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           Tension in Benin: Bendel Insurance Tackle                 ASO of Algeria Hendrix Oliomogbe  Bendel Insurance FC of Benin on Saturday at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium defeated  visiting AS Olympic Chlef (ASO) of Algeria by a lone goal in the first leg of the 2023/2024 CAF Confederation Cup. A goal in the 42 minute by Imade Osarenkhoe earned the Arsenal of Benin as Insurance are fondly called victory ahead of their return leg on August 27 in Algeria. The home team had wasted three clear chances within the first 30 minutes of play before forward, Osarenkhoe connected a well taken free kick by Sunday Anyanwu to put them ahead. Abdurrahim Hamra of AS Chlef received the first yellow card in the match for roughly obstructing Zaidu Ayuba of Insurance at the centre of the field resulting in a foul which the home team scored. Gape Mohutsiwa of the visiting club received the second booking of the game for ro...

  Hendrix Oliomogbe  All is now set for the West Africa Football Union-B (WAFU-B) qualifiers for Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) 2023 Women’s Champions League which is scheduled to hold between August 20 and September 2, 2023 at the main bowl of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.  Ahead of tomorrow kick off, the qualifiers were reshuffled due to fresh draws at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Friday following the political crisis in Republic of Niger, leading to the withdrawal of AS Garde National of Nigér.  The representatives of six teams from  Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin Republic, and Cote d’Ivoire  were on ground at the ceremony and are expected to participate in the 2023 qualifiers. At the new draw for the two weeks soccer fiesta, three teams in two groups from West Africa were paired against each other for the coveted sole ticket available to the sub-region. Going by the new arrangement, the participating teams grouped into two...

             High Commissioner Madubike Hendrix Oliomogbe Ahead of Monday, August 7 clash in the round of sixteen between the Super Falcons of Nigeria and the Lioness of England in the ongoing FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Anderson Madubike has urged Nigerians all over the world to support the women's national football team. The crucial encounter is billed to take off  at Brisbane Stadium at 8:30am Nigeria time, nine hours behind Central Australia time. Madubike, who spoke weekend from Australia, said the Nigerian ladies are presently the most talked about in the competition because of their determination and result oriented approach in the group stage. The diplomat added that the Super falcons needed all the supports from Nigerians to be able to overcome whatever opposition that comes their way especially as they face England, one of the competition favourites in t...