Lagos State once again proves to be the leading state when it comes to sports in the southwest region of Nigeria with the superlative performance of its athletes at the just concluded Zonal Elimination for Team Sports for the 22nd National Sports Festival, Gateway Games, Ogun 2024 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Out of the 18 slots available for the southwest in the tournament, Team Lagos picked 13 tickets to top the table at the end of the competition on Friday.
Sports Marketing International reports that Team Lagos won both the male and female tickets in the Football, Basketball, Handball, Cricket, Hockey events.
The state also won tickets in the Beach Volleyball (male) and Volleyball (female) and mixed doubles slots in Abula female game.
Team Lagos took first position in eight sports while they won second position in five sports.
The sports the team failed to pick a ticket include male volleyball, female beach volleyball, male and female Abula game.
Interestingly, Team Lagos during the just concluded zonal elimination won a ticket in at least one sport to show their dominant factor in southwest sports.
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