Aiteo Cup: Rivers Angels, Nasarawa Amazon To Fight For N10m On Sunday


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Aiteo Cup: Rivers Angels, Nasarawa Amazons To Fight For N10m On Sunday

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The 2019 Aiteo Cup women finalists Rivers United and Nasarawa Amazon

are to battle themselves on Sunday for the title and the winner to pocket Ten million naira (N10 million), BSNSports.com.ng can report.

The final matches of the men and women competitions of the 2019 AITEO Cup will take place at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Sunday.

In the women’s final, Cup holders Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt will clash with Nasarawa Amazons of Lafia in a match that kicks off at 2pm, according to a statement from the NFF.

Angels have maintained a vice grip on the women’s trophy of the women’s competition, having won eight of the past nine editions, with only Sunshine Queens of Akure (2015) breaking their streak.

Ibom Angels, from Uyo, were going to make it a third successive final against Rivers Angels, before losing to Nasarawa Amazons in the semi finals, paving the way for the 2005 champions to constitute the opposition to Rivers Angels on Sunday.

At stake are prize monies of N25 million for the winner of the men’s competition and N10 million for the winner of the women’s competition. The runner –up for the men’s competition will pocket N10 million, with the runner –up for the women’s event going home with N5 million.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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