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Nigeria U19 Maiden Participation At The ICC Cricket World Cup In Malaysia Excites NSC
…. Approves Foreign Training tour in India for the team
Joel Ajayi
The National Sports Commission, NSC, has approved a foreign training tour in India for the Nigeria U19 Women team who are currently preparing to feature at this year’s ICC U19 Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup, slated for Malaysia from the 18th of January 2025.
The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon, Bukola Olopade, revealed that the Commission is working closely with the Nigeria Cricket Federation, in the area of logistics, technical and financial support to ensure Nigeria put up a good outing at the World Cup.
” Starting the year with Nigeria’s maiden participation at the Cricket World Cup for our U19 girls is a big deal for us at the Commission and we are not taking it for granted at all”.
” This is a big deal because it is the very first time Nigeria will ever feature at any level of a cricket World cup which also shows the level of silent work that the President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, Uyi Akpata and his team are doing in the sport which many people don’t even know about”.
“Myself and the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, are even more excited about this World cup because it fits into our Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria Sports Economy, RHINSE , campaign of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, where young girls can be taken off the street and are well engaged to make a livelihood from Sports participation.
” These are young girls of 19 years of age, set to represent our great nation at the biggest stage of World U19 cricket, therefore they need all the support both from Nigerians and the media”.
” Arrangements are on the ground for them to travel to India for a training tour already and from where they will proceed to Malaysia for the World cup”, he concluded.
Nigeria is among the four countries that will be making its debut, from the sixteen Nations that will feature in this year’s World Cup. Other debutants are
Samoa, Nepal and host Country Malaysia.
India are the defending champions, beating England in the final of the last edition in 2023 in South Africa.
Sports
Montage Community Football Tourney Registration Ends October 30
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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