The Nigerian Armed Forces team, on Thursday (yesterday, November 21) claimed two gold medals in the men and women’s handball event of the ongoing 2024 Africa Military Games (AMGA) in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that handball action got underway on Thursday at the indoor hall of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Package B, following Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
Only two teams – Nigeria and Ghana – featured in the event, with Ghana settling for Silver in both categories.
The Nigerian Armed Forces teams began their campaign on a brighter note as they defeated their Ghanian counterparts in the finals of both categories.
In the men’s category, Nigeria defeated Ghana 28-18 to claim the gold.
Meanwhile, Nigeria also won a silver medal in the men’s 87kg Greco-Roman Wrestling event.
This was after Tochukwu Okeke defeated Tunisia’s Sobri Mmosria 7-5 in his final game of the event to snatch a medal with his wife also present at the venue of the event to support him.
The category had four fighters registered and took a round-robin format.
Overall, Okeke won two of his fights and lost one.
NAN also reports that in the men’s football event, Cameroon pipped Nigeria 1-0 in extra time after a pulsating semi-final encounter that ended goalless at the end of regulation time.
In the other semi-final encounter, Algeria defeated Equatorial Guinea 2-0, after a one-sided encounter.
The result means that Cameroon and Algeria will slug it out in Saturday’s final, while Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea play the 3rd/4th place match.
A total of 20 games are being competed for in the 2nd edition of AMGA 2024.
1,625 athletes from no fewer than 21 African countries are participating in the Games which opened on Wednesday and are due to end on Nov. 30.
