Spires 5-Aside Season 3 registration now open
Divisional Qualifiers begins in April By Daniel Oyekan The Divisional Qualifiers for the 2026 edition of the Spires 5-Aside Naija Street Soccer Tournament will get underway in April across the
Divisional Qualifiers begins in April
By Daniel Oyekan
The Divisional Qualifiers for the 2026 edition of the Spires 5-Aside Naija Street Soccer Tournament will get underway in April across the five divisions in Lagos State, according to the organisers
Road map for Season 3 was unveiled yesterday at a well-attended briefing in Lagos with significant expansion in players' empowerment beyond the pitch.
To compete at this year’s event, the teams who must be affiliated to the Lagos State Football Association through their respective Divisional Football Association (DFA's) are to register for the tournament via official website (wwwspires5aside.ng)with effect from today, February 18th.
The age restrictions for players have been lifted to expand the scope of participants beyond the ages of 19 years and above.
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The Tech-Meet-Sports initiative, which was introduced in 2025, will be sustained with further collaboration with Tech professionals to train the players on modern skills outside their football career. They include artificial intelligence, machine learning, Coding, Graphics designs, amongst others.
The initiator of the event, Dr. Bankole Allibay, who made his remarks virtually from the United States, said they hope to build on the successes of the previous editions as they continue to improve on the standard of the tournament.
" We excited at the prospect of every editions of the tournament, you can be rest assured that season 3 will surpass what we have done in the past in all ramifications," he said.
The Governance and Environmental expert, further called on brands and corporate organisations to throw their weight behind the event, which has been self-funded since its inception.
Lagos Island based club White Tigers pocketed the sum of N5 million as Champions of the 2025 edition of the tournament.
