Thursday, 21 July 2016

2016 SWAN Cup: Supersports, NAN, Brila FM, 15 Others to Wrestle Title from Sports Vision



.... As FC IfeanyiUbah, Zenith Sports partners Lagos SWAN

19 teams will participate in the 2016 Winners Golden Bet/Lagos SWAN cup starting on Friday, 22nd of July, 2016 at the Legacy pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Chairman of the 2016 Sports Committee, Debo Oshundun made this known on Tuesday, 19thof July, 2016 at a Press conference/Draws held at the multipurpose hall of the association.

Speaking at the event, Debo revealed that the 2016 edition will be bigger and better with Zenith Sports and FC IfeanyiUbah all willing to support Winners Golden Bet as partners.

According to event schedule, the first day will witness an opening game between the Lagos SWAN veterans and Lagos Sports Commission team to be led by its Chairman, Deji Tinubu with group matches expected to commence on Monday, 25th of July.

He further explained that, “For this year’s event, we will be having a comprehensive medical check up for all members and the stadium community. This initiative was facilitated by Dr (Mrs) Labake Coker and will be handled by Laba Care International Medical Mission, New Jersey, United States.”

At the brief ceremony witnessed by Femi Junaid, representative of Winners Golden Bet, Debo stressed that Laba Care International has promised to carry out a compulsory check up on all participating teams and SWAN members with free drugs given.

Meanwhile, Technical Chairman of the Committee, Wale Joseph presided over the draws which saw Complete Sports, Inspiration FM, Unilag FM, Galaxy TV and Brila FM paired in Group A.

Defending champion, Sportsvision will start their title defense against former silver medalist, New Fan Zone, debutant Goal.com Nigeria, Top Radio and Silverbird  TV.

It will be a battle between 2 federal government media outfits, Voice of Nigeria and News Agency of Nigeria in Group B against New Telegraph and Supersports

Cool FM, Lagos Television, NTA and TV Continental will slug it out in Group D.

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