Number Of Athletes To Represent Nigeria At 2022 Common Wealth Games Revealed

• Nigerian will be participating in the 2022 Common Wealth games in which 94 athletes will represent the nation
• These athletes are currently camped in Abuja, Lagos and Yenagoa, preparing for the games that will be held in Birmingham
• Mango Mohammed who is the Director of Federal Ministry of Sports stated that the government will support the athletes

94 athletes have been picked to represent Nigeria at the coming 2022 Common Wealth games scheduled to be held in Birmingham as authorities in charge are seriously planning for the event.

The 2022 Common Wealth games will start on 28 July to 8 August and it is expected to be a fun filled competition just like the Olympics.

According to the reports on Punch and and Guardian, Manga Mohammed who is the Director of the Federal Ministry of Sports explained that all plans are on ground for Nigerian athletes to have successful participation.

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Manga Mohammed's statement about Nigerian athletes

“The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will present 94 athletes and 21 accompanying technical personnel that have qualified through several qualifications competitions overseas to carry the banner of our nation to the Games.''

Manga Mohammed added that the athletes will be accompanied by 21 technical personnel to the Games in the United Kingdom.

Nigeria will be participating in nine sports namely athletics, wrestling, judo, para-athletics, boxing, table tennis, para-table tennis, para-powerlifting and weightlifting.

Meanwhile, Nigerian athletes are currently camped in Lagos, Yenagoa and Abuja where they are training ahead of the games.

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Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how hosts Morocco advanced to the semifinals of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

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Despite a tight-looking 2-1 victory over a game Botswana, their quarterfinal win was a relatively comfortable one.

They will now take on African women's football's rising giants Zambia in the first semifinal next Monday.

The other semifinal fixture will be decided after Cameroon and Nigeria, and South Africa and Tunisia collide later tonight in the remaining quarterfinals.

Morocco opened the scoring from a free-kick that was deftly turned in by Sanaa Mssoudy in the third minute.