The two teams representing Lagos State in the football event of the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022 have qualified for the semifinal stage.
Both the male and female teams have booked their respective places in the Round of 4 matches scheduled for Monday.
In the matches played on Saturday at Ogwashi-Uku Stadium in Asaba, the male team beat 2-0, while the female team defeated the hosts 3-1. The women team still have a match to go against Team Gombe on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Team Lagos have raked in more medals on Day 4 of the sports festival with no fewer than 4 gold medals won in a day.
The first gold medal came from golf, scrabble produced the second gold medal came from men’s Master singles of scrabble, deaf female table tennis gave the third gold, while Class 4 to 5 men para table tennis produced the fourth gold medal.
In deaf table tennis women’s doubles, Tokosi Munirat and Jimoh Idayat won gold, silver in the women’s singles from Tokosi Munirat, bronze in the men’s singles from Nwokolobia Peter. The duo of Awosanya Babatunde and Ezekwudo John won bronze in the men’s doubles. There was also mixed doubles silver medal from Nwokolobia Peter, and Jimoh Idayat won Silver.
In para table tenis, Ahmed Koleosho won gold medal in class 3 (men sitting, while Gbemisola Taiwo won silver in Class 4 women sitting. Bronze medal from Ahmed Koleosho and Yusuf Isa in the men’s class 4 and 5 sitting event. Babatunde Suraju and Mustapha Isa won bronze medal in men’s class 6 and 8 standing. Mustapha Isa won bronze medal in the men’s standing class 6 and 7, while another bronze medal was won by Babatunde Suraju in the men’s class 8 standing event.