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The national netball team – the Green Hawks – continued its gradual progression ahead of full integration into the international comity of netball with a second tune-up match in one week, a game that was played as the headline event of the morning session of the Nigeria Diaspora Multi Sport event held in Hatfield on […]

Former captain of Nigeria’s women’s basketball team D’Tigresses and medical surgeon Dr Sarah Ogoke OLY has been confirmed as the lead at the basketball event of the Nigeria Diaspora Talents Development Committee multi-sports event being held in the UK on Friday July 17 . Dr. Ogoke retired earlier this year after a meritorious international career

AS TEAM NIGERIA DIASPORA NETBALL TEAM PLAYS TUNE-UP MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND IN GLASGOW ON TUESDAY  History will be made on Friday July 17 when a first-of-its-kind multi-sport event showcasing sporting talents of Nigerian descent in the diaspora holds in London. The event slated for the University of Hertfordshire sports centre is organised by the Nigeria

On Friday next week, on the 17th of July, Nigeria will be making a bold statement of intent to the global sport community, showing its intention to use the potential of talent of her people in diaspora to raise the standard of sport in the country. The first ever multi discipline sports meet for diaspora

Exactly ten days away, all roads will lead to the Hertfordshire Sports Village in the United Kingdom…..a complete sports facility in a university – the University of Hertfordshire where we will have a first-of-its-kind gathering of Nigerians, and people of Nigerian descent come together in the name of sport, to showcase their talent, to demonstrate

In an unprecedented move, organisers of the London Youth Games have officially invited Team Nigeria Diaspora to this year’s London Youth Games. The London Youth Games is a staggered event that holds between April and July across different sports and Team Nigeria Diaspora is expected to feature in netball and athletics events slated for June

The emergence of Ambassador Amin Dalhatu as the New High Commissioner of Nigeria in the United Kingdom was welcomed by diplomatic and political audiences as yet another of those political appointments that come out of Nigeria, out of Africa – for the representative of the Nigerian government to come to London, serve his term and

NIGERIAN DIASPORA TALENTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE The NSC Director General Bukola Olopade paid a visit to the home of teenage track sensation Annabelle Fasuba where he stated the desire of the Commission to have as many young athletes in diaspora to continually identify with the Nigeria cause, and come put on the Green and white colours

NIGERIAN DIASPORA TALENTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE PRESS STATEMENT NIGERIAN DIASPORA ATHLETES UPDATE: UK-based Jordan Osanrenren Joel flew the Nigerian flag high at the British International Taekwondo Open last weekend. The British International Open is a globally ranked event that affords athletes the opportunity to get world ranking points and boost qualification towards competitions such as the

NIGERIA DIASPORA TALENTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE GEARS UP FOR NATIONAL INTERMEDIATE GAMES Targets London Youth Games, English School Sports Competitions For Talent Discovery Committee Chairman Dr. Tunde Adelakun The Nigeria Diaspora Talents Development Committee has been set up by the National Sports Commission to help address talent shortage by strengthening the nation’s conveyor belt of talents