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2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 6:50am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Edited: Table tennis star, Funke Oshonaike, will be Team Nigeria's flagbearer at the opening ceremony's Parade of nations. More on this on page 4 ---------------------------------------------- Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi, was named by the Sports ministry as the overall captain of Team Nigeria for the 2016 Olympics. In that capacity, he will be Nigeria's flagbearer at the parade of nations, during the opening ceremony. More on this story on page 4 ---------------------------------------------------- Blessing Okagbare leads a 35-athlete Team Nigeria list for the Olympics Athletic event More on page 4 The 2016 Olympics, to be hosted in Rio, Brazil will run from August 5 - August 21, 2016. More than 10,000 athletes competing in 306 events (28 sports) are expected to grace the Games of the 31st Olympiad. The football event - as has been the tradition since 2000 - will kickoff 2 days before the opening ceremony, on August 3. So far, 6,177 athletes have earned the right to represent their countries at the global sporting showpiece. Of that number 54 Nigerian athletes have made the cut. The Team Nigeria athletes will, so far, compete in 8 different sports, namely: Athletics, Basketball (men), Table tennis, Wrestling, Football (men), Canoeing (slalom), Boxing, and Rowing. Watch this thread for the latest updates and gist concerning the Summer Games! |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 7:01am On Mar 22, 2016 |
The draw for the Olympic football events will be held at the Maracana stadium on April 14, 2016. The men's teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each; whilst the women's teams will be divided into 3 groups of 4 teams. The qualified men's teams are Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Honduras, Fiji, Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, Japan, Iraq, South Korea, (USA or Colombia in a playoff). On the women's side, we have Brazil, Colombia, Sweden, France, Germany, Zimbabwe, South Africa, United States, Canada, Australia, China PR, New Zealand. The National Olympic Committees are required to register a maximum of 18 players in either event; two of whom must be goalkeepers. Moreover, FIFA has decided that the participating teams would have the opportunity of using a 4th substitute in extra time, as part of IFAB's rule changes. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 7:11am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Basketball: The draw for the basketball event has been held. On the men's side, we have, Group A -United States, Venezuela, China, Australia, Olympic qualifier 1, Olympic qualifier 2. Group B -Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Lithuania, Nigeria, Olympic qualifier 3. For the women, the group composition is as follows: Group A- Brazil, Japan, Olympic qualifier 1, Australia, Olympic qualifier 3, Olympic qualifier 5. Group B- United States, Canada, Senegal, Serbia, Olympic qualifier 2, Olympic qualifier 4. Note: D'Tigress - Nigeria's women national team will take part in June's Olympic qualifying tournament which determines the last 5 teams to qualify for the Olympics. In that tourney, D'Tigress are placed in Group C alongside South Korea and Belarus. The top 2 in each group (4 groups) advance to the quarter finals, with the q/final winners qualifying for the Olympics. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by olu98: 7:20am On Mar 22, 2016 |
Nice one.i hope d'tigress qualify 4 d olympics |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 9:05pm On Mar 22, 2016 |
Team Nigeria failed to win a single medal four years ago in London. 1 Like |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 6:05pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
Fun fact: No West African nation won a medal at the 2012 London Olympics semid4lyfe. Lalasticlala. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 11:35am On Mar 26, 2016 |
Diogu: Nigeria will be ready for Rio Olympics |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 11:36am On Mar 26, 2016 |
Diogu is currently in Dallas and "working out and prepare for the Olympics" after his club season with Guangdong Southern Tigers ended when they lost to Liaoning Flying Leopards in the Semi-Finals of the Chinese league playoffs.http://www.fiba.com/olympics/2016/news/diogu-nigeria-will-be-ready-for-rio-olympics 1 Like |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:46am On Mar 26, 2016 |
Ike Diogu, The Aminu brothers (one stars for Portland blazers or so in the NBA), Gbinijie and co. Our D'Tigers have fine players who could stun opponents at the olympics (but mehn!! Our group is a very tough one... Argentina and Spain are powerhouses. Lithuania is another interesting force). But I also think we should reach out to Festus Ezeli and Andre Iguodala, both of the Golden state Warriors in the American NBA. #JustSaying CFCman: 1 Like |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by chrisooblog: 1:53pm On Mar 26, 2016 |
Iguodalo has already played for dream team USA at the 2012 Olympics ezeli hmm he hasn't said no but he hasn't said yes either but who knows (not holding my breath sha) as per d'tigers chances it will tough two of the top three basketball teams in the world in our group plus host Brazil with a strong Lithuania? Well I'm backing d'tigers anyhow hope the girls make it would be cool to have two basketball teams in Rio For our medal hopes well can't say I'm overly optimistic but any chance we have lie with blessing okagbare, the lady wrestlers and most definitely our football dream team TheSuperNerd: 1 Like |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 3:07pm On Mar 26, 2016 |
TheSuperNerd:As the poster above me said, Iguodala is "cup-tied" the UNited States. But I think its possible to convince Victor Oladipo to play for Nigeria. I read somewhere that there are at least 4 players ahead of him in the pecking order, in his position, on Team USA. So, his chances for playing at the Olympics are stronger if he elects to play for D'Tigers. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 3:51pm On Mar 26, 2016 |
Just what I was afraid of...... Andre's featured for the U.S... Okay fine. Let's reach out to Ezeli. We can be a lot stronger with Ezeli on board. Even some news late last year carried the possibility of a Victor Oladipo of the Orlando magic considering featuring for us at the summer olympics. We should persuade him too. He wants to play. I want to see D'Tigers go with not just the best but the very very best we have available. We have a strong and interesting squad going by our FIBA Africa triumph and our american head coach (William Bryant Voigt) is really good tactically. I just hope we can beef up the team to go beyond being strong. At the last Olympics (didn't watch any of our B.Ball games as I was really busy with my first med.degree and more--- really weird coz I never miss Nigeria's performance in any sports at the olympics since my first olympics in 2000 as an 8+ yr-old), D'Tigers won only one game and that was against Tunisia. That was our very first victory at an Olympic basketball event (our D'Tigress achieved theirs in 2004 led by the mercurial and beautiful Mfon Udoka). I believe as the best basketball nation in Africa and the country with the most abundant potentials in basketball on the continent, we deserve to show the world the best we have and the best that we are truly. Well, not like I'm looking for a B.Ball medal, but I wanna see us churn out a super performance out there possibly surpassing our FIBA world cup stats of 2006 which saw us lose by just a point (77-78) to Dirk Nowitzski's Germany in the second-round of the world cup. We were just 2 points away from a quarter-finals slot. chrisooblog: |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 3:54pm On Mar 26, 2016 |
@CFCman... I'm just seeing your post. I was still typing and left to go do something before I came back to finish up and "walla" you also mentioned Victor Oladipo. We need to really beef up the good squad we have. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 3:44pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
TheSuperNerd:Unfortunately, it looks like Victor Oladipo may opt for the Stars and Stripes.. http://www.basketballwithinborders.com/news/victor-oladipo-may-not-represent-nigeria-at-rio-2016-olympic-games/ |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 4:01pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
Nigeria Olympic committee partners with HipTv HipTv has been appointed the first-ever official entertainment partner of the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC). The collaboration begins with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. NOC announced HipTv(Entertainment Partner) alongside three media houses, AIT (Broadcast Partner), NTA(Broadcast Partner) and STV(Broadcast Partner)as her official media partners for the forthcoming Olympics at a press conference at the National Stadium, Lagos on Tuesday. The urban culture channel will also be responsible for creating, developing and deploying contents in Lagos, Rio and around the world. HipTv will also develop a massive build-up for the Olympicsinform of campaign/events in creating huge awareness before the sporting event. http://www.news24.com.ng/Entertainment/News/nigeria-olympic-committee-partners-with-hiptv-20160330 |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 2:24am On Apr 02, 2016 |
Hmm.... Quite unfortunate. But what if he doesn't make the final 12 for the stars and stripes of the US of A? #smiles Anyway, I wish him the best. The NBBF should please do well to reach out to other quality talents available like Festus Ezeli.... Or was he invited to the USA basketball pre-olympic camp too? Well, time will tell.... With Alade Aminu, Al-Farouq Aminu, Ike Diogu, Chamberlain Oguchi and others, all led by Will Voigt, I see a pretty strong D'Tigers team @Rio. Imagine adding one or two more top quality to this team (Ezeli is still available)..... Hmm.... Time will tell. #smiles CFCman: |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 5:17am On Apr 05, 2016 |
TheSuperNerd: Part of me still hopes Oladipo has a last minute change of mind. The US will always produce talented African-American basketballers, while this present D'Tigers team is perhaps Nigeria's "golden generation" of basketballers. And he would be surely among Nigeria's main players, instead of being, at most, a bench warmer for Team USA. With Ezeli and Oladipo in the team, there is no guarantee that D'Tigers would beat the USA, but the margin of a USA win would be at most a 10-15 point margin instead of a 70-point margin. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 5:18am On Apr 05, 2016 |
The Draw for the Olympic football tournament comes up next week Thursday at 2:30pm WAT. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 8:54am On Apr 06, 2016 |
Wrestling: Nigeria picks six more Rio 2016 Olympics slots |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 9:08am On Apr 06, 2016 |
So far, 60 Nigerian athletes have qualified for the Olympics. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 3:16am On Apr 08, 2016 |
Mehn.... I can't wait for this. #smiles Maybe we'll face the Germans or Samba boys? Hehehe... Naah.. Maybe not. #smiles CFCman: |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 2:02am On Apr 09, 2016 |
The pots for the Olympic football tournament are as follows: Pot 1: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Japan (top seeds) Pot 2: Nigeria, Korea Republic, Honduras, Iraq Pot 3: Sweden, Fiji, Portugal, South Africa Pot 4: Algeria, Colombia, Denmark, Germany Women's tournament: Pot 1: Brazil, USA, Germany Pot 2: France, Australia, Sweden Pot 3: Canada, China PR, New Zealand Pot 4: Colombia, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 6:24pm On Apr 09, 2016 |
TheSuperNerd:#No group of death |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Xlad(m): 3:17am On Apr 10, 2016 |
Which group will be better for Nigeria? Argentina Nigeria Denmark Sweden Mexico Nigeria Fiji Colombia Japan Nigeria Portugal Germany 1 Like |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by ednut1(m): 8:36am On Apr 10, 2016 |
beta we dont go |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 10:04pm On Apr 11, 2016 |
Festus Ezeli (basketball) is reportedly interested in playing for Nigeria. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 10:23pm On Apr 11, 2016 |
You need to see me smiling right now.... #smiles NBBF, wetin una dey wait for kwanu? Go seal it!!!!!!! CFCman: |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 2:07am On Apr 14, 2016 |
It's D-day! Later today, the Olympic Football Tournament draw will take place at the Maracana stadium, starting from 2:30pm |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 2:54pm On Apr 14, 2016 |
Men's draw: Group A- Brazil, South Africa, Iraq, Denmark Group B- Sweden, Colombia, Nigeria, Japan Group C- Fiji, Korea Republic, Mexico, Germany Group D- Honduras, Algeria, Portugal, Argentina Women's draw: Group E - Brazil, China PR, Sweden, South Africa Group F- Canada, Australia, Zimbabwe, Germany Group G- USA, New Zealand, France, Colombia. |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:38pm On Apr 14, 2016 |
It's not an easy group nor a tough group... it's just a balanced group which moves towards "favorable" for us.... I tip Nigeria to come out top but not without good fights. Can someone please tell me if James Rodriguez and Shinji Okazaki will be available? I wanna play them.... For the women's draw, well, I just wish the two African teams all the best... Bonne chance ladies... They'll really need it... Gosh!!! Look at the teams they'll be up against. Well, the experience will serve them well for the CAF AWCON much later this year. CFCman: |
Re: 2016 Olympics Thread: Funke Oshonaike Is Team Nigeria's Flagbearer by Nobody: 6:44pm On Apr 14, 2016 |
TheSuperNerd: I'd expect the Dream Team to advance to the quarter finals. Anything more than that is a bonus. The Germany v Zimbabwe game will end up like the WWC match between Germany and Ivory Coast which ended 10-0 1 Like 1 Share |
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