Nigeria’s Contingents to the All-Africa Games in Congo departed Abuja from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, on Monday.
A total of 573 contingents would be representing Nigeria at the continental event this year.
To bid them farewell at the airport was the director-general, National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Alhassan Saleh Yakmut, alongside principal officers of federations.
Nigeria would be competing in 21 sporting events.
The Super Falcons will play host team Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire in Group A, while the U-23 boys will take on Ghana and Senegal in the men’s Group B that has been depleted by the withdrawal of Egypt.
The Dream Team, Olympic champions in 1996, will play their first match of the competition on September 9, against Ghana’s Black Meteors, who won Olympic bronze medal in 1992. Hosts Congo-Brazzaville, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Zambia make up the men’s Group A.
The women’s Group B has Cameroon, South Africa and Ghana, also depleted by the withdrawal of Egypt’s senior women team.
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