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NIGERIAN SPORTS TODAY
August 12, 2008

• Official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Website
  Medals table
  Schedule
  Olympics blog
   
• Confederation Of African Football

 

• FIFA
   

• FIFA Globalcom Premier League
   

• EYINBA Globalcom Premier League
   

• BasketballTV

 
 

• Kits Scandal Rocks Nigeria's Contingent
  The kits supplied by a Japanese kits manufacturing company, Muzino, for the Nigeria contingent in the ongoing Beijing Olympics are nowhere to be found. Daily Independent
   
• Siasia Not Worried Over Apam, Adefemi
  Despite being faced with what many might consider defensive crisis, following suspension of two key defenders, Onyekachi Apam and Olubayo Adefemi, who received two second yellow cards in the first two games, Nigeria's U-23 coach, Samson Siasia is not disturbed. Daily Independent
   
• Falcons pray for goodluck - Hope for the best against Brazil
  SUPER Falcons coach, Joseph Ladipo feels that his team needs a change in fortune as he hopes to beat Brazil in Beijing today to have any chance of going through as one of the two best third-placed teams in the ongoing Olympics. Tribune
   
• We fear no one - Siasia
  Riding on the crest of the 2-1 win over a pesky Japan side on Sunday, Dream Team IV coach, Samson Siasia was confident enough to throw the gauntlet down to the rest of the opposition in the tournament. Tribune
   
• We’re ready for US, Nsofor boasts
  With four points in Nigeria’s kitty, and a fight for Group B leadership against the USA, Dream Team’s striker, Victor Obinna Nsofor, is convinced the country will get the desired result to advance in the Beijing Olympic football event."We are beginning to hit our rhythm here in China," he said. "After the first game, we made some changes and now we are moving forward. | The Sun
   
• Yabatech, Kaduna, Ado-Ekiti to present more contingents
  The forthcoming West Africa Polytechnics Games (WAPOGA) will witness more of contingents from Yaba College of Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic and Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti than any other polytechnic in Nigeria. | The Sun
   
• Zimbabwean breaks backstroke mark
  Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry broke the world record for the women's 100m backstroke in her semi-final swim at the Water Cube in Beijing. BBC