Organizers of National Sports Festival have agreed to accommodate 32 different sports in its Extra-Ordinary meeting of the National Council on Sports.
Sports247.ng reliably gathers from the decision reached thus
“A maximum of 32 sports shall feature at the Festival (27 compulsory and 5 optional) This is in line with practices obtainable in the organization of major International Games i.e. Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Continental Games etc. It is to reduce the burden of hosting, organizing and participating in the festival.
The compulsory sports were selected based on;
-Popularity of the sport in the 36 states and FCT
-State entries in the sport in previous Festivals
-Standard of Nigeria’s participation in the sport at the International level.
Compulsory sports
1. Athletics
2. Badminton
3. Basketball
4. Beach Volleyball
5. Boxing
6. Chess
7.Cycling
8. Football
9. Gymnastics
10. Handball
11. Hockey
12. Judo
13.karate
14. Kickboxing
15. Kung-fu
16. Para- Athletics
17. Para- Powerlifting
18. Para- Table Tennis
19. Scrabble
20. Squash
21. Swimming
22. Table Tennis
23. Tennis
24. Taekwondo
25. Volleyball ( Indoor)
26. Weightlifting
27. Wrestling
OPTIONAL SPORTS
1. Amputee Football
2. Canoeing
3. Cricket
4. Darts
5. Deaf sports ( male and female sprint event in Athletics.
6. Fives
7. Golf
8. Para Shooting
9. Para Soccer
10. Para Swimming
11. Para Taekwondo
12. Rowing
13. Rugby
14. Sailing
15. Shooting
16. Sitting volleyball
17. Traditional boxing (Dambe)
18. Traditional sport ( Abuja)
19. Traditional Sport ( Ayo)
20. Traditional Sport ( Langa)
21. Traditional Wrestling ( Kokawa)
22. Wheelchair Basketball
23. Wheelchair Tennis
24. Yachting.
Delta State won the last edition hosted by FCT Abuja tagged Abuja 2018
