38 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 January window: Napoli won’t listen to any offers for Osimhen Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen may not be sold during the January transfer window despite huge interest from top European clubs, as Napoli President may not listen to offers for the Nigerian. According to football Italia, the Serie A top goals scorer who has a price tag of a €100million euros and his teammates have started the season electrifying under Luciano Spalletti, topping their Champions League group and flying to first in the league table, commanding an eight-point lead over defending champions Milan. Napoli looks to be on track to win their first Scudetto in three decades, bringing back the league title to the Campania capital for the first time since the days of Diego Maradona. As reported by Il Mattino, offers and expressions of interest are starting to filter in for Napoli stars Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia, two players who’ve been instrumental to the team’s successes this season. President Aurelio De Laurentiis has no intention of losing the pair, however, and won’t listen to any offers in January. The Partenopei are not planning t o change things t o o much in the winter transfer window and won’t entertain any interest in their stars. Adesanya regains freedom after arrest at New York airport Former UFC champion, Israel Adesanya has been released after he was detained at a New York airport following an attempt to go through security with brass knuckles. Recall that Adesanya was arrested on Wednesday at JFK Terminal for possessing metal knuckles. Brass knuckles, made of metal or plastic, are illegal in New York, and their possession is considered a misdemeanour punishable by up to one year in prison plus fines. A statement by Adesanya’s manager, Tim Simpson of Paradigm Sports Management, disclosed that the Nigerian-New Zealand mixed martial artist has already been released and has been flown home to New Zealand. “Israel was handed a gift by a fan, which he put in his luggage,” Simpson said in the statement. “When flagged at the airport, Israel quickly disposed of the item and cooperated with authorities. “He has complied accordingly; with that, the matter was dismissed, and he is on his way home,” he said. He suffered a loss of the UFC middleweight title to Alex Pereira in what was only his second Messi-led Argentina land in Qatar after 5-0 World Cup warm-up win Argentina and superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Qatar for the World Cup early on Thursday, just hours after a 5-0 warm-up victory, while defending champions France have also touched down in Doha. Messi, 35, has a sackful of trophies but the tournament in Qatar is likely to be his final chance to equal the achievement of fellow Argentine great Diego Maradona in leading his country to World Cup glory. He landed with the Argentina squad in the Qatari capital Doha at 2:30 am (2330 GMT, Wednesday) from Abu Dhabi where they had beaten the United Arab Emirates 5- 0 Wednesday in a friendly in which Messi scored. One of the favourites going into this year’s World Cup, the South Americans will begin their campaign on Tuesday against Saudi Arabia in Group C, which also includes Mexico and Poland. The 1978 and 1986 World Cup winners extended their unbeaten run to 36 matches as Messi scored his 91st international goal. Gateway Region has emerged winners of 2022 Adron Games which took place at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos from Thursday, November 10 to Saturday 12, 2022. The team won 6 gold medals, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals to clinch first position after sterling performances in a series of track and field events which saw the region at the zenith of the edition’s games sporting table. All the regions of the real estate company, Adron Homes and Properties Limited, in the country converged in Lagos for the games, to compete in different sporting events to mark the 6th edition of the annual games. Messi was cautious about the team’s chances in Qatar, even though they are among the favourites. “We have a very nice group that is very eager, but we think about going little by little. We know that World Cup groups are not easy,” the seventime Ballon d’Or winner said in an interview with CONMEBOL, the South American football federation. The six regions of Adron Homes namely, Eko (Lagos Island), Capital (Lagos Mainland), Northern, Gateway (Ogun), Oyo, Living Fountain (Osun & Ekiti) as well as Head Office, Directorate of Construction Estate Properties and Acquisition participated in the games “Capital came second with 4 gold medals, 3 medals a piece of silver and bronze while Head Office took 3rd position with 4 gold medals and 3 silver medals. These were followed by Living Fountain, Northern, Eko, Oyo and Construction in that order with Gold 4, 4, 3, 1, 0, Silver 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, and Bronze medal 5, 2, 5, 1, 2.“ career defeat. Moffi sad Eagles won’t be in Qatar 2022 World Cup pics/moffi Loreint striker, Terem Moffi is disappointed the Super Eagles won’t be among the 32 countries that will battle for the ultimate prize at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The quadrennial competition will start in Qatar on Sunday and will run through December 17. The Super Eagles failed to qualify for the global soccer fiesta after they lost to eternal rivals, Black Stars of Ghana in the playoff round. “We are disappointed not to be part of the World Cup because every player dreams of being on the biggest stage of football,” Moffi told SCORENigeria “It would have been great being at the World Cup because many of us are doing well at our clubs. “But since we didn’t qualify, it does not count for much.” ATP Tour unveils record prize money increase for 2023 en's tennis governing body MATP on Thursday announced a record increase of $37.5 million in prize money to $217.9 million for the 2023 season. The overall prize money pot was for both the ATP and Challenger Tours, with ATP Tour players collectively taking home an additional $18.6 million of on-site prize money from next year, the ATP said in a statement. Earlier this year, the ATP Gateway Region wins 2022 Adron Games had announced that purses on the Challenger Tour would receive a significant boost. "The record increase also includes a significant uplift on the ATP Challenger Tour, which will see onsite prize money grow by 75%, from $12.1 million to $21.1 million," the ATP said. African soccer ruling body has announced the date for the remaining qualifiers of the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. Matchday 1 and 2 of the qualifiers were held in mid 2022 while matchday 3 and 4 were slated for September before it was suspended The suspension came after the competition was moved from the Massive boost for GCU Relays Ahead of Saturday’s Government College Ughelli invitational intercollegiate Athletics Competition (GCU Relays) old Boys and Ancient Mariners of the school have rushed in massive funding support for the games. President General Worldwide, GCUOBA Arc. Charles Majoroh had made a passionate plea to all products of the school for increased funding with the desire to make this year's edition fun filled, exciting and glamorous, whilst leaving all participants with lasting memories. “All contributors towards sustaining the GCU Relays shall be recognized and printed on our huge banners and platforms. It is envisioned that by looking inwards into our financial inner strength, we can collectively make the annual GCU Relays a constant annual reality” Majoroh Said. This clarion call instantly Premier League dominates 2022 World Cup The 2022 World Cup will be the most unique in history. It will be played between November and December, taking place in winter for the first time. It will become the most expensive tournament in history, as Qatar has invested nearly 200 billion dollars in hosting it. The country's regime has come under scrutiny for the way they were awarded the tournament, the alleged deaths of workers and human rights breaches. Meanwhile, the majority of the big football stars will be there with the Premier League dominating the call-ups. The Premier League is the league that will have the most representatives in this World Cup with 134 participants. Manchester City will have 16 players in the tournament, followed by rivals The 61st edition of the FirstBank sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship will hold this weekend at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938. FirstBank in a statement said that the sponsorship of the golf championship, which begins today till Sunday, is in furtherance of its commitment to the development of sports in Nigeria. To be played over 54-holes (3- days), the FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship is a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) listed competition that attracts the AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: CAF announces date for remaining matches pulled in massive and unprecedented response from Mariners, leading him to add “my sincere appreciation for the massive contribution by all towards the 2022 GCU Relays”. Meanwhile, Hussey College Warri that made a clean sweep of the Events last year have vowed to effectively defend their laurels with a firm promise of settling new meet records. “We are very determined, not only to defend the honours we won last year, but to set new records” disclosed an official of the School, noted for producing great footballers in the past. Still, there are feelers that Hussey College dominance will be rudely challenge at the fourth edition by United College of Commerce, Warri. ‘we have trained hard for this our maiden appearance at the GCU relays, Ohwo Fasa Said”. Adding ‘we are best positioned to dethrone Hussey College”. Manchester United (14). LaLiga Santander will contribute 84 players to the World Cup with Barcelona and Real Madrid being represented by 16 and 13 players, respectively. However, there are teams that do not have any players in the tournament such as Girona and Elche. Meanwhile, all Premier League teams have at least one representative each in the tournament. The Bundesliga is ranked third with 73 players going to Qatar, but they have the team with the most representatives in the tournament in Bayern Munich (17). The German league is followed by Serie A (66) and Ligue 1 (52), with MLS being the non- European league with the most representatives (35). FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf tourney tees off today summer of 2023 to January/ February 2024. The football body late on Wednesday evening announced the resumption of the qualifier and matchday 3 and 4 will come up on March 20th and 27th, 2023 Matchday 5 is slated to come up on June 12th - 20th while the final match is scheduled for September 4th -12th, 2023. best golfers from the amateur scene, not only in Nigeria but across the world. Winner of the championship, the Amateur Champion for the year, also earns points that contribute to their WAGR ranking. The 61st FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship is also supported by Seven-Up Bottling Company, One Spirit Company and Palton Morgan Holdings. Speaking ahead of the 61st edition, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications highlights FirstBank’s consistent role in driving development through sports: ‘’As an institution that is woven into the fabric of the society for nearly 129 years, FirstBank has been at the forefront of the growth and development of sports in Nigeria for decades. Our constant commitment to sports is a demonstration of our belief that sport remains a major vehicle for social and economic development. From infrastructure development, employment generation to social skills, sport remains a unifying force for socio-cultural interaction and development regardless of language, culture and religion.’’
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