Manchester City announce renewal of regional partnership with ABeam Consulting Manchester City has today announced the renewal of its regional partnership with ABeam Consulting Ltd – an integrated management consulting firm based in Tokyo, Japan, which provides global services across the sports industry and other sectors. ABeam Consulting became the Club’s Official Management Consulting Services Partner in Japan in August 2021 and after three years of successful collaboration, the multi-year agreement will see the consulting firm continue as an official partner of the region. ABeam Consulting provides a diverse range of consulting services to its customers across the world in…
Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
Afcon 25 qualifiers : Ghana suffers bitter 2-0 defeat, Sudanese coach, James Appiah hails Nigeria’s Saidu for masterminding the victory By Bello Abdullahi Papa In an in view landmark achievement, Muhammad Bashiru Saidu, a trailblazing football tactician from northern Nigeria, is poised to become the first Nigerian to complete the prestigious UEFA Tactical and Strategic Management Program. This feat has captured the attention of top teams in Nigeria and Africa, who are eager to elevate their game to unprecedented heights. Saidu’s exceptional expertise was recently showcased in Sudan’s stunning 2-0 victory over Ghana in the AFCON 2025 qualifier. Sudan’s national…
Nigeria’s Enitan Oshodi elected as president of African table tennis federation Nigerian born Enitan Oshodi has emerged as the president of the African table tennis federation. Oshodi,former chairman Lagos state Table Tennis Association, Tuesday had emerged as the newly elected president of the federation at the 2024 ATTF annual general meeting, which took place at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He served as Lagos state commissioner for sports, during the era of governor Raji Fashola, he has also occupied the office of the Executive Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Deputy President of…
Gombe Inter Schools Athletics championship, over 3000 athletes ready to compete for glory The maiden edition of Gombe Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics Championships would be staged from November 11th to 16th, 2024 at Pantami Stadium in Gombe state, northwest Nigeria. Organizers confirmed that 85 Secondary Schools drawn from 11 Local Government Areas would be competing for glory in the historic tracks and fields events. The championship was rescheduled from the earlier fixed date of October, 18th to 24th 2024 to the new date, owing to an scheduled government activity involving the State ministry of Education . As part of pre…
Afcon25 :Perform or quit, GFA tells Black Stars players By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Ghana Football Association, GFA has expressed its disappointment over the poor performance by The Black Stars in the ongoing Afcon 2025 qualifying group matches played thus far. The president of the association, Kurt Okraku, in a video that went viral on social media , while addressing the players on the state of their campaign to fly Ghana’s flag at the 2025 Afcon in Morocco asserted an upright rejection of their performance. He told the players that, Ghanaians were unhappy with their show of lack of patriotism to national…
NPFL 25 MD 6: Eyimba hails 3SC fans By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Former African club football champions, Eyimba International football club of Aba have applauded 3SC fans for their display of sportsmanship during and after their NPFL MD 6 encounter last Sunday , which ended in a goalless draw at Adamsingba stadium in Ibadan. Eyimba’s gaffer Yemi Olarenwaju in a chat with sports writers at the mix zone , said 3SC fans deserved to be commended for their show of the spirit of sportsmanship in contrast to what had obtained at the Ibadan football theatre in the past. According to him,…
Asian football leaders go back to school The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today expanded its range of educational initiatives with the launch of the AFC Certificate in Strategy and Planning (ACSP), its latest offering from the landmark Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE). A three-month curriculum designed for leaders of the AFC’s Member Associations (MAs), Regional Associations (RAs) and other football stakeholders, the ACSP aims to equip everyone with the necessary strategic planning skills, processes and tools to meet the growing standards, expectations and needs of their respective organisations and the ever-evolving football ecosystem. The fully-online initiative, which features all-inclusive modules…
Afcon2025 qualifiers : Our second tie against Libya will be difficult- Ekong By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Super Eagles captain, Williams Ekong has assert that the second leg tie against Mediterranean Knights of Libya in far away Libya would be a tough encounter . Ekong speaking with sports writers in the aftermath of the Super Eagles slim 1-0 victory against Libya last Friday evening in Uyo, he declared that “it is going to be hostile .” The Super Eagles captain said that last Friday’s game in Uyo has prepared their minds, on what to expect, when they travel to Libya for the…
Opinion: .A friend was celebrating the famed USA 94 team.. I supported him with this: There is no perhaps or arguably in it. The team had the most dedicated set of players in the nation’s history. But they did not spring from the vacuum. We still have to enunciate how that squad came to be:. The team thrived when we had dedicated football nay sports administrators who were not politicians or brought by politicians, to settle political patronages. They were egg heads in sports administration. We did not have social media “Sack” specialists but sports writers who thrived…
The official draw of the Group Stages of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024/25 season has set up what promises to yet another exciting Group Stage phase of Africa’s premier club competition. Africa’s most successful club and current champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt , with 12 titles, headline one of toughest groups in the competition: Group C consisting of CR Belouizdad of Algeria, former champions Orlando Pirates, as well as Stade D’ Abidjan who are also making their first group stage appearance. Interestingly, all six of CAF’s Zonal Unions will be represented in this season’s edition of the Group…
