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Veteran roster helps RCB adapt to accelerated preseason By February 16, 2021 - 7:55 am CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — When the 2020 high school basketball season was brought to an abrupt end by COVID, Robert C. Byrd owned the state’s second-longest winning streak in boys hoops. RCB won 22 games in a row before their regional matchup was canceled. Nearly twelve months later, Bill Bennett’s Flying Eagles are back on the court with a veteran roster. “A lot of coaches want to jump into things they ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 February 2021 In this report, ’TANA AIYEJINA takes a look at the illustrious career of late ex-Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe, who was buried on Wednesday in Lagos The big wigs of Nigerian football or top government officials were not there, neither was the fanfare and ceremony usually associated with the burial of a national hero, during Yisa Sofoluwe’s burial on Wednesday at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. Yet, this was a man who toiled for close to...

Vanguard News Sofoluwe to be buried today On By Jacob Ajom The remains of former Super Eagles defender, Yisa Sofoluwe will be buried today at the Atan Cemetery. Former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, Waidi Akanni, who was a close friend and former teammate of late Nigeria international told Sports Vanguard that Sofoluwe’s body was taken from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital early this morning to his residence in Ikorodu and that arrangements had been concluded for hi...

“Rest easy brother. You will be greatly missed,” Adepoju tweeted. Rest easy brother. You will be greatly missed ������������ pic.twitter.com/uKtYl37oqY— Mutiu Adepoju (@MutiuAdepoju8) February 10, 2021 Nicknamed the ‘Dean of Defence’, Shofoluwe was part of the first Nigerian squad to feature at Fifa-organised championship – at the 1983 U20 World Cup in Mexico. There, Christopher Udemezues Flying Eagles crashed out in the first round following defeats to Braz...

Sodiq OyelekeThe Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock and sorrow at the death on Tuesday night of former Nigeria defender Yisa Sofol...

The former Flying Eagles coach who guided both Lobi Stars and Enyimba of Aba to their first league titles received his letter of appointment at a brief ceremony at the Government House, Makurdi on Tuesday. While accepting the appointment, the former coach of Niger Tornadoes, Bendel Insurance and Akwa United FC said “It’s a call to duty and I pledge my allegiance to the development of Benue State. I promise to serve and discharge my responsibility with the fear of God.” However, a retired ...

By John Egbokhan Former vice-captain of the Flying Eagles squad to the 1983 FIFA U-21 World Cup in Mexico, Paul Okoku, has urged Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, to include the scholarships promised members of the team by the federal government into a supplementary budget to be presented to the National Assembly for prompt passage. He recalled that the 1983 Flying Eagles squad were promised scholarships by President Shehu Shagari immediately after the tournament in Mexico ...

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Punch Newspapers Sections Kelvin Ekerete  Football fans have expressed dismay at the performance of the Golden Eaglets at the ongoing WAFU B Championship in Lome, Togo. The Nigerian U-17 team booked a spot in the semi-final of the championship after Ivory Coast defeated Ghana’s Black Starlets 3-1 in Group B’s final game. Five-time world champions Eaglets ended the group stage with one point, the same as Ghana, but advanced on superior goals aggregate. Fatai Amoo’s side, who have yet to w...

Oba Darasimi Nigeria reached the semi finals of the WAFU U17 Cup Tournament ongoing in Lome, Togo on Tuesday evening after Group B pacesetters Cote d’Ivoire hammered the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 at the city’s Stade Municipal. Five-time WAFU world champions Nigeria, who lost by the odd goal to the Ivorians on the opening day of the competition and were forced to a 1-1 draw by the Starlets at the weekend, needed a favour from the Ivorians to progress to the knockout stage. And the Ivorians...