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Ikoyi 10km Road Race To Hold October 28

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The 5th edition of the community marathon series, tagged Ikoyi 10km Road Race, will take place in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Nigeria on 28 October 2023.

The road race is the fifth edition of races under the stable of Lexicon Communications Ltd. and Kukuruku Inc.

The Community Marathon Series (CMS) is a rolling sporting project whereby a series of 10 km and 5km road races are organized within the hinterlands of select communities in Nigeria with the purpose of galvanizing healthy lifestyles and fitness among the target populace, building a running community, promoting social interaction based on shared wellness goals, and enhancing the potentials of these communities through exposure to a global audience.

Tagged “Run to Win or Run for Fun, the Ikoyi 10km Road Race will bring together runners across the nooks and crannies of the country to Ikoyi, the most affluent neighbourhood of Lagos, located in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. It lies to the northeast of Obalende, adjoins Lagos Island to the west, and is at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon. Popular with the extreme upper-class residents of Nigerian society, Ikoyi is arguably one of the wealthiest communities within Nigeria. With facilitating support from major brands like Amstel Malta and media support from MultiChoice Nigeria, CoolFM, Wazobia FM, and Nigeria Info, the Ikoyi 10km Road Race promises to be more glamorous than the previous races, which were held in FESTAC Town in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, on October 2, 2021, Lekki on January 29, 2022, Asaba on December 17, 2022, and Epe on April 29, 2023.

As part of engineering positive lifestyle habits, the organizers have decided to include other fitness activities like aerobics and a 5km fitness walk in the 5th edition of the community marathon series (Ikoyi 10km Road Race).

Participants in the 5-kilometre road walk will include corporate individuals from various organisations, fitness lovers, fitness clubs, and students, and it will be open to the general public who are health and fitness conscious.

The walk will be led by a rig with a DJ and a hype MC playing music and rendering fitness hypes to motivate the participants while an aerobics instructor leads the walk.

There will also be ambulances for first aid and first responders, Lastma, and road safety officers to help control traffic along the walk route.

Water/rehydration and fruit points will be strategically positioned along the walk route, with volunteers giving water and fruits to athletes and walkers.

There will be branded T-shirts at a cost for participants to add colour to the event.

The 10km road race and 5km walk will flag off from different locations and meet up at the finishing point, where prizes, medals, and memorabilia will be given to all the participants.

Cash prizes will be given to the competitive runners in the 10-kilometre road race. Cash prizes will go to the top 5 male and female runners.

Interested participants are advised to visit the project website for registration at www.communitymarathon.com.

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Jos, Plateau Comes Alive As NNL AGA Holds This Friday

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All is set for the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria National League which is scheduled to hold in the capital city of Plateau state.

Already, stakeholders have started arriving the Tin City for the one-day deliberation.

The AGA which is the first activity of the season will see the NNL board meet with the 40 club representatives to fashion our all formalities for a successful season.

Kickoff date, format, funding and other matters of critical importance will be decided at the assembly.

NNL Chairman George Aluo who is already on the ground, gave further insight on the agenda.

“At the NNL AGA we will be rubbing minds with the club owners, share our thoughts and plans with them and be on the same page and decide when the league will start basically, as that is the most important thing so that after the AGA in Jos, we should be able to tell Nigerians when the league will kickoff.”

He continued, “The President of the NFF Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has given us a mandate to start the league on time and ensure it aligns with the international calendar and that is the direction we want to go. So we have come up with our own plans and by the time we finish with our AGA in Jos, we’ll tell Nigerians what the plans are and how the league will be played.

He revealed that the board ” has put some plans in place as the NNL has been able to partner with the National Institute for Sports (NIS) for a pre-season capacity building seminar for our coaches. We want to upscale our coaches to make them better. Already, we have invited some resource persons from the NIS and the Technical Director of the NFF Augustine Eguavoen who will be involved in that and a Portuguese coach Thiago Conde so, at the end of the day, we would have upscale our coaches technically and before the start of the season by the time you’ve taken them to the classroom, I’m sure it will rub-off on the NNLas the 2023-2023 season gets underway.”

He appreciated the Plateau state Government for hosting the board as they begin deliberation this Friday.

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Colombia 2024: Falconets progress to third round as Mauritius withdraw

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The Mauritius Football Association has notified the Confederation of African Football of the withdrawal of the country’s U20 Women National Team from the ongoing African qualifying series for next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals.

“Kindly note that CAF was informed of the withdrawal of Mauritius FA from the African qualifiers of FIFA U20 WWC 2024. Consequently, Nigeria is qualified to the next round of the competition and the missions of all officials of matches 37 & 38 are cancelled,” read a communication from CAF to the Nigeria Football Federation.

The Falconets were to fly to Mauritius next week for the first leg in Saint Pierre against the Mauritius U20 girls, with the return leg scheduled for the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, 14th October.

With this situation, 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria now progress to the next round of the qualification series.

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Confed Cup: Insurance players vow to beat RS Berkane for their chief motivator, Obaseki

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As Federation Cup champion, Bendel Insurance of Benin plays RS Berkane on Friday in a Caf Confederation Cup match, the players and officials said they are ready to shed blood to win for the good people and government of Edo State especially their number one supporter and motivator Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Though Insurance has a mountain to climb in the decisive leg in Morocco after they were forced to a 2-2 draw by RS Berkane at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, in the first leg on Saturday, September 16, they are confident that will beat their host and qualify for the next round of the competition.

Monday Odigie’s side will miss the services of striker Osarenkhoe Imade, who scored their opener in the first leg as well as their other goal in the last round.

The 22-year-old just penned a deal with United Arab Emirates side, United FC.

Despite missing their highest goal scorer from last season, stand-in captain and goalkeeper, Amas Obasigie, echoed the confidence of the team.

“Knowing the honour that awaits us if we beat our opponents to qualify for the group stage, we are going to fight for everything in the field of play to go home happy. We made two mistakes in Benin and will not want a repeat. We are facing very strong opponents who have been champions twice in a space of three years, but we will not allow their intimidation to affect our play. They should expect a good fight from us the way they also fought in Benin.

“Above all, we want to fight to win for our state Governor, who has been wonderful in giving his all, in sponsorship and motivation that has taken us thus far both in the domestic league and continental level,” Obasogie said.

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