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NNL: City FC Pips Yobe Desert Stars 1 Nil in Abuja
Joel Ajayi
Abuja based City Football Club( FC ) beat visitors Yobe Desert Stars Football Club (FC) by a lone goal in an NNL Match Day 12 encounter decided at the Area 10 Sports Complex, Old Parade Ground, in Abuja on Sunday.
In the Group A1 Northern Conference of the ongoing 2021/2022 Nigeria National league (NNL) City FC were without league action last weekend due to their paused match-day 11 encounter with Sokoto United.
In the 14 minute , City FC , forward Mujeeb Odufeso and Oscar Ezejiofor couldn’t nod home from close range as the ball flashes past their foreheads.
15 minutes later, Free Kick for the city in a dangerous area. But it’s spurned. Leaving the Yobe keeper in excruciating pain.
In 27 minute, Odufeso is presented with another chance to score but his left-footed effort drifts wide. He later scored in the added five minute time of the first half from a close range to the net.
On resumption of the second half, the Yobe Desert Stars FC struggled hard but they couldn’t convert their opportunities to goal.
Speaking shortly after the game, the director of Sports City club Moses Adam who was not impress about the narrow victory charged the players to up their game for more victory
According to him, it’s not a good game, we know the task ahead of us we suppose to score three to four goals but I don’t know what wrong with our players
“In this season there is no room for excuses, in the beginning of the season the second round we are first, the last game we came second because of just one goal if it happens like this then, the whole year will be messed up that is why we just have to keep scoring.”
He however said that the team has to sit tight, “We have the quality, we are going to sit with the coach a lot and need to change, the mentality one zero is not acceptable.” He frowned.
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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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