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NIGERIAN SPORTS TODAY
August 04, 2008

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• Niger-Delta: Yobo moves against kidnappings
  SUPER Eagles assistant captain, Joseph Yobo has learnt a bitter lesson in his elder brother’s kidnap saga in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and the Everton FC defender believes it is high time he did something on the spate of kidnappings in the region. Tribune
   
• NFF board expresses faith in Globacom
  THE board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed confidence in its partnership with communication company, Globacom, saying that the partnership has come to stay. Tribune
   
• Beijing 2008: Dope suspects retire
  Two athletes dropped by Romania's Olympic team on suspicion of doping have retired. The Romanian Olympic and Sport Committee said tests on 1,500 metres runners Elena Antoci and Cristina Vasiloiu showed a suspiciously high concentration of oxygen in their blood. Tribune
   
• LABA boss tips Team Nigeria boxers for success
  The chairman of Lagos Amateur Boxing Association (LABA), Mr. Rotimi George Taylor, has predicted that Nigeria will pick up gold medal in the boxing event at the forthcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games scheduled to commence this Saturday. Tribune
   
• Holland too hot for Nigeria, others
  Netherlands, who are one of Nigeria’s Under-23 foes in the Beijing 2008 Games soccer event, have boosted their Olympic hopes by winning the ING Cup on Saturday after a 1–1 draw with Ivory Coast, but the African footballers showed they could be a team to fear in Beijing| The Sun
   
• No world Cup ticket NO EXCUSE!
  Soccer-crazy Nigerians are ready to go for the jugulars of Super Eagles’ players and their coaches if Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations championships | The Sun
   
• Early strike gives Zamalek victory
  An early goal was enough to give Egyptian side Zamalek three points as they beat Dynamos of Zimbabwe 1-0 in Group A of the Champions League in Cairo on Sunday. BBC