Unmissable Incentives Limited, the organisers of the Nigerian Sports Award, has charged the Nigerian contingent to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, billed to hold between July 23 and August 3, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, to give their all and bring home as many gold medals as possible.
Kayode Idowu, the General Manager of Unmissable Incentives Limited, disclosed that Nigerians have great expectations from Blessing Okagbare and other Nigerian athletes at the competition after the not too impressive performance of the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the just concluded World Cup.
”After the lacklustre performance of our Football team at the World Cup, Nigerians have now turned their attention to the 2014 Commonwealth Games with high hopes that our athletes will do us proud by giving a good account of themselves,” Idowu said.
Idowu stressed that Nigeria has good track records in athletics, boxing, table tennis, weightlifting and paralympics, having won several laurels at not only the African Games and the Commonwealth Games but also at the Olympics.
He declared that the preparation put in place by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, the coaching crew and the athletes for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is unprecedented and a clear indication that the country is poised for success at the Games.
He said: “I must admit that the Athletics Federation of Nigeria has really raised the bar with good planning and preparation for this competition.
“At least for the first time in our history, we have a robust and well thought out programme and as such we expect the best.”
Nigerian athletes will be competing for honours in different sports including athletics, boxing, table tennis, weightlifting, shooting, Wrestling, power-lifting and paralympics.
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