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West Ham sign first African partnership with Nigerian club
- Updated: August 20, 2016
Nigerian side FC Ifeanyi Ubah
English Premier League club West Ham have announced an agreement with Nigerian side FC Ifeanyi Ubah to become their first African partner.
Based in Nnewi, Anambra State, and currently competing in Nigeria’s top-flight league, FC Ifeanyi Ubah are to become the Hammers’ Official Nigerian Football Club Partner, the English club announced.
The two clubs will work on a number of projects – led by FC Ifeanyi Ubah – from coaching initiatives to establishing grass roots football programmes in Nigeria, all with a view to improving the standard of football across the region.
“This ground-breaking partnership serves to further emphasize our growing international profile, bringing the famous West Ham United name to Africa for the first time in a partnership context,” West Ham United …
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