The Nigerian Navy in conjunction with the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria YSFON have finalized plans to organize the 20th edition of the Chief of Naval Staff Under 14 boys and the 12th edition of the Naval Officers Wives Association NOWA Under 17 girls national football tournaments
The flagship competitions designed to hold in Enugu South East Nigeria, from April 6-13, 2024, are already attracting nationwide attention with over 28 teams ready to participate
Speaking with the media recently, the National President Dr Nasiru Gawuna, expressed YSFON’s appreciation to the Nigerian Navy for their sponsorship and commitment to supporting Youths Sports development.
The National Secretary of the sports body, Patrick Okpavuerhe reiterated the need for participating teams to begin early preparations.to avoid hitches and unpleasant experiences
He reminded all the states to ensure that the participating teams present 20 players each whose ages must be strictly 14 years for boys and 17 years for girls as at 30th April, 2024.
During the media briefing, Technical Director of YSFON Abdulgafar Agboola, said participating teams are expected to arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on Saturday, April 6 before 6pm.
All teams must be accompanied by three officials; one of whom must be a YSFON official Agboola said upon arrival the teams will be received by YSFON officials at the stadium.
He insisted that the male players must possess body size of 51 kg with a maximum height of 1.58m while that of the females is 60kg and 1.78m body size. to avoid being screened out.
The National Welfare Officer Alhaji Ahmed Abdullah said to enable YSFON make adequate arrangement for the teams’ accommodation and accreditation, clear information must be made available.
He said accommodation will be reserved in school hostels while all the participating teams will feed and transport themselves to and from venue of the tournaments.
YSFON has however appealed to the Enugu state government for the necessary logistics support so it could have a seamless competition.
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Adepoju to mentor students at FCV Gladiator Camp
Ex-Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju will mentor students at the 2nd FCV Gladiator Camp taking place at Grange School, Lagos from April 1 to 5.
Adepoju was part of the Super Eagles for the FIFA World Cups in 1994, 1998 – where he scored in a 3–2 win against Spain.
Adepoju was a member of the Nigeria U20 team that played in the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. His brace against the United States (which featured legendary goalkeeper Kasey Keller in goal) in the semi-finals ensured a final against Portugal, a 2–0 defeat.
Adepoju described his involvement in the camp as part of his efforts to youth development. “I decided to be part of FCV Gladiator Camp because of the passion I have for youth development and the belief I have in discovering future stars.”
He added: “I hope to show them what it takes to be successful through hard work and discipline and take them through my journey as an ex-footballer.”
Adepoju played mostly as an attacking midfielder and he spent most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven seasons and representing mainly Racing de Santander and Real Sociedad.
The one-week training camp is organised Dynaspro Promotion in collaboration with UK-based FCV International Football Academy with the sole aim of identifying talents among students in Nigeria.
