Ibom Chronicle

More Organizational Improvement As Competition Kicks Off Today In Ilorin ... Team Delta Top With 380 Athletes, Four States Yet To Arrive Ilorin By Theophilus Udo The Grassroots Director of Sport and Development, in the ministry of youth and sports, Dr. Ademola Areh says they are doing everything humanly possible to improve on the past successes of the National Youth Games. While carrying out inspection during the screening exercise of the athletes for this years' games at the multi- Purpose hall of the university of Ilorin yesterday maintained that “As you know this is the 5th edition and we are trying to do more in order to improve on our last year performance. “Especially in the area of screening, facilities, accreditation, welfare and security we are doing all we can in conjunction with University of Ilorin to ensure we have a more successful game this year. “We intend to conduct a strict screening exercise as the Sporting federation secretaries are involved and w...

By MFON PATRICK Akwa United prolific striker Ndifreke Effiong capped a superlative performance with two wonderful goals for Nigeria Under 23 team, as they thrash Sudan U-23 team 5-0 to qualify 5-1 on aggregate, for the Africa U-23 tournament billed for Egypt, and will serve as the qualifying series for the men's football event at next year's Olympic Games in Tokoyo. Ndifreke scored Nigeria's second goal of the game in the 27th minute after Taiwo Awoniyi opened scoring in the 10th minute. The Akwa United hit man got his second goal of the game at the stroke of half time as the Olympic Eagles went into the break with a healthy 3-0 lead. Nigeria completed the rout in the second stanza  with goals from Sunday Falaye and Ibrahim Sunusi in the 67th and 71st minute securing the big win over the Sudanese who managed a 1-0 win against Coach Imama's men last weekend in Sudan. Ndifreke Effiong who played the entire duration of the match at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in...