Obasa Games 2025: District Champions Battle For Final Round In Agege

Obasa Games 2025 District Champions Battle For Final Round In Agege

Ibrahim Lateef

Champions from the six educational districts in Lagos State from various sporting activities at the ongoing Obasa Games 2025 converged today in Agege as they battle for the final round of the event, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

The knockout round of the third edition of the grassroots sporting event for children within the age bracket of 15-18 aimed to discover new talents in Football, Boxing, Athletics, Scrabble, Table Tennis, Chess and Ayo Olopon that will represent Lagos State and Nigeria began today at the Agege Stadium.

About 12,000 students were drawn from the various secondary schools from the six educational districts in the State to participate in this year’s Sport Fiesta tagged from the street to stardom.

Speaking to the press during the knockout round at Agege, the Chairman Local Organising Committee, Moshood Ajibola expressed his excitement with the level of the display from the participants at levels claiming they beat his imagination with their performances.

"I'm so impressed with what I have seen so far from the kids from Football, Boxing, Table Tennis, Scrabble, Athletics, Chess and Ayo Olopon.

 "The Obasa Games is a platform to discover the emerging talents from grassroots and our joy as organisers is to see these young lads move on from here to either represent Lagos State at Sports Festivals or Nigeria at various international competitions," he said.

The Obasa Games is a multi sports fiesta event put together by Kings Sports International annually to honour the Speaker, of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.

The 2025 edition of Obasa Games, which is expected to come to an end on Saturday, December 13, will see the winners from the seven sports including football sharing the ₦12 million prizes.