Nigeria’S United Kingdom-based tennis umpire, Emeka Achusiogu, is facilitating a national junior tournament in honour of his late friend, Larry Adenekan, who passed away in January, last year. The national tournament is an open event for U-18 players, who are only required to register to attend the competition and get set to play against others in their age category when the games commence. Achusiogu said the competition, billed to hold inside the tennis section of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, is slated for other regions of the country later in the year. We want to inculcate the habit of entering into a tournament and not anyone just strolling into it. “There’s hospitality for the players, we are housing them and there is the issue of logistics too, which would be ready before the tournament starts.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2022 02:45 UTC