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*** Tourney Offers Study in Finland Opportunities, Cash Prizes For Spectators_ AfriPro, a digital platform company that promotes and gives visibility for players aspiring to play in Europe has began the hunt for the next footballing star in Nigeria with a scouting tournament in Lagos. The tournament which offers unprecedented rewards to participants and spectators is being monitored by European scouts and Nigeria national team coaches. According to the CEO of Afripro, John Samuel the tournament which get underway on Monday at the Legacy Pitch, National Stadium, Surulere runs till July 22nd with a place in the planned draft team to Europe and scholarship to study in Finalnd up for grab for the participatants. John Samuel stated: _"we are launching the Afripro app with this tourney for both teams and individual players. This tournament is different because everyone wins, including the spectators who all stand a chance to win cash prizes and other gift items at the end of the tournam...

  The Giants signed one of their most intriguing, noteworthy and unforeseen prospects of this or any offseason. Roy Mbaeteka is a 6-9, 320-pound offensive tackle who has no high school or college football experience. That's hardly surprising, considering he's lived his entire life in Nigeria. His nascent football career has also included stops in London and Arizona. Now he's heading to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, where the Giants believe he can develop into an NFL-caliber lineman. So does one of Mbaeteka's mentors, former Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora, who lived in Nigeria as a youngster and was perhaps the first to spot the 22-year-old's talent. "Once you see him, you know he's physically imposing and in a year or two if you immerse him in football culture, he's going to be fantastic," Umenyiora said in a phone conversation from his home in London. "The Giants took a chance. Not much of a chance, I think. When you see him work...

  The National Football League  ( NFL ) is opening a pathway for African players with a developmental camp in Africa. The league announced that a three-day camp will take place in Africa this year June. It will feature players who previously participated at regional events led by Nigeria’s Osi Umenyiora, the two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive end with the New York Giants. Specific dates in June for the camp and a fan event will be communicated soon. “To bring the NFL to Africa has long been a dream of mine,” said Umenyiora, whose parents are Nigerian. “Today that dream is a reality. The opportunities that will come to so many Africans cannot be understated, and we are thankful for them. We cannot wait to show the world what we can do.” Loads of Nigerian football prospects are expected to benefit from the camp.

  Nigerian forward Mohammed Hafizu has set his target to dominate Mauritania League and paint the League with goals.   Hafizu, who plays for Mauritania side Jahe El Mina, has set a personal target to score 10 goals for his club this season.   The 23-year-old featured played Youth Football at Nura SK and Aljazira Football Academy in Nigeria.   “I want to have a great season with great performance and score goals, I am also hopeful to go injury-free. My target is to score 10 goals this season, and I will work harder to achieve that. The forward revealed his ambition for Nigeria, his favourite club and role models.   “Every great player want to part of the Super Eagles. If the chance comes I will grab it with both hands. Growing up I have always loved to play for Enyimba.   Hafizu revealed Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa and legendary Samuel Eto’o has his mentor; “Musa and Eto’o are players I have always looked up to. They inspired me as a ...