{"id":160325,"date":"2025-04-24T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/npfl-sunshine-stars-will-fight-for-survival-afolabi"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:16:32","slug":"npfl-sunshine-stars-will-fight-for-survival-afolabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/npfl-sunshine-stars-will-fight-for-survival-afolabi","title":{"rendered":"NPFL: Sunshine Stars will fight for survival \u2013 Afolabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Sunshine Stars are firmly focused on maintaining their top-flight status, DAILY POST reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Owena Waves currently occupy 19th position on the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL table.<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Stars\u2019 media officer, Isaac Afolabi, said the team won\u2019t give up in their fight against relegation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, it was not what we aimed to get from the game against Rivers United, the players were determined only to concede a goal in the 86th minute,\u201d Afolabi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a team, we are determined to fight till the end of the season, approach the game one after the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Bala Abubakar\u2019s side will lock horns with Katsina United this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Sunshine Stars are firmly focused on maintaining their top-flight status, DAILY POST reports. The Owena Waves currently occupy 19th position on the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL table. 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