Delta wins 18th National Sports Festival

Team Delta celebrates men's relay gold on Saturday

Team Delta on Sunday emerged winners of the 18th edition of the National Sports Festival after topping the medals table with superior haul. 

As at the time of filing this report, the South-south team had a total of 288 medals to its credit, 116 of which were gold, 97 silver and 75 bronze medals. Coming in second was 2011 champions, Rivers which had a total of 218 medals that comprised 76 gold medals, 71 silver and 71 bronze. Hosts Lagos was third with 183 medals. These included 65 gold medals, 47 silver and 71 bronze. Edo was fourth with 92 medals that included 25 gold medals, 23 silver and 44 bronze. Bayelsa was fifth with 59 medals: 19 gold medals, 17 silver and 23 bronze. Ondo, Ogun, Cross River, Oyo and Akwa Ibom completed the top ten with total medal hauls of 58, 68, 49, 42 and 44 in that order. Their position on the log was determined by the number of gold won by each team.

Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina finished as the last three on the log with a total of 10 medals between them.

With this victory, Delta makes good its threat to depose Rivers that began the Games on November 27 as defending champions and had hoped to retain the title.