Nigeria is so embarrassing when it comes to track n field.
Why register for the Olympic if you're not ready? The country is making a joke of itself

hurray Segun Toriola wins the table tennis preliminary round.

@Doctor

See David just dey hear of Toriola.

If we mention Bose Kaffo or Iyabo Akanmu on NL now, it would sound somehow.

Thank God, Bose is now a Masters degree holder

Wow

Men's Singles Preliminary Round


Nigeria's TORIOLA Segun versus United States' ZHUANG Dav at 14:30 today.



Toriola is 44 and Nigeria still has no replacement(s)

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 100 metres flop, Olusoji Fasuba, has warned that the country could record a poorer showing at the London 2012 Olympics if there is no proper planning for success.


Olusoji Fasuba

The African record holder was favoured to lead the country to a respectable outing in men‘s 100m on Saturday but he surprisingly crashed out in the quarterfinals

Speaking with Brila FM on Monday, Fasuba said that he had decided to sound the warning because of the situation the national team had found itself in Beijing.

He said, “I don’t have any other excuse for what has happened in Beijing than to say it all boils down to how you handle preparations. The way things are, we may be heading for failure at the next games if preparation is handled haphazardly again.

“Other countries began preparations for this Olympics four years ago. In fact, I know some countries will begin preparation for the 2012 Olympics immediately after this one. But Nigeria always wait until the last minute to prepare for competitions.”

Although Fasuba would not blame anyone for his poor showing, he recalled that he was injured before the games.

He said, “The injury actually weighed me down, but I don‘t like making excuses. I was injured, but I don’t want to give that as an excuse. It is just for me to work harder.

“I now know that it is a different ball game running at the Olympics and running on the circuit or the championships. I now know that I have to prepare very well next time.”

Let Soji Fasuba shut his mouth up !!! why cant these people just go press-shy ?

they put up shambolic performances and go on spraying bunkum from their mouths TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED !!!

the same Soji Fasuba almost held the nation to ransome all in the name of winning Gold at the Olympics . . . .NOW THAT HE HAS WON, CAN WE RETIRE USAIN BOLT

@Akolawole

no blame David, na only Bolt and Nadal hin sabi how hin go sabi Atanda Musa or Bankole ?

Mustay:

Men's Singles Preliminary Round


Nigeria's TORIOLA Segun versus United States' ZHUANG Dav at 14:30 today.



Toriola is 44 and Nigeria still has no replacement(s)

dang!!!
so the dude is 44?!

bless him!

Fasuba and even Toriola said they expected not so much in the games.



Moreover, na dis fasuba demand for 1 milla if Nigeria know say dem want gold

Nigeria wins first medal
By Adekunle Salami, Beijing
Published: Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008


Nigeria has been guaranteed at least a silver medal after the Under-23 team thumped Belgium 4-1 in Shanghai on Tuesday to reach the Olympic men‘s football final for the first time since winning the tournament at the Atlanta ‘96 Games.

The country will now meet Argentina in the final on Saturday at 5am Nigerian time, while Belgium meets Brazil for the bronze medal match. Argentina defeated Brazil 3-0 to set up a final clash with Nigeria.

Hoffenheim striker Chinedu Ogbuke scored twice in the second half after Olubayo Adefemi had given coach Samson Siasia‘s team an early lead.

Chibuzor Okonkwo completed the rout while Victor Anichebe sidefooted wide with the goal at his mercy for arguably the worst miss of the competition.

Belgium, who surprisingly defeated Italy in the quarterfinals, was on equal terms for the first hour but then fell apart.

The Nigerian players, publicly criticised by Siasia for lack of discipline earlier in the tournament, went ahead in the 17th minute when Okonkwo’s shot hit a defender and fell nicely into the path of Adefemi who stroked the ball home from 12 metres.

Solomon Okoronkwo wasted another chance when he broke clear of the Belgian defence but shot across the face of goal.

Then Osaze Odemwingie turned the ball wide after Chinedu Ogbuke slipped past his marker with some clever stepovers.

Belgium made a lively start to the second half with Faris Haroun blasting the ball against the crossbar and Tom De Mul forcing Ambrose Vanzekin to make a difficult save in successive attacks.

Nigeria increased its lead in the 59th minute when substitute Anichebe rolled the ball into the penalty area and Ogbuke slipped the offside trap to sidefoot home.

Long-range goals from Ogbuke and Okonkwo doubled the tally in the last 20 minutes before substitute Laurent Ciman rifled a late consolation for Belgium.

iice:

Yikes, didn't really see anything from naija on the track and field side.
All the action is now on the green.

Are we still in the table tennis? Or we've been thrown out?


And why is he saying he doesnt want to make excuses but goes around and still makes some excuses

Segun Toriola won his match beating David Zhuang of the U.S. 4-3 in a hard-fought game at the same venue minutes after[b] Merotohun’s defeat[/b].

He won 8-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8 in the match that lasted 46 minutes. He will meet Egypt‘s Ahmed Ali in round one.

Nigeria: no medal yet.

iice:

Yey, guaranteed is good

but it has not been won na.

It's A SHAME.

When I saw that, I thought it was another sport

It's no surprise why most Nigerians see the soccer event as another world cup

Which other basket can we steal from?

Toriola?

Relay?

How I wish the football gold will equal 18 medals


It would be such a massive sweep that even Britain will be behind us.

Laydee . .

i don watch sotay i tire sef

i get 59 medals nows

I beg when did Olympics start giving medals was watching

When i saw the story i thought Nigeria had already won a medal
guaranteed my foot, until we play and beat Argentina

Fola sharrap
i won medals

Laydee
i dey try sha . i dey watch lots . swimming marathon 10km, handball, water polo, , beach volley men, volleyball, taekwondo and ofcourse all the track and field events . . Bolts

Thank Goodness Segun Toriola is the first African to get into the round of 32. He defeated Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium today. Saive is 39 in November and hopes he'll still have the 'power' to play at 41. Them no tell am say Segun na 44?

Toriola was kicked out this morning

Afghanistan wins bronze in taekwondo

are you sure there was no special bomb that did the job for them?

That Fasuba should shut his stinking mouth na to dey go on top paper to make noise dem sabi.

When at Ife he no dey gree us rest na to dey sport center all day.

The guy is simply not good enuff. What preparation did Ajunwa have before 1996 gold. Did people know that Ajunwa was once an Atlete. 100meters defeated Mary Onyali at Mobil trials before she tested positive to drugs, She later joined the falcons and went to china 1991 world cup after the ban, she went back to Sprint and in Atlanta ahe won Gold in Long jump.

Most Nigerian officials did not even know that she was registered for the event as she went alone.

Naija sports is terrible. The same set of people have been playing table tennis for 20 years. I have know Funke Oshinaike, Bose Kaffo, Monday Merontoun Segun Toriola and Kazzem Nasiru for close to 10 years now. After the days of Yomi Bankole ans Atanda Musa.

Gone were those days when Table tennis was played everywhere in Yoruba land even on benches and pavement. Na yahoo yahoo boys dey do now nobody get time for Sports. Pathetic!!!!
Nowadays