One of the nation’s most glamorous polo trophies, the Georgian Cup, will return to the highbrow Kaduna Polo Club at the 2025 Kaduna International Polo tournament.

Sponsored by First Bank, the much sought-after Cup will feature top-rated polo professionals drawn from across the globe.

The competition, which gallops off this weekend, will feature some of the best hitters in the game, including four-goaler Bello Buba, who will lead such excellent home-based riders as Bashir Dantata and Abdulmalik Gbadamosi to the tournament.

Imports, Argentine Tolito Ocampo and Silvestre Donovan, will add colour to the weeklong polo fiesta.

Expectedly, Georgian Cup serial winner, Kaduna’s El-Amin, owned by Mohammed Babangida, seems poised for another winning run. Babangida has won the Georgian Cup for a record 16 times. He won it 15 times with El-Amin and once with Kaduna Kakuri.

Other teams at the fiesta are the Fifth Chuka polo team of Adamu Attah, also a former winner, Kaduna Kangimi, 2023 champion and Abuja Rubicon of Hadi Sirika, among others.

Apart from the history-making high-goal Georgian Cup, other cups to be competed for include Emir of Katsina Cup (Medium Goal) and Imani Cup (Low Goal), as well as other selected low cups.