…Top entertainers Arukwe, Wanni x Wandi energize event
The maiden edition of the Tiger Street Football Tournament ends at the NewBerries Lounge, Peoples Club by Y-Junction, Okpuno Awka, October 25, 2025, with significant success in discovery of hundreds of raw talents at the event.
The Awka leg of the Tiger Street Football Tournament opened with public trials on October 12, drawing dozens of non-professional players.The competition opened with Round of 16 for the eligible teams, while the Quarter-finals held on October 18 and 19, respectively at COD Arena, where four teams – Sunday Sparks, Peace Warriors, Peace Dominion and Peace Ambassadors advanced to the semi-finals.
At the quarter-finals, Sunday Sparks walloped Young Stars FC 3–0 while Peace Warriors beat Star Boys FC 2–1. I the other match, Peace Dominion narrowly defeated Super Strikers 1–0, while Peace Ambassadors over-powered Mgbakwu Pillars 2–1 to complete the semi-final lineup.
In the semi-finals scheduled for Saturday, October 25, Sunday Sparks face Peace Warriors, and Peace Dominion take on Peace Ambassadors.
The stakes are high and tempting as the organizers have lined up consolation prizes, with ₦5 million reserved for the winning team, ₦3 million for second place, and ₦1 million each for third and fourth place.
The Tiger Street Football Tournament is bespoke with the fusion of football and performance culture, and features Nigerian ace rapper Jeriq alongside Uzor Arukwe, the award-winning actor and live host of the set, “Uncaged Experience.”
Also on ground for the half-time, post-match thrills and frills of the Tiger Street Football Tournament are energy-music and dance sensational twins and BBN 2025 sensation, Wanni x Handi, DJ Snow, DJ Skyblisz and DJ Kay.y and hypeman energy led by Twix Da JIMs and Slymshady.
Addressing journalists on the sideline of the event, Spokesperson and portfolio manager of Tiger Premium brands, Maria Shaddeko observed that the Tournament offers more than just a stage for goals and glory of the competition, but provides friendly atmosphere, live entertainment and cultural tourism experiences and fun to the street.
Shaddeko said the Tournament is designed to ignite the fearless, uncaged energy of young, non-professional Nigerians and celebrate their raw unfiltered love for football.
According to her, the Tournament aims to spotlight Tiger Beer’s contributions in providing a platform to hunt and expose talented players to limelight and next set of football stars.
The spokesperson hinted that the innovative Tiger Street Football Tournament sponsored by the Premium Tiger Lager Beer focuses on the raw talents of the players to horn their skills and tell their stories based on post-match analyses with emphasis on their positional beyond the street football.
