Athletics in Nigeria recorded its best moment in 2022. From the country’s participation at the World Championship in Oregon, USA, to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, it was an unforgettable year for the country.
Amusan and Brume will lead Nigeria’s quest for medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which begins…today
Amusan, a former footballer from Ogun State, will be proud of her unprecedented feat in 2022 despite failing to claim the global accolade of World Female Athlete of the Year, which was won by America’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Brume was Nigeria’s only medallist at the World Indoor Championship in Belgrade, where she leapt to a Season Best of 6.85m to win the silver medal. Doing this, she became Nigeria’s first World Indoor medallist in 14 years since Olusoji Fasuba last won the 60m title in 2008.
The failure to qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup was a major talking point on how the nation’s football deteriorated in 2022. After qualifying for the last three editions of the FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2014 and 2018, many football-loving Nigerians were optimistic that the Super Eagles would join the party to Qatar, which hosted the first World Cup in the middle East.
After a 0-0 draw in the first leg in Cape Coast, Ghana, Eguavoen and ‘the gang’ played out a 1-1 draw in Abuja, thereby, losing the World Cup ticket on away goal rule, having failed to score in Cape Coast.THE last edition of the African Nations Cup held between January 9 and February 6, 2022, in Cameroun. Coach Gernot Rohr qualified the Super Eagles for the tournament by winning four matches and drawing two in their group that had Sierra Leone, Benin Republic and Lesotho.
But the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia ‘cut’ Nigeria’s ticket in the round of 16 after handing 1-0 defeat to the flat-footed Super Eagles, an outing described as worst-ever performance for the nation at the AFCON.BEFORE the Super Falcons journey to Morocco for the 2022 CAF Women’s Nations Cup between July 2 and 23, Nigeria was the most successful nation in Africa. But the nation’s history and reputation in women football was rubbished in Morocco.
The Super Falcons booked the ticket to Morocco 2022 as champions of Africa, and having won 11 out of 14 editions of AWCON. Signs that all was not well with the Super Falcons appeared, when the team finished second in a group that had South Africa, Botswana and Burundi.
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