THE newly-built Maracana Stadium in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Council area of Lagos State will be centre of attraction today as youth teams battle for honours at the South West U-13 football championship.
The tournament which is meant to test run the facilities at the stadium upgraded by the Nathaniel Idowu Foundation is a one-day championship with boys and girls teams jostling for laurels.
Already, the foundation has completed eight medium and 10 mini Astroturf football pitches while work is ongoing on the international standard football pitch which will be commissioned later in the year.
The football pitches accommodate seven-a-side football matches being the first time Lagos would have 19 football pitches side by side at the same location.
A member of Nathaniel Idowu Foundation, Adedotun Coker said the foundation was planning big for football development in Lagos while arrangements have been concluded to test the facilities with the one-day event.
The newly refurbished Maracana Sports Centre has hostels, a media centre, conference room, changing rooms, an indoor hall, and a clinic.