As the 2026 Commonwealth Games curtain was drawn last night in Glasgow Scotland, Team Nigeria placed tops among African countries at the quadrennial sports fiesta.
With total of 24 medals comprising 10 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze, Team Nigeria placed overall 7th behind Australia, England, Canada, India, Scotland and New Zealand in that order and the only country in the top 10.
Nigeria’s 10 gold medals is eight short of the 20 projected by the National Sports Commission and two less than the 12 garnered at the last Games in Birmingham, England in 2022.
Though Team South Africa had more more medals in total, it placed second behind Team Nigeria aftet garnering three gold less than Nigerians 10 and 11th on the overall table.
Team Kenya, Team Mauritius and Team Cameroon placed third, fourth and fifth among African countries to make treetop 20 countries on the metals table.
