joining us for Friday edition of um sports today on ABS TV on Friday the last day in the month of June and of course that the year comes to a half right now thank you very much for joining us for sports today on ABS TV my name is and time for us to check out what's happening in the World of Sports in style we'll tell you about the super Falcons their preparation for the FIFA Women's that World Cup coming up um next month and how they are now placed our 40th in terms of I'm ranking also on the sh
ow we'll go to aguata I will tell you what's happening in aguata LG it's all about the Aguada football Academy we'll tell you about our disculting program of aguata football Academy which is a brainchild offer the TC chairman or from that LGA also on the show talk about that yes tobia musan was beaten by Jasmine Camacho Queen it was at the ostrava golden spike I will talk about that on the spot you also have formula One tennis and Athletics on the sports shoes post today on ABS TV welcome to the
show proper now let's begin with our first story our first story is some the story from the aguata LGH all about a scouting program a football program offered football academy yesterday aguata football academy yesterday history is set to be made as aguata football Academy with the motto her nesting our entire talenter is said to hold her final selection of players for both under 13 and under 17 category that will form the nucleus offer the prestigious football Academy and according to the trans
ition committee chairman of aguata local government area who doubles as the host of Dr chibese of forbike he stated that um the events and the program is aimed at us selecting talented young teenager footballers are both after the under 13 and the under 17 levels as to strengthen the call of the team our vision is to provide a grassrooter development at aguata LGA through the instrumentality of a football and sports the essence is um to use education and sponsor to harness the talent that Adam s
aid in aguata LGA said the TC chairman we are setting it up to identify talents and we will have a professionals to educate them on football models football fundamentals and football tactics the macro vision is that in few years to come we want to see we want to see these players I play football at the highest level I'm talking about are playing in the Nigeria Premier Football League and in fordrance I go to Europe and of course I become a world players and he equally revealed that they've done
with the first stage of the selection process in the first stage at the TC chairman talking about um Dr umphobic stated that 600 and students um are still on 600 footballers a young footballers are turned off for that one and that's our selection process happened and that was some last week Saturday the 21st of June 2023 and of course he mentioned that for tomorrow yesterday the first of our July and we will start out with an 80 players for under 13 and 85 players are four under 17 and it is exp
ected that in a fortnight time in two weeks time it will come uh we will uh we'll be going to Port Harcourt after our first hour team with Real Madrid at football Academy has disclosed by the TC chairman of an aguata LG talking about Dr um BK and according to him at the final selection will hold on Saturday July 1st 2023 from 9 00 a.m and it's going to happen where at the Nero Stadium Nancy Nero Sports Complex that's where the scouting program will be happening as regasa the aguata and football
Academy I know this is an opportunity for Indiana to have their children and water to be passed off from history making regarding the Dynamics and administration football Academy so this one is unique and I have to say this one is unprecedented trying to of course arrest a solid football Academy in the mode of aguata football Academy it is a brainchild offer the TC chairman of an aguata LG talking about horrible cheap birthday or 4bk and of course at the selection the final selection will happen
tomorrow at the Nero Stadium Nero sport Stadium nanka it starts by 9 00 a.m and we expect about um 165 players to be there 80 for the under 13 and 85 for four the under 17 equally revealed that in the aftermath of data in two weeks time they will be traveling to Port Harcourt where they will Engage The Real Madrid football Academy in some are friendly so that's a good initiative and want to use this opportunity to commend at the TC chairman of an aguata LGA honorable cheapest for bk4 of course
are such a pet project and trying to harness the talent out there in a quarter LGA and of course our sports today will keep you updated and up to speed as forgotten what is happening at some agua um football Academy how they're in aguata LGA now let's move on to our next story our next story is about um the super Falcons well let's first of all tell you the Nigeria Football Federation has yet to make a decision on the future of Jose pesero as the head coach of the national team admit speculation
that his contractor was um renewed person who took over the reins are from Austin eguavon that was an immense 2022 and has guided the super egosa to the 2023 African Cup of Nations after picking up at four wins over five in the qualifiers and the Portuguese tactician I kicked off um his tenure with back to back a friendly defeat against a Mexico and Ecuador but quickly won over Nigeria fans with a record a 10-year victory over saotomy and Principe in group a of the qualifying a month ago with h
is current a deal set to expire this week a local reports are indicated that the NFS had agreed that new terms are with a pescero through to the end of the afcon 2023 however the NFS media director demolo olajire squashed at the rumors a stadium that our governing body will make a announcement in due course are regarded the 63 year olds have faith but serious side has secured a dramatic 3-2 win over Sierra Leone earlier this month was to clinch a qualification for the Continental showpiece in Iv
ory Coast and the leader Guinea bissau by one point ahead offered their final group game against the Falcons and Drew parosam in the month of September he stated elsewhere let's tell you that Nigeria women's and national football team the super Falcons are now ranked at 40th in the world a remarkable like improvement from their last ranking in the month of May from the latest staff FIFA ranking had dropped us some days ago according to the latest FIFA Women's award ranking release that was on Th
ursday Nigeria moved upper two spotter to the rank of a 42nd uh to form the 42nd to 40th in the world and the super Falcons also remain number one in Africa with 1554.94 ranking points ahead of South Africa who are 54th in the world Ghana who are 58 in the globe Cote d'Ivoire who are 66 and Morocco who are 72nd on the global stage Tunisia who are 76 and then we'll have a Zambia on 77th on the globe Nigeria will be making its ninth appearance at the 2023 FIFA Women's style World Cup to be hosted
by Australia and New Zealand alongside South Africa Zambia and Morocco from July 20 to August 20 defending Champions United States of America with 2099.03 points that remain on top of the ranking while Germany with 2061.56 points and Sweden and 2049.71 and England 2014 and at 76 points and France 2026.65 for points are completely top five women football teams are in the globe it is at the final ranking before the 2023 FIFA Women's that World Cup which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zeala
nd in the month of um July so from tomorrow being the first of our July I will start talking about the Women's World Cup to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand and it's set to happen from the 20th of our July to the 20th of August so uh for you ladies out there it is time for you to watch football atom it's best it's about at the highest level of football at the women's category all about the Women's World Cup happens that once in four years and Australia and New Zealand the spotlight will be
on that country and be sure sports today will keep you posted as regards are when actions are kicked off out there Adam Australia and a New Zealand patelina the FIFA Women's World Cup let's move away from Football let's talk about Athletics comes into the picture this morning let's tell you that Jasmine Camacho Queen yes guys Jasmine Camacho Queen is giving to be a musan a run for her money record over 12.42 seconds between Tia Jones who came in second with a time in a time of 12.44 seconds and
oluwatobiloba I must stand in it in the seasons are best of a 12.47 season world record holder tobia Muslim clocked her fastest time of the year to finish I thought at the golden spikes I meet in Australia in a race won by Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho queen of a Puerto Rico uh muslana settled for thought in a season's at best a time over 12.47 seconds are behind Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho Queen who had a stronger finish to win the race in 12.42 seconds while U.S sensation Tia Johnson
was second in a time of 12.44 seconds it was at the war that Champions the best performance over the season lowering her previous start time before the race or Farm uh 12.57 uh seconds a clock to win at the event at the races are Grand Prix two weeks ago this shows has significant are progress made and on tracker to build on her progress and for the rest of her decision and musasa next race that will be on Friday that's today uh this week after the Louisiana Diamond League are competing against
at the same a crop offering heavy weight I had last income at your queen Jones and one offer monster he improved the heartless at this season Alicia Johnson she will be going to overcome the defeat and lower her time as she kicks her off her defense over the diamond Liga title so tobia musan tobia Musa please you have to work on that record um you have to work on beating the likes of Atia Jones and Camacho Queen and also the lives of Alicia Johnson will be watching out for that we want to give t
his a run for harmony finishing third in your Strava meat and I thought not quite a bad record considering her time yesterday if you consider her time she finished in a time over 12.47 seconds that's about time about 500 seconds or lower um finish in a time over 12.42 seconds what the address of America finishing the time over 12.44 seconds and uh tobia musan it was 12.7 12.47 seconds so that's very close it was quite sketchy but tobia musan as a diamond League started being rest assured that to
bia Muslim will be giving this a run for her money and we wish totally a Muslim our own lady all the very best as we anticipate at the diamond League are starting in no distant time now let's talk about Football let's talk about okay before we go back to Football let's talk about basketball now in basketball at a Grassroots level let's tell you that all is now set for the kickoff of the 23rd at Milo Secondary School basketball championships as Conference champions are converged in Lagos for the
converted that trophy in the boys and girls are category offered the longest are running School tournaments in the country and according to the managing director and chief executive and next to Nigeria PLC wasci L Hussein the tournament has continued to be a platform for inspire aspiring a player to attain their dreamer with some of them are making it to the Nigerian national teams however and loaded the support of our partners like at the Nigeria School sports Federation the nwsf at the Nationa
l College sports Federation on the ncsf as well as the ministries of sports are you development and education in the various States offer the Federation Grande and send saviors are shine at dolphins dolphins award is expected to be part of other one in the secondary school uh category and of course we anticipated that at their schools that will be out there to Showcase that the stuff that they are made of as we anticipate today or secondary school and the 23rd and middle Secondary School basketb
all championship are coming up in no at this time I will have to schools like uh um dominating the award ceremony in the previous term Edition and let's watch out and see what they will do in this coming Edition it's all about time the basketball championship at the milosa basketball championship which is expected to happen in no distant time it is sports today on ABS TVs what you are watching now let's talk about um players on the Continental Eduardo domain is in the news this morning and every
one is talking about going to Saudi Arabia well let's tell you that Senegal goalkeeper Edward Mendy has left Chelsea after three years that to join Saudi pro league side many 31 years of Asia is the latest high profile player to move to the country and follows former blues that teammates are Khalid Bali and ngodocante who left who left during the transfer window he won at the Champions League in 2000 to 20 20 21 2020 2020 2021 I beg your pardon and kept at 49 clean sheets in one round five games
Mandy was later named at ufas the goalkeeper of the season and best of FIFA men's zakiba for 2021 he joined at the blues are from French side Renee in 2020 and was part of the Senegal cider that won the African Cup of Nations he made that the decisive as safe in The Penalty Shootout to help his country beat Egypt however he fell out of favor at the Stamford Bridge after Thomas tookel was replaced by Graham Porter as manager and that was in September 2022 he finished the last season after the ba
ck upper to keep her Ariza balaga and make just a three a Top Flight at starter after Potter took charge in a statement on Chelsea's website at the Premier League club has said that the goalkeeper was a hugely likable character and former Blues are teammates at colibali and the former World Sammy feel that Ruben Neves are both a recently signed for our Allah while kante has agreed to sign for Saudi League champions how it had alongside former Real Madrid Striker Karim Benzema blue zawanger Hakim
Zia she's also reportedly the subject of interest from teams in Saudi Arabia earlier this month as sponsor forward a song Humane said he did not want to move to Saudi Arabia uh Saudi Arabia where while the likes of Alina Messi joined into Miami turning down a more lucrative over to mover to the country so that's the story of Edward Mendy now moving to Saudi Arabia he joins a catalog of players now living at the major leagues in Europe now four pastors are new in South Africa now still talking o
ur players on the continent now playing their trade outside um the continent of Africa well let's tell you that a proposed takeover of AFC Croydon athletic by a Consortium which includes a Crystal Palace forward that Wilfred zahar who raised at the profile of the club according to report that the Rams are played in the ninth year of our English football and the question is 90 of English football I know in the first year as a premier league you have at the championship and I think you probably ha
ve at the league one League two the league three and then at the conference League maybe it could be the conference league three where um credit on Athletics are explained and a Consulting has taken over the club in which I will friend zaha is part of her that's Consortium and the rapper stormzy who has had a three number one albums and won three British award and former apala's head offer a player care Danny younger complete and the three-man are consult you are both Ivory Coastal International
Wilfred zaha 30 years of age and stormzy whose real name is a Michael Oho Jr grew up in the South London they've taken over and the assets of data Club so we'll be watching out and be watching and see how that club grows and if they will go on to become one of the clubs are to reckon with in England maybe uh go as far as getting into the league three League two League one uh championship and maybe one day we could have a cried in Atletico play in the Premier League the three-man consult team ha
s taken over and I believe that the work will start from right now to take the club to where he wants to be and equally give their fans something has to smile home about don't be watching out for that and we'll keep our Spotlight on that development now let's talk about a Formula One on the race as we anticipate another busy week in Formula One Louis Hamilton says formula one should consider further restrictions that on car development to stop our teams are building long periods of a domination
he said teams are a superior Superior cars that can start work on their next design earlier than Rivals are some they needed to spend a less resources on the current season uh F1 has already introduced them a package on rules that aimed after closing the field over time and including a sliding scale of a research and development timer which favors are the weaker teams over the most successful ones Red Bull uh this year this year facing an extra restriction on permitted development as punishment
for exceeding the budget cap and that was in 2021 Louis we had community in a state that such a cycle of dominance was that something he enjoyed I would miss this from 2014 to 2020 and emphasized that his commenter we are not aimed at um one person he stated those are the words of our Louis samuelton struggling a bit all right now now let's talk about taking Sunday sports show former world number one Caroline vozniaki makes the return in the news this morning Caroline vozniaki is returning to te
nnis at three years after retiring and believes that she can claim glory after the final grand slam of the year which is at the U.S open yes I'm coming up later in the year the day and won the 2018 Australian Open among 30 WTA tour level titles and spent 71 weeks on top of the ranking a 32 year old retired in January 2020 but now plans to return after giving birth to two uh to her two children vosniaki say that she wants to play at the Canadian open in Montreal in Augusta before traveling to the
U.S open we actually reached at the final and that was in 2009 and 2014 and soon afterwards vosnyaki's announcement at the U.S open has already been handed a wild card for the event which begins on August he will also aim to compete at the Australian Open and the Paris Olympics and that's coming up in 2024 so Caroline vosnyaki is said to be back this time to feature in the Canadian open in Montreal and then a step forward to the final grand slam of the year in Tennessee where you talk about at
the U.S open they have four grand slams in the year you know the Australian Open usually happens in January you have at the French Open at the Roland garage that's um the ground of arafael NADA that's where he's very good at it normally happens in the month of March and then you have at the win building sw19 it happens at some time in the month of our June July and then at the final grand slam of the Year tours and the Twilight offered the month of an August and that's when it happens this year'
s Edition starts on August 29th and one I guess that they expected to have Islam uh Caroline vozniaki who got to the finals or from the U.S open in 2009 and then 2014 and Caroline vosniaki is back and is out of retirement after giving birth to two of her her children and still talking in Chinese Revelation new revelation or new kid on the Block at CoCo golfer beat award Number Four Jessica pegula to reach at the semi-finals offer the Eastbourne International and seventh Sri Lanka golf has secure
d a 6-3-6-3 win over Double's partner an American competitor pergola it is at the 19 year old the festival win over a Topper FIFA Player since February 2022 and fester over a top 10 player since August offer last year Coco golfer will face her Madison Keys in this Friday is a semi-finals after the American beats a Croatia Petra matiche 6461 and former world number one a former world number seven keys that looked at impressive and is theater to drop a set in the tournament she won in 2014 golfer
explained that the victory against apagulli was had um end and later Russia sadaria kasatkina progressed to the last four as award number five Carolina Garcia retired that with a shoulder injury the ward number 11 was leading the French woman six two two one before Garcia pulled out after a medical timeout with a win building starting on Monday Garcia decided not to reach their further injury to her already taped her shoulder the win over good friend that pegula on Thursday where girls are best
I offered he sees him in terms of our ranking and golfer flew out over the blocks and broke and pecula in her festive service game this is a girl that started tennis at the age over 16 and she has so many years under her belt her to play tennis and get to the world ranking and get to the top of the ranking and maybe the uh the number one ranking in WTA for a lady like a Coco golf watch out for her from the United States of America raring to go beating a whole lot right now and she is growing in
karate after she's growing in strength and she is growing in her game and will continue to follow up on her development on sports today on ABS TV and finally before we get now let's talk about that the transfer window the transfer window what is happening at Chelsea there seems to be a mass Exodus at Chelsea I talked about that Eduardo domain the living and going to Saudi Arabia and we talked about Harvard is about completing his move to ask now for a deal what's 65 million pounds and now messy
Mount is now in the news Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign England midfielder Messi Martha from Chelsea when a five-year contractor for 55 million pounds plus 5 million in adults amount 24 years of age I will be Eric 10 has the first signing of the summer as he looks at to strengthen his father following United's qualification for next season's at Champions League and Chelsea spent a 600 million pounds last season and needed to sell before 30th June to ease the financial fair play con
cerns amounts of joints at Chelsea ages they joined at Chelsea at the age of six and Chelsea had rejected United's her first three beats aboard uh talks are between the two clubs are resumed that this week had to resolve the aim on pass it is that understood that Chelsea preferred and not to lose amount but we are unable to successfully negotiate a new contract with this deal set to expire next year Marta who has scored 33 goals in 195 appearances for Chelsea since making his senior debut in 201
9 missed at the end offered the domestic season with injury after the blues that came at 12 30 lowest finisher for more than 25 years and it's not getting better for Chelsea looking at how they finished and looking after the Quantum of players that they are losing right now what happens to Chelsea next season though they will strengthened but when you start losing the call of your team it goes ahead to affect the Dynamics of the team Eduardo Mendy has left now they've lost a car Harvard now who
has come to us now for a fee we are hearing what 65 million pounds after um an agreement between the two sides are now a messy Mount is also leaving uh for a fee of a 55 million pounds for 5 million also as Adams totaling 60 million pounds and Chelsea are losing key players and he doesn't both well for Chelsea Football Club but let's see the season starts in August and let's see what they will be doing uh before the transfer window closes on September 1st as the season starts on August and that'
s on that note and that's about the size of for the show but remember that the aguata and football Academy are they are having their scouting program tomorrow at the narrow Stadium ranking start to perform 9 and that's according to honorable achievements of fabric who happens to be the TC chairman of the aguata LGs opportunity for kids to be out there and they will scouted and have opportunity to play football at the highest level thanks a lot for being part of the show my name is have a lovely
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