Former international, Godwin Kienka at the weekend defeated Nishant Abbi in three sets to win the Men’s Singles Class A of the third Zenith Bank Tennis Championship held at the Ikoyi Club 1938.
The second-seeded Kienka, who also triumphed when the two met in last year’s final, had a superior tactical approach that saw him overrun his much younger opponent for a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 10-5 triumph.
The Men’s B Class, which had very large number of participants, was won by top seed, Chris Attah, a 7-5, 6-3 victor over Kunle Ogunkoya. Julie Allagenyi also proved the form book right by emerging the women’s singles champion by beating Maryann Chuks 6-3, 6-1.
Bimbo Okubena paired Ishmael Nwokocha to win the men’s doubles by beating the team of Abbi and Tochukwu Adino 6-3, 6-2, while Chris Akponinu upset top seed, Walter Jibunor 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 to win the Veterans title. Jibunor was to later combine with Innocent Ihebuzor to win the Super Veterans doubles at the expense of Akponinu and Okey Ubah 6-2, 6-1.
The team event, which has teams competing in two groups of eight teams named after some of the services provided by Zenith Bank, was won by Internet Banking, led by Tony Unuavwhoro, who partnered Sharon Momoh to beat Bola Ayorinde and Anaele Jucian to beat Easy Save 3-0 in the final.
The new Super Eagles jerseys for the 2024–2025 football season have been unveiled by clothing powerhouse, Nike.
Nike’s Instagram page published a post on Monday with a launch video of the new jerseys.
“The 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒔 disrupt convention with bold twists on icons.
“Featuring 𝑫𝒓𝒊-𝑭𝑰𝑻 𝑨𝑫𝑽 innovation, each kit is engineered for the needs of the modern footballer, from kick-off to the final whistle,” the post read.
Green hoops at the ends of the sleeves and shorts adorn the white home jersey. In a striking combination of colours, the word “Naija” is written in green across the kit’s breast.
In a stylistic nod to Nigeria’s national colours, the away uniform is patterned in a pastel version of the same colour, dark green.
For their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, the Super Eagles are anticipated to wear the new jerseys.
The team’s third qualifying match is scheduled for June 3 at home against South Africa. Seven days later, they are scheduled to travel to Benin Republic.
Before that, the Eagles will visit Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco for friendly matches against Ghana and Mali on March 22 and 26, respectively.
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