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Sports Commission Come Alive Soon
January 10, 2005
Nigerian Team Due Wednesday, 25-Men On Board
With just few more days for spectacular basketball action at the
open-air sports commission on Broad Street, there are reports that one
of Nigeria's most glamorous basketball team, Union Bank, is due in the
country on Wednesday with 25 men delegations.
Making the disclosed to The Analyst's sports desk over the weekend,
LBF Secretary General, Fred Pratt, said all was set for the arrival of
Union Bank of Nigeria for the crucial international friendly
basketball encounters with some of the top premier clubs in the
country.
Mr. Pratt said the team was coming in with a 25-men delegation and
will be lodged at the Kailando Guest House on the Old Road.
According to him, the team would be in the country for at least one
week and will play several friendly matches with top premiere clubs.
The LBF chief scribe further disclosed that the five premiere clubs,
which are expected to participate in the weeklong competition, include
the Invincible Eleven (I.E), Mighty Barrolle, Uhuru Kings, sensational
LPRC-Oilers and the deadly NPA-Pythons.
He said that the five teams would each engage the visitors, with the
Invincible Eleven welcoming Union Bank on Friday in the only match of
the day.
Already, the reports say Union Bank has attached serious importance to
the their friendly matches with Liberian basketball teams.
A Union Bank official was quoted as saying that they are coming to
Liberia for a good fight.
The warding by the Nigerian team has drew the attention of many
basketball lovers, who have anxiously waiting to see what the visitors
are made of as they meet there Liberian.
At the same time there are reports that the Liberian teams have begun
intensive preparations and have moved to champ in order to put up a
good fight at ahead of the competition.
Meanwhile renovation work at the Sports Commission, which began a week
ago, said to be closed to completion ahead of the international
competition.
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