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.

Lotus Bank     Demola Banu     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Mary Arinde     CCT     Just Event Online     Ajibike Katibi     IF-K     Kawu Baraje     Pakata Patriots     Dan Masanin     Saliu Tunde Bello     Adeola Abraham     JSSCE     Femi Oladiji     NNPP     Adesoye     Mohammed Danjuma     Jaigbade Alao     Ilota     Sebastine Obasi     Omu Aran     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kamaldeen Kehinde     ITP     CACOVID     Olatunde Jare     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Sabi     Jumoke F. Ajao     Moses Salami     Abdulfatai Baakini     Kwara State Sports Commission     Umar Adelodun     Aro Yahaya     Saad Omo\'ya     Toyin Abdullahi     Kishira     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Wahab Isa     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ifelodun     Suleiman Ajadi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Patigi Regatta     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Bio Ibrahim     Usman Alkali Baba     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Saliu Mustapha     Senate President     Ilofa     Apaokagi     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Temi Kolawole     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Bolaji Aladie     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Ilorin Curfew     Ilorin     Ekiti     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Monthly Sanitation     Ike Ekweremadu     Isiaka Oniwa     NULGE     Offa Grammer School     Young Progressives Party     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Folorunsho Alao     Musa Aibinu     Olatunji Ayeni    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Okanlawon Musa     Ahman Pategi     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Ifelodun     Col. Taiwo     Isaac Gbenle     CT Ayeni     Olomu     Kolawole Bashirat     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Temi Kolawole     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Amos Sayo     Tunji Ajanaku     Imam Gambari     ITEM 7     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Tafida     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     John Olajide Adedipe     Abatemi-Usman     Sulu Gambari     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Wahab Isa     TIC     Dogara     International Vocational Centre     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Dan Masanin     Balogun Fulani     Ibrahim Akaje     Undergraduate Bursary     Oro Grammar School     Jumoke Gafar     Kwara Politics     AGF Abdulrazaq     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Senate     JAMB     Dan-Kazeem     N-Power     Tuesday Assayomo     Yomi Ogunsola     Ibrahim Orire     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Pategi     Rafiu Ajakaye     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Olusola Saraki     Sobi FM     Kwara State Sports Commission     Erubu Oba Zubair     Ilorin Muslim Community     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Garba Idris Ajia     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Gani Saadu     Sheikh Ariyibi     Ghali Alaaya     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     CKNG     Ramat Oganija     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Salihu S. Yaru     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Okiki     Jaiz Bank     Bashir Badawi     Riskat Opakunle     Crystal Corner Shops     Kazeem Adekanye     Lateef Alagbonsi