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Oduduwa Football Association Is For All Yoruba People Both Home And Abroad
Oduduwa Football Association Is For All Yoruba People Both Home And Abroad
By Prince Kolawole Oripinye
Young and vibrant Prince Kolawole Oripinye is a genius when it comes to the round lether game. Apart from being a footballer, he is a coach, and also manages soccer team. He spoke about his online football platforms to showcase Oduduwa football leagues, teams, players, among others across Oduduwaland.
Can We Meet You?
I am Prince Kolawole Oripinye
What is O.F.A?
O.F.A means Oduduwa football Association. Oduduwa Football Club is an online platform to showcase football leagues across Oduduwaland, teams, players, matches scores & videos in Oduduwaland. This will enable foreign football clubs & scouting agents to have the opportunity of monitoring and buying players from Oduduwaland.
What Is your position in the association?
I am the Association Manager and Director.
What is the vision of the association?
Our vision state is to help youth in developing there sporting talent and make them a better person in our dear society. Bringing youth from the street reduces hooliganism in our societies. Also to bring unity between old and young ones.
How long have you been in the sporting business?
I have been in the sporting business for over one and half decades.
Tell us about Oduduwa Football Association
Oduduwa Football Association is an online platform to showcase football leagues across Oduduwaland, teams, players, matches scores & videos in Oduduwaland. This will enable foreign football clubs & scouting agents to have the opportunity of monitoring and buying players from Oduduwaland. Note that before you can buy any player – it must be approved by Oduduwa Football Association (OFA). Oduduwa Football Club’s website is positioned to become the information hub of all grassroots football competitions, matches, players, coaches, and teams within Oduduwaland. We shall also be managing football competitions and friendly matches, and live scores. Registrations of clubs and players are opened to every football clubs and academy within the 8 States of Oduduwaland.
We organized the first edition of our tournament in April 19th to 23rd 2022, which we brought both male and female players together in six states namely, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti. We are also planning to add Kwara and kogi in the second edition.
We see you have done lots, but tell us are you the only one on this programme?
No sir, let me just say this here, I am the visioner of Oduduwa Football Association and Oduduwa Football Tournament is my intellectual properties. But because it is a big vision I call in some good people who are specialties in their various field of work. Also note that
Oduduwa Football Association,
Oduduwa Football Academy,
Oduduwa Football Tournament
are my initiative, my intellectual properties but I have wonderful and understanding partners who saw the future of what I brought to them, they keyed into the vision and give their there full support.
If we may ask, who are they and there portfolio?
Otunba Olayemi Ajose- Patron
Mr. Lameed Yagboyaju – Media & Technical Director,
Mr. Ayobami Oyedele – Secretary
Yeye Simisade Kuku Onayemi- Matron,
Mrs. Titi Omotosho– Financial Secretary & Auditor,
Miss Titi Aboyade Cole – Medis & Publicity Director
I also invite some coaches like:
Coach Morgan,
Coach Seye,
Mr. Oluwadamilare (DSO of Ijebu ode stadium)
Where do you see Oduduwa Football Association in 10-year?
Firstly, I will says ODUDUWA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION is for all Yoruba people at home and abroad, I believe that someday, sometime or somehow, some people will come in and take the project up. I’m just the founder and I’m looking forward to a greater tomorrow
More opportunity for the youths, spirit of development, promotion, spirit of togetherness, spirit of unity, spirit of teamwork and sportsmanship and also bring them close to education which is 100% important.
Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video
Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has advised Victor Osimhen to leave Serie A champions Napoli.
Napoli mocked Osimhen in a TikTok video posted earlier this week after he missed a penalty in the 0-0 draw at Bologna.
The forward reacted by deleting all of Napoli’s pictures and videos from his social media handles, with his agent threatening to take legal action against the club.
The 24-year-old snubbed a number of his teammates on his arrival at the team hotel ahead of Napoli’s Serie A clash with Udinese on Wednesday.
Commenting on the issue, Oliseh wrote on his X handle:” Forever proud to be Nigerian; One must show personality, work hard & refuse to be intimidated. let Racists and ingrates talk! That’s why they are eternal losers who secretly wish they were created like you! Osimhen needs to leave Napoli as soon as yesterday!!.“
The forward has scored four goals in six league appearances for Rudi Garcia’s side this season.
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Megan Rapinoe’s X account still active, claim of Elon Musk ban is false | Fact check
The claim: Elon Musk banned Megan Rapinoe from X
A Sept. 15 Facebook post claims an outspoken female athlete was banned from a popular social media platform.
“Breaking: Elon Musk Banned Megan Rapinoe From Twitter,” reads the post. “Full story in the first comment.”
It was shared more than 50 times in six days.
Our rating: False
Rapinoe’s account on X, formerly Twitter, was still up as of Sept. 21. The story in the comment below the post claims the supposed ban happened after a back-and-forth exchange between Musk and Rapinoe on X, but there are no records of any such interaction.
No evidence of any X interactions between Rapinoe, Musk
Rapinoe’s X account, a formerly verified account under the handle @MPinoe, was still accessible as of Sept. 21.
A review of archived screenshots of the account did not indicate it had recently been banned.
Though the article linked in the comments claims a ban came after an argument between Rapinoe and Musk on X, there is no evidence of any such exchange. A search of both Musk and Rapinoe’s X accounts found no posts about or to the other.
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Rapinoe is an outspoken advocate for various issues, including race, gender equality and LGBTQ rights. She has referred to herself as a “walking protest” and has knelt during the U.S. national anthem in protest of police brutality, as reported by CNN.
In various X posts, Musk has decried what he calls the “woke mind virus” that he claims is infiltrating institutions such as higher education and the media. He has also criticized what he described as an “anti-American self-destructive element in … elite circles within the U.S.,” Fox News reported.
Musk has banned various users since buying the social media platform in October 2022. They include journalists who tweeted or reported on Musk’s ownership of the company, comedian Kathy Griffin and Kanye West. The accounts have since been reinstated.
USA TODAY has previously debunked claims that Rapinoe stomped on an American flag, that Musk admitted to being a flat earther and that Musk intends to buy Meta.
USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Our fact-check sources:
- Elon Musk, accessed Sept. 20, Xsearch
- Megan Rapinoe, accessed Sept. 20, Xsearch
- Fox News, July 29, Elon Musk shreds elites’ ‘self-destructive’ anti-American attitude: ‘We should be proud’
- CNN, Aug. 8, Trump blames Megan Rapinoe and wokeness for US Women’s World Cup exit
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