Nigeria, May 21 -- The 22nd National Sports Festival, dubbed the Gateway Games 2024, has been rocked by a growing wave of anti-doping enforcement as authorities double down on their mission to uphold clean sports in Nigeria.

On Tuesday, the Chairman of the Main Organising Committee and Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, announced that eight additional athletes are set to be expelled from the ongoing festival in Ogun State, bringing the number of implicated athletes to 14.

This means the athletes will not be allowed to compete let alone win medals.

This revelation came during a press briefing at the festival's Media Centre in Abeokuta, just a day after six athletes were initially disqualified for d...