NAN-S-10
Sports
By Dorcas Jonah
Abuja, April 28, 2017 (NAN) the Traditional Sports Federation of Nigeria (TSFN) has invited 10 athletes for the eight ECOWAS Wrestling tournaments in Senegal.
The federation’s Secretary, Etim Udokang, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said the senior men’s team was currently in open camp in Bayelsa.
Udokang said that Nigeria currently ranked No. 3 in the region, would strive to improve on the ranking at the tournament holding in Dakar, Senegal from May 12 to May 14.
“The tournament is an annual event that is supported by the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Centre.
“We are preparing and hope to leave in two weeks time.
“Ten athletes were invited to camp but we hope to select five, a coach and three officials for the tournament.
“Preparation is on for the tournament. We have been preparing before the invitation came since it is an annual event in our calendar,’’ he said.
Udokang said the first trial was conducted last week but the final one would hold on Saturday.
He added that the country would feature in five categories at the tournament and listed them as 66kg, 76kg, 86kg, -100kg and +100kg.
Udokang said that the country was the best in these categories it entered for and expressed the hope that Nigeria would surpass the host country Senegal that were always number one.
“With our preparation this time, I am expecting that we will get the first position,’’ he said. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)