Sports ministry opts for US meetsNigeria will miss out of the World Athletics Relays, which starts in Silesia, Poland Saturday over visa issues, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the Nigerian team was yet to secure Polish visas with a day left before the event. The World Relays serves as qualifiers for the relay events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for teams that are yet to qualify. He said the ministry opted to take the athletes on a training tour of the US, instead of the World Relays. “We did not get to officially register the team (for the World Relays) until Thursday last week and apply for entry visas at the Polish embassy.

Source: Punch April 30, 2021 05:26 UTC