Kano: 150 Nigerian football coaches concludes two days hybrid training course By Abdulgafar Oladimeji A two days hybrid capacity building seminar for Nigerian football coaches organized by the Nigeria Football Coaches Association, NFCA Kano state chapter has ended. 150 football coaches from all nooks and crannies of Nigeria took part in the event held from 17th to 18th August 2024 at Bayero University Kano. BUK. The chairman NFCA Kano, Ibrahim Gwadabe . Esq said the coaches were tutored on the rigors of modern day football coaching. “how to plan and conduct training sessions, football marketing, scouting, the role of the…
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.
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Ghana Football Association moves to train 900 grass root football coaches By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Ghana football governing body has commenced the process of training 900 football coaches within the time frame of the next three years. The association initiated the moves to rectify fundamental issue surrounding the practice of football coaching in Ghana. GFA President, Kurl Edwin Simeon Okraku enjoined Ghanaian coaches to embark on rigorous search for football knowledge by utilizing social media tools to enhance their professional football coaching skills.. He said 270 more coaches will be trained in 2024 alone, extending to the period of three years…
FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup , Colombia 2024 : Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana battle ready, As Morocco faces defending champions Spain in the group of death Africa’s representative at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup are gearing up for actions in host cities across the host country, Colombia. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024 takes place from 31 August to 22 September Spain are the defending champions after their success at Costa Rica 2022 For the 2024 edition, the tournament has grown from 16 to 24 teams following the decision of the FIFA Council to expand the number…
Barcelona football star, Lamine Yamal’s father allegedly stabbed, Spanish police arrest three suspects Spanish soccer star, Lamine Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui has been reported stabbed in a car park by yet to be disclosed assailants. Reports disclosed that the alleged criminal incident had occurred, last Wednesday , in a car park in the town of Mataro near the city of Barcelona. Sources said the attack which occurred , August 14, leaving Nasraoui in a serious condition called for immediate medical attention. The Spanish police is reported to have arrested three suspects for their alleged involvement in the stabbing attack on…
National Pride: Taiwanese F-16 Fighter jets escorts Paris Olympic Medalists Aircraft back home By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Taiwanese authorities as a sign of honour had deployed military aircrafts to escort the airplane conveying the athletes that took part at the just ended Olympic games in Paris back home. Impeccable media sources reported that , in a grand gesture of national pride, Taiwan has celebrated its Olympic medalists with a spectacular display of military might. Euroasiatimes .com said “On August 13, the island nation greeted its athletes returning from the Paris Olympics with a stunning aerial escort by three F-16 Viper fighter…
Paris 2024 Olympic,: Team Nigeria’s N12 billion Zero Medal performance, FG, Peter Obi, Kuti, Adeyanju, others, cries foul By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Nigerians have continued to wail over what they described as the terrible performance by the country’ s contingent that were on parade at the just ended 2024 Olympic games hosted in the French capital city, Paris. The gong of disgust have continued to sound out from people from all walks of life, in Nigeria, they are all decrying the huge investments that failed to see the country’s athlete mount the podium at the games. Not left out in the…
NFF signs Premium Trust Bank as Official Bank of NFF and the National Teams The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday onboarded Premium Trust Bank as the Official Bank of the NFF and the National Teams, at a colourful signing ceremony in the Federal Capital, Abuja. President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau MON, who revealed that the agreement will be four years during which the leading financial institution will pay the football-ruling body the sum of N300 Million annually (with a built-in clause for 10% increase every year), thanked the organization for its significant support and encouragement of Nigeria sports…
*Nigeria Olympic Corruption (NOC)* By :Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.@douglasognankwa@gmail.com As a Young Boy in Benin , I was so inspired by Nigeria’s participation in the Olympics in Barcelona ’92 , that I wanted to be a Sports Journalist.I became a Sports Analyst so.mucj so that class mates named me “FIFA”. At Atlanta 96 , Nigeria won her first individual gold medal in an Olympic Event , when Mbaise’s gift to the World Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Chioma Ajunwa won Gold in the women long jump event , displacing the then World Champion -Fiona Mays of Italy . In the same…
An opening on a river – Seine . Let us quickly have a fast one on this river . The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering covering most of northern part of France Clearly, some good things . Some bad vibes , and some ugly developments, yet life has to go on as well all tend to cope with the positive arms of sports. Samoan boxing coach, Lionel Elika Fatupaito, died in the Olympics Village on Friday, July 27th, 2024. Argentina/ Morocco men’s soccer was marred with punches, not…
This picture was taken 25 years ago. I was 20, and angling to take my school – University of Abuja – to NUGA Games. This picture was taken at the regional qualifiers that held that year, 1999, in Maiduguri. In truth, I wasn’t fighting fit. But I qualified at Maiduguri and went on to Kaduna for NUGA, where I lost in the quarter finals. A conversation with my younger brother, Yaga – 2003 National champion, 2007 African champion, and 2008 Olympic bronze medallist – sparked this memory. My own career was nowhere as illustrious. You see? I had the disadvantage…
