Nigeria: Airtel Rising Stars Players Praise Organizers

23 June 2012

Young players participating in the on going Season 2 of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) U-17 tournament for boys and girls have said that the age-grade competition is a good arrangement targeted at helping them realize their football dreams.

The players made this revelation recently during the just concluded Airtel Rising Stars Ibadan zonal championship held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan, Oyo State. The Ibadan zonal championship's best goalkeeper for female, Omole Toyin said the tournament had afforded her the opportunity to learn new things about goalkeeping, thus fast-tracking her dream to develop into a player capable of donning the national colours.

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