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Lagos, Ekiti On Top As South-West Under 12 Handball Championship Ends

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5 years ago

January 30, 2022

The South-West Under 12 Handball Championship has ended at the Ilaji Hotel and Sports Resort, Ilaji, Oyo State on Saturday with Lagos and Ekiti coming top in the Male and Female categories respectively.

Lagos, inspired by their top player Dominion Duru, showed their supremacy in the Male Category with an emphatic 18-2 victory over Osun. Lagos had earlier defeated a stubborn Team Ogun 14-11.

Other results in the male category saw Oyo earning a slim 6-5 victory over Ondo another 8-6 over Osun while Ogun wallop Ondo 12-1.

In the Women Category, Ekiti earned a comfortable 13-5 victory over Oyo to win the category while Ogun got a brace of defeats, losing to category winner Ekiti 8-3 and to Ondo 6-4. Day 2

Results
MALE
Ogun 11Lagos. 14
Oyo 6Ondo 5
Osun 2Lagos 18
Ogun 12Ondo 1
Oyo 8Osun 6

FEMALE
Ogun 4Ondo 6
Ogun 3Ekiti. 8
Ekiti 13Oyo. 5

MALE CATEGORY AWARD
Best GoalkeeperOnileoke Qurib (Team Ogun)
Highest Goal ScorerAderounmu Obadiah with 27 goals (Ogun)
Most Valuable Player Duru Dominion (Lagos)

FEMALE CATEGORY AWARD
Best GoalkeeperUko Edem (Ogun)
Highest Goal ScorerMomodu Joy With 18 goals ( Ekiti)
Most Valuable PlayerOlayinka Judith (Ondo)

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Drogba, Amuneke, Eguavoen Lead African Legends’ Arrival in Lagos

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12 hours ago

November 7, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

With just one day to the much-anticipated Legends of Africa Football Game, Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba has arrived in Lagos, joining an impressive assembly of former African internationals already in the city ahead of Sunday’s star-studded encounter.

Drogba’s arrival further heightens anticipation for the game, which will bring together some of the continent’s most celebrated football figures at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.

Also in Lagos are Nigerian football greats Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Austin Eguavoen and Mutiu Adepoju, alongside other members of the legendary Super Eagles generations of 1994 and 1996.

The African contingent also features distinguished names including Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor, Senegal’s El-Hadji Diouf, Ghana’s Stephen Appiah and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song, among other former international stars.

The excitement will extend beyond the legends’ reunion, with popular Nigerian entertainers and celebrities preparing for a special Celebrity Match as part of the event. Yhemolee, Sheggz, Jeriq, Teddy A and Charles Okocha are among the personalities set to feature in the celebrity fixture, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

The Celebrity Match will form part of a wider programme of activities designed to give fans a full day of football, entertainment and celebration before the main legends’ fixture, which kicks off at 5pm. Gates open at 1:30pm.

Organized by Toptier Sports Management in collaboration with Afreximbank and CANEX as part of CANEX WKND 2026, the game will feature 15 Nigerian legends taking on 13 African icons in a celebration of the players whose achievements helped shape the history of football on the continent.

Beyond the match, the programme includes a football clinic involving 500 young players, entertainment and special recognition for the heroes of African football.

The Legends of Africa Football Game promises a memorable gathering of football royalty, bringing together generations of fans to celebrate the enduring legacy of the continent’s finest players.

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