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Osun United Football Club impressively defeated Go Round Football Club in one of the Week 8 contest of the Nigeria National League at the Oshogbo Township Stadium to keep their 100 percent home win streak. Osun United began the game brightly, with Victor Okeji, Dare Olatunji, Hakeem Olalere and Tosin Omoyele, showing flashes. Omoyele, opened the scoring for the Omoluabi Giants in the 9th minute after he supplied a delicate cross that was deflected on the edge of the box by Kpekpe Chris. Go Round winger, Nwachukwu Solomon, and lanky striker, Ugwu Onyedinaka went into act of threatening as their pace and dribbling skills ensured they had a foot to stand on as Osun United backline stood strong. Bassey Ezekiel, in the 38th minute almost got an equalizer for Go Round when Nwachukwu, after being put through on goal by, squared the ball to a rushing Ugwu Onyedinaka, who failed to make contact. In the 42nd minute Osun United goalkeeper Ayo Ojo parried to corner a set piece...

The NationWide League One held her 2016/2017 annual general congress Wednesday 12th of April at Top Rank Hotel, Galaxy Abuja. The congress approved April 28th as the deadline date for all teams to perfect their registration with the league body and endorsed 4th of May as the kickoff date for the 2016/2017 season. COMMUNIQUE OF NLO CONGRESS IN DETAILS The congress applauded the progress made by the NLO Board on the partnership made with the League Management Company LMC and also for securing partnership/ sponsorship deal with the Pipul TV, and charged the board to finalize all the details regarding the partnership/ sponsorship of the broadcast rights of the NLO league games for 2016/2017 season. The congress also approved the recommendation of NLO Board to have minimum of 10 under 19 players in each club in the NLO from 2017 season. The congress approved the proposal by the NLO Board to have all the 20 Premier League feeder teams to participate in the Nation-Wide League O...

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC bounce back from last weekend defeat  with a 3-0 emphatic win over visiting El-Kanemi Warriors in one of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Matchday 18 encounter played at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium. MFM FC made seven changes to the team that lost to Nasarawa United last Matchday  and the boys lived up to expectations with a big win. The fans were thrilled with good football and the Olukoya Boys claimed another home win. The hosts wrap up the game with three goals under 25 minutes in the first half with Ogunye Austine, Olatunbosun Sikiru and NPFL leading top scorer, Stephen Odey netting a goal each. A fierce counter attacking move orchestrated by Onuwa Chukwuka in the 20th minute of the exciting match saw Ogunye scoring the homers first goal off a goal-mouth scramble. Olatunbosun doubled the for the Olukoya Boys seven minutes after the opener with a left-footed strike after connecting a lovely pass from Aus...

Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) after the loss of its goal keeper trainer, Late Muhammed Abdullahi Perez, will trade tackles with another southwest team, Sunshine Stars at the Akure Township Stadium in one of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 18. Osho's men will hoping to extend their run of form going into this fixture against the Owena Waves when they play on Sunday Evening. The Sky Blue Stars had earlier traveled to play both Shooting Stars and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry Football Club (MFM FC) this season but resulted into getting just a point from them. The host coming from a 2-1 defeat to FC Ifeanyi Ubah will ensure they get the maximum points over the Sky Blue Stars who have been unbeaten in four games. A win or draw for the visitors will see them extend their unbeaten run to five games and will still be ahead of the host on the NPFL table. This will be an interesting encounter because this is the first time both team...

Osun United Football Club continued their fine run of form, defeating Nnewi United Football Club 2-0 on Saturday at the Oshogbo Township Stadium in one of the Week 6 contest of the Nigeria National League. Coach Duke Udi, sticks to the starting line-up that secured a valuable point away from home against First Bank FC on Wednesday. Nnewi United Christian Molokwu had a great opportunity to test Osun United keeper Ayo Ojo, in the 14th minute after beating an offside trap, but his shot was parried to corner. The Anaedo Lions almost got the opening goal in the 24th minute as Augustine Ezeh, capitalized on a defensive blunder to go one-on-one with Ayo Ojo, but missed the golden chance, as his placing at the near post going just wide of the goal. After the awful miss, Osun United went on pressing for an opener, and grabbed it in the 31th minute, after a scramble in the Nnewi United area, with Tosin Omoyele, setting up Adeyemi Adeyeye, to increase his season tally to three in six ...

Fatai Amoo's side will aim to mastermind a victory against their guests- Niger Tornadoes of Minna this Sunday at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Week 18 of the NPFL beckons on the 9th of April with game commencing at 4pm. Shooting Stars have somewhat gotten over the pockets of home draws recorded recently and will most importantly be snapping out of their defeat from the Week 17 match in Uyo against Akwa United. The team will have a full compliments of their players for selection and this is a good omen for the technical crew. Coach Amoo in a brief chat with www.3sc.com.ng on Friday reiterated that "we are having a full pool of the players fully fit and ready for selection; this is an interesting time for the technical crew, hopefully this will translate into victory in our next match". Lately, the Ikon Allah boys from Minna havebeen using the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja as a makeshift home ground since last season, which they have turned to a fo...

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC defender, Okorom Stanley, is very optimistic that his side will win big against El-Kanemi Warriors FC in Matchday 18 of the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) involving both teams. The Lagos-based team will host second-placed El-Kanemi Warriors in Sunday's Nigerian top league match at the Soccer Temple, Agege Township Stadium with a bright chance to go top of the NPFL table since league leaders Plateau United's game against champions Enugu Rangers have been postponed owing to the Enugu club's involvement in a Caf Confederation Cup game. A very difficult and entertaining encounter it will be for both teams but Okorom believes the Olukoya Boys have all it takes to win the game with wide margin in order to reignite the confidence their fans have in them. He said: "Actually we have what it takes to come out victorious against El-Kanemi Warriors. We lost our last game and we are not happy ...

Man of the Moment, Dufegha Eric says his debut goal and victory against Katsina United means a lot to him and the team.  Dufegha got the winning goal after Awoyemi Abiodun brilliantly gets a cross through to him in the 89th minute of the game. "We have been working very hard in the past days and thank God for the victory because it means so much to me and the team." "I feel very happy getting my debut goal for Remo Stars because the fans have been expecting a lot from me and I haven't gotten too much chance to play but I am happy I took this chance with both hands." "It has been my dream getting goals for the Sky Blue Stars and I appreciate God once again for the goal, I hope to get more goals in the coming games to come." Dufegha concludes.

Technical Adviser of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC), Osho Fatai has said he is happy his side got the maximum points against Katsina United in one of Match Day 17 fixtures of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Dufegha Eric got the winning goal after Awoyemi Abiodun brilliantly gets a cross through to him in the 89th minute of the game. Osho says the point gotten in Enugu has to be compensated here with the maximum points against the Katsina Boys and we achieved it greatly at the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu. "I am so happy with the victory today, it was a good fight. The draw we had in Enugu had to be compensated here in Sagamu with the maximum points and we achieved it." "We have to commend the resilience of our players and the mental toughness was the turning point for us in the game today." "The rain really disturbed our style of play today, anybody in Enugu will know the rain really affected us from playin...

Technical Adviser of Remo Stars Football Club, Osho Fatai has indicated that his team won't be complacent with the draw they had against defending champion, Rangers International going into the next match. The Sky Blue Stars welcome Katsina United to the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu on Sunday in Match Day 17 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). In a chat with RSFC Media, Osho says his boys will be very careful going into this particular tie with the Katsina Boys. "Coming from the draw against Rangers International, we have to be careful so that we don't get complacent since we need all the points we could gather to make further push up the table." "I have told my players not to be carried away with the 1-1 draw we played with the defending champions because we can't afford to remove our feet off the gas." Speaking about the loss against Katsina United FC during Nigeria National League (NNL) Super 4, Os...

Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) welcomes Katsina United to the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu in one of Match Day 17 fixtures in the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Sky Blue Stars beaming in confidence fashioned out a 1-1 draw against the defending champions, Rangers International Football Club at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium, Enugu also known as the Cathedral on Wednesday evening. Katsina United lost their last game 2-0 against Sunshine Stars Football Club and would go into this fixture with all seriousness to get points on the road. Both teams met before the commencement of the new Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with the Katsina Boys coming out victorious after defeating the Sky Blue Stars 3-0 in the first game of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super4 that took place in Gombe. This is a new ball game entirely because both teams are playing each other in the NPFL for the first time and they both have new managers...