Tournament billed to kick off on Friday November 18, have released fixtures for the event. One of Africa's best professionally administered football clubs, whose products have helped Nigeria win silverware since the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, FC Ebedei, iconic football brand Shooting Stars of Ibadan, and two Nationwide League One (NLO) Tradesafe and Cornerstone FC are taking part in the four-team mini tourney. The FC Ebedei Stadium, Apele-Sagamu and the recently refurbished Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba-Ibadan are the host venues of the five-day FC Ebedei/ FC Midtjylland Year-End Invitational Tournament. Fixtures made available by the Local Organising Committee(LOC) of the tourney informed that Tradesafe and Shooting Stars will lock horns in the first game of MatchDay 1 at 8am, while FC Ebedei takes on Cornerstone FC at 3 pm. Both matches will be played at the FC Ebedei Stadium Apele-Sagamu. MatchDay 2

President Of Water FC, Nureni Makanjuola has continued to shower encomiums on multi million dollar businessman Femi Otedola ahead of his 60th birthday, describing him as a great man. Femi Otedola a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist, and former chairman of Forte Oil PLC, an importer of fuel products will clock 60 on Friday 4th November 2022. Grassroot developer, Nureni Makanjuola has blessed over 1000 widows to pray for Femi Otedola in Abuja. He has also visited over 100 churches and mosques at the FCT to offer prayers for the success of the philanthropic Otedola. This gesture was rounded up with buying of five cows which gulped one million naira each and sharing food to over 5000 people in Abuja. The well loved Makanjuola also rented a well furnished event centre to honour Femi Otedola. Otedola is the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, and the owner of a number of other businesses across shipping, real estate and finance. He has recently invested in power generation as part of

Nigerian International, Joshua Akpude, has been nominated as the Player Of The Month (POTM) for FK Jablonec, in the Czech Republic Premier League. Akpudje, 24, beats off competition from two attacking players from his team;  Vladimir Jovovic, a  28-year-old left-winger and    Jan Chramosta, 32-year-old striker to emerged as the POTM for October,2022. Joshua pulled the highest number of votes with 38 percent, while Jovovic and Chramosta gathered 17/15 percent of the total votes casted, by the fans of the club respectively. The former Nigerian Under 23 player, expressed his profound gratitude via his official twitter handle, shortly after he was announced as the winner by FK Jablonec. “In less than 2months in Czech Republic, I’m super excited to be nominated as the Player Of The Month for my team. “Grateful to all the    fans that voted for me. I will never take this for granted. I will continue to work hard till we achieve our aim for the season.” The 24-year-old ex-MFM FC defender, who