Los Angeles Olympics
25 Jan
To avoid a repeat of the past failures at the Olympic Games, the Federal Government has started moves to ensure that Nigerian athletes are better prepared to vie for laurels at the Los Angeles 2028 edition of the Games, chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Shehu Dikko, has said.
22 Jan
The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elite Athletes Development and Podium Board of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Yusuf Ali, has declared that the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will be a major test of how much the board’s effectiveness has gone.
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The Paris 2024 Olympic Games was supposed to witness Nigeria’s best performance since the 1996 edition, where the country won two gold medals and a few silver and bronze medals.
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