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NIGERIAN SPORTS TODAY
August 26, 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

 
 

• Chukwumerije petitions WTF over son's Beijing defeat
  SENATOR Uche Chukwumerije has petitioned the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) over alleged poor officiating which he said cost Nigerian Chika Chukwumerije (his son) victory in the quarter-final of the men's +80kg category at the just-concluded Beijing Olympics. Tribune
   
• Beijing Olympics: Chinese authorities get knocks
  AS the Beijing Olympics ended on Sunday, Amnesty International has accused the Chinese authorities of prioritising image over substance as it continued to persecute and punish activists and journalists during the Games. Tribune
   
• We’ll be ready for South Africa …Nsofor, Anichebe, Odemwingie say they won’t underrate Bafana Bafana
  Nigeria’s Olympic soccer team believe the only thing that could break the Super Eagles against Bafana Bafana of South Africa would be their disrespect for the 2010 World Cup hosts in Port Elizabeth next month. Bafana host Nigeria in the return leg of the 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on September 6. The match is a make-or-break for the South Africans as their chances of qualifying for the continental showpiece| The Sun
   
• CHINA: Caught under mountain of olympic debt
  For the past three weeks, the world’s attention has been focused on China, and the country has used the Olympic Games as an opportunity to announce her arrival| The Sun
   
• Zambia ask Fifa to postpone Togo
  The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) has written to Fifa asking for their 2010 World Cup qualifier on 6 September against Togo to be postponed. BBC