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Nigeria: U-23 Donation - Japanese Billionaire Angry With Dalung
Vanguard, 29 August 2016
The Japanese billionaire, Dr. Katsuya Takasu who donated $390,000 to the national U-23 football team has expressed disappointment with the Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dream Team Disbanded Without Official Recognition
Daily Trust, 24 August 2016
The Nigeria U-23 national team which gave the country its lone medal at the just-concluded Olympics Games in Rio, Brazil were disbanded on their arrival in Lagos without any… Read more »
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Nigeria: Another Olympics Not to Remember
Vanguard, 24 August 2016
Now the Rio Olympics is over it may be time to take stock of Nigeria's participation at the games. After what were clearly shoddy preparations or in fact non-preparation for the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Olympics - Siasia Reveals Drama With Dalung
Vanguard, 24 August 2016
Despite the no love lost relationship between Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and bronze-wining U-23 Olympic football coach, Samson Siasia, the coach has said that he was yet to… Read more »
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Nigeria: What Do the Olympics Mean to Us?
Vanguard, 24 August 2016
Reading British and American news reports about the Olympics, one is easily convinced that these two countries in particular, know what it means to not just be proud of one's… Read more »
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Nigeria: NFF Congratulates U-23, Clears Air On Japanese Man's Money
Vanguard, 21 August 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the U23 national Team for winning bronze at this year's Men's Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil, after edging Honduras 3-2 in… Read more »
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Nigeria: U-23 Team Arrive Without Fanfare
This Day, 24 August 2016
Nigeria's bronze-winning U-23 football team, tagged Dream Team VI, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Monday night without any official from the Sports Ministry or… Read more »
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Nigeria: Moses Celebrates Mikel's Olympic Bronze
Vanguard, 23 August 2016
Super Eagles and Chelsea winger Victor Moses has celebrated with team-mate John Mikel Obi on his exploits with the Nigeria U-23 team at the Rio 2016 Olympics where they won… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dream Team Wins First Rio Olympics Medal
Vanguard, 20 August 2016
Team Nigeria has registered its presence on the Rio Olympics medals table following Dream Team VI 3-2 defeat of Honduras in Saturday's bronze medal match of the Games football… Read more »
Nigeria Walks Away With One Medal at Rio Olympics
Team Nigeria's hopes of winning medals in the track and field events, wrestling, boxing and weightlifting were dashed - the only highlight was the U-23 soccer team's win over Honduras.
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A brace from Sadiq Umar in the 34th and 60th minutes and another from Aminu Umar in the 54th minutes was all the Dream Team needed to overcome Honduras. Read more »
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The U-23 football team has failed to reach the Rio Olympics final after defeat to Germany. Read more »
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Team Nigeria finished last in the 4x100m women's relay final event at the Rio Olympics. Read more »
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It is painful to come to the Olympics and see people who are your contemporaries perform better than you, not because you lack the ability but because you were not prepared like ... Read more »
