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9th Zainab Saleh Female tourney kicks off today

Dare Kuti
Last updated: November 2, 2023 3:26 pm
Dare Kuti
Published: November 2, 2023
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The 9th edition of Zainab Saleh International Female Karate Championship commenced today (November 2nd) at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

www.aclsports.com gathered that over 200 athletes registered for the most consistent Karate Female Championship in Africa to be held from 2nd to 5th November, 2023.

According to the founder, Hajiya Zainab Saleh, the tournament will start with the referees course and examination today which is the standard at all African and World tournaments.

She revealed that athletes from other West Africa countries will grace the championship.

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Saleh said, “The referees will be having their courses and examinations today by the member of World Karate Federation (WKF) Referee Commission (7th Dan) who just returned from the World Senior Karate Championship in Budapest, Hungary.

“The referee course will help upgrade most of the referees officiating in the championship”.

“The championship has definitely contributed to the growth of women’s karate in Nigeria because quite a few of our female athletes have been selected for Nigeria’s National Team through this event not to mention one of its participants, an athlete from Benin Republic, who has been a competitor of this Championship from inception has competed at the World level,” she said.

Prizes will be presented to the gold, silver and two bronze medallists in the Kata and Kumite categories across the senior, junior, cadet, U-14 and U-12 (10-11) weight classes after the end of the competition on Saturday, November 4th.

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