Chekas United football club are champions of the 2025 trivella super super cup concluded on Sunday at the legacy pitch of the National Stadium Surulere Lagos 

Chekas United pipped Diamond stars football club one nil in the finals to retain the title they  won in the maiden edition last year

The scouting programme had Eight clubs from across Lagos state compete amongst each other for three days in Lagos 

Chairman chekas United football club, chekwube uzoegbo says the victory shows consistency commitment and determination on the part of the team 

” We are know for that never say die spirit, before every tournament the team is aware of the task ahead so they always give their best to remain United” He said 

The only goal of the encounter came in the 2nd half, during the break after the first half chekwube uzoegbo was seen giving pep talk to the players to reignite the team spirit which paid off 

” Sometimes there is need to remind players of the task ahead with words of encouragement to spur them on for greatness, that was what I simply did , am happy we came out victorious” He said 

Enroute to the final, Chekas defeated athletic sc 4-3 on penalties after regulation time ended 2all in the first set of games in day one 

The team from the badagry divisional football association beat

Dynamics plus 5-4 on penalties after regulation time ended 1-all in the semi final games at the legacy pitch of the national stadium surulere Lagos

The trivella tournament is a scouting programme with top scouts from Brazil in attendance 

Football scout Falvio trivella expresses delight with the performance of clubs that participated in this year’s edition

He assured that more players will selected  for clubs in the Brazilian football League 

“Congratulations to chekas United football club for retaining the title. I must tell every player played well am impressed . The selected players will play in the top clubs in the Brazilian league ” He said 

For winning the Trivella Scouting Championship chekas United football club got medals and trophy

Chairman chekwube uzoegbo presented the club’s jersey, super eagles jersey and Nigerian traditional atire to flavio trivella in recognition of his immense support to grassroots football development in Nigeria 

Taprocks football ,Giant Drillars 

Unizee FC ,Diamond stars, Dynamics plus ,Royal pharaoh 

Chekas United and Athletic FC are the 8 clubs that took part in the Trivella Scouting Championship

The next edition of the annual competition holds August 2026 

Team Nigeria continued its impressive run at the ongoing 1st African School Games in Algeria with a stellar performance on Day 2 of athletics, adding four medals to its tally: one gold, two silver, and one bronze.

The highlight of the day came in the girls’ 100m final, where Nigeria produced a commanding gold and silver finish. 

Chigozie Rosemary Nwankwo powered to victory in a time of 11.76 seconds to clinch the gold medal, while her compatriot, Miracle Ezechukwu, secured silver with a time of 11.86 seconds. The bronze medal went to Congo’s Ndoulou Boukama, who crossed the line in 12.19 seconds.

In the girls’ 400m final, Jecinter Lawrence Andrew delivered a strong and composed race to finish second, earning Nigeria its second silver medal of the day. 

Meanwhile, in the boys’ 400m final, Faye Perfect battled through a highly competitive field to secure the bronze, rounding off a productive day on the track for Team Nigeria.

With Saturdays results, Team Nigeria’s athletics squad has so far collected a total of six medals in athletics events, further solidifying the country’s dominance. 

More finals are expected in the coming days, and the team remains focused and determined to keep the momentum going.

It is finally down to the best two teams for the ultimate prize of being crowned the 2025 Afrobasket champions as record chasing Nigeria D’Tigress take on Mali in Sunday’s final at the Palais de Sports de Treichville.

The Nigerian Team had to dig deep to overcome their  perennial rivals Senegal 75-68 points in a thrilling encounter that saw the team came from an early nine points deficit in the first quarter and also 12 points margin in the third quarter to pull off an outstanding forth Quarter to silence the overwhelming roaring crowd.  

After a close first half which ended  22 – 17 and 21- 20 points in favour of Nigeria , the Senegalese totally dominated the third quarter 21-9 points to go into the final quarter with a six point advantage but Rene Wakama’s girls turned the screw again to see off the game with a devastating 13 points margin.

The win stretched the Nigeria Women’s team record to 28th straight wins at the Afrobasket since 2015 and just one game away from a five straight African title.

Mali on the other hand made a light work of debutants South Sudan in the other semi final 76-50 points as they eye their second Afrobasket title, having only won it in 2007 in Senegal.

Sunday’s final will be a repeat of the 2021 final in Cameroon which  D’Tigress won 70-59 points.

Meanwhile the leadership of the National Sports Commission, NSC, has charged the girls to remain focused and complete the job in the final on Sunday.

Chairman of the NSC Mallam Shehu Dikko said ” this is an history making team and I am very proud to say these girls are a true reflection of the never say die Nigerian spirit because of how they fought with everything to beat the Senegalese”. 

” The girls didn’t allow the pressure of the opposing crowd to overwhelm them as they stayed calm and disciplined throughout the match even when they were down in the third quarter “.

The Director General of the NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade, also reflected on the breathtaking  game against Senegal with huge confidence ahead of thr final against Mali.

” I was not surprised that the Senegal game was very tough for our girls because of how we have  dominated them by beating them in the final of three of the four consecutive titles we had won”.

” They were very determined to stop the losing run this time but our team showed experience, calmness and aura of a true champion to maintain their superiority and dealth the Senegalese their seventh straight loss to us”, he said.