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  • When is Oyo State inter- Local government final ?

    When is Oyo State inter- Local government final ?

    Oto state coaches association grassroots units have brought forward the kick-off time for the annual inter local final to 1pm.
    This year’s Oyo State inter-local government final will take place on Sunday, 31ft August 2025 at the Anawal Islam Grammar school, Eleyele Road, Ibadan, Oyo state.
    Oyo state coaches association said the decision was made because finals will be played in both the male and female categories.

    In the male category, Ibadan Southwest will face Ibadan North and in the female category, Ibadan Southwest Queen will play Egbeda queen.

    Road to final

    As Ibadan North finished first in group D of the oxo state inter-local government, they’ll now look to toast tomorrow by becoming champions of the oxo state inter – local government.
    The Ibadan North LG eliminated the Ibarapa locals in the quarter-finals by 4 -0 and the Ido local government in a penalties’ shootout after a 1-1 draw in regular time.

    The Ibadan Southwest, who came second in the same group as Ibadan North, eliminated Ona-Ara LG in the quarter-finals by 3-0 and Egbeda in the semifinals by 2-1.

    This year’s edition of the inter-local government will experience a lot of motivation from the Nigeria coaches association grassroots developmental unit, as the chair of the organization has written a lot of letters to different organizations on sponsorship, and he further his statement that he hopes corporate organizations will come to their assistance because for pass edition of tournaments no company or cooperate organizations has ever contributed to the program as this football tournaments has giants contribution to the society and young children to build skills also keep them away from all bad activities which may later contribute to the society destruction.

    From the Nigeria Football Association Oyo State chapter grassroots developmental unit are still seeking sponsorship and assistance from any organization or individual who want to contribute to youth development to contact us.
    On WhatsApp +2348128345780 for this year’s edition or consequence edition of the tournament which happens to be on the yearly program.

  • Champions league 2025/26 draw returns Kevin de Bruyne to England

    Champions league 2025/26 draw returns Kevin de Bruyne to England

    As this year Champions league face a tough journey to reach the knockout phase ,15-time Champions League winners Real Madrid have been given a daunting draw for this season’s competition after being handed matchups against Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester City on Thursday.

    Real Madrid draw against Man City make each team face each other for the sixth time in seven seasons
    2019-20 last 16
    2021-22 semifinals
    2022-23 semifinals
    2023-24 quarterfinals
    2024-25 knockout playoffs
    2025-26 league phase ⏳

    Real Madrid

    Home: Manchester City, Juventus, Marseille, Monaco
    Away: Liverpool, Benfica, Olympiacos, Kairat Almaty

    Manchester City

    Home: Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Napoli, Galatasaray
    Away: Real Madrid, Villarreal, Bodø/Glimt, Monaco

    Bayern Munich
    Home: Chelsea, Club Brugge, Sporting CP, Union Saint-Gilloise
    Away: Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Pafos

    Liverpool

    Home: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Qarabağ
    Away: Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille, Galatasaray

    Paris Saint-Germain

    Home: Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Tottenham, Newcastle
    Away: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting CP, Athletic Club

    Inter Milan

    Home: Liverpool, Arsenal, Slavia Prague, Kairat Almaty
    Away: Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Ajax, Union Saint-Gilloise

    Games start on Sept. 16 and the final league phase matchday is Jan. 28. On that Wednesday evening, all 36 teams play in 18 games kicking off at the same time.

    The top eight teams in the final standings advance to the round of 16 in March. Joining them will be winners of eight knockout playoffs, featuring teams ranked ninth to 24th, scheduled in February. The bottom 12 teams are eliminated.

  • 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?