More African athletes disappear from Commonwealth Games Village

By Daily Sports on April 13, 2018

Five more African athletes have been reported missing from the Commonwealth Games athletes village, bringing the total number of missing athletes to 13, officials said.

The head of Commonwealth Games Federation’s confirmed that five athletes from Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Rwanda have left the athletes village.

In a news conference, David Gruvemberg, the federation’s chief executive officer, said they have launched an investigation into the reports.

“We’re obviously looking at that very carefully,” Gruvemberg said, adding that the athletes’ visas would expire on May 15.

“I think we have a service to people who have legitimate visas to be in this country,” he said.

On Wednesday, the Cameroon Commonwealth Team announced that their eight athletes had gone missing.

“The Cameroon Commonwealth Team is sad to announce that 8 of the 24 athletes they took to the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, are missing from their respective rooms in the Games village,” Team Cameroon’s Chef de Mission, Victor Agbor Nso, said in a statement.

“These athletes, three weight lifters and five boxers, were part of a team that had a training camp in Warwick before getting to Gold Coast. But out here, only six of them effectively took part in their respective competitions, while two left without competing,” he said.

Seven Cameroonian athletes also went missing during the 2012 London Olympic Games. African athletes often flee the games villages in developed countries for economic or political reasons. (Anadolu Agency)

•Photo shows Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Village

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 13, 2018


 

You may also like...
Man City Overtake United as Most Valuable Premier...

Saka Proud Of Nigerian Heritage, Undecided About Future...

Everton Sack Manager Rafa Benitez

Spurs finalise Sanchez swoop

Why Hazard Can’t Replace Ronaldo — Wenger

Ronaldo Eyes Nations League Glory on Home Soil...

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,163 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,307 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,369 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,742 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,311 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,506 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,931 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media