Sports
Football Academies to be regulated- Minister
Minister of Youth and sports Development Mr Sunday Dare has assured that a new Sports Industry Policy will soon be approved with Sports Academies playing key role in talent discovery.
The Minister made this assertion when he hosted winners of the maiden edition of the National Principal’s Cup Fosla Academy in Abuja.
The Minister congratulated the students, staff of FOSLA academy as well as their proprietor Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi for emerging champions of the revived competition.
According to him “I want to thank you for investing in these young ones and I also want to recommend upfront to other Nigerians be it individuals or organisations to see what you are doing now as a model because the future of our sports development will only be possible in a dynamic form with partnerships between government and private sector”
He reiterated that, the President Mohammadu Buhari has asked that the NFF under the supervision of the Ministry should produce a 10 year football master plan. “Perhaps the biggest thing we should expect is the Nigerian Sports Industry Policy that has business model embedded in it. Sport is now business in this country Academy like yours will get the opportunity to develop their infrastructure so that more talents can be discovered and nurtured.”
“Let me congratulate you very specially on your victory at the National Principal’s Cup. when I presented the cup to you I saw the excitement. I was amazed at some of the skills displayed on the pitch of play. Our work at the Ministry is to hunt for sporting talents and to also partner with institutions like FOSLA Academy who are in the same business of hunting for talents and developing them”
The Minister said because of the experience the Ministry had in bringing back the Principal’s Cup which is now renamed National Principal’s Cup, in another 45 days, the next edition of the competition will comnence on a much larger scale with more schools participating.
“The Power of sports like Mandela said is to Unite and promotes peace in the world. This cannot be understated. I’m glad that you are involved in sports and we hope some of the young players from the Academy will become the bright stars in Nigeria’s football family.”
In his response, the Proprietor of Fosla Academy Alhaji Sanni Lulu Abdullahi thanked the Honourable Minister for vision and hardwork that has helped revive the Principal’s Cup. “FOSLA Academy is a product of hardwork and consistency. The victory in the National Principal’s Cup is a dream come true and we are very grateful for the opportunity to expose our young talents. I’m personally grateful” Lulu concluded.
Sports
Nigerian teenager, Ilenikhena outshines Yamal Scores, As Monaco beat Barca 2-1
Nigerian striker George Ilenikhena scored on his Champions League debut as Monaco produced an upset against 10-man Barcelona.
The 18-year-old substitute raced on to Vanderson’s long ball over the top of the defence in the 71st minute and blasted his shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Eric Garcia had earlier been shown a straight red card with just 10 minutes gone when he fouled Takumi Minamino as the last man after a poor pass out from the back by Ter Stegen.
Monaco took the lead soon after when Maghnes Akliouche slotted past Ter Stegen who was rooted to the spot.
Barcelona’s own teenage star Lamine Yamal equalised with his first Champions League goal when he latched on to a long ball and cut inside before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner.
But Ilenikhena’s goal, his first since signing from Royal Antwerp in the summer, condemned Barcelona to an opening defeat.
Vanderson’s strike from the edge of the area was pushed past the post while Minamino had an effort deflected on to the crossbar for the hosts.
It could have been a more emphatic win but Folarin Balogun had a penalty overturned late on following a video assistant referee (VAR) check after he was adjudged to have gone down too easily under the challenges.
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