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NIGERIAN SPORTS TODAY
July 17, 2008

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• Ego Caused NFA/NFL Crisis - Adamu
  Director General of the National Sport Commission, Dr Amos Adamu has blamed the rift that crippled the nation's football league for the greater part of the concluded 2008 football season on personality clash Daily Independent
   
• Olympics threats for Ogbuke family
  Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke claims threats made against his family could force him to defy his German club and play for Nigeria at the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing, China. Tribune
   
• Adamu warns critics of Nigerian football
  DIRECTOR General of the National Sports Comission (NSC), Dr Amos Adamu has threatened to drag anyone who raises unnecessary alarm over the corruption saga currently rocking the league before the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). Tribune
   
• Mikel escapes Scolari's axe
  NIGERIAN midfielder, John Obi Mikel has escaped the axe at English Premeirship side, Chelsea as new manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari is set to trim his 30-man squad to 25. Tribune
   
• Winning medal at the Olympics is my dream, says Amata
  Twice this year, 20-year-old Doreen Amata has broken the national record in high jump. The Lagos State University (LASU) undergraduate told OLALEKAN OKUSAN that her dream at next months Olympic Games in Beijing is to stand on the podium to receive medal. The Guardian
   
• Kanu, Utaka miss Pompey’spre-season friendly
  The Super Eagles duo of Nwankwo Kanu and John Chukwudi Utaka missed Portsmouth’s first pre-season friendly against League Two newcomers, Exeter FC, at St James Park.Report on the club’s Web site noted that the Nigerian duo were not parts of the game| The Sun
   
• Insult! Ngerem fumes
  If former Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) boss, Dan Ngerem has his way, whoever approved Nigeria’s participation in the forthcoming Beijing Olympic Games should be charged with felony.| The Sun
   
• Bristol City clinch Moteab deal
  Bristol City have signed Egyptian international striker Emad Moteab for a club record fee of £1.5m, subject to a work permit. BBC