LAGOS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organize a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos.

    Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, told Xinhua on Thursday that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games' coverage.

    He said the three-day course would hold from June 14 to June 17at the Elomax Hotel, Maryland, Lagos.

    Nezianya said participants were drawn from the print and electronic media in the country and added it was the first time the Olympic Solidarity Fund would sponsor such a course.

    According to him, Nigerian delegation will have more than 100 members to attend the 2008 Olympic Games, which are scheduled for Aug. 8 to Aug. 24 in China's Beijing.