A celebrity all-star game between popular radio station, The Beat 99.9FM and Channel O, was held today at the UNILAG sport's centre auditorium both official partners of ‘The MultiChoice @ 20 All Stars Basketball Challenge’

.The rather short "celebrity" game saw the Channel O team in their black jerseys defeat the Beat 99.9FM team in red. Some members of the Channel O team included M.I, Sound Sultan, comedian Bovi (we've never seen him SO serious) and Ikechukwu . Members of the Beat 99.9FM were urged on by Darey and radio host Olisa to no avail. Others players included Tinsel stars; Gbenro Ajibade and Ghost from Show Dem Camp (SDC), Nanle, Jimmie and Douglas of Beat FM, Skales, Melvin BBA, Steve of JJC, DJ Caise, Lere Awokoya, Karma of Naija Ninja and Blackah of Naija Ninja.Praiz and Gideon Okeke

This was followed by a game between two teams of professional basketballers drawn up from the Nigerian Basketball league.

Also in attendance were DBanj, Tiwa Savage, Beverly Osu of big brother fame and many other celebrities. Basketball lovers and enthusiasts had a great time .

Speaking about the music-themed sporting event, the music channel manager, Leslie Kasumba said “Channel O and MultiChoice are a family and this is a wonderful way to celebrate two decades of excellence in great entertainment, television and sports”

The competition was staged to provide basketball followers, lovers, other stakeholders and sponsors with a weekend of fun-filled action by the leading players (top stars) from the DStv Premier Basketball League. As part of the All Stars Challenge, traditional side attractions such as the Slam Dunk and free throws werestaged to amplify the excitement for fans. Other proud sponsors include; Sports kit company ‘AND1’, Sports channel SuperSport and GOtv.

Indeed DSTV and the other sponsors did a good job to promote the game of basketball today and we wish them all the best.
But it was funny the way Bovi was so serious at least his team won.


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