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Emir Of Karshi Urges Schools To Encourage The Girl Children In Sports

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3 years ago

December 13, 2023

…Host the victorious FOSLA Academy Girls team in his palace

Joel Ajayi

His Royal Majesty the Emir of Karshi Alhaji Mohammed Ismaila MFR, has advised Parents, and schools to ensure they encourage their children and students to engage in sports to enhance peace, growth, and development of the society.

He gave this advice on Wednesday in Karshi Abuja at grand reception In honour of the FOSLA Academy’s female team that represented Nigeria at the CAF Under- 15 African Schools Football Championship held in Lome, Togo and young athletes who participated at just concluded MTN Athletic Championship in Abuja.

Speaking at the occasion Sarkin Karshi Alhaji Ismaila said sports today, football remain an instrument for physical, and spiritual growth and even a source of income for the young generation, saying such an instrument should not be toil with but to be embraced by the parents, schools.

According to him, FOSLA Academy’s female team remains the best Nigeria team, even though they did not win the trophy, they were rated well-behaved team, and they also won the trophy for the fair play award which we are very proud of.

“This under-15 female team has made history, they are the first team from Nigeria that will participate in the CAF U-15 female tournament we hope by next year they will bring the trophy back home.

“Football shouldn’t be the game of men, we have seen the steady development of female football around the world and Nigeria should not be left behind.

Football is good for their physical and health development, they can also make a career out of it, and this performance shows they can do what their male counterpart is doing, and we hope that Nigerians and other Schools will encourage their female students and children to participate in football and other sports.” He advised.

Emir Of Karshi, however, called on well-meaning Nigerians to come and support the school that combines academics with football development

He thanked the Proprietor of FOSLA Academy, Karshi, Abuja, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi for putting the Karshi Community on the world map through football.

Speaking also was the Proprietor of FOSLA Academy, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, who was full of joy over the progress of the FOSLA Academy.

Lulu, however, said the FOSLA Academy aspires to be the best in Africa and the world.

It will be recalled that the inaugural 8 – Aside CAF African Schools Football Championship was held between November 23rd – November 26th, 2023 in Togo

Also, the young athletes who participated in the just concluded MTN Athletic championship of 400. 800 meters race who won medals in Abuja were presented to the emir alongside the Under 15 female team.

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Montage Community Football Tourney Registration Ends October 30

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2 days ago

October 22, 2026

The Gleamer

Cyril Ogar

Registration for the 2026 edition of the Montage Community Football Tournament will close on Friday, October 30, organisers have announced.

The tournament coordinator, Mr Raphael Ekpang, disclosed this on Thursday, urging interested teams across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take advantage of the remaining days to register.

Ekpang said registration had been ongoing since Monday, encouraging eligible teams to complete the process before the deadline.

The tournament, themed “Montage FM 99.7: Empowering Youth, Uniting Communities Through Football,” is scheduled to kick off on November 3, 2026, with playoffs across the six Area Councils of the FCT.

The grand finale will hold on December 5, 2026, at the Old Parade Ground, Garki Area 10, Abuja, where the top four teams will compete for first-, second- and third-place honours.

A total of 48 teams will participate in the competition, with eight teams representing each of the six Area Councils.

The participating teams will compete for cash prizes worth over ₦2 million and other valuable rewards.

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