Nineteen teams will participate in this year’s Winners Golden Bet/Lagos SWAN Cup starting tomorrow at the Legacy pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Chairman of the 2016 Sports Committee, Debo Oshundun, made this known on Tuesday at a Press Conference/Draws held at the multipurpose hall of the association.
Speaking at the event, Debo revealed that the 2016 edition will be bigger and better with Zenith Sports and FC IfeanyiUbah all willing to support Winners Golden Bet as partners.
According to event schedule, the first day will witness an opening game between the Lagos SWAN Veterans and Lagos State Sports Commission team to be led by its Chairman, Deji Tinubu, with group matches expected to commence on Monday, July 25.
He further explained that, “For this year’s event, we will be having a comprehensive medical check-up for all members and the stadium community. This initiative was facilitated by Dr Labake Coker and will be handled by Laba Care International Medical Mission, New Jersey, United States.”
At the brief ceremony witnessed by representative of Winners Golden Bet, Femi Junaid, the chairman of the LOC stressed that Laba Care International has promised to carry out a compulsory check up on all participating teams and SWAN members with free drugs given.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Technical Committee of the tournament, Wale Joseph presided over the draws which saw Complete Sports, Inspiration FM, Unilag FM, Galaxy TV and Brila FM paired in Group A.
Defending champion, Sportsvision will start their title defence against former silver medalist, New Fan Zone, debutant Goal.com Nigeria, Top Radio and Silverbird TV.
It will be a battle between 2 federal government media outfits, Voice of Nigeria and News Agency of Nigeria in Group B against New Telegraph and SuperSport.
Cool FM, Lagos Television, NTA and TV Continental will slug it out in Group D.
