SPORT
Nigeria in the past have shown world class athletes in sport from football to track and field rural development of sport has been duties and obligation of the government in the states and local government authorities to develop the game in their, football academy spring up allover the country, many upcoming talent are being discover everyday, most of the stars and industry icon like, Tijani Babangida, Austin Okocha, Kanu Nwako, Ladi Lawal, Celestine Babayaro, Victor Ikpeba with their football academy giving it back to the society, Mobil are discovering more talent in track ad field with the annual track and field event tagged Mobil track and field .aimed at discovering athletes and putting them in proper shape for international tournament like the Olympics .
Nigeria hosted the 1999,Fifa under 20 world youth championship and the All African games in 2003, Fifa under 17 world youth championship coming up in September will be hosted in Nigeria, the nation will be competing as defending champion in the tournament slated for Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna Calabar Bauchi. Ogun. switzerland won this tournament with nigeria the runners up.
POLO
A game that excite me so much is the game of Polo popularly called the game of kings or king of sport it origin can be traced back to Persian gulf or Manipur stake India about 300BC,played by noble aristocrats and its one of the oldest organized sport in the world usually quite expensive to play as you need to afford owing a horse with the game is usually played riding on horse or MOUNT called polo ponies the mount are selected for great speed weighing up to bout 900-1000lbs,the horse amount to 80%of players ability, the equipment MALLET is used to play the ball using the side mallet are made of bamboo canes or poly resins which comes in length of 49-53 inches ,selection is made according to the height of the pony
CHUKKER called period is like the half’s in football you have seven chukker in a game and each player returns on different horse, player may choose to rest a horse for chukker BUMP a player is permitted to ride into another player so as to spoil his /her shot the angle of collision must be slight causing no more than a jar the game as spread all over the world some notable Nigerian like Dawule Baba, Bello Buba, Jamilu Mohammed Albert Esiri, Sayu Dantata, Yinka Akinkugbe Aminu Alhaji Alhaji have associated themselves with the game and has grown popularity with the game all over the world. A player is rated according to the number of the HANDICAPS, which is minus 2 –10.
Nigeria in the past have shown world class athletes in sport from football to track and field rural development of sport has been duties and obligation of the government in the states and local government authorities to develop the game in their, football academy spring up allover the country, many upcoming talent are being discover everyday, most of the stars and industry icon like, Tijani Babangida, Austin Okocha, Kanu Nwako, Ladi Lawal, Celestine Babayaro, Victor Ikpeba with their football academy giving it back to the society, Mobil are discovering more talent in track ad field with the annual track and field event tagged Mobil track and field .aimed at discovering athletes and putting them in proper shape for international tournament like the Olympics .
Nigeria hosted the 1999,Fifa under 20 world youth championship and the All African games in 2003, Fifa under 17 world youth championship coming up in September will be hosted in Nigeria, the nation will be competing as defending champion in the tournament slated for Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna Calabar Bauchi. Ogun. switzerland won this tournament with nigeria the runners up.
POLO
A game that excite me so much is the game of Polo popularly called the game of kings or king of sport it origin can be traced back to Persian gulf or Manipur stake India about 300BC,played by noble aristocrats and its one of the oldest organized sport in the world usually quite expensive to play as you need to afford owing a horse with the game is usually played riding on horse or MOUNT called polo ponies the mount are selected for great speed weighing up to bout 900-1000lbs,the horse amount to 80%of players ability, the equipment MALLET is used to play the ball using the side mallet are made of bamboo canes or poly resins which comes in length of 49-53 inches ,selection is made according to the height of the pony
CHUKKER called period is like the half’s in football you have seven chukker in a game and each player returns on different horse, player may choose to rest a horse for chukker BUMP a player is permitted to ride into another player so as to spoil his /her shot the angle of collision must be slight causing no more than a jar the game as spread all over the world some notable Nigerian like Dawule Baba, Bello Buba, Jamilu Mohammed Albert Esiri, Sayu Dantata, Yinka Akinkugbe Aminu Alhaji Alhaji have associated themselves with the game and has grown popularity with the game all over the world. A player is rated according to the number of the HANDICAPS, which is minus 2 –10.
THE GAME game commences when mounted umpire bowls the ball between the players who line up opposite the game consist of six 7-minute periods called chucker
during which player may change mount. There is a four-minute interval between chukker and a ten-minute half time play is continuous and is only stopped for penalties, broken tack, or injury to horse or player the object is to score GOAL by hitting the ball between goal post no matter how high, a free knock in is allowed for the opposing team when a ball is played wide of the goal from the place where the ball crossed the line, teams change end at each goal to minimize any wind advantage there are two mounted umpires who officiate the game while a referee on the side line makes all the final decision concerning penalties or infraction s of the rules. Crossing the right of a way is one of the most dangerous FOULS in the game and can result into a vital accident, A player following the ball has the right of the way, penalties vary on the degree of the obstruction, it is forbidding to hit across the legs of a pony or above the shoulders a player may spoil another shot by putting his mallet in the way of the striking player not the mount.
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