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NIGERIAN SPORTS TODAY
August 09, 2008

• Official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Website
   
• Confederation Of African Football

 

• FIFA
   

• FIFA Globalcom Premier League
   

• EYINBA Globalcom Premier League
   

• BasketballTV

 
 

• Nigeria/Germany: Falcons Bank On Miracle
  Four years ago at the Patras Pampeloponnisiako stadium in Athens, these two teams clashed for one of the semi final tickets in the football event of the women's category of the Olympics. Only one secured the ticket, leaving the other out of the race. Daily Independent
   
• Olympics And The Birth Of A Vocation
  Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, was born in Paris in 1863. His family originated in Normandy where he spent many of his summers in the family Ch,teau de Mirville, near Le Havre. Daily Independent
   
• FIFA Approves Taiwo's Replacement
  FIFA has confirmed the replacement of Olympique Marseille FC defender, Taiye Taiwo by Dream Team IV officials. Tribune
   
• Last Chance For Falcons
  NIGERIA'S female soccer team, the Super Falcons realise they must not lose to Germany today in Shengai if they hope to continue to have further involvement in the games. Tribune
   
• Nigerian Judokas Go For Gold
  With the historic opening of the Olympic Games yesterday, with more than 200 countries taking part in the opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium, seventeen of the 28 sports feature action today. Tribune