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Abiodun Adegoke (born 1998/1999) is a Nigerian amateur basketball player who is notable for being one of the tallest amateur basketball player. Referred to as "Big Naija", Adegoke's age is of controversy as a news report stated his age as 17 and 2.18 meters tall in the year 2016, so according to that information he is 23 or 24 years old as of 2022.
By doing so Ajagba qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [7] In the first round Ajagba beat Ugandan Michael Sekamembe on points, [ 8 ] he defeated Tunisian boxer Aymen Trabelsi in the semifinal to secure his qualification, [ 9 ] then in the final he beat Mohamed Arjaoui of Morocco. [ 10 ]
It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
Nigeria first contingent participation was in 1950 Commonwealth Games, 1952 Olympics in Finland and 1965 All African Games in Brazzaville, Congo National Sports Council was established in 1962, as a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Labour
Born in the United States, he competes internationally for Nigeria. He is the 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver medalist and reigning African Champion in the shot put. [2] He is also the 2019 African Games Champion and the reigning Nigerian National Sports Festival Champion.
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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee , Rugby Africa and World Rugby . The NRFF is constituted with a democratic board headed by President; Ademola Are and Vice President; AIG Aliyu Abubakar (Rtd) who have been elected to run the affairs ...
In the early 1990s, Scrabble was made an official sport in Nigeria; by the end of 2017, there were around 4,000 players in more than 100 clubs in the country. [336] In 2018, the Nigerian Curling Federation was established to introduce a new sport to the country in order to make the game part of the curriculum at the elementary, high school, and ...