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My Priority Is To Make Olympic Hybrid FC World-Class Club- President

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4 years ago

July 25, 2022

…As Olympic Hybrid Club Secures Nationwide NLO Division 2 Ticket

Joel Ajayi

The hardworking Abuja-based football club, known as Olympic hybrid FC on Saturday secured promotion into the Nigeria Nationwide division 2 league.

The unbeaten Olympic Hybrid secured the slot after they played 4 games and win all four games.

In the first game, Olympic hybrid pummelled WACO FC of Abuja 4-0, went ahead to defeat Adamawa feeders 5-1

It was another victory for Olympic Hybrid as they beat Rivaldo FC 2-1 in the third game while they also thrashed Daniel Soccer 2-0 to win all the games without any single defeat.

While speaking, the elated president of the club, Ishiekwene Daniel said his desire is to turn Olympic Hybrid into a world-class club.

According to him, the reason we join the league is to help the many young talents who have no opportunity, we want to pick them, and nurture them to the podium.

“The promotion we got shows the level of commitment, and the growth of the club within the shortest period of time, most of the players are here in less than two years, some 1 year, apart from the one that travel is just because we have a system that is working.

“We ensure they are together, we try to add education and they socialize together that show in there in the tournament.

“We want to come up strong at division two, that is why we are partnering with many companies, in the area of transportation, logistic, kits, and many others, and by the time we resume, we will launch our new kits, we want to get better and before the league start, we shall be ready fully for the league.

“There is so much talent, but there is no platform to develop them, that is why we are doing it.

“Abuja is our base, we can now go to nooks and crannies of Nigeria to discover the talents.”

Speaking on the exploit, the President expressed said: “as we speak now some of our players are in Europe playing, they are making the living, that is why we are working hard to ensure we put smiles on the faces of many young Nigerian.” He said.

Also, in his remark, the head coach of Olympic Hybrid Patrick Bassey said that the players have done well, they listen to the instructions on and off the field thanked God, they made it to NLO 2.

According to him, the Olympic Hybrid team is not up to three years from now, the boys gradually improve from one stage to another, if they did not relent they will go far in their football career.

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Kukkiwon President Hails Popoola’s Impact on Nigerian Taekwondo, NTF Boss Celebrates One Year of Progress

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2 hours ago

October 28, 2026

The Gleamer

The President of the Taekwondo Federation of Nigeria, Grand Master Tayo Popoola has received a letter of commendation from the president of Kukkiwon, Yun Ung- Suk, for her outstanding contribution to the development of the sport.

Grand Master Popoola was hailed for her consistent drive improving the game within a short time of her stewardship in the NTF and the dissemination of Taekwondo activities in Nigeria to the global space.

The commendation letter dated October 25, 2026, was personally signed by Kukkiwon President, Ung-Suk.

Popoola said the commendation came to her as a pleasant surprise.

“I did not see that coming but It is a good one not only for me but the entire federation. I did not do it alone and it is also a challenge to do much more in the days, weeks and months ahead. I thank all the board members and I am optimistic that we will do more for the athletes,” Popoola said.

Incidentally, it is just about one year in office for Grand Master Popoola who has recorded a string of successes in the federation including the National Open Trials in Abeokuta, the Africa Taekwondo Championship 2026 in Bamako Mali where Nigeria won several Medals, the first ever Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele National Taekwondo Championship which took place last month in Lagos and the recently held Korean Ambassador Cup in Abuja which also had in attendance the World Kukkiwon Demonstration team.

The demonstration team dazzled fans in Abuja with spectacular display only last weekend just as the para-athletes in taekwondo were duly classified by experts from the world body in preparation for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.

“I want to thank the National Sports Commission for the support given to me and the entire NTF. Things can only get better,” Popoola stressed.

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