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A panel of judges from Arsenal Football Club and its official online money transfer partner, WorldRemit, have selected six coaches - including one Nigerian - from across Africa as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme. These final six coaches will now compete in a public vote on futurestars.worldremit.com for the chance to attend an exclusive training programme with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London - fully sponsored by WorldRemit. The finalists facing a public vote are: Adegun Shola John from Lagos, Nigeria, Ahmed Ali from Hargeisa, Somaliland, Hamisi Mohamed from Nairobi, Kenya, Innocents Yeboah-Num from Abease, Ghana, Tersia Davids from Cape Town, South Africa and Titus Tongesai Sanangurai from Harare, Zimbabwe. Speaking on his selection, Adegun Shola John said: “As coaches our work is not just to teach football. It's also to get the kids off the streets, developing better behaviours and values. We try to help players grow as footballers, but also a...

The New Media Journalists (NMJ) in their congratulatory message to the newly elected leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has charged the board to bring all the football family together so as to take football in the country to the next level. The General Secretary of the NMJ, who is also a member of the NFF Players Statues Committee, Tobi Adepoju, praised the congress for returning most of the executive board members as he called on the Amaju Pinnick-led board to see the opportunity as a new call for service. “This is a great moment in the history of Nigeria football,” Adepoju said. “The newly elected board should see this as a new call for service. To whom much is given, much is always expected. “Personally, I feel the most important  thing now is how to bring all the football family together so as to move the game forward in Nigeria. “We at NMJ are happy for the return of the President Amaju Pinnick, who is also the first Vice President of ...

Football today has become a veritable tool, used to drive social change. Football has given life to the lifeless, help promote world peace and contribute to happiness. In Africa, it’s becoming a viable economic tool and contributing to infrastructural development. In essence, football can become what you project it to be. Seyi Akinwunmi is a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation and chairman Lagos State Football Association, belonging to the ‘digital age” of Nigeria Football, which breaks from the norm of rigidity found in the conventional way of doing things. Akinwunmi’s life as a philanthropist is well documented. He has contributed in no small measure to various charities aimed at the development and improvement of children. He is devoted to the promotion of human welfare and social reforms. His stellar works include his involvement with the Parents Against Autism Initiative (PAAI); Courage Education Foundation (CEF): a not-for-profit organization which he found...

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9; Smart City 1-2 Abia Warriors Wasiu Alabelewe 0-3 Enyimba Int’l Yobe Desert FC 2-1 DMD FC Akwa United 7-0 Hope of Glory Zabgai FC 0-2 Plateau United Gombe United (3) 1-1 (5) Dynamite FC Kano Pillars Feeders (4) 2-2 (5) Crown FC Nyasagwana FC 1-5 FC Ifeanyi Ubah Ngwa FC 2-3 Kano Pillars Confine FC (4) 1-1 (2) Heartland FC Katsina Feeders FC 3-1 Jigawa Golden Stars Aklosendi Int’l FC (6) 0-0 (5) FRSC FC Delta Stars FC 4-0 Kogi United FC Bayelsa United FC 4-1 Fasbir FC Bendel Insurance FC 0-1 Remo Stars Junior FC Minda 1-2 Osun United FC Shooting Stars (4) 0-0 (5) Supreme Court Sunshine Stars 3-1 FC Ifeanyi Ubah Feeders ABS Ilorin FC (2) 1-1 (3) Kebbi United FC Katsina United – Madagali United (Walk Over) Chief of Staff – Niger Tornadoes (Walk Over) Dan Masari FC – Go Round FC (Walk Over) Samba FC 0-3 El Kanemi Warriors Kwara United FC 3-1 All Stars FC. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10; Rivers United vs Gusau Eleven Lobi St...

Fourteen year old, Togolese Mubarak Bote and 13 year old, Osun state indigene Olawuyi Adenike bagged scholarships worth $45,000 each to further their education for showing outstanding skills, discipline and emerging Most Valuable Player and Most Promising Player respectively at the just concluded Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp in Lagos. Bote who is 6 foot 11 inches will be attending the Florida Air Force Academy in Florida, USA to further his education and improve his basketball skills alongside quality education. The scholarship will cover tuition, boarding fees, books and other academic materials. Likewise US bound Olawuyi Adenike. Both players including 12 year old Owonubi Emmanuel named most promising player at the camp, join the illustrious Alumni of the Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp who have benefited from the former NBA star's give back initiative which started in year 2000. The list includes ex national team players Churchill Odia, Nurudeen Adepoju, Solomon Tat an...

For lovers of youth football development, it was a fascinating two –day feast at the Campos Mini-Stadium in Lagos as the Seyi Akinwunmi U13 Football Tournament lit up the Lagos Island and environs at the weekend. Akinwunmi, who is the 1stVice President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Chairman of its Youth Development Committee, is a man known globally for his passion for the youth. His Foundation (the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Foundation) also organizes an annual year –ending mini-tournament at the same venue. On why the U13 Tournament was conceived and delivered, the debonair lawyer who is also Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association told thenff.com: “The Mini-Tournament that we stage every December is actually meant for the young ones, but adults have gradually started taking over the show and I just decided that we should have a separate program for the children. “This is my passion; this is my love. It is not about hugging the limelight; it is simply about une...