Bolanle Ambode Women Championship enters group stage

Group stage matches of the maiden edition of the ongoing Bolanle Ambode Women Championship will kick-off on Monday at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium, Lagos, Sportinglife.ng reports.

After an explosive and entertaining preliminary matches which produced a whopping 19 goals in six matches, the stage is set for the round robin games with Papa Queens taking on Vision Queens while Phoenix Queens will slug it out with Young Talènt 99 in group A matches.

In the other group, Jagunmolu Queens confront Lakeside Queens for the maximum three points as the young Goldenswan Ĺadies will have their hands full engaging experienced Ijamido Queens amongst other fixtures.

Anthony Adeboye, the SSA to the Governor on Sports expressed satifaction with the standard and the disciplinary attitude of the teams, adding that with the talent seen on display so far, the future of women football in Lagos and Nigeria in paticular is very bright.

Adeboye whose office powered the championship thanked the Lagos State first lady, Mrs Bolanle Ambode for her support and commitment to the girl child development and growth.

He also gave kudos to some local governments and LCDA’s that have shown support to the championship, promising a sumptuous grand finale at the newly re-developed and CAF approved Agege Stadium at the end of the month.