Former Vice-President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Elias Gora says Blessing Okagabre’s recent condemnation of the neglect of grassroots sports in the country is not far from the truth, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Gora, a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, told NAN on Friday that an athlete of Okagbare’s calibre should be taken seriously.
About 2.5 million people are expected to attend a crusade organised by Deeper Christian life ministry in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital .
The crusade scheduled between May 17and 18 , 2015 would be presided over by the founder of the church, pastor Williams Kumuyi.
Addressing a press conference held to herald revisitation crusade scheduled for the people of Abeokuta and it’s environs , the state regional Overseer, Pastor Edison Daminabo said the programme is in collaboration with the Pentecostal Fellowship Of Nigeria PFN and the Christian Association of Nigeria , CAN in the state.
Burnley were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday despite winning 1-0 at fellow strugglers Hull City, which left them seven points from safety with only two games remaining.
Promoted from the Championship last season, Burnley gave themselves hope of avoiding the drop by stunning defending champions Manchester City 1-0 in March, but they subsequently went six games without winning, losing five.
Danny Ings stopped the rot with a 62nd-minute winner at the KC Stadium, crashing home left-footed after Hull failed to clear a corner to end a 1,036-minute goal drought for Sean Dyche’s side, but it was to no avail.
“They have been written off from the start by so many — their resilience has been fantastic,” said Burnley manager Dyche. “We did what we had to do today, but we have not done it enough over the course of the season.
“Of course relegation is disappointing, but I believe we’re in decent shape to bounce straight back.”
It is the second time Burnley have been relegated from the Premier League a season after securing promotion, having previously met the same fate in 2009-10.
Ings added: “The lads have fought until the end, and I’m extremely proud of them.”
The result dragged Hull into the relegation zone and left Steve Bruce’s side two points from safety ahead of their thorny final fixtures away to Tottenham Hotspur and at home to Manchester United.
Burnley went down despite moving above Queens Park Rangers, who are on the brink of slipping into the second tier as they are nine points adrift of safety ahead of their trip to Manchester City on Sunday.
Newcastle United skidded closer to the relegation zone despite halting an eight-game losing streak — the club’s worst sequence since 1977 — by drawing 1-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion.
Victor Anichebe headed West Brom in front in the 32nd minute, but Newcastle striker Ayoze Perez equalised nine minutes later by gathering a free-kick from Ryan Taylor and finding the bottom-right corner with his left foot.
“I thought we deserved more. I thought we were the only side trying to win the game,” said Newcastle manager John Carver, whose side visit QPR before hosting West Ham United on the season’s final day.
“The proof was in the pudding today. I saw the fight and the desire to keep this team in the Premier League.”
Newcastle are now one place and two points above the bottom three, level on points with local rivals Sunderland, who won 2-0 at Everton courtesy of scrappy second-half efforts from Danny Graham and Jermain Defoe.
It was Sunderland’s first away win since a 1-0 success at Newcastle on December 21.
Leicester City’s stunning resurgence continued as they made it six wins from seven games with a 2-0 victory at home to Southampton that left Nigel Pearson’s side three points above danger.
Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez scored both goals in the first 19 minutes, first drilling home left-footed from the edge of the box and then slamming home a left-wing cross from Jamie Vardy.
FA Cup finalists Aston Villa also took a step closer to safety by beating West Ham 1-0 at Villa Park, with on-loan Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley scoring his third goal in three games.
Like Southampton, Tottenham do not seem particularly motivated by the prospect of qualifying for the Europa League, but they remain a point above Ronald Koeman’s men in sixth place despite crashing 3-0 at Stoke City.
Charlie Adam headed Stoke in front in the 21st minute and Steven Nzonzi exploited a mix-up between Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier to make it 2-0 before Mame Biram Diouf added a late third.
Spurs defender Vlad Chiriches was sent off early in the second period after receiving a second yellow card.
Fourth-place Manchester United can take a step closer to Champions League qualification later on Saturday when they visit Crystal Palace.
Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor says he will soon be revealing more about his family after a series of astonishing accusations against them earlier in the week.
According tothe Daily Mail,the Togo international said he could not “take it any more” and insisted that the explosive claims he had previously made were true.
It follows accusations about several members of his family, including his mother, sister and brothers, in which he accused them of a variety of misdemeanors.
“What I have written is the truth,” he told the Sun.
“I don’t tell lies. Keep reading my Facebook page because I will be writing more. It has been going on for too long. I can’t take it any more.”
He added on Facebook and Instagram, “When the time is right Rotimi Adebayor’s story will come out in Part 2.”
In Tuesday’s 877-word Facebook post, Adebayor claims one brother, Rotimi, stole 21 mobile phones from a French football academy he had got him a place in.
The Premier League ace says he was not allowed to see his now-deceased sibling Peter when he was “seriously ill” and was instead told by his mother to “just give money”.
He also says he paid for another brother, Kola, to fly to Africa from Germany to attend Peter’s funeral but he did not show up.
The 31-year-old Premier League striker, who played down reports suggesting he kicked his mother out of his house back in November, also listed the items he has bought his family during his time as a professional footballer.
Adebayor insists he has decided to alert the public to his argument with his family in order to ensure “other African families learn from this”.
The former Arsenal player, who returned to first team action against Manchester City on Sunday after spending just under two months on the sidelines, revealed incredibly personal matters in his statement.
Jos – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has advised ministers of God to practice the sermons they preach at home because their children are watching.
Adeboye gave the advise on Saturday in Jos at RCCG’s Ministers and Workers conference, which had the theme: “In Christ Alone."
“They are our first congregation. If you fail at home, you have failed.
“We must tidy up our acts as ministers of God. Be careful what you do in the presence of the children,’’ he admonished.
