The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) on Monday announced it has met the 28 March deadline for expression of interest to bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, Afrosport reports. Nigeria lost a bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Glasgow, and the West African nation can only commence a formal bid with the backing of its government. A statement released by NOC public relation officer, Tony...
23-year-old Adenike Adjiat Olarinoye has been appointed into Athlete's Commission of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). The Nigerian weightlifter earned the international appointment during the ANOCA forum that took place in the Algerian capital city of Algiers. ANOCA is the international body that unities the 54 National Olympic Committees of Africa, with headquarters in Abuja. In July 2022, Olarinoye won Nigeria's first...
Team Nigeria has emerged as the first African team to qualify for the curling event of the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics. Nigeria was the only African team that participated in the World Junior B Curling Championship in Finland. The President of the Nigeria Curling Federation, Daniel Damola confirmed the country’s qualification for both the mixed and mixed doubles events at the competition. The president congratulates the...
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