{"id":4771,"date":"2013-03-04T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2013-03-04T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T15:47:21","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=4771","title":{"rendered":"Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obulimba Unity Cup enters round of 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ongoing Obulimba Owerri- West Unity male football competition powered by Hon.Innocent Eke (master chef), member representing Owerri- west at the state House of Assembly has entered into-knock out stage (round of 12).<\/p>\n

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According to the Chairman of the local Organizing committee, Mr. Vincent Elekerem, the round of 12 games will begin on Saturday march 9 and 10 at the three venues Avu, police training field- Umuoma and Orogwe.<\/p>\n

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Twelve teams will be battling it out for the 8 places in the\u00a0 quarter finals. Two teams each nqualified for the round of 12 games from the group games namely, Amokohia Ubi,\u00a0 Obinze, (defending champions), Umudibia (last years runners up), Ihiagwa (Donors community), Ohii, Umuoma, Irete, Emeabiam, Eziobodo, Umuguma, Umualum\u00a0 and Orogwe made it through.<\/p>\n

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Surprisingly, last year\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> runners up Oforola failed to make the round of 12 as they lost their last group game 0 \u2013 3 to Irete at the police training field.<\/p>\n

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Mr, Elekerem in his assessment of the competition so fare thanked the communities for exhibiting maturity in all the games beliving that the subsequent games will also follow the same trend as one of the\u00a0 objectives of Hon. Obulima (the donor) is to use football to unite all the communities in Owerri \u2013 west.<\/p>\n

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He then thanked Hon. Obulimba for his quality representation at the state House which is quite visible in all the numerous developmental infrastructures he has attracted to Owerri- West, urging the youths to make good use of the quality opportunities provided by Obulimba to become useful to themselves and the society at large.<\/p>\n

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The round of\u00a0 12 knock \u2013 out games will see mouth watering games as Umudibia and Obinze will luck horns in a repeat of last years final game.<\/p>\n

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Amakohia Ubi who reached the semi\u2019s last year will take on Ihiagwa that have vowed to win the trophy this time.<\/p>\n

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Eziobodo will meet Orogwe that failed to win any group game but still qualified.\u00a0 Ohii will trade tackle with Emeabiam and Umualum in the last game sizes up with Umuguma while the quarter finals are billed for march 16 and 17.<\/p>\n

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UEFA Champions League: Mourinho, Ferguson resume rivalry Battle <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The latest intriguing dual between friendly rivals and master tacticians Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho will continue today Tuesday March 5 as Manchester united and Real Madrid resume battle in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

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The match at old Trafford, which is evenly poised after a 1-1 first leg draw in Mardrid, is the outstanding game in Europe this week as the champions league tempo increases with three other round \u2013 of -16 ties being decided.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Giggs is expected to make his 1,000th<\/sup> competitive appearance in games for united, Wales and the British Oluympic side, and former united favorite Cristiano Ronaldo will be determined to ruin his old team mate\u2019s landmark day.<\/p>\n

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The two teams are in great form and only the finest of margins are likely to separate them.<\/p>\n

United, having trashed Norwich City 4 \u2013 0 at old Trafford on Saturday, were 15 points clear before Manchester city took on Aston Villa at the Villa park last night.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand Real have re-discovered their old verve with two morale \u2013 boosting wins over each \u2013 rivals Barcelona last week, beating them 3 \u2013 1 in the kings cup and 2 \u2013 1 in la liga.<\/p>\n

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Real Madrid with their nine European cup successes and united with three have long been among Europe\u2019s aristocrats.<\/p>\n

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In the other three games that will be taking place today and tomorrow (March 6), Juventus 3 \u2013 0 up after a super b first \u2013 leg win at Celtic, are overwhelming favorites to reach the quarter \u2013 finals, while paris St Germain, who won 2 \u2013 1 at Valencia in the first leg, are in the box seat to complete the job at home.<\/p>\n

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The second leg between Borussia Dortmind and Shakter\u00a0 Donetsk\u00a0 starts level after they drew the first leg 2 \u2013 2 in Ukraine, but Dortmund, tipped by some as potential champions league winner\u2019s also start as the favorites to advance.<\/p>\n

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The round of 16 will be completed next week with the remaining four ties when Barcelona will be seeking to overturn their 2 \u2013 0 first leg defeat at AC Milan.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich takes a 3 \u2013 1 advantage to Allianz Arena against Arsenal, Malaga will be hoping to over turn a 0 \u2013 1 defeeat against FC Porto while the last game sees Schalke\u00a0 04 improving on their 1 -1 away draw when Galatasaray comes visiting with Didier Drogba.<\/p>\n

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ACP Kigigha Charges Zone 9 Police Athletes to be\u00a0 good Ambassadors<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About 179 Athletes representing zone 9, in this years Nigeria Police Games have been charged to be good ambassadors of the Nigerian Police Force and the zone.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the police men and women at the shell camp Police training field Owerri were, the departure ceremony took place, ACP Felix Kigigha, Area Commander in charge of Owerri Urged the athletes to always persevere in their sporting activities in other to come out victorious.<\/p>\n

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The CAF \/ FIFA referees physical training instructor Commended the entire contingent for training very hard within the period they have been in Camp urging them not to forget the five S factor which is key to success for every athlete.<\/p>\n

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He pointed out that if S raised to the power 5, is fully utilized (1) strength, (2) skill (3) speed, (4) stamina and (5) strategy, success will be assured.<\/p>\n

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In a chart with Imo Trumpeter, ACP Kigigha who is a member of the Sports Technical Committee, stated that though, they (zone 9) couldn\u2019t start their Camping early enough as other zones did due to administrative lapses, the athletes were able to make up on their own and are all in good shape to do the Zone proud in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

He further assured that his officers are beaming in confidence to come home with medals especially the games they are the defending Champions like football male and female, wrestling Volleyball, Basket ball, and Tug of war male and female.<\/p>\n

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Kgigah further revealed that for the first time since the inception of the games, Rugby will be debuting at the competition.<\/p>\n

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The 10th<\/sup> edition of the Nigeria police games officially Kicked \u2013 off on Sunday March 3 with the opening ceremony while most of the events like team games started yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n

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Force Headquarters, Abuja are the defending Champions but will be facing stiff oppositions from zone 2 and zone 9.<\/p>\n

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Obulumba cup 2013 Results 2\/ 3\/ 2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

AVU 0 \u2013 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Umudibia<\/p>\n

Ohii\u00a0 2 \u2013 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Okolochi<\/p>\n

Umualum\u00a0 2 \u2013 1\u00a0 Ndegwu<\/p>\n

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3\/3\/13<\/p>\n

Irete\u00a0 3 \u2013 0 Oforola<\/p>\n

Okuku\u00a0 1- 2 Umuguma<\/p>\n

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Round of 12 games 9\/ 3\/ 13 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Amakohia Ubi\u00a0 – Ihiagwa<\/p>\n

Umudibia\u00a0 –\u00a0 Obinze<\/p>\n

Ohii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emeabiam<\/p>\n

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10\/3\/13<\/p>\n

Irete\u00a0 – Umuoma<\/p>\n

Eziobodo\u00a0 – Orogwe<\/p>\n

Umualum\u00a0 – umuguma<\/p>\n

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EUFA Champions League 5\/3\/13 Tuesday <\/strong><\/p>\n

Man utd\u00a0 –\u00a0 Real Madrid<\/p>\n

B\/ Dortmund\u00a0 – Shakter D.<\/p>\n

6\/3\/13\/wed.<\/p>\n

PSG\u00a0 – Valencia<\/p>\n

Juventus\u00a0\u00a0 – Celtic<\/p>\n

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Some EPL Results week 28\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chelsea\u00a0 1 \u2013 0 West Brom<\/p>\n

Man Utd\u00a0 4 \u2013 0 Norwich<\/p>\n

Southamption 1 \u2013 2 QPR<\/p>\n

Stoke city\u00a0 0 \u2013 1 WestHam<\/p>\n

Wigan\u00a0 0 \u2013 4\u00a0 Liverpool<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u00a0 2 \u2013 1 Arsenal<\/p>\n

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Spanish La Liga Results <\/strong><\/p>\n

Real Madrid\u00a0\u00a0 2 \u2013 1 Barcelona<\/p>\n

Osasuna\u00a0 0 \u2013 1 A\/ Bilbaro<\/p>\n

Valencia\u00a0 2 – 2 Levante<\/p>\n

Malaga\u00a0 0 – 0 A \/ mardrid<\/p>\n

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Seria A Results <\/strong><\/p>\n

Napoli\u00a0 1 \u2013 Jwventus<\/p>\n

AC Mila\u00a0 2 \u2013 0 Lazio<\/p>\n

Catama\u00a0 2 – 3 Inter Milan<\/p>\n

Sampdoria 1 – 0 Parma<\/p>\n

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2nd<\/sup> leg knock \u2013 out Round CAF Champions League Results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic Real\u00a0 0 -10 Kano Pillars (1-5) agg. Sony Nguma 0 \u2013 1 Ashante Kotoko (0 \u2013 8) agg URA 3 \u2013 4 Coton Sport (3 4 ) agg.<\/p>\n

Djabal FC 0 \u2013 4 Orlando Pirates (0 \u2013 9) agg. Gazelle FC 0 \u2013 0 Zamalek (0 \u2013 7 ) agg. Real De\u00a0 Banjul\u00a0 2 \u2013 1 Fus of Moroco (2 \u2013 2) agg. CF Mounana 0 \u2013 2 AC Leopards (0 \u2013 4) agg.<\/p>\n

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Police\u00a0 Games Football Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Zone Nine\u00a0\u00a0 3 \u2013 1\u00a0 Zone One<\/p>\n

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Critiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney<\/p>\n

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Umuoyima team shortly before wining the Owerri unity cup last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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