Tag: Lagos State Football Association (LSFA)
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NYG: Hajji Liameed congratulates Lagos U15 female team for winning football gold
The renaissance of football in Lagos State, received a much- needed flip on Wednesday, as the state’s U15 female football team defeated Bayelsa State 2-0 in the final match of the football event of the ongoing National Youth Games, in Asaba, Delta State. Reacting to the good news, Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, Hajji…
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NIS/ LSFA special training course for Lagos State coaches kicks off at NIS
Lagos State Football Association in collaboration with Nigeria Institute For Sports (NIS), started somewhat of a football revolution, aimed at improving the knowledge and technical wherewithal of football coaches in Lagos State and with a handful of Nigerian grassroot coaches set to benefit from the initiative, the program which has begun looks to empower and…
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LSFA Hajji Gafar lauds Olorunleke duo for support to football development in Lagos State
The unrelenting efforts of the Board of Lagos State Football Association led by Hajji Gafar Liameed to reposition football in Lagos State recently received a boost as two brothers, Abraham Olorunleke and Matthew Olorunleke, who are football enthusiasts donated a giant trophy to the LSFA, for its ongoing State Football League, Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered. While presenting…
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Lagos State League ‘Super 5’ format revealed
The divisional football association playoff for the 2023/2024 State Football League organized by Lagos State Football Association, has been concluded, ahead of the Super 5 tournament, to pick the State representatives for the NLO 2 zonal qualifiers, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports. According to a statement released by the Chief Executive Officer of the State Football League, Wale…
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Hajji Gafar sponsors 36 Lagos coaches for training at NIS
In one of his avowed promises to improve the narratives as it concerns the football ecosystem in Lagos State, particularly, with football coaches, the Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, Hajji Gafar Liameed, has in his personal capacity, paid for the training of 36 football coaches at the National Institute For Sports(NIS) as made available…
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LSFA on threshold of football history, sets landmark initiatives for football growth
Lagos State Football Association, are once again, on the threshold of football history, as the board of the FA led by Hajji Gafar Liameed at the Ivory Health Club, Ikeja, Lagos met with well over 100 football league club representatives and stakeholders, as several issues concerning the development of football in the State as gathered…
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LSFA to hold annual general assembly, football town hall meeting next month
Lagos State Football Association has put all plans in top gear towards hosting a successful Annual General Assembly, scheduled to hold Saturday, September 21, 2024, in Lagos, beginning 9am as made available to Nigeriasoccernet.com. In the notification letter signed by the LSFA Secretary, Akeem Rabiu- Okikiopusu, it is inviting all members of the State…
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Lagos FA appoint CEO’s for state league, also U15, U17 leagues
The board of Lagos State Football Association led by Hajji Gafar Olawale Liameed, on Saturday, announced the appointment of Wale Joseph, a veteran sports journalist and former Lagos FA board member as the Chief Executive Officer, of the State Football League. The board also appointed experienced football administrator, Dele Gbajumo, as the Chief Executive officer,…
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LSFA successful kids football program highlights grassroots development commitment
Saturday, August 10th, 2024, at Mobolaji Johnson Arena Onikan Lagos would go down in the history of Nigeria football, particularly, in Lagos State, as the board of Lagos State Football Association led by Hajji Gafar Liameed, in conjunction with the State’s Female Football Development Committee, successfully held a 1-day football development and mentoring programme for…
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LSFA, partners, strengthen relationship on female football development
Ahead of the much-anticipated Girl Child 1-day football development and mentoring programme, billed to hold Saturday, August 10th, beginning 9am-5pm, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, the Lagos State female football development committee, has intensified its drive to engender a rewarding and longer lasting female football ecosystem, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports. Speaking at the well-attended press conference…
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Nigeria Ex-Internationals Cup grand finale hosts top dignitaries, cash gifts splash out
The maiden edition of the Nigeria Ex-Internationals Cup 2024, organised by Lagos State Football Association, was successfully concluded Sunday, as it ended in a blaze of glory at the prestigious Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos, Nigeriasoccermet.com reports. In the final match, FC Nwosu defeated FC Ekpo, in a nail-biting penalty kicks of 6-5 after playing out…
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LSFA visit newly appointed Lagos State Sports Commission DG in bid to forge stronger synergy
The board members of Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) led by its Chairman Hajji Gafar Olawale Liameed held a meeting with the Director-General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Hon. Lekan Fatodu, at his Teslim Balogun Stadium office, Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered. At the meeting which was ostensibly aimed to forge a stronger synergy and working collaboration between…
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London Football Awards: Olise battles Saka and three other Arsenal
Crystal Palace forward Micheal Olise has been nominated for Men’s Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards. Nigeriasoccernet.com reports. Olise will compete with Arsenal’s star players Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and William Saliba Millwall’s Billy Mitchell for the gong. The London Football Awards celebrate the very best in London clubs consisting of…