Sen Chris Anyanwu
Advocates good Exercise
For The Aging
Piqued by poor health conditions of most aging men and women in Nigeria as a result of lack of adequate physical exercise which often leads to their untimely death, Senator Chris Anyanwu has advised the administrators of the nation’s sporting activities to create sporting programmes that would enable aging citizens of the country to be involve in regular exercise as a means to improve their health and enhance their longetivity.
Anyanwu who is representing Owerri Senatorial zone (Imo East) in the Senate gave this passionate advise when members of Imo All-Stars International Sports Club led by their President Hon. Ugochukwu Nnah paid her a courtesy call in her Owerri residence and conferred her the Grand Patron of the Club.
The Lawmaker who was one time Commissioner for Information, Youth and Sports in the State revealed her plans to organize a jogging exercise in the State as a strategic measure of highlighting the need for all to involve in one sporting activity or the other. She also enjoined the group as active citizens on the need to be the architect of their own destiny by keeping politicians and leaders in checks through constructive and objective contributions on issues and programmes that affects them.
Anyanwu further advised on the need of ensuring that their trainings are under the supervision of qualified trainer(s) to avoid physical hazards and assured of her willingness to partner with them in their efforts to ensure sports development and growth in the State.
Earlier in his address, the Club President, Hon. Nnah informed that the sporting club is an association of ex-sports men and women who have excelled in their various fields in sporting endavours as well as other stakeholders in sports.
Nnah commended the Senator for her immense contributions in sports development and growth especially during her era as the State Commissioner for Information, Youths and Sports recalling that Grasshoppers International Handball Stadium, Owerri was built during her time.
According to the President “it is also a truism that having served as Sports Commissioner, you are indeed our own as you are an All-Star per excellence. No wonder every member of this club has in one accord unanimously agree that as a rare gem and great woman of substance that we announce to the whole world that you are a living legend, hence it is our sincere wish to immortalize under construction at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri and to bestow on you the prestigious position of honour as the Grand Patron of Imo All-Stars International” he stated.
He passionately appealed to the newly installed Grand Patron to assist them in the completion of their Legend House.

Kano Pillars dominate League Bloggers Awards
The reigning champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League on Wednesday carted home most of the available prizes at the 2013 LBA gala night
Kano Pillars head coach Baba Ganaru and his player Rabiu Ali have been named the Manager and Player of the year at the 2013 League Bloggers Awards (LBA).
The event staged at the Sheraton Lagos Hotel, Ikeja also saw the Pyramid Boys complete a treble by winning the Club of the Year award.
Nembe City’s Japhet Opubo won the Best New Goalkeeper award while the main Goalkeeper award went to Femi Thomas of Enyimba. Oghenekaro Etebo was announced as Rookie of the Year.
The highest goal scorer award went to Victor Namo of Nasarawa United with Brown Braye’s strike for Nembe City against Heartland was named Goal of the Season.
In other categories, Sunday Mba was named Best Glo Premier League player in the National Team. Also, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri won the Fair Play award.
Victor Ezeji’s contribution to the Nigerian league was rewarded as he was named the Player of the Decade.

NPFL may not start -LMC chairman
LMC chairman Nduka Irabor has warned that the new League season may not start unless clubs meet the Fifa club licensing criteria by the December 31 deadline set by CAF.
“We are not running a professional league,” Irabor said during Wednesday night’s League Bloggers Awards in Lagos. “For the League to be truly professional, clubs have to meet all of the criteria for club licensing.
“The League will start only if we have fully professional clubs who meet the licensing criteria.”
These conditions include ownership of, or unfettered access to a home stadium, a bank guarantee of N100 million to ensure that clubs are able to meet up with the financial obligations, including the ability to pay players and coaches when due, and the establishment of proper and functional academies/youth teams within their club structures, among others.
Irabor says clubs which do not meet these conditions will not be licensed.
“We will wait for the NFF to issue the licenses, then we will see if we meet the CAF deadline of December 31.
“If we fail, we will push and push until we get all the clubs to do it. But that means we may not have 20 clubs.
“It is only the clubs who meet the licensing conditions who will play.
“If we only have six clubs that meet the conditions by the deadline, we will start the league with those six clubs,” Irabor added.

NCF Set To Revitalize Cricket In Imo
In a bid to popularize the game of Cricket in the Southern Eastern States, the Nigerian Cricket Federation has concluded plans to re-introduce the game back into the Secondary School Curriculum activities in Imo State.
Speaking to Trumpeta recently in Owerri, the NCF President Eng Emeka Onyema re-treated the commitment of his Federation to revitalize the game of Cricket in 36 States of the Nation including Abuja noting that NCF is saddled with the responsibility of developing the game in Nigeria.
The former old boy of Government Secondary School Afikpo described Cricket as a lucrative game that can help to keep our youths of social vices that it is played in various Countries such as Australia, India, Pakistan, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Kenya, Zimbabwe and many others stressing that apart from football, cricket is the largest employing and paying team sports in the World.
He further opined that because of the way cricket is played it teaches and helps to inculcate patience, tolerance and discipline in a growing child but regretted that before now the game was played only in few parts of Nigeria.
Eng Onyema also revealed that hopefully in the first quarter of next year, a tournament for Secondary Schools in the South-East will be used to further integrate the Cricket into School activities in other to fish out talents.

EPL WEEK 12 GAMES
Everton — Liverpool @ 1.30pm
Arsenal — Southampton @ 4pm
Fulham — Swansea City “
Hull City — Crystal Palace “
Newcastle — Norwich City “
Stoke City — Sunderland “
West Ham — Chelsea @ 6.30pm
24/11/13 Sunday
Man City — Tottenham @ 1.30pm
Cardiff City — Man United @ 4pm
SPANISH LA LIGA 23/11/13
Barcelona — Granada
Sociedad — Celta Vigo
Almaria — R/Madrid
A/Madrid — Getafe
24/11/13
Levante — Villareal
R/Valocano — Espanyol
Elche — Valencia
Sevilla — Real Betis
UMUERIM UNITY CUP 24/11/13
Reydiant All Stars — CEMEK FC
SWEET APPLE UNITY CUP
Iho — Avuvu
Atta 1 — Okwu/Ugiri/Eziama
Amakohia — Amatta
ROCHE UNITY CUP IRETTE
23/11/13
Umuoma — Eziama
24/11/13
Etiti — Obananio
25/11/13
Eziama — Njoeye
JOE DURUAKU UNITY CUP
Ntueke Sec Sch 4 1 Ugbele Sec Sch
Akokwa Tech Sch 1 1 Umuobom Sec Sch
Akpulu Sec Sch 1 1 National High Sch Izuogu
Obodoukwu Sec Sch 1 1 Omuma Sec Sch