Joy Sport FC wins 18th Wesley 7-a-side football tournament

*Yusuf Alanamu gets scholarship award

Joy Sport Football Club yesterday, Sunday August 3rd, 2025, defeated Ga’a Akanbi Football Club 3-1 to win the 18gh edition of Wesley 7-a-side football competition.

The final match was decided at Wesley LGEA School, and 48 clubs competed in this year’s edition.

Ga’a Akanbi FC drew the first blood in the early part of first half, and efforts to increase the tally wasn’t successful. They however, conceded three goals in the second half of the highly explosive and action packed encounter, witnessed by massive crowd of spectators.

Arowoiyabuna Football Club defeated Peace FC 3-0 to win the third place match.

Shola Sulaiman of Joy Sport FC, known as De Lima scored eight goals to emerge the Highest Goal Scorer, while Waris Rauf of Ga’a Akanbi FC was picked as the Most Valuable Player of the competition.

The competition was staged in honour of Alhaji AbdulRazaq Elemosho Baba Alakuko, the Kìnnìún Adini, who sponsored this year’s edition.

In the message by the organiser, Moshood Best, read by Master Yusuf Alanamu, who was later given scholarship up to the University level by Engr. Bolakale Kawu, they praised the Dan Iya Ngeri’s contributions towards humanity and sports development.

“You have continued to impact and touch so many lives with your hard earned money. The younger generation has seen and witnessed your kindness and mercies to people of Kwara state and it’s environs”, they averred.

Engr. Bolakale Kawu and Alhaji AbdulRazaq Elemosho were given special awards for their contributions to the success of the competition. Also recognised are Alhaji Mujeeb Erubu and Alhaji Tunde Mohammed.