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| Some of the participants at the Ligi Ndogo Nyatike tournament |
Matoso youth beat Lidha FC 1-0 as the annual Migori County Ligi Ndogo initiative kicked off at the Matoso stadium, Nyatike yesterday.
In other game splayed,Akado
overcame Cameroon 2-1 during the games, which bring together players under
seventeen in Nyatike district.
The tournament, which is
being organized by the local Ligi Ndogi initiative, as over ten teams taking
part in them among them Aeko FC, Simba FC, Lidha FC, Akodo FC, Nyangere FC, Gor
Gor FC, Lisori FC and Matoso Youngsters FC.
Today, Matoso Youngsters FC
will be battling it out with Akodo FC at the same grounds before Lisori and
Simba also squaring it out at the same tournament.
According to the tournament
organizer Mr. Maurice Ogur, the main aim of the tournament is to promote
academic excellence and fight other vices through sports in the shores of Lake
Victoria.
“We are aiming at developing
sports talents and giving the youths exposure, fighting AIDS spread as well as
early pregnancy and marriages which are common in the area” he said adding that
so far, the talents which have been witnessed in the area were impressive.
The tournament, which kicked
started in 1998 where the under 13 boys took part, has since risen to be an
annual competition where young boys from all over the beaches take part in.
The winners of the tournament
will be awarded with a trophy and uniform.
