94 Athletes to represent Nigeria

A total of 94 athletes will represent Nigeria at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, The PUNCH reports.

This was revealed in a statement signed by the Director, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Manga Mohammed, on Wednesday.

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will present 94 Athletes and 21 accompanying technical personnel who have qualified through several Qualifications competitions Overseas to carry the banner of our Nation to the Games, the statement read.

The Athletes will be accompanied by 21 technical personnel to the Games, which will be held from July 28 to August 8, according to the statement made available to our correspondent.

Nigeria will be participating in nine sports namely athletics, wrestling, judo, para-athletics, boxing, table tennis, para-table tennis, para-powerlifting and weightlifting, with athletics producing the largest contingent 33, followed by wrestling, which has 11.

Both the boxing and weightlifting teams are made up of nine athletes each, while para-powerlifting and table tennis comprise eight players respectively.

The para-table tennis team is made up of seven players, while para-athletics and judo have five and four athletes in their respective teams.

The Athletes currently in training are camped in three cities Lagos, Abuja and Yenagoa.

Athletes representing the country in weightlifting, athletics, boxing and para-athletics are camped in Abuja, while para-table tennis, table tennis, judo and para-powerlifting Athletes are in Lagos.

It was also learned that Team Nigeria will depart for Birmingham on July 22.