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  • Drastic Results of the Oyo inter-local government 2025

    Drastic Results of the Oyo inter-local government 2025

    The first match of the day was a match between Atiba Queen and Iddo Qeen that ended 0-1 in favor of Iddo Queen.

    The Egbeda Queen soccer team battled Ibadan Southwest Queen to a 0-0 draw this afternoon. This was an awesome game.

    Host local government Ibadan southwest LG squeezed into the quarter-finals with a dramatic 2-1 win over Akinyele.

    Ibadan Southwest’s penalty taker missed a penalty as Ona-Ara held Ibadan South to a 1-1 draw after the coach of Ona-Ara was off during the game by receiving a red card.

    Ibadan Southwest found themselves 3-0 ahead of Ibadan North East at the break of the first half thanks to Samad, who scored the first goal heading and Waris made the effort by scoring the second goal and not long after the restart, Osiha showed his pace and power to get the third goal.

    Shortly after the resumption of the second half, Waris then added his second goal to make the team’s fourth of today’s game from a set-piece presiding from a free-kick before, in stoppage-time, the team left backfired the fifth goal to make the game end 5-0 in favor of Ibadan southwest.

    Outstanding players of day three

    Man of the march of the game between OYO EAST vs IBADAN NORTH was given to
    Adeniyi Bashi from OYO EAST.

    Woman of the match of the match between Egbeda LG and IBSW queen was given to Suraju Kehinde.

    Ogunleye Muhammad was awarded as the best player of the match.
    For the match between Akinyele LG and Ibadan North West LG.

    Ibarapa East LG player Afolabi Sheriff was given Best Player of the match between Ibarapa East LG and Orire LG.

    Ridwan Adedeji was awarded the best player of the match between IBDSE LG and Ona Ara LG.

    Ganiyu Waris from Ibadan southwest LG. Was given the best player of the season between Ibadan southwest and Ibadan North East.

  • Oluyole LG won by 1-0 to top their group at Oyo State inter-local government u14.

    Action is on day three of the beast tournament Oyo State inter-local football tournament for boys and girls across the Oyo state.
    Ona-Ara lg win straight 3-1 against Ibarapa lg.

    Orire LG 0 earned a 0-0 draw against Ibadan South East LG
    An impressive goal scored from a spot-kick by Idris gave Ibadan North LG a wonderful 5-2 win over Ibadan North East LG. Although Ibadan North East tried what they could do by getting two goals when the game was 3-0 from the beginning of the second, but maturity difference gives Ibadan North winning.
    Ibadan Southwest went on a 3-0 win in the second half of the game against Oyo East LG.
    Akinyele had a late 1 -0 win against Oyo West.
    The female match between Ibadan southwest LG and Akinyele LG ended in a goalless draw.

    award

    Best Player for the match between Oyo West LG vs Akinyele LG given to Oladapo Awwal.

    Adekunle Kolade was given Best for the match between Iwojowa LG vs Oluyole LG.

    Best woman award was given to ABIBAT OMOYEMI from Akinyele queen in match between IBSW WOMEN vs AKINYELE

    Ahmed Malik is given the Best Player of the match between IBNW and Egbeda Local Government.

    Next  fixture

    Day 3 – Thursday Fixtures

    1. ATIBA QUEEN vs IDO QUEEN – 7:00 AM

    2. LAGELU vs IDO – 8:00 AM

    3. IBADAN SOUTH EAST vs ONA ARA – 9:00 AM

    4. IBARAPA EAST vs ORI IRE – 10:00 AM

    5. IBADAN NORTH EAST vs IBADAN SOUTH WEST – 11:00 AM

    6. AKINYELE vs IBADAN NORTH WEST – 12:00 PM

    7. EGBEDA QUEEN vs IBADAN SOUTH WEST QUEEN – 1:00 PM

    8. OYO EAST vs IBADAN NORTH – 2:00 PM

    9. EGBEDA vs OYO WEST – 3:00 PM
    10. OLUYOLE vs IDO – 4:00 PM

    11. IDO QUEEN vs AKINYELE QUEEN – 5:00 PM

    DAY 4 FRI
    1 IWAJOWA vs LAGELU 7am
    2 ORIIRE vs ONA ARA 8am
    3 ATIBA QUEEN vs IBADAN SOUTH WEST QUEEN 9am
    4 EGBEDA QUEEN vs AKINYELE QUEEN 10am
    5 IBARAPA EAST vs IBADAN SOUTH EAST 3pm
    6 OYO EAST vs IBADAN NORTH EAST 4pm
    7 IBADAN NORTH vs IBADAN SOUTH WEST 5pm

  • Stage set for memorable championship game at Ibadan Northwest LG who will be hosting the 2025 Oyo State inter-local government u14

    Stage set for memorable championship game at Ibadan Northwest LG who will be hosting the 2025 Oyo State inter-local government u14

    The chants reverberated around the Anwaru Islam community secondary eleyele Ibadan, on Monday afternoon as the Nigeria Coaches Association grassroots Development Unit Oyo State chapter make today, 25th August 2025, as the arrival of their annual program inter local government. This camp program is designed to achieve different goals, including

    Valuing Preparation
    The football tournament will help young people learn how to distinguish between effort and ability. It will increase self-discipline and the awareness of the value of preparation because they will see and analyze the difference in their performance.

    Resilience
    The game will provide an unparalleled model for dealing with disappointment and misfortune. They put in extra time on fitness or work on specific weaknesses in their game with their respective groups.

    Attitude Control

    All the players learn that a confident attitude improves their performance, and that they have some control over their attitude, hence improving their game and their learning process.

    Long-term Thinking
    They will learn the fundamental lesson of sacrificing immediate gratification for long-term gain.

    Relationships with other players from different local governments.

    Football players develop relationships with their teammates. For boys and girls, football is a primary, and, unfortunately, sometimes the sole, way of socializing with others.

    Diversity

    Our inter-local government tournament project is sponsored by the Oyo state coaches association, Grassroots Association Unity and some individuals such like HONOURABLE ADEPOJU OLATEWAJU(EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN IBNW LG , ALHAJI LUKMAN ADESINA (CHAIRMAN OF ALL PDP CHAIRMEN IN OYO STATE, HON PETER OLAYIWOLA HON COMMISSIONIONER to offer young players, boys and girls under the age of 14, an opportunity to meet a variety of players from different backgrounds. Players from public, private and local community clubs come together in a common enterprise, crossing socio-economic and ethnic lines, so that over time all players broaden their sense of how other people live. The genuinely multicultural environment is of tremendous importance in our polarized society.

    This year is the 26th edition of the inter-local Government hosted by Ibadan southwest local government.
    This is a 7-day duration, from Monday 25th to 31st August 2025.

    Has this year’s edition is going to be witnessed many new activities and enjoyments such as

    Parade and dancing around the immediate environment which was done day by each local government who is going to participate in this year’s edition.

     

    Sports Debate between the participating local governments which is going to come up on Wednesday

    This year’s edition, a female team will be given the opportunity to participate in this year’s edition.

    In the male category, sixteen local governments are grounded
    Ib Northwest
    Ib north
    Ib northeast
    Ib southwest west
    Ib southwest east
    Oluyole
    Ido
    Egbeda
    Lagalu
    Akinyele
    Ona-Ara
    Orire
    Oyo east
    Oyo west

    iwajowa
    Ibarapa East

  • PSG won their first UEFA Champions League title 5-0 to be the first ever final margin after 32 years of French team.

    PSG won their first UEFA Champions League title 5-0 to be the first ever final margin after 32 years of French team.

    Since 1993, the France team has never been close to adding another Champions League title:
    Although in 2004, AS Monaco reached the final but were defeated 3-0 by José Mourinho’s Porto.
    In 2020, PSG made it to the final for the first time in club history but lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich, with the lone goal scored by Kingsley Coman, a product of PSG’s own academy.
    But this year PSG had a wonderful win with 5-0 after 32 years as a French team.
    While Olympique de Marseille remains the only first French club to have won the UEFA Champions League. They achieved this history on May 26, 1993, by defeating AC Milan 1-0 in the final held at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

    This year’s win was recorded worsted win at 5-0, not just goals, but PSG dominated from start to finish, scoring in the 12th, 20th, 63rd, 73rd and 86th minutes of the game, although we have such a winning margin as

    AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona (1993/94)
    Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team were an absolutely delightful side to watch, but they were ruthlessly swept aside by Fabio Capello’s AC Milan in 1994.

    The Rossoneri, who were missing several key players, entered the match as underdogs but went into halftime two goals up thanks to a brace from Daniele Massaro.

    Dejan Savićević added a third quickly after the break, before Marcel Desailly sealed the win with a curled finish in the 58th minute. Until this season, it was the only Champions League final decided by a four-goal margin.

    Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus (2016/17)
    Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid secured their 12th crown in comfortable fashion at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, becoming the first team to retain the title since the competition rebranded in 1992.

    Cristiano Ronaldo’s opener was canceled out by Juventus striker Mario Mandžukić, but Casemiro put Los Banos back in front on the hour mark. Ronaldo struck again minutes later before Marco Asensio put the cherry on top of a dominant performance with a 90th-minute goal.

  • For the first time in 21 years, the Champions League final has been played without a Spanish, English or German club.

    For the first time in 21 years, the Champions League final has been played without a Spanish, English or German club.

    Since the final match between FC Porto and Monanco, no Champions League final has ever played without either Spanish, English or German club. Below is a list of teams since them.

    2003/04
    Monaco 0 vs 3 Porto
    2004/05
    Milan 3 vs Liverpool. . Liverpool won on penalties 3-2.
    2005/6
    Barcelona 2vs 1 Arsenal
    2006/07
    Milan 2vs 1 Liverpool
    2007/08
    Manchester United 1 vs 1 Chelsea . Manchester won by penalty 6-5.
    2008/09
    Barcelona 2vs 0 Manchester United
    2009/10
    Bayer Munchen 0 vs 2 Inter
    2010/11
    Barcelona 3 vs 1 Manchester United
    Bayer munchen 1vs 1 Chelsea . Chelsea won by penalty 4-3
    2012/13
    B-Dortmund 1 vs 2 Bayer munchen
    2013/14
    Real Madrid 4 vs 1 Atlético
    2014/ 15
    Juventus 1 vs 3 Barcelona
    2015/16
    Real Madrid 1 vs 1 Atlético Madrid won by penalty 5-3.
    2016/17
    Juventus 1 vs 4 Real Madrid
    2017/18
    Real Madrid 3 vs 1 Liverpool
    2018/19
    Tottenham 0 vs 2 Liverpool
    2019/20
    PSG 0 vs 1 Bayer munchen
    2020/21
    Manchester city 0 vs 1 Chelsea
    2021/ 22
    Liverpool 0 vs 1 Real Madrid
    2022/23
    Manchester City 1 vs 0 Inter
    2023/24
    B. Dortmund 0 vs 2 Real Madrid
    2024/25
    Inter vs PSG ?

  • Manchester United qualified for the semifinals on a 7–6 aggregate after a 5-4 win and different records were set.

    Manchester United qualified for the semifinals on a 7–6 aggregate after a 5-4 win and different records were set.

    The game between Manchester United and Lyon was an insane game of football with what we just witnessed.

    ◎ 10′ Man Utd 1-0 Lyon
    ◎ 45+1′ Man Utd 2-0 Lyon
    ◉ 71′ Man Utd 2-1 Lyon
    ◉ 77′ Man Utd 2-2 Lyon
    ◉ 88′ Tolisso sent off
    ◉ 104′ Man Utd 2-3 Lyon
    ◉ 109′ Man Utd 2-4 Lyon
    ◎ 114′ Man Utd 3-4 Lyon
    ◎ 120′ Man Utd 4-4 Lyon
    ◎ 120+1′ Man Utd 5-4 Lyon

    But it was an incredible finish at Old Trafford as Harry Maguire won it in extra-time stoppage time and this keeps Manchester United’s unbeaten record in European competition. Also, the first team in history to score two goals in the 120th minute of a major European match, with Bruno Fernandes ‘goal in 114 minutes of the game being the 5,000th scored by Manchester United at Old Trafford, since they moved onto their home ground 115 years ago.

    Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim said after the game,’If you look at our season, the most important thing is the Europa League.”
    ‘’I think this is why we like this sport so much.”

  • Arsenal remain the only team Real Madrid have never beaten in the history .

    Arsenal remain the only team Real Madrid have never beaten in the history .

    Arsenal remain the only team Real Madrid have never beaten in the history of
    The European Cup after a 2-1 win over Real Madrid 1-2 and that makes Arsenal reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 15 years.

    Arsenal remain unbeaten in three competitive matches against Real Madrid, and are the only side to have faced them three times in major European competition without conceding a single goal.

    Arsenal’s previous visit to Madrid’s famous home came during our run to the 2005/06 Champions League final at the last-16 stage, as one of Thierry Henry’s greatest ever goals saw Arsenal become the first English team to triumph in the Bernabeu.

    Arsenal have won each of our last four encounters with Spanish opposition in Europe, and each of their last two in the country – their success against Sevilla last season as well as the win in Girona back in January. Those are two of five we’ve obtained in Spain from 19 games.

    Arsenal’s record vs Real Madrid in the Champions League:

    ✅ 0-1
    🤝 0-0
    ✅ 3-0
    ✅ 1-2

  • The greatest loss for the eighth quarter-final team in the UEFA Champions League

    The greatest loss for the eighth quarter-final team in the UEFA Champions League

    ⏱️ First leg scores:

    🇪🇸 Barcelona 4-0 Dortmund 🇩🇪
    🇫🇷 PSG 3-1 Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
    🇩🇪 Bayern 1-2 Inter 🇮🇹
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid 🇪🇸

    Dortmund’s 0-4 loss against Barcelona wasn’t their greatest loss in football. Dortmund’s worst defeat in football was a 12–0 loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 29 April 1978, and 0-4 against Barcelona FC on Apr 9, 2025. Also, records have shown that Barcelona even had their worst defeat against Bayern Munich on 5 Aug 14, 2020 with 2-8, in the UEFA Champions League and a 12-1 loss on Feb 8, 1931, against Athletic in LaLiga.

    PSG beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg from football perceptive doesn’t stop them qualifying, because PSG suffered 1-6 against FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League on Mar 8, 2017 and 0-6 lost to Nantes in League 1 on 1st September 1971, although Aston Villa lost 0-8 against Chelsea, in Stamford Bridge on 23 Dec 2012 be their first greatest lost in football, but there is hope for villa.

    Inter Milan’s 2-1 win over Bayern didn’t show their automatic qualifiers because, in 1971, Bayern defeated Dortmund 11–1; and Bayer Munich’s greatest loss in the European Cup happened against Dynamo Kyiv lost 0-2 on 4th Mar 16, 1977,and it only views people remember Inter Milan 3-0 lost against Barcelona in UEFA Champions League on 4 Feb 18, 2003 also Inter Milan biggest lost in football 1–9 against Juventus on 10 June 1961.

    Arsenal beating 15-time Champions League champions, 3-0, won’t surprise me and that could prove Real Madrid can not qualify. Let us remember August 2011, when Arsenal suffered their heaviest league defeat in 84 years, as they lost 8–2 to Manchester United at Old Trafford and Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League 1-5 loss against Bayern in 2016-17 (2nd leg). Although Real Madrid lost 0-4 against Liverpool in 2008/9 and Manchester City in 2022/23, UEFA Champions League heaven didn’t fall, but let’s cast our minds back to Real Madrid’s 11–1 loss against Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey on 19 June 1943.

    All these are just options, but as for you, what do you think?

  • TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON:South Africa get narrow win over Egypt U-17 .

    TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON:South Africa get narrow win over Egypt U-17 .

    The victory took South Africa up the table as South Africa staged a dynamic comeback to beat Egypt 4-3, with two penalties from Bohloka. Before half-time, it was a 3-3 draw and until the 71st 7th minute E. Witbooi turned the story back to win.

    Goals scorers are
    Mlondo S.
    Roshdi A. 13 and 18′ minutes
    Abdelkarim H.
    Bohloko N.
    (2 Penalty)
    Witbooi E.

    Burkina Faso U17 2 vs 1 Cameroon U17
    The game between Burkinafaso and Cameroon was an interesting match. A brilliant performance by Tapsoba A. to score 19 and 41-minute goals gave them victory over Cameroon when the game ended 2-1 with a goal from Nyangono D. On 71 minutes.

    Full time: Zambia 4-1 Tanzania

    There goes the full-time whistle!

    Zambia secured a solid 4-1 win over Tanzania, extending their lead at the top of the table to three points.

    Kalimina j 8 minutes and Nyirongo’s 45-minute goals in the first half put Zambia in the lead before J Sagwe scored at 90+5 in the second half to make it 3-1, while Phiri G added another at 90+ 6 make the door close.

     

    Today’s Matches

    AFRICA
    Africa Cup of Nations U17

    Senegal U17 vs Gambia U17
    15:00
    Mali U17 vs Angola U17
    18:00
    Somalia U17 vs Tunisia U17
    18:00
    Ivory Coast U17 vs Central Africa U17. 21:00
    Next Scheduled
    Africa Cup of Nations U17

    Cameroon U17 vs South Africa U17
    03.04. 15:00

    Egypt U17 vs Burkina Faso U17
    03.04. 18:00

    Uganda U17 vs Tanzania U17
    03.04. 18:00

    Zambia U17 vs Morocco U17
    03.04 21:00

    Gambia U17 vs Somalia U17
    04.04. 15:00

    Angola U17 vs Ivory Coast U17
    04.04. 18:00

    Tunisia U17 vs Senegal U17
    04.04. 18:00

    Central Africa U17 vs Mali U17
    04.04. 21:00

    Burkina Faso U17 vs South Africa U17 06.04. 17:00

    Cameroon U17 vs Egypt U17
    06.04. 17:00

    Morocco U17 vs Tanzania U17
    06.04. 20:00

    Ugandan u17 vs Zambia u17
    06-04 20:00

  • CAF U-17: Begging with Morocco show superiority over Uganda with a 5-0 win

    CAF U-17: Begging with Morocco show superiority over Uganda with a 5-0 win

    ·The CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 kicked kick-off last Sunday, ushering in a new generation of African football talent.

    The match began yesterday between the hosts, who are Morocco, and Uganda u17, which ended 5-0 in favor of Moroccans the goals scorers are I. Belmokhtar 3′, and 32‘minutes of the game.
    D. Ait Cheikh at 8mint also
    Z. B. Abelhadj 24 minutes penalty plus 71 minutes Goal.
    Action continues today with a match between Tanzania U-17 vs Zambia U-17 at 15:00,
    Burkina Faso U-17 vs Cameroon U-17 by 18:00, and South Africa U-17 vs Egypt U-17 Today by 21:00.
    .Tomorrow’s match is going to
    An exciting match coming between Senegal U-17 vs Gambia U-17 by 15:00, Somalia U-17 vs Tunisia U-17 by 16:00, Mali U-17 vs Angola U-17 by 18:00 and
    Ivory Coast U-17I vs Central African Republic U-17 by 21:00.

    TotalEnergies CAF U-17 CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 Groups:

    GROUP A: Morocco (Hosts), Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
    GROUP B: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Africa, Egypt
    GROUP C: Senegal, Gambia, Somalia, Tunisia
    GROUP D: Mali, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic