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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC claimed their first Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) triumph over Shooting Stars Sport Club (3SC), courtesy of a strike from Shinshinma Monday. The Matchday 24 of the NPFL tagged the Southwest derby played at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium on Sunday lived up to expectation for the fans of both teams but the hosts who were more determined outclassed the Oluyole Warriors and claimed their first-ever derby victory against their rivals. Shooting Stars started the encounter on a high and controlled the game for few minutes. Abu Azeez tested MFM FC's Folarin Abayomi with a shot but the goalkeeper punched the ball to corner. Wasiu Jimoh won a free kick for the visitors in the 9th minute of the match but his effort went off target. NPFL leading scorer, Stephen Odey, had a chance to open the scoring for MFM FC in the 14th minute of the exchange but his effort was deflected for a corner. The Olukoya Boys continued with their fine d...

For the second time in as many games, the South Western derby between Shooting Stars and Sunshine Stars was devoid of crowd troubles. The first leg in Akure was the birth of the new era which extended to the end Week 22 of the NPFL between the two teams on Sunday. The game started on a high tempo with homers condemned to win going by their recent indecent results. Fatai Amoo paraded a crack team spearheaded by Sunday Faleye, supported by Ajani Ibrahim and Tayo Adebogun;  with equally experienced reserves of debutants Abu Azeez and Wasiu Jimoh. Also, Sunshine Stars started the match with three of our old players Tope Orelope, Ebitimi Agogu and Adesina Thomas as expected. The game began with a Sunshine Stars kick off albeit it was all Shooting Stars affairs for the first 10 minutes leaving fans excited by the crisp displays of Tayo Adebogun and Sunday Faleye. As such, Ajani Ibrahim capped it up with a goal in sixth minute via a grounder  to beat Sunshine goalie Ariyo. Ayoba...

Three Clubs, a Coach and a Welfare Officer have been sanctioned by the League Management Company (LMC) for varying violations of the Rules and Framework in recently concluded games of the 2014/15 season.   An official of FC Taraba, Fada Dennis who serves as the Welfare Officer has been suspended from all Glo Premier League activities for the remaining games of the season. The club officer was cited for assaulting Referee Bala Mohammed in Makurdi after the Match Day 14 fixture against Shooting Stars. The LMC charged also FC Taraba with failure to provide adequate security on Match Day 14 after their match against Shooting Stars which allowed unauthorized persons to gain access to restricted area and which led to the attack on Referee Bala Mohammed.   The sanctions on the club includes playing one home game behind closed doors, fine of N500, 000 and payment of N250, 000 compensation to Referee Mohammed.   Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) was fined N500, 000 for not p...

Sunshine Stars forward, Newman Musa is full of confidence going into the first leg of the 2014/2015 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) South West derby coming up on Sunday in Akure between Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan and Sunshine Stars. The former Nembe City hitman  has been a blessing in disguise for Sunshine Stars attack since he joined them during  the second stanza of last season transfer window and helped the Akure Gunners retained their top flight status. Newman disclosed in a chat on Saturday that his team will fall their South West arch rival in one of the most talked about NPFL derby fixtures on Sunday, he believes that the Oluyole Warriors are no threat to his team title ambition. "The game of football can be very funny at times because anything can happen but concerning the South West derby we will fall 3SC by God's grace. "The team Spirit in camp is very high because we want to turn the table around after tomorrow's game, am co...

Photographs by Onikute Micheal and Oluwayemisi Cole Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan, team manager, Oladimeji Lawal must learn how to be more professional in handling situations when it comes to referees decision hence the newly promoted Oluyole Wariors may relegate to the Nigeria National League. The final battle of the 2015 Gold Cup sees 3SC and Sharks FC of Port Harcourt trading tackles yesterday in Ijebu-Ode at the Dipo Dina Stadium, the Ibadan based team lost the Gold Cup to the Blue Angels 3-2 after 90 minutes of one all draw. The ex-International put up a-not-too-good act yesterday when the centre refeere awarded a spot kick to Sharks few minutes to end the first half, Shooting Stars protested the refeere's decision but guess what? The team manager who didn't handle the protest in a professional way according to reports gathered from a journalist who saw the game live. Micheal Onikute is a Multimedia Sport Journalist, he was at the stadium to witness the match pr...

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side newcomers Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan beat Kogi United 4-3 on penalties after they laboured  to register a goal  during the regular period yesterday at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu-Ode in a pre-season tournament tagged Gold Cup. The Nigeria National League (NNL) campaigner Kogi United broke the deadlock after 25 minutes of play through their influential midfielder, Destiny Ashadi who was a delight to watch in the encounter. 3SC goalkeeper Kola Ige was the hero of the day as he made great saves which could have resulted into goals for the Wada Boys. Shortly after the goal the Oluyole Warriors mounted pressure to get an equaliser but Kogi United rose to the occasion and defended so well and at the same time suppressed the pressure from the newly promoted 3SC. The first 45 minutes ended with the Kogi based team taking a goal advantage into the second half. Okiki Afolabi drew level for for Shooting after 15 minutes i...

Photograph by www.gongnews.com Shooting Stars Sports Club, General Manager Rasheed Balogun let the cat out of the bag in Abuja last week Friday when he disclosed to newsmen that some elements are trying to frustrate his efforts managing Oluyole Warriors. The experienced club manager stated that these people are after their own interest at the detriment of the club interest. “I'm going through hell from some elements at the club. "When I came on board there was nothing like board members but when we were approaching the mid season, four board members joined us out of which we had a chairman. After a week another five board members also joined too. Among the five that came in, two of them played a huge role in the club's relegation to the Nigeria National League in 2013,” he explained. “In the last few days these people claimed in a newspaper publication that there is marginalisation by the General Manager of 3SC.“I'm not surprised that 3SC usually go on releg...