Author: Enitan Obadina
The championship game of the first ever American Flag Football League in Nigeria, The Uprise Flag Football League will be a game of master versus apprentice as The Chiefs go up against The yellow Trumpets. The championship game will take place on August 6th at the Lagos Preparatory school, Ikoyi, Lagos. After six weeks of action in the regular season, the Uprise Flag Football League championship game comes down to a battle between the Yellow Trumpets and The Chiefs, as they step on the field to claim the very first league title. To get to the championship game, the Yellow…
The Nigeria vs Australia match will set the tone for the two likely teams to make it out of group B. The nine-time Africa Women’s Cup of Nations Champions will face 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia in their second group B match by 11:00 WAT on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at the 52,500 multi-purpose Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland. In their first game Nigeria drew nil-all against Canada to secure a point. Sportsintel takes a look at the probable tactical set up of coach Randy Waldrum. Keep the back four that played against Canada, tremendously astute and…
The AIU confirms that it has charged and provisionally suspended Tobi Amusan (NGR) for three Whereabouts Failures. The Charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the World Athletics Championships. Furthermore, under the athletics integrity unit rules, three missed tests is taken as a failed drugs test and can lead to a two-year ban from all World Athletics and IOC competitions. The only escape is the possibility of a mitigating circumstances that exist to lessen the standard punishment. Meanwhile, a full punishment will mean Tobi will miss the world championships in Hungary and the Olympics in Paris. …
23 years after, Enyimba FC will get a new chairman, Kanu Nwankwo to direct the affairs of the club after the government of Abia state announce a new chairman. Former Nigerian international, Kanu Nwankwo will pilot the affairs of the club, stepping into the big shoes of Anyansi Agwu. Kanu has some advantages but it depends on two critical areas: the people he surrounds himself with and his man management. Kanu Nwankwo, His Name and Brand Enyimba His name will open doors for him and he has some experience raising funds although that was mostly CSR, but it’s still an…
By Michael Imianvan Malomo, meaning “Do not go again” in English, the only fitting way to start this, you’d know why soon. It was on Monday 26th of June when #NPFLTransferWithMike tweeted Taofeek Malomo’s exit from Shooting Stars football club of Ibadan, after three years in Adamasingba. Days after, a media parley ended with Shooting Stars board insisting that they will do all in their power to keep the player. A promise they kept. Expectedly, the offers, this time, new ones coming from other clubs. Taofeek Malomo: Akwa United is First Out Of The Bidding Block First, Akwa United. Elder…
NPFL Transfer Mailbag With Michael Imianvan Last week, the sportsintel NPFL Transfer mailbag promised to touch on the movement of players across the league. Well, it’s now time to get into the business but first, thank you for reading the last mailbag, trust you enjoyed it. If you did then let’s go on another ride and if you missed out on it, you can read here. Malomo: Going, Going Gone? The hottest NPFL transfer as I understand it, is that of Shooting Stars’ midfielder, Malomo Taofeek. The youngster will likely leave Ibadan after 3 years following the expiration of…
Two years and two seasons into league football, Sporting Lagos FC will be playing in the topflight league in Nigeria. The team gained promotion after picking two wins and 6 points in the NNL Super 8 playoffs. The club will become the 70th different team to feature in the NPFL since its inception in 1990. Sporting Lagos Origin Story Chairman of Sporting Lagos, Godwin Enakhena, shares the story of the meeting that started the journey of the club. “Sports journalist Colin Udoh called me one blessed day in 2021, asking if I could help a friend of his set up…
Tobi Amusan will compete in Nigeria for the first time since breaking the 100mH World Record at the 2023 Nigeria Athletics Trials in Benin. Amusan was in Ostrava last Tuesday, Lausanne on Friday, Stockholm on Sunday, and now in Benin for the national trials. The Nigeria Athletics Trials holding at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, will produce athletes for the world championship in Budapest. The Home Based Star, The New Convert, and A Regular in 400m Ezekiel Nathaniel, Home-based star Samuel Ogazi, and Dubem Nwachukwu provide one of the biggest spectacles to expect in the 400m. Dubem recently switched allegiance to…
Taiwo Awoniyi made a dream return to the English premier league after signing for Nottingham Forest FC. Seven years early, he signed for Liverpool but didn’t get to kick a ball for the Reds. A Dream Start. As the season began, Taiwo hit the ground running, scoring the first goal of the 22/23 season for a club that last played in the premier league 48 years ago. However, after the goal, Awoniyi nicked a few more goals before injury sidelined him. While on the doctor’s bench, Nottingham Forest FC was battling relegation on the pitch. Awoniyi Leading A Nottingham Forest…
By Bamidele Johnson Jerry Okorodudu must have faced a few vicious volume punchers as a boxer. None, it’s safe to say, punched him with greater volume and savagery than life itself, which saw penury and grave ill-health deal him debilitating body blows, landing him on the canvas before knocking him out yesterday. Forever. At 64. It was perhaps a miracle and a half that he lived for that long, given the conspiracy of desperate want, neglect and infirmity against him. It was a big shame that he never reached the heights his talents hinted he was capable of. Jerry Okorodudu:…