By Tony Nezianya
The Team Nigeria will be represented by no fewer than 358 athletes in the 13th All African Games holding in Ghana.
The Games are to run from March 8 to March in multiple cities – Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast.
Nigeria is competing in 25 sports events at the event.
The athletes were accredited at the Delegation Registration Meeting conducted on March 4, 2024.
They are as follows :
1.Arm Wrestling – 15 athletes
2.Athletics – 50
3.Badminton – 12
4.Basketball 3 x 3 – 4 female
5.Beach Volleyball – 4
6.Boxing – 11
7.Chess – 4
8.Cricket – 15
9.Cycling – 12
10.Hockey – 32
11.Football – 40
12.Handball – 14
13.Judo – 10
14.Karate – 14
15.Mixed Marrial Arts – 4
16.Rugvy – 16
17.Scrabble – 8
18.Swimming – 4
19.Table Tennis – 10
20.Taekwondo – 14
21.Tennis – 8
22.Triathlon – 4
23.Volleyball – 24
24.Weightlifting – 12
25.Wrestling – 14
(vitalnewsngr.com)
