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Nigeria At The 2015 All-Africa Games
Nigeria participated at the 2015 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. It participated with 573 athletes in 21 sports. Nigeria finished 2nd in the 2015 All-Africa Games medal table. Athletics The following athletes competed for Nigeria in athletics and reached the finals. Badminton The Nigeria national badminton team, Nigerian National Badminton Team placed third, losing 0–3 to Mauritius in the Semifinal. The following athletes/teams medaled for Nigeria. Basketball The Nigeria national basketball team, Men's team placed third after losing 60–61 to Egypt national basketball team, Egypt, and then beating Mali national basketball team, Mali 57–55 in the third place match. The Nigeria women's national basketball team, Women's team placed second after losing 57–73 to Mali women's national basketball team, Mali in the final. Beach volleyball The women's team beat South Africa 2–1 in the Final to claim gold. Boxing Cycling The following athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Olympic Committee
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the National Olympic Committee for Nigeria, responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games. It is also the body responsible for Nigeria's representation at the Commonwealth Games. Leadership The President of the NOC as of 2011 was Sani Ndanusa who had been Minister of Sports from 17 December 2008 to 17 March 2010. Ndanusa first said he aspired to become NOC President when he was Minister of Sports, but in November 2009 the NOC screening committee disqualified him on the basis that documents he had submitted were allegedly "forged, altered and not dated". To be eligible for NOC President a candidate has to have served for four years in an executive position in an international sports federation. The NOC said that Ndanusa had not yet served for four years as vice-president of the Confederation of African Tennis, and alleged that his election as President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation was invalid sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |