Sack Gernot Rohr now to salvage Super Eagles, Omokaro tells NFF
Lagos International Badminton Classics serves off tomorrow
FORMER Nigerian international, Bright Omokaro has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to sack Super Eagles’ Manager, Gernot Rohr if they desired to see the national team grow into a formidable side.
Speaking with The Guardian on Sunday, Omokaro said the Eagles’ boss lacked the technical ability to read games and select players without senti
PLAYERS from about 34 countries including hosts, Nigeria are expected to compete for the $25,000 prize money in the fifth edition of the Lagos International Badminton Classics, which serves off tomorrow at the indoor sports hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The five-day African championship is slated to end on Saturday, July 27.
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He wondered why the federation would still be seeking to retain a coach who could not change the format of a game when it mattered most in the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 AFCON.
Omokaro also expressed concerns over Rohr’s dependence on overseasbased players, saying it has negatively impacted the development of the Badminton World Federation in conjunction with the Nigeria Badminton Federation organised a two-day course for the umpires ahead of the championship to update them and assist the officiating officials, who wish to become international umpires.
According to the organisers, the course became pertinent because the success of the tournament depended largely on the umpires, Nigerian league.
He said Nigeria needed a credible domestic coach to lead the Super Eagles, pointing at the successes recorded by some of the local coaches with the junior national teams.
“I am surprised that the NFF still want to retain Rohr and even send him on a refresher course abroad. This coach cannot read a game and select the right players that would give him good who were expected to show fair judgment, good management and situation control.
While explaining the role of the umpires, the officials of the Badminton World Federation, Carrel Julie Carrel and Jozef Kuprivec, stated that the governing body places great premium on the Lagos Badminton Classics and the course to ensure that the country benefited from hosting the international results.
“Based on his performance at the 2018 World Cup and AFCON, he deserves to be driven from the team, sack is an understatement. “I heard the NFF said there is a particular large sum of money they would pay him if they sacked the coach… this shows the federation knew that issues like this would come up. This is one of the things that take place in the federation,” he said. championship.
Twenty-four umpires picked from different parts of the country took part in the course, while six of them were from Lagos State.
The Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Oluwatoyin Gafaar said the knowledge gained would help the officials to do their job better, adding that Lagos was ready to host another successful tournament.
EDO State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has charged the state’s female football team, Edo Queens to be good ambassadors of the state, as they engage their Lagos counterparts, Dream Stars at the Agege Stadium tomorrow in their first away women football league game. Addressing the team in Benin, Shaibu said Governor Obaseki and his entire crew were looking up to the girls to do the state proud, adding that the only way to make gov
ernment happy is to be good ambassadors of the state by making sure that the 2018/2019 Nigeria Women Football League title came to Edo State. “We are very proud of you girls, and we are also very confident that you will do the state proud by winning the female league title for us. You are all witnesses to the fact that this present governor has invested so much in sports development in the state.
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