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.

Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     S.O. Opowoye     Kolawole Akande     Alabere     Olatunji Ibrahim     Sunday Otokiti     Simon Sayomi     Baba Issa     Memunat Monsuma     Hassan Oyeleke     Olatunde Michaels     Halimah Perogi     Inside Kwara     Lanre Jimoh     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     N-Power     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Sanusi Abubakar     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Oyedun Juliana Funke     KWIRS     Alaaya     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Jebba     Monsurat Omotosho     Flights To Ilorin     Salaudeen Oyewale     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Awodun     Sa\'adu Gambari     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Ibrahim Mashood     Agboola Babatunde     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Guber Aspirant     Ronke Adeyemi     Otoge     Femi Agbaje     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Galadima     Samuel Adaramola     Agor     EFCC     Aliyu U. Tilde     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Omoniyi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Allocation     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ilorin South     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Babatunde Idiagbon     Muhammed Akanbi     Zulu Gambari     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ayobami Akanbi     Kwara Consultative Forum     Odo-Owa     2023 Elections     Royal FM     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Yinka Aluko     Belgore     National Democratic Congress     Omar Gambari     Lukman Adeloyin     Olaitan Buraimoh     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sa\'adu Salahu     Muhammed Aliyu     Nigerian Medical Association     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Saliu Tunde Bello     Okanlawon Musa     Ahmed     Alimi Abdulrazaq     QuickWin     Kwara State Sports Commission     IQRA College     Quareeb     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Haliru Dantoro     Ojuekun Sarumi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Mahfouz Adedimeji     ER-KANG     Kale Kawu     Yahaya Muhammad     Ajike People Support Centre     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Benin Republic     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Odo-Owa     Adedipe     Nigerian Army     Olaiya Zuberu     Idowu Aremu     Kola Adesina     Hassan Oyeleke     Aisha Buhari     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Na\'Allah     Owu Fall     Risikat Lawal     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Press Release     Undergraduate Bursary     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Surajudeen Akanbi     Jare Olatundun     Hussein Oloyede     Halimah Perogi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Malete     Roheemat Hammed     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Patigi Regatta     Olugbense     Maja     Kabir Shagaya     Olupako     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Isiaq Khadeejah     Mohammed Ibrahim     Ajibike Katibi     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Amule Elementary School     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Gobir Organization Foundation     Alanamu     Funmilayo Mohammed     Dankaka     Seun Bolaji     Amosa     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Noah Yusuf     Mutawali     Taiwo Joseph     Saka Keji     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     National Pilot