Freestyle
By Mariam Akande/Kemi Ajayi
Lagos, Sept. 14, 2018 (NAN) Valentine Ozigbo, Chairman of Feet ‘N’ Tricks on Friday urged participants in the maiden Africa Freestyle Football Championships in Lagos to leverage on the opportunities that abound in the game.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition was organised by Feet ‘N’ Tricks in collaboration with the World Freestyle Football Association.
Ozigbo said that participating in such championships availed participants the opportunity not only to compete among themselves, but also to extend their network and build friendships that transcended the ccompetition.
“’I implore participants in the maiden Africa championships to take advantage of the competition to widen their network in freestyle football.
“’I urge all the participants to do their best and compete in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play,” he said.
The chairman added that Feet ‘N’ Tricks would continue to provide the needed platform for talented Africans to showcase their skills to the world and ultimately exploit the global appeal of freestyle football.
NAN reports that 70 freestylers, including 14 participants from other Africa countries are featured in the event holding at Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The criteria for judging participants are difficulty, originality, trick execution, all round skills and control, while the judges are Tobias Busaet from Norway, Gautier Fayolle from France and Szymon Skalski from Poland.
NAN also reports that prizes worth 50,000 dollars and a car will be won by participants. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)