Nigeria Olympic Fund to open two training centres early 2017 – Onyali

Mary Onyali, the Executive Director of Nigeria Olympic Fund, on Wednesday said the body plans to open two training centres for kids early next year.
Onyali told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the two centres would be located in Kwara and Kogi States.
Onyali said: “Our focus next year is to set up at least two training centres in the first quarter and kick start operations immediately.
“The centre in Kogi will be named after the late athlete, Sunday Bada; we will accommodate and train kids in these centres for future Olympic events.”
She said weightlifting would be the target sport for the Kwara State centre and would be named after veteran weightlifter, Ruth Ogbeifo.

Wheelchair Tennis national ranking tourney serves off

The 2016 National Wheelchair Ranking Tournament will serve off Thursday in at the National Stadium, Lagos with no fewer than 40 players participating.
Nigeria’s wheelchair tennis head coach, Frank Tarmena, disclosed that the players that have already registered will represent about 20 states.
Tarmena expressed optimism that more players will register for the tournament before it gets underway.
“Registration so far has been average because we are expecting a large number of participants due to the importance of the tournament. Some few more states have notify us that they are on their way to Lagos and because of this we have decided not to extend registration till Thursday morning after which we will commence the draws,” he stated.
Tarmena, who is an ITF Instructor on wheelchair tennis, stated that the players enthusiastic about the tournament as they hope to get a better ranking which will automatically earned them places into the main