Global Sports giants, CitySports Africa, who are the pioneer of the CitySports League, have said all is set for the maiden Easter Cup slated for April 18 to 19 this year
Speaking with journalists at the company’s head office in Lagos on Thursday, the Chief Executive Officer of CitySports Africa, Shola Opaleye, revealed that the two-day competition will offer U-9, U-12 and U-15 players a platform to showcase their talents. A total of 48 teams will participate in the event.
The competition format will see 16 teams in four groups in a round-robbing phase that will produce teams for the quarter finals, semifinals and finals. Opaleye emphasised that no price money will be given to the eventual winners, rather the first, second and third will be given trophy and medals while all participating players will receive a ‘I am a CSL challenger’ trophy.
“CitySports Africa is a sports development institution. We are into sports development right from grassroots to professional level and our track record lay credence to the fact that we are a serious organisation. At CitySports Africa, we try to make sure that if we have a hundred children in our programme, we ensure that all of them have a good place to end up and not just one or five per cent.”
Speaking further, Opaleye said: “The only way we have done that is to create our leadership concept where every child is made to develop themselves through leadership, teaching and programmes. That is the way they can guarantee success in their careers. Part of our plans is to prepare the children medically well through a comprehensive assessment with our partners before going into competition of this magnitude.”
