Izuchukwu OkosiNewly promoted Sporting Lagos earned a 4-2 win over Remo Stars via penalty shootout to win the inuagural edition of the Naija Super 8 title and win the cash prize of N25m.
Sporting Lagos only gained promotion to the Nigeria Premier League few weeks ago after beating Abeokuta Stormers
The regulation time ended 1-1 and the clash went straight into penalty shootout at the fully-packed Mobolaji Johnson Arena Stadium, Onikan on Sunday.
Salaudeen Aliu gave Sporting Lagos the lead in the 52nd minute after the first half ended goalless.
Adams Olamilekan thought he had restored parity for Remo Stars with four minutes to go only for the goal to be chalked off for offside.
The Sky Blue Stars would not give up and their persistency was rewarded with Olamilekan again finding the back of the net in the 93rd minute to send the tie straight into penalty shootout.
The newly-promoted NPL side then won the shootout 4-2 to emerge Champions of the maiden edition of the Naija Super 8 competition.
The Noisy Lagosians as they are fondly called will coast home with a cash prize of N25m, while Remo Stars will be rewarded with N9m.
Remo Stars have now failed to win their first two matches against Sporting Lagos, with the first match ending 2-1 in favour of the Paul Offor-led team.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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