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Athletes
By Olayinka Owolewa
Ilorin, Sept. 22, 2016 (NAN) A total of 104 athletes will represent Kwara at the National Youth Games being hosted by the University of Ilorin, the state’s Director of Sports, Tunde Kazeem, said on Thursday.
Kazeem, who addressed the athletes at the State Sports Council premises before departing for the competition’s Games Village, charged them to win laurels and be good ambassadors of the state.
“Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed is expecting nothing but victory from you, and there is therefore the need for you to raise your game,’’ he said.
The Director of Sports also urged them to avoid any act capable of tarnishing their image or that of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwara athletes will compete in events in athletics, badminton, table tennis, tennis, para-table tennis, karate, taekwondo, judo and cricket.(NAN)
(Edited and Controlled by Olawale Alabi)