Second seed Daniil Medvedev has been knocked out of the french open by qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild in a big French Open first-round shocker.
The Russian battled windy conditions and the Brazilian's outstanding forehand in a 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (6-8) 2-6 6-3 6-4 loss.
Medvedev had arrived at Roland Garros in good form and in contention for the world number one ranking, But 172nd-ranked Seyboth Wild pounced on Medvedev's inconsistency to book a first Grand Slam second-round spot.
Paul Usoro, SAN has been appointed as the new Chairman of Access Bank Plc. Prior to his appointment in May, 2023, Mr. Usoro had been a Non-Executive Director of the bank since January 2014.
Mr. Usoro is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the founder and Senior Partner of the Law firm of Paul Usoro & Co. He has over 30 years of law practice experience and is acknowledged as a highly experienced litigator and communication law expert.
He was elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association in August 2018 for a two-year term and is currently a Non-Executive Director of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. He represented Access Bank as a Non-Executive Director on the board of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc.
Mr. Usoro holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ife (1981) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982. He joined the Board in January 2014 and currently chairs the Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee and Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Board Risk Management.
The election which took place at the cardinal Ekanem hall in Ikot EKPENE local Government area had 30 out of the expected 37 delegates accredited to vote for the nine vacant positions.
At the end of the elections which is judged free, fair and acceptable by the football family in the state, Mr. Samuel Umoh, emerged victorious as chairman, unopposed, as well as Raymond Essien, vice chairman, Chief Ifiok Umanah board member representing Ikot EKPENE senatorial district.
In Uyo and Eket senatorial districts, Toney Etim and Orok Orok, won the elections as board members with 29 and 16 votes respectively.
In Eket senatorial district, Comrade Felix Udo, Friday Ekpo, and Emmanuel Eduoku, emerged victorious as board members after scoring gathering 28, 27 and 25 votes respectively.
In his acceptance speech, the newly elected and sworn in chairman, Samuel Umoh, thanked the delegates for the confidence reposed In his state led executive and promised to reposition football in Akwa Ibom state.
Umoh, appealed to those who contested in the elections to come together and work for the success of football development in Akwa Ibom state nay Nigeria.
Nigeria coaches in Akwa Ibom state under the umbrella of Akwa United States coaches association will tomorrow gather at the Godswill Akpabio international stadium to elect leadership to pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years.
According to the chairman of the electoral committee, sir Alexander Aniefiok, the elections will kick off by 10 am with an elective congress which is slated to culminate the election proper.
" We are ready to conduct free and fair elections for all coaches in Akwa Ibom state so that all sports in Akwa Ibom state can developed".
Positions contested for are; the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, financial secretary, Welfare and the public relations officer.
■However, CAFonline claim it's South Africa who have qualified based on Head to Head
FAZ Technical Director Lyson Zulu has confirmed.
According to CAF qualification rules for this tournament, for determination of third best finishers only results against the top two qualified teams in respective groups count.
So even though South Africa 🇿🇦 beat Zambia 🇿🇲 3-2, they failed to beat either Nigeria 🇳🇬 nor Morocco 🇲🇦 who finished in the TOP TWO in the group.
Zambia 🇿🇲 beat Morocco 2-1 and hence QUALIFY!
In the CAF amended rules after South Sudan was ejected for age cheating DOES NOT include Head to Head.
Asaba, the capital city of Delta state will play host to the best of Nigeria’s Women Football League (NWFL)-the Super Six tournament, at the Stephen Keshi Stadium from May 5th to12th, 2023.
A statement by the Director General,Delta state Sports commission, Sir, Christopher Anazia, said the Admiralty University sports complex had been designated as the other venue for the tournament.
He stated that everything needed for the successful hosting of the tournament has been put in place.
Sir, Anaziah, said that the tournament would be used to decide Nigeria’s representatives at the regional CAF Women Champions League.
He listed the six participating teams as the host state team, Delta Queens, Bayelsa Queens,and Rivers Angels from group A, FC Robo, Edo queens and Confluence queens made it to the super six from group B.
He futher confirmed that the participating teams qualified from the two group table of the NWFL, based on their placement in each group, in the regular Season.
" We are ready to host, this is not the first time, Delta state will be hosting a high profile football championship,our state of the art facilities, enabling environment and hospitality of our people will always put Delta state as a preferred destination for football stakeholders and other sports in general."
It would be recalled that Bayelsa queens won the last edition of the super six hosted by the Edo state government in 2022.
