The Bankole Olowookere ladies who qualified for the tournament without loosing a single game now have herculean task of overcoming Germany, Chile and New Zealand when the competition kicks of from 6–28 October, 2022.
The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria (Club Owners) have placed an indefinite suspension on the chairman of Kano Pillars FC Yahaya Surajo over his unsportsmanlike behavior during the rescheduled NPFL Match Day 31 between Kano Pillars FC vs Dakkada FC in Kano Thursday.
In a viral video made available to the Association, Alh. Surajo was seen to have physically assaulted the Assistant Referee AR1 in the match , which the Club Owners described as unfortunate, unacceptable and a bad representation of what the Association stands for.
“The club owners have therefore placed the chairman of Kano Pillars FC Malam Yahaya Surajo on indefinite suspension from all activities of the Association forthwith pending the outcome of a detailed investigation into the unfortunate incident” Alloy Chukwuemeka, the Executive Secretary of the Association said in a statement in Abuja.
Club Owners comprised of astute football Administrators who have distinguished themselves in several fields of human endeavors with the expected high level of discipline in the management of their various clubs, hence the action of Alh. Surajo did not represent his status as a member of the Association.
The Association frowns at his behavior which has brought the game to disrepute, coming less than 48hours after a joint meeting of the LMC and Club Owners exco had warned against acts capable of causing negative image to the League.
The chairman of the Association Chief Barr. Isaac Danladi has therefore directed that the Kano Pillars boss Surajo would face a disciplinary committee to defend his action or otherwise, before he could be readmitted into the club Owners Association.
Team Nigeria won a total of 11 medals made up of five gold, three silver and three bronze medals at the just concluded Senior Athletics Championship in Mauritius. The event held from June 8th-12th, 2022.
Sprint hurdler Oluwatobiloba Amusan opened the floodgate of medals after she retained the 100m hurdles title, then The women’s 4×100 relay team and Discus thrower, Chioma Onyekwere won two more the next day before Oyesade Olatoye added a historic hammer gold on day four. Chukwuebuka Enekwechi successfully defended his Shot Put title in a record breaking fashion as the curtains were drawn Sunday on the 22nd edition of the African Athletics Championship to round up a successful outing for the Athletics team
Notable athletes that were missing at the event include, Blessing Okagbare(doping ban), Ese Brume (Passport/Visa Issues), Divine Oduduru (Personal exclusion) amongst others.
The 23rd Edition of the Championship will be hosted in Cameroon.
World Number 1, Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title with a dominating win over American teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as claim her 35th successive victory this season.
The 21-year-old Polish star stormed to a 6-1, 6-3 win in 68 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier, equaling Venus Williams’ record for the longest winning run by a woman in the 21st century.
Swiatek celebrated her sixth straight title this year in the players’ box with her friends and family.
In the Men’s Category Rafael Nadal, yesterday, defeated Casper Ruud in straight sets to win his record 14th French Open title, and 22nd Grand Slam Tennis Title.
The ‘King of Clay’ was more the Majestic in Paris, beating Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. This Marked his 115th Roland Garros match with just 3 losses recorded on his favorite court.
The Spaniard dominated yesterday’s final and won 11 consecutive games across the second and third sets to wrap up a 22nd grand slam title — two ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic at the top of the men’s all-time list.
The victory also means the 36-year-old Nadal, who won his first French Open title 17 years ago, becomes the oldest men’s singles champion at Roland Garros.
