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.

Aishat Sulu-Gambari     NIPR     Rachael Obisesan     Kwarareports.com     Olabanji Orilonishe     Ojuekun     Dorcas Afeniforo     Sola Saraki University     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Saheed Alakoso     Gobir     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Tsaragi     Surajudeen Akanbi     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Nagode     New Nigeria People’s Party     Funke Adedoyin     NAWOJ     Alfa Belgore     ARMTI     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Idris Garba     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Erubu Oba Zubair     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Igosun     MAI Akande     Kehinde Boyede     Ramadan     Simeon Sayomi     Modibo Kawu     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Folorunsho Erubu     Oye Tinuoye     Henry Makinwa     Kale Ayo     TESCOM     Bolaji Gambari     Zulu Gambari     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Mohammed Abduraheem     ASMAU PLAZA     Ilorin Muslim Community     Baba Isale     GRA     Ramadhan     Makama Of Ilorin     Muhammed Aliyu     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Olupako Of Share     Owo Isowo     CLAY POT     IYA ALFA NLA     FOMWAN     Salami Adekunle     Samari     Yemi Osinbajo     Akanbi-Oke     Ayinde Oki     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ilorin     Fatai Olodo     Vasolar     Umaru Saro     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     ENetSuD     Metro Park     Twitter     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Lateef Alagbonsi     Ramat Oganija     Yakubu Dogara     Najim Yaasin     JAMB    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ajike People Support Centre     Ibrahim Gambari     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Mohammed Danjuma     Mohammed Halidu     Afeyin-Olukuta     Yunus Oniboki     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Ilorin Curfew     George Funsho Adebayo     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Galland Marcias     James Ayeni     Orisa Bridge     Opobiyi     Ladi Hassan     Sheriff Shagaya     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     PPS     Popo-Igbonna     Okin Group     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Wale Oladepo     Tunji Arosanyin     Monthly Sanitation     Mustapha Akanbi     Olayinka Are     Tosin Saraki     NIPOGA     Mutawalle     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Tsado Manman     Yusuf Lawal     Ibrahim Jawondo     Magaji Nda     Noah Yusuf     Bamidele Adegoke     AIT Ilorin     Gbenga Adebayo     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Folorunsho Alao     Bashiru Makama     Abdulkadir Orire     Alloy Chukwuemeka     James Kolo     Ramat Oganija     TIC     Otuka     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Ilorin Metro Park     Nurudeen Muhammed     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Kwara South     Agor Market     Unilorin     Kwara 2015     Kwara State Television     Simeon Ajibola     Elese Of Igbaja     Saka Adeyemo     Isiaka Gold     Umar Yakubu Jaja     V.O. Abioye     Osi     Pacify Labs     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Adamu Atta     Hassan Oyeleke     Olomu     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kehinde Baale     Aremu Bose Deborah     Dasuki Belgore     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Kwara Politics     Yusuf AbdulRasheed