The Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) has unveiled the operational timeline for Crew Nigeria’s participation within the 4th Summer season Adolescence Olympic Video games, scheduled to happen in Dakar, Senegal, from 31 October to 13 November 2026.
The Video games, which would be the first Olympic wearing tournament hosted on African soil, will carry in combination younger athletes from internationally, with Crew Nigeria set to compete in six sports activities: athletics, boxing, street biking, swimming, desk tennis and seashore volleyball.
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The Nigerian contingent will start with a 21-day native tenting programme from 9 to 29 October 2026, forward of the group’s departure from Abuja on twenty ninth October.
The tenting programme will function clinical screening, anti-doping schooling, technical and tactical arrangements, equipment becoming, trip documentation and ultimate affirmation of the group’s participation necessities.
Crew Nigeria is predicted to reach in Dakar on thirtieth October for accreditation, lodging and kit tests, technical conferences and familiarisation with pageant venues around the 3 host zones of Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.
The outlet rite will happen on thirty first October on the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, the similar day competitions start in desk tennis and seashore volleyball.
The contest time table will see seashore volleyball and desk tennis lead Nigeria’s marketing campaign from 31 October, with swimming starting on 1st November. Boxing is scheduled for seventh to twelfth November, whilst athletics and street biking will happen on decided on dates between eighth and tenth November.
Seashore volleyball will probably be staged at Saly Seashore West, desk tennis and boxing at Dakar Expo Centre, swimming on the Excursion de l’Œuf advanced, street biking alongside Corniche Ouest and athletics on the Iba Mar Diop Advanced.
The Video games will conclude with the last rite on thirteenth November on the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, and then the Nigerian contingent is predicted to go back to Abuja following the finishing touch of departure formalities and kit reconciliation.
The operational timeline is designed to coordinate Crew Nigeria’s arrangements, trip, accreditation and pageant schedules, whilst making sure that athletes and officers are adequately ready for the calls for of the global wearing tournament.
Nigeria’s participation in Dakar 2026 bureaucracy a part of the rustic’s broader efforts to fortify grassroots sports activities building, nurture rising abilities and determine a pathway for younger athletes to growth to elite global pageant.