Edo Sports Festival: Ikpoba-Okha LGA Tops Table With 240 Medals.
The third edition of the Edo State Sports Festival has come to an end with Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area winning 240 medals, topping the table to emerge first ahead of 17 other local government areas in various competitive games at the festival.
While the third place went to Egor Local Government with 64 gold, 60 silver and 54 bronze, bringing the total medals to 178 to win N1million and a trophy. “This festival was used to select Edo State athletes for the National Sports Festival to be hosted here in our State. The games have sprung surprises producing new talents that were not known before. This is the beginning of the return of sports to Edo State the land of sports.
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