December 21, (THEWILL) – This weekend, as part of events of the 9th Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Foundation ceremony, Shooting Stars Sports Club and Remo Stars will face off at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos.
This match on Friday, will serve as a prelude to the new season, which will begin later this month, for the two teams competing in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Oluyole Warriors, under the tutelage of seasoned Gbenga Ogunbote, defeated Enyimba 3-2 in the championship game to claim victory in the four-team preseason competition played in Lagos.
Prior to the game, the Under-13 male and female teams will compete on the same day from 9am to 2pm before the 3SC/Sunshine match.
Dotun Coker, a member of the organising committee for the Charity Foundation tournament this year, remarked: “Four male teams will play between 9:00am and noon while the girls will take their turn between noon and 2:00pm. The Lagos State Sports Festival team will be on parade.”
Through the Foundation’s support more than 40 youngsters between the ages of 12 and 15 have remained in school over the course of the past eight years. Together with the Courage Education Foundation, which Akinwunmi also devised and cofounded more than 17 years ago, the Foundation has assisted more than 200 impoverished children.
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