The country has its own Premier League soccer league. Nigeria’s national soccer team, the “Super Eagles,” won the World Cup six times in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
Nigeria is also involved in other sports, such as basketball, cricket, and athletics. Nigeria’s national basketball team was the first African team to beat the United States men’s national team.
Nigeria made history by qualifying the first bobsled team from Africa for the Winter Olympics when their two-member women’s team qualified for the bobsled competition at the XXIII Winter Olympics.
