The Nigerian Books of Record Research Institute, Abuja, honours the creator of Ikemidcell P.bll Sport, Jomoh Ikem Igbinosu.
Nigerian Book of Records is the official Books of Record of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; conceive by the Institute to drive attitudinal re-orientation, ‘Change Begins With Me Campaign’ of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Abuja.
Ikmidcell P.bll Sport includes Indoor play and Pitch Play, which involves a combination of sports such as wrestling, judo, handball and huddles, where two teams made up of six players and two reserves try to outscore each other by shooting with a ball.
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A round object, mostly tyre, hanged at a corner, is used as a goal post.
The Indoor play edition of the Ikemidcell P.bll World championship, however, saw Nigeria female team lost 2-1 to their counterpart from Ghana.
Team Nigeria forward, John Franklin commended the organizers for their efforts in ensuring that the game grows in the country.
“P.bll has a great future in Nigeria. We can see from the outcome of this game the P.bll has come to stay here. It is going to be one of the best games in the world,” he said.
Ikmidcell P.bll Sport made its debut in Nigeria with an exhibition match at the Police College in Ikeja last year was followed by an international friendly between Nigeria and Germany in Ikorodu, Lagos.
