As the 2025 FISU Games Trials continues in the Tin-City of Jos with University Athletes showing prowess on the tables; many have attributed their performances to the serenity of the town coupled with the friendly nature of the indigenes.
Continuing from where they stopped on Day 1, many came out smoking on Day 2 with a view to becoming another Atanda Musa’s, Bose Kaffo’s and Funke Osinaike’s of this world.
Picking up her bats Rofiath Jimoh LASU wasted no time in despatching Rosemary Babalola, Ilesha,3-0, even as Gad Gambo, DutsinMa, had a better of Abdulbasit Yusuf,UniAbuja,3-0. Also, Musa Audu, Unijos, showed class over Daniel Ubong Samuel of FUTMinna, 3-0; as Omotosho Ifeoluwa,LASU defeated her counterpart, Grace Bukola David from ABU,3-0; with Goodness Usang, Unical, losing to Ibrahim Elizabeth of UI,3-0.
As the day progresses other matches went down:
- Daniel Ubong Samuel,FUTMinna,3-2 Mwadu Caleb,FULokoja; Oluchi Amah, UniCal, 3-0 Mutiat Mustapha Boluwatife, Ilesha; Prosper Obasuyi, UniBen, 3-1 Afolabi Jimoh,FUTA; Anointing Moses,NDU 3-0 Musa Audu; Mohammed Ajape, UniMaid, 3-0 Gad Gambo DutsinMa; Owolabi Ojo, UniAbuja 3-0 Mwadu Caleb,Lokoja; Mohammed Ajape, UniMaid, 3-0 Abdulbasit Yusuf, UniAbuja; Abdulsalam Abdul Qudus, KASU, 3-0 Adeleke Ayomide,Ilesha; Farouk Hussain, Al-Hikmah, 3-0 Chibuba Samuel,UNN.
Also, Udeh Roberts, ESUT, 3-0 Okafor Favour, UNN; Prosper Obasuyi, UniBen, 3-0 Gad Gambo,DutsinMa; Musa Audu,Unijos, 3-0 Mwadu Caleb,Lokoja; Abubakar Abdulsalam,ABU, 3-0 Onu Fortune,FUTMinna; Ibrahim Elizabeth,UI, 3-0 Comfort Dayo, Lokoja; Akinduro Gabriel,FUTA,3-1 Favour Akomolafe; Hope Udoka, BIU,3-0 Sochima Cynthia,Alex Ekw; Jimoh Rofiath,LASU,3-1 Oluchi Amah, UniCal; John Matthew,BIU,3-0 Benson Elohor; Owolabi Ojo,UniAbuja,3-0 Daniel Ubong,FUTMinna; Akinduro Gabriel,FUTA, 3-0 Daniel Ibikema,Alex Ekw.; Sochima Cynthia, Alex Ekw, 3-0 Comfort David, Lokoja; Hope Udoka, BIU, 3-0 Ibrahim Elizabeth,UI; Musa Yakubu,UniMaid,3-0 Chibuba Samuel,UNN.
Adeleke Ayomide,Ilesha,3-0 Favour Okafor,UNN; Blessing Jacob,NDU, 3-0 Nwafor Ozioma; Anointing Moses,NDU,3-0 Mwadu Caleb,Lokoja; Favour Akomolafe,Unijos,3-2 Olaniyan Fawaz, Unilag; Al-Mustapha Adamu, Al-Hikmah,3-2 Onu Fortune,FUTMinna; Prosper Obasuyi,UniBen 3-0 Mohammed Ajape,UniMaid; Hope Udoka,BIU, 3-0 Comfort David; Zainab Surmer,LASU,3-0 Adili Chinaza,ESUT; Ibrahim Elizabeth,UI,3-1 Sochima Cynthia, Alex Ekw.; Afolabi Timothy, FUTA, 3-0 Abdulbasit Yusuf, UniAbuja; Omotosho Ifeoluwa, LASU, 3-0 Adili Chinaza, ESUT; Zainab Surmer,LASU, 3-2 Grace Bukola, ABU and finally, Mustapha Boluwatife,LASU,3-0 Babalola Rosemary, Ilesha.
Actions continues in the quarter finals at the Ladi Musa Indoor Sports Hall, Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos.
Credit:Nathaniel Mobolade,Jos, For SSI Media.
