Adeyinka Samuel
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The Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) has dispatched a team to monitor the 2024 Men’s Junior Epee Fencing World Cup, scheduled to hold from December 14 to 15 at Charterhouse Lagos.
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Some of the best fencing countries in the world, including the United States, Greece, Hong Kong, and Egypt are among the countries already confirmed for the 2024 Men’s Junior Enpee World Cup scheduled to be held at the Charterhouse Lagos, on December 14 and 15.
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President of the Nigerian Fencing Federation (NFF), Adeyinka Samuel, has described the N40 million donated by Absolute Fencing to aid the country’s preparation to host the 2024 Junior Epee World Cup as a big boost to his body’s plan to organise a world-class event.
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Fencing is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The sport, which narrowly failed to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics, losing in the final qualifying hurdle to African giants, Egypt and Tunisia, has been on a grassroots development programme that has seen it producing talented young fencers in recent years.
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