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Morocco record the biggest margin of victory by an African team in the knockout rounds of Olympic football 👏🏾👏🏾

I strongly believe that, come Sunday night, D’Tigress will become the first African women’s team to advance to the Olympics knockout round…

Zambia were desperately unlucky to be eliminated from the group stage despite scoring 6 goals 🙆🏾

Hakimi: World Cup semi 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Olympics semi

Game, set and match for Morocco!!

You guys don’t have SuperSport in Naija🤔

Redman44:
We should have pushed to win this game. What if Australia defeats France in the Aussies last game?

There is a faint chance that it would happen because this France team are, head and shoulders, the best team in the group.

Next game vs Canada is on Sunday, August 4, at 12:30pmm

Johannes’s 3-point shooting and France’s overall 3rd quarter offensive onslaught were key to today’s defeat.

But I’m confident that D’Tigress will beat Canada, to finish 2nd in the group and book a ticket to the quarterfinals.

The ladies need to attempt more 3-point shots, especially as the French pressing has receded to the paint.

Half time
France 38-31 Nigeria

End of 1st quarter
France 24-20 Nigeria

The French defense is intense!

Some journalists are now suggesting that Ofili’s name was removed from the list of 100m runners at the last minute because AFN officials needed her fresh for (potentially) the two 4x100m relay races, and the 200m. They believe that she has brighter prospects of winning a medal in the 200m than in 100m discipline.

So, in essence, what the AFN and NOC are saying is that Ofili doesn’t have the stamina to run in 10 races (4 rounds, each, in the 100m and 200m, and 2 rounds in the 4x100m discipline)

Either way, she should have been consulted and informed of the change, rather than finding out a day to the start of the athletics event. Smh

carbonado:
...yeah, inexperience...What your view of the game 2mw...Glad we finally have a real point guard in the team...noticed,Okoro did not step on the floor at all,or did she? Also I noticed the Coach played it like march madness, the rotation was just about 7-8 players of you noticed.

I think Wakama may opt for a zone defense within the first few mins of the first quarter, especially after seeing that Australia had their best offensive spell, in the first quarter, against D’Tigress. As the French are offensively better the Aussies, it would be wise not to play loose defense in the first 5-6 minutes.

I also think Tomi would get some minutes; but her effectiveness is up in the air. If the French shackle her like the U.S. did during Olympic qualifiers, then I wouldn’t expect her to drain many threes

carbonado:
Who is watching Spain vs Puerto Rico..they are going at it...

Naivety killed Puerto Rico. Why would you commit a foul with less than 2 seconds left, thereby allowing your opponent to convert two free-throws

nihilistjnr:
I never said that.

What I asked you is what perks senators were getting in 3rd republic that would lead Tinubu to accept being thrown into jail for 9 months to try and get back.

Let me help you with timeline.

Senators were sworn in December 92 as part of a transitional government headed by IBB. IBB only allowed Legislative elections to hold so that he could legitimise himself as a civilian president. The senators could only compete under 1 of two parties, both of which were formed by IBB

Senators would draft laws that they could not pass, the bills had to be approved first by a military council, and after that IBB.

IBB finally allowed presidential election on June 12 1993 after having postponed elections like 3 or 4 times. In the same June 93 IBB annulled the elections.

2 months later IBB dissolved the government, announced ING by decree proclamation and unilaterally appointed Shonekan as President and Abacha as CODS.

That's why I keep asking what perks the 3rd republic senate enjoyed that Tinubu would endure prison for 9 months and the threat of execution to enjoy?

Olagunsoye Oyinlola was the first military governornor of Lagos state under Abacha - I remember this from Primary school tables - and a life long political enemy of Tinubu to this day. Why on earth, would Tinubu be angling for a commissioner post under him?

Tinubu had a lot more to lose than gain in that era. He was a wealthy man on the street level and didn't need to risk his life for the uncertainty of that political environment. The 90s weren't like today where success in politics was a sure banker.

We're talking about an era where Abacha jailed the election winner in Abiola, jailed his senior colleague and former head of state OBJ, jailed his own number 2 man in the country Oladipo Diya, and had even his own former oga IBB running in fear.

We're talking if an era where Abacha allowed only 5 political parties ro exist, and he was the presidential candidate for all 5.

What possible perks could Tinubu have enjoyed in 6 months of a quasi democratic regime that would convince him to risk his life and freedom to reclaim?

Speaking of IBB, rumors were making the rounds that Abacha was killed because he planned to arrest IBB before transmuting to a civilian president in October 1998.

I wouldn’t be surprised if IBB actually enlisted the help of foreign intelligence services to kpai Abacha, because as you said, if Abacha had no issue with jailing OBJ, Yar’Adua, Diya, Abiola etc, it would have been foolhardy for IBB to think that he was immune from Abacha’s fangs

daveP:
Abeg no forget watch South Sudan vs USA by 8pm o. Use that basketball game to rinse the nonsense you watched with these Falcons performance.

I tip South Sudan to win.


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That game would set a new ratings record for Olympics basketball!

JohnBullMySon:
To be fair, this group was much tougher than the WC. That said, there were obvious lapses in attack.

💯💯

AndSunGorilla:
We seem to have a short memory. We were put in a group of death!!!! I honestly didn't expect the girls to make it out of the group considering the calibre and pedigree of teams in our group.

I am proud that they pushed Spain and Brazil to the wire and infact with some luck they could have gotten wins or draws against Brazil and Spain. Waldrum should be allowed to continue in my opinion but he should be given the target of winning the next AFCON.

If he should be allowed to continue, then the attacking play of the team has to drastically improve. Players should have the spatial awareness not to run into each other

kheny12:
Dtigress dey give is joy. They won 4Fiba Afro basketball women back to back. And am sure they will still win the next year edition in Cote D'Ivoire. Their ranking will also improve after this Olympics.

Yes, after these Olympics, they should move into the top 10 from their present 12th position

Unlimited22:
Nigeria is just a mess from top to bottom.

Una wey dey away no Sabi wetin God do for una

Abi oh. Na God I dey thank for the opportunity to japa years ago

The Super Falcons have now lost a staggering EIGHT Olympics matches in a row 😲😲

This is a curse abeg!

Interestingly, D’Tigress are the highest ranked Nigerian senior national team, haven’t lost to ann African team within the last NINE years, and basically have one foot into the quarterfinals.

But they have been generally treated like trash by the sports ministry..

I’m afraid this is the last match that Waldrum will preside over as the head coach.
I’m sure his critics in the sports media would be laughing their backsides off somewhere 🤣😅

Unlimited22:
Omo you know what I'm looking for. The events that we are in

100m both sexes, 200m both sexes, 4*100m both sexes, 4*400m both sexes, 4*400m mixed

At least there is an outside chance in at least one of these events.

See my edited reply to your comment

Unlimited22:
Abeg when athletics dey start

Starts today with the men’s 20km walk final
But Nigerian athletes would start competing as from August 2 in women’s high jump, and discuss throw events

Unlimited22:
Like why must you take an extra touch for every action?
Why is there zero communication to the point that three people will often go for one ball or be beaten by a simple 1-2?

What is all this rubbish we're seeing?
😂😂

The thing tire me bros 😂🤣

So, assuming D’Tigress did not qualify for these Olympics, Team Nigeria would have recorded all Ls🙆🏾🙆🏾

daveP:
it was over after the 2nd goal now. Abi where we wan score 4goals from. Now they score 3rd where we wan see 5 scores😂😂😂😂😂

Even juju man no fit run am 😂🤣

That’s it. It’s effectively over

Unlimited22:
No, it simply means the other teams have evolved and we have regressed.

Apt!