The tournament, sponsored by Enoh, the immediate past Minister of Sports Development, drew top players across Nigeria.
Palace led through full-back Daniel Munoz’s fourth-minute goal before Erling Haaland headed City level.
A statement from Kola Daniel, the DG’s media aide, said Olapade made the remarks at the flag-off of the race on Saturday in Abeokuta.
Inter Miami will kick off the tournament against Al Ahly at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on June 15.
The Nigeria Premier Football League has rescheduled the Match Day 16 between Akwa United FC of Uyo and Bendel Insurance FC of Benin to Monday, December 9
At least 56 people have been killed in Guinea and many injured after a mass panic among football fans, the government said on Monday.
Manchester City’s recent woes continued on Sunday evening after Pep Guardiola’s side recorded their sixth consecutive defeats in the Premier League.
Fiorentina confirmed Bove arrived in the emergency room in “stable hemodynamic conditions”.
The game of musical chairs at the top of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) continued on Sunday with Rivers United of Port Harcourt returning to the top spot
FC Carl Zeiss Jena said it was an “unpleasant end” to the game and wished those affected “a good and quick recovery”.
