Four schools have progressed to the semi-finals in the season eight of the Channels National Kids Cup.
In the day’s first quarter-final match, St James Primary School from Osun State beat Lagos representatives, National Primary School Yaba 5-0.
Also through to the last four was Qua-Iboe Primary School from Kogi State which thrashed Jankawa primary school from Nasarawa 5-3 in an entertaining encounter at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos.
LGA Mohammed Kibir from Kaduna and Arinze from Edo also booked their place in the next round after beating Nana primary school and Focal point 1-0 and 2-1 respectively.
The semi-final pairings would see St James take on LGA Mohammed while Qua-Iboe would tackle Arinze.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Sports Reform Committee, Godwin Kienka, has hailed the initiative behind the Channels National Kids Cup.
Another member of the committee, Mary Onyali, said the competition was a model for grassroots development that different sports federations should emulate.
The Sports Reform Committee was set up by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, to restructure sports for effective development.
