Legendary goalkeeper Peter Rufai has highlighted what he believes is Nigeria's greatest sporting achievement.

Rufai, who is considered one of the greatest to man the goal for the Super Eagles, said he considers the national team's run in 1996 as one of the greatest feats Nigeria has ever achieved.

He made this disclosure in an interview with The Punch.

While acknowledging the efforts of the Dream Team in the 1990s, he also applauded the Paralympic team for consistently making Nigeria proud at every event.

"We have won multiple African Cup of Nations and the Olympics in 1996; however, we cannot mention those since the World Cup has still been evading our nation on the global stage," he said.

He continued: "This year though, the Paralympics team has made us very proud. Every other department of sports is somehow going through its ups and downs, which the present minister John Enoh is working on and trying to see how they can work on the sector to ensure every area that is loose can be tightened."

"I look forward to our greatest achievement as well, believing that with the hard work in place, we can achieve that expectation on the global stage."