Libya's Olympic chief is targetting the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro for the country's first medal as he attempts to overcome the years of sporting neglect under Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

The president of Libya's Olympic Committee was released on Sunday a week after he was snatched from his car by gunmen in Tripoli, and is now in his home, his deputy said.

In Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, professional sport was actively discouraged but this year one athlete aims to win his country's first Olympic medal.

The Olympic Games are unlikely to ever come to Libya, but the oil-rich country led by Moammar Gadhafi is holding what it calls a race for "black gold" and comparing it to that celebrated sporting ...

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At the time, the Olympic committee chief was a scary man, Muhammad Gaddafi, the dictator's eldest son, his only son from his first marriage. Born in 1970, Muhammad was also chairman of the Libyan ...

The Olympic Eagles have a chance to turn the situation around when they host Libya in the second leg on Monday, March 25 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.