National Youth Games: Kwara, Anambra win first gold medals in Karate

Date: 2017-09-13

Host Team, Kwara and Anambra have clinched their first gold medals at the ongoing 3rd National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin in the Karate event.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwara's gold medal came through national Karate bronze medallist, Bashir Abdulazeez.

Abdulazeez defeated Delta representative, Omotayo Agbolade by Sensu after both tied 5-5 in the -55kg male event.

Ikobong Uko of Akwa Ibom and Abdulraman Mohammed of Bauchi both won bronze medals respectively.

NAN reports that Abdulazeez had won gold medal at the 2nd edition of the Games in Ilorin in 2016. The athlete was part of the team that made the country proud at the UFAK Zone 3 Karate Championship in Cotonou, Benin Republic recently.

Anambra's gold medal came through Peter Emmanuel, who won Kelvin David of Plateau in the -50kg male category.

The Coach of Team Anambra, Godwin Okoro, said the victory was a welcome development and a vindication of his efforts at discovering future athletes.

Okoro, who congratulated his athletes for their impressive showing and making the state proud, noted that he had targeted more medals from the event.

It will be recalled that Okoro had faulted the decisions of the officials in the fight involving his female athletes, Blessing Nnadozie and Amarachi Nwafor on Monday.

He had also threatened to stop his team from featuring in future Games if the unfair treatment continued.

In other games, Anambra has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cricket competition in the female category.

This was after it beat Plateau girls with 54 runs in 5.4 overs with the loss of eight wickets against their opponents' 51 runs in 10 overs with two wickets.

Edo also qualified for the last four after beating Kaduna girls' 81 runs and loss of three wickets in 10 overs against their opponents 55 runs and loss of nine wickets also in 10 overs.

Anambra will play with Akwa Ibom, while Edo will play with Oyo in the semi-finals of the cricket competition.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Prince Sunday Fagbemi     NITDA     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Tsado Manman     CKNG     Kale Bayero     Biliaminu Aliu     Budo Egba     Oke-Ero     Razak Atunwa     Hamidu Olowo     Lanre Badmus     Ayobami Akanbi     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Yahaya Dumoye     Moshood Bakare     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Ahman Patigi     Ajakaye     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Bayo Ojo     Hassan Oyeleke     Nigeria Customs Service     Lateef Alagbonsi     Unilorin FM     Olatunde Olukoya     JUSUN     Share-Tsaragi     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Bayo Onimago     Olugbense     Sunset Workers     Buari Edun     Sango-UITH Road     Okiki     Yusuf Mubarak     Al-Ilory     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Tafida Of Kaiama     Innocent Okoye     Alliance For Democracy     Yunus Oniboki     Olateju Lukman     Mohammed Danjuma     Raheem Adaramaja     Babatunde Idiagbon     Olokoba     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Police Commissioner     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Oniwasi Agbaye     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Christopher Odetunde     Alfa Yahaya Road     Temi Kolawole     Mary Kemi Adeosun     International Aviation College     Obuh     Assayomo     Ijagbo     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Bibire Ajape     Agbarere     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ibrahim Orire     Ibrahim Mohammed     IPSAS     Kawu Baraje     Obasanjo     Oko-Olowo     Radio SBS    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Wale Oladepo     Omoniyi     Bilikis Oladimeji     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Ahman Pategi     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Owu Fall     Moses Rahman Popoola     Law School Scholarship     Kwara Metro Park     Muhammadu Buhari     Medview Airlines     Joseph Alex Offorjama     KWASIEC     Iliasu     Salman Jawondo     Senate President     Lanre Badmas     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Ilorin West     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Adesoye College     Ibrahim Mashood     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Labour Party     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Bibire Ajape     Aiyedun     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Tayo Awodiji     Ishola Moses Abiodun     LEAH Charity Foundation     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Gamji Members Association     New Nigeria People’s Party     NSCIA     Justina Oha     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Minimum Wage     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Abdulazeez Uthman     Eghe Igbinehi     Abdulraheem Olesin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Na\'Allah     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Musa Aibinu     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Senate     Issa Baba     Bolaji Abdullahi     Photo News     Balogun Fulani     Abubakar Usman Jos     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Garba Ado Sanni     Sunset Workers     Council Of The Wise     Yakubu Dogara     V.O. Abioye     Javed Khan     Oluranti Idowu     Abubakar Suleiman     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Ayekale     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ayo Opadokun     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Elekoyangan