Without football, since both men and female national teams failed to qualify for the games in the Asian country, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has expressed its resolve to ensure that Team Nigeria will take part in at least 11 sports in Japan.
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The minister, while inaugurating the committee in his office in Abuja, urged members to ensure a hitchfree participation at the games.
The AFN president told newsmen in Abuja that 12 athletes have since qualified for the Tokyo Games and AFN was going to begin their preparation with camping and other training programmes.
Nigeria’s senior women, Super Falcons, continue the pursuit of a ticket to the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics when they fly to Abidjan, capital city of Cote d’Ivoire, on Tuesday, ahead of a second round, first leg clash with their Ivorian counterparts on Thursday.
The battle between the bigwigs in African table tennis brought out the best in Nigeria and Egypt at the 12th African Games with Egypt securing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tickets in the men and women events after emerging as the continental champions.
The delegation of Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, to next week’s 2020 Olympics qualifying match against the Senior Women National Team of Algeria will depart Nigeria on Saturday.
Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation, disclosed on Thursday in a statement.
Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said in a statement that the programme was part of the team’s preparations for their upcoming clash with Algeria in the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers.
The new models include robots based on Tokyo 2020 mascots Miraitowa and Someity and developed by Toyota Motor Corporation.
Medalists at next year’s Summer Olympics will stand on podiums made from recycled plastic waste collected from local households or the ocean, Tokyo 2020 organizers said on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, engineers raised a massive timber roof section, one of five curved sections that will top out the 20.5 billion yen ($180 million) building, which designers describe as being shaped like a wooden bowl.
WBSC said the first opportunity to qualify for the six-team Olympic baseball tournament will come up at the 2019 Premier 12, which is its flagship event.
Dogara, who took stock of Nigeria’s outing at the just concluded Rio Olympic games in Brazil, said the country should learn to embark on early preparation ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games in Japan