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  • Ramat Cup: Tension Everywhere, Kwara Out As Ogun Rewrite History Books

    Ramat Cup: Tension Everywhere, Kwara Out As Ogun Rewrite History Books

    By Mike Oboh
    It was a day many football fans wouldn’t forget in a hurry. A day the YSFON organised Ramat Cup competition produced unbelievable upsets

    On a “cold hot” afternoon in Kano and quarter final pairings like no other. The National U-16 Defending Champions Kwara, the darling of Kano football fans couldn’t live up to expectations. Despite the high rating they crumbled like a pack of cards losing 2-0 to the host Kano State

    Although the match generated a lot of tension the fans couldn’t believe their eyes but resigned to fate and left the stadium disappointed

    In the other match, highly rated Jigawa team also failed to live up to expectations. Pundits had predicted an easy win for Jigawa going by their pedigree only for Gombe to prove everyone wrong by beating them 3-1

    The FCT team fought the battle of their lives to remain in contention. They came from behind to beat Kebbi 3-1 on penalties after an excruciating and breath taking 2-2 draw in regulation time.

    The unbelievable upset of the day was the result of the game between Ogun and Kaduna

    Kaduna were 3 goals up and their fans thought it was all over and started celebrating The second half turned otherwise, Ogun fought back to equalise 3-3 on the dot of time

    Surprisingly the Dapo Abiodun babes carried the day 10-9 on penalties The outcome is still generating arguments in and around Kano metropolis

    YSFON’s Technical Director Abdulgafar Agboola also couldn’t hide his emotions, he says fans should expect more upsets on Friday during the semi finals matches

    In the semi finals, Ogun will again pray for another luck when they trade tackle with FCT, while Kano play Gombe.

    The icing on the Cake will be the YSFON President’s athletics competition coming up on Saturday during the final game at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.

    No doubt the excitement is at its peak as even the visiting scouts are having a field day

  • 18 states in Kano for Ramat cup

    18 states in Kano for Ramat cup

    By Mike Oboh

    No fewer than 18 states are in Kano for this year’s on going Ramat cup finals.

    The national organization secretary mallam Abdurazaq Usman said on Saturday that the competition which is in its 38th edition taking place at Mahaha sport complex and pillars stadium has the teams split into four groups for the preliminaries.

    Mr Usman said the competition which has Kwara state as the defending champions will see actions commencing on Sunday with the defending champions taking on Nasarawa state, Lagos will confront FCT, Oyo tackles Kebbi, Kano versus Rivers state, Kaduna will take its turn against Gombe just as Bauchi will slug it out against Sokoto while Osun state will take on Ekiti state in what looks like a brotherly battle.

    Usman noted that despite the challenges of the COVID 19 pandemic, the federation was happy to have this number of states in attendance, though he was optimistic that other states might join before the closing of the registration for the competition.

    In group A,Kano,Rivers,Zamfara and Ogun states would battle for the two tickets for the next round.
    In group B, defending champions Kwara will battle against Nasarawa, Kaduna and Gombe for next round ticket.
    In group C, Lagos, FCT, Bauchi and Sokoto will battle for honour.
    In group D, Oyo, Kebbi, Osun, Ekiti and Kastina will slug it out.
    The competition which begins on Sunday will end on Friday with the football finals and relay race among the competing teams.
    Meanwhile no fewer than 30 players were disqualified by YSFON officials for age cheating.

  • Ramat Cup Gets New Date

    Ramat Cup Gets New Date

    By Mike Oboh

    The Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) has fixed a new date for the commencement of this year’s Ramat Cup competition billed to hold in the ancient city of Kano.

    YSFON’s National Organising Secretary, Abdulrazaq Usman said on Saturday that the competition earlier billed to hold from February 6 – 13 this year will now take place from March 19-23 as the federation has agreed on the new date.

    Usman said all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory are expected to storm Kano to battle for who lifts the trophy as well as well as the relay race of the event.

    According to him, the president of the body, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna who is also the Deputy Governor of Kano state has put in place all necessary logistics for a successful competition.

    The competition which was postponed earlier because of increase in the COVID 19 pandemic cases was given the green light following consultations with relevant stakeholders though the protocols associated with the outbreak will be strictly adhered to by the participating teams.

    He said the Deputy Governor and other members of the federation were very appreciative of the efforts of the Alhaji Abullahi Umar Ganduje led government of Kano state for his commitment in helping the federation to keep the memory of late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed the state born military Head of state who was assassinated on February 12, 1976.

    The under 16 competition, is part of YSFON’s effort to keep the flag of its development of youths through sports in the country.

  • Rising cases of COVID-19 forces Ramat Cup postponement

    Rising cases of COVID-19 forces Ramat Cup postponement

    By Mike Oboh

     This year’s Ramat Cup competition organized by Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) has been postponed, the organizers said on Sunday.

    The President of YSFON, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna said the shift was necessitated by the new rise in the cases of COVID 19 pandemic across the country.

    Dr Gawuna said though a new date has not been fixed but the competition earlier billed to hold in the ancient city of Kano from February 5 -13 will now take place in a later date.

    The President who is also the Deputy Governor of Kano State said the postponement was done to take care of the health of the players, officials and others, who will participate in the one week competition organized in honour of late Nigeria Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed by the body.

    According to him, after due consideration of the new rising cases, the body found it necessary to move the competition forward to avoid participants getting infected by the virus.

    The Deputy Governor said YSFON as one of the bodies responsible for the development of the youths through sports will always ensure the players’ interest remains paramount in its consideration.

    He said that all logistics for a successful tournament has been put in place before the postponement, adding that Kano State will be ready for the hosting of the championship once the dreaded virus is curtailed.