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Federation Cup: Rivers United battle Enyimba in star match of Round of 64

Nigeria’s only remaining flag-bearers in African club competitions this year, Rivers United FC will be up against two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba FC of Aba in what is indisputably the star match of Round of 64 of this year’s Federation Cup competition.
The ‘Pride of Rivers’ host Tanzania’s Young Africans in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup fixture in Uyo on Sunday, and will then have the clash with Enyimba FC as vintage preparatory match for the return leg in Dar es Salaam.
At the draw held inside the NFF Secretariat on Wednesday, Akwa United FC were drawn to play Wikki Tourists of Bauchi in another big game, just as multi-title winners Rangers International of Enugu will take on Adamawa United FC.
Heartland FC of Owerri have been drawn to play Jedo FC of Sokoto while Kogi United square up to Mailantarki FC of FCT.
The women’s Round of 32 fixtures were also drawn on Wednesday, with Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt up against Golden Sun of Bayelsa State and Naija Ratels of FCT to play Adamawa Queens
All Round of 64 matches in the men’s competition and Round of 32 matches in the women’s competition will hold on Wednesday, 26 April. The Round of 32 matches in the men’s competition have been scheduled for Wednesday, 3 May, with the Round of 16 on Wednesday, 10 May. Quarter final matches are to take place on Wednesday, 17 May.
The semi-finals of both competitions will come up on Wednesday, 24 May with the men’s and women’s grand finale on Saturday, 27 May.
ALL THE ROUND OF 64 FIXTURES (MEN)
Heartland FC (Imo) vs Jedo FC (Sokoto)
Bayelsa United (Bayelsa) Vs Essien Ayi FC (Cross River)
Ahudiya FC (Abia) Vs Jigawa Golden Stars (Jigawa)
ABS FC (Kwara) Vs Bendel Insurance FC (Edo)
Standard FC (Kaduna) Vs Ekiti United (Ekiti)
FC Basira (Nasarawa) Vs Sunshine Stars (Ondo)
EFCC FC (FCT) Vs Katukan Tsafe FC (Zamfara)
Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) Vs Akwa United FC (Akwa Ibom)
Warri Wolves (Delta) Vs Beyond Limit FC (Ogun)
3SC (Oyo) Vs Adamimogo FC (Ondo)
Mighty Jets (Plateau) Vs Niger Tornadoes Feeders (Niger)
Malumfashi FC (Katsina) Vs Gombe United (Gombe)
Osun United (Osun) Vs Katsina United (Katsina)
Bendel Insurance Feeders (Edo) Vs Maikunkele FC (Niger)
Cynosure FC (Ebonyi) Vs Kano Pillars Jnr (Kano)
Lobi Stars (Benue) Vs FC One Rocket (Akwa Ibom)
Jama United (Zamfara) Vs Plateau United (Plateau)
Rivers United (Rivers) Vs Enyimba FC (Abia)
Ingas FC (Enugu) Vs Novia FC (Adamawa)
El-Kanemi Warriors (Borno) Vs De Cardinal FC (Rivers)
Nasarawa United (Nasarawa) Vs Kebbi United (Kebbi)
DMD FC (Borno) Vs ABJ FC (Bauchi)
Ikorodu City (Lagos) Vs Crusader FC (Bayelsa)
Gateway United (Ogun) Vs Kwara United (Kwara)
FC Ebedei (Ekiti) Vs Hope of Glory FC (Cross River)
Yobe Desert Stars (Yobe) Vs Igbajo FC (Osun)
Adamawa United (Adamawa) Vs Rangers Int’l (Enugu)
Ilaji FC (Oyo) Vs Kano Pillars (Kano)
Green Berets FC (Kaduna) Vs FR Ebunuja (Imo)
Ozalla FC (Anambra) Vs Doma United (Gombe)
Kogi United Feeders (Kogi) Vs Edel FC (Anambra)
Mailantarki FC (FCT) Vs kogi United (Kogi)
ALL THE ROUND OF 32 FIXTURES (WOMEN)
Bayelsa Queens (Bayelsa) Vs Maureen Mmadu KFC (Anambra)
Akwa Angels (Akwa Ibom) Vs Dannaz Ladies (Lagos)
Owo Itan FC (Akwa Ibom) Vs Fortress FC (Edo)
Honey Badgers (Benue) Vs Kada FC (Kaduna)
Heartland Queens (Imo) Vs Confluence Queens (Kogi)
Lakeside FC (Ogun) Vs Kwara Ladies (Kwara)
Sunshine Queens (Ondo) Vs Edo Queens (Edo)
Maureen Mmadu KFC (Abia) Vs Green Foot (Enugu)
FC Robo (Lagos) Vs Immaculate Queens (Enugu)
First Mah FC (Imo) Vs Royal Queens (Delta)
Nasarawa Amazons (Nasarawa) Vs Gallant FC (Kaduna)
Naija Ratels (FCT) Vs Adamawa Queens (Adamawa)
Rivers Angels (Rivers) Vs Golden Sun FC (Bayelsa)
Osun Babes (Osun) Vs Awka Angels (Anambra)
Ekiti Queens (Ekiti) Vs Moje Queens (Kwara)
Paul E. FC (FCT) Vs Delta Queens (Delta)
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Nigeria Flag National Team heads for historic African Championship in Egypt

….Unveils its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission
Joel Ajayi
The Nigerian American Football Association ( NAFA ) has unveiled its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission, NSC, as it gets set to depart for the inaugural IFAF Africa Flag Football continental Games in Egypt billed for the 20-21 of June 2025.
In a brief but significant ceremony, the President of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu, unveiled the jerseys the team will be using in Egypt to the Director General of the NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade on Tuesday, as the DG charged the team to do the country proud and return with flying colours.
“On this trip to Egypt I wish you guys well and I am more encouraged that you guys are very confident that our women team will win Gold. I am also very fascinated that you are taking U13 to this tournament.It’s inline with the Commission’s renewed hope vision to also start building for the future”.
“I must also thank you and your team for the kind of aggressive publicity and glamour you are creating around flag football in Nigeria and I believe there is a realistic possibility of a synergy being created that will glue NAFA and Showtimes together in order to have a robust league round the country.If this can eventually happen and you guys come together, this Sport will take Nigeria by storm, I have no doubt”, he concluded.
President and founder of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu explained the significance of the tournament and the readiness of the Nigerian team to make history in Egypt.
” Since flag Sports became an Olympic Sport, there was a strong push to have a continental games so that Africa is better represented on the global stage.All African countries then came together with interface with the global body and now we have our first African games”.
” We came here to unveil our jersey to the DG and tell him that we are fielding three teams for the competition- the main team which has been in camp for two months now, a female team and an U13 team”.
He added that ” We are quite optimistic and we believe that with the support and activities of many leagues in Nigeria like the Abuja Flag football league, the showtime, the Community flag football league and the Ogun flag football league, we have a lot of players that can give us a formidable National team”.
Nigeria is billed to compete alongside traditional Sporting countries like Morocco,Tunisia, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana Uganda and host country Egypt, when the tournament holds this weekend.
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