2024: Sighs And Hisses In Sports
Another year bursts the dust
A poisonous cocktail of poor talent management and shambolic preparations in spite adequate funding ensured that Nigeria became the butt of jokes on the world stage.
With only a few days until 2024 hurtles to a close, and in typical Nigerian fashion it has been a year littered with ups and downs for the countrys sports.
Following an Olympic year where Nigeria provided its usual unsavoury performances, there were little expectations for 2024.
Football and basketball provided joy and sorrow in equal measure, but the story of the year - and one which put Nigeria in a favourable and positive mileage - is the 2024 CAF Awards in which Nigerian poster boy, Ademola Lookman stepped into the shoes of Victor Osimhen as African Footballer of the Year.
