Oboabona Agrees 4-year Deal with Caykur Rizespor
The Super Eagles defender Godfreg Oboabona has finally agreed terms with the Turkish top division side and is set to be presented officially this week to his team mates and the fans of the modest Turkish side.
Super Eagles defender will be unveiled as a player for Turkish side Caykur Rizespor after he agreed terms with the club and passed his medical on Wednesday.
The Sunshine Stars captain has been a mainstay of the national team playing all the matches and every minute for the Super Eagles as the team won the Nations Cup.
Caykur Rizespor released a statement on their official site that: “Premier League team of Nigeria and the Nigerian National Team player Godfrey Oboabona Itama, Sunshine Stars stopper born on August 16, 1990 in all matters of principle, an agreement was made with the club.”
He is reported to have cost Rizespor 650, 000 Euros and is expected to start off his career abroad in Turkey as soon as his paper work is completed.
Earlier on, the ever present Central Defender who can also operate on either side of the defense had been a subject of Arsenal Trial controversy which has attracted lots of comments from the likes of Victor Ikpeba who said he should have accepted the Arsenal trial.
But Sushine Stars General Manager later refuted the claim and stated that the Eagles revelation was at the verge of signing a deal in Turkey.
Oboabona was very instrumental in ensuring Nigeria’s 3rd AFCON victory in South Africa last January.
Uche Best Cup Kicks-off
…Tagged “Orlu Mock-Nations Cup
The maiden edition of Ichie (Dr) Uche Best Mbanaso Football Competition will on Sunday kick-off at the St. Mary’s Seminary School Umuowa, Orlu by 3pm.
According to a release made available to Trumpeta sports desk, the competition tagged “Orlu Mock-African Nations Cup” will involve 26 Teams bearing names of the African Nations to compete for both team individual honors and laurels and is highly powered by the immediate past Commissioner for Commerce and Industry who is the Deputy Chief of Staff to His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
Speaking on the upcoming event, the Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), McDonald Ben (Dopa), explained that the competition was born after Ichie Uche Best’s visited the Orlu Grassroots Artel Football Competition were he noticed that Orlu Youths are endowed and gifted with numerous talent hence the decision to organize a championship that will not just help to keep our Youths of the streets but ensure that these Youths actualize their God’s given talent especially football.
Dopa further stated that even as Ichie Best who recently won the Over-all best Commissioner award given to him the Governor has been organizing Football Tournaments like the Orlu Unity Cup that has been on for years, and has always shown the desire to give back to the society especially the Youths who are the future leaders of tomorrow and is willing to do more in line with the “Rescue Mission Agenda” program of the Governor adding that the opening ceremony will be a colorful event as the LOC members and the entire Youth wish to celebrate Ichie Best as a “true best” during the ceremony.
The competition proper will kick-off with the first game between the Palanca Negras of Angola and the Lone Stars of Liberia while they will be three matches on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday according to the fixtures which took place at General Nwamkpi Hotel, Orlu is expected to run till August 29.
Also speaking, the LOC Chairman Mr. Emma C. Ezeala informed Trumpeta that the winner of the one month tournament will take home the sum 250,000, naira while the first runner-up will also take home the sum of 150, 000, naira.
The second runner-up Ezeala continued will be going home with a total sum of 100,000, naira as other individual prizes will also be given out to the Most Valuable Player (MVP), Best Goalkeeper, Highest Goal Scorer, the Best Behaved Supporters and the Fair Play Team.
NPFL WEEK 27 GAMES
Akwa United — 3SC
Bayelsa Utd — ABS fc
Wikki — Sunshine Stars
Kano Pillars — Sharks fc
Lobi Stars — Heartland
Dolphins — Rangers
Gombe Utd — Nasarawa Utd
Kwara Utd — Enyimba
Kaduna Utd — Nembe City
FEDDERATION CUP SEMI’S RESULTS
MALE
Enyimba 1 0 Lobi Stars
Akwa Utd 1 -2 Wolves
FEMALE
Rivers Angels 2 0 Pelican Stars
Nasarawa Amazons 1 0 Bayelsa Utd
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIERS
Dinamo Zagreb 0 2 Austria wien
Fenerbahce 0 3 Arsenal
PFC Razgrad 2 4 Basel
Schalke 04 1 1 POAK Thesoliniki
Steaua Bucuresti 1 1 Ligia Warszawa
EPL RESULT
Chelsea 2 1 Aston Villa
SPANISH SUPER CUP 1ST LEG
A/Madrid 1 1 Barcelona
OWERRI MOCK-CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (25/8/13)
Man Utd — Real Madrid
ORLU MOCK-NATIONS CUP (25/8/13)
Angola — Liberia
26/8/13
Cape Verde — Zambia @ 10am
Togo — Sierra Leone @ 1pm
Mali — Congo-DR @ 4pm
EPL WEEK 2 GAMES 24/8/13
Fulham — Arsenal
Everton — West Brom
Hull City — Norwich
Newcastle — West Ham
Southampton — Sunderland
Stoke City — Crystal Palace
Aston Villa — Liverpool
25/8/13
Cardiff — Man City
Tottenham — Swansea
26/8/13
Man United — Chelsea
