Nigeria claimed men’s football bronze at the Rio Olympics 2016

Nigeria ‘Dream Team’ claimed men’s football bronze at the Rio Olympics with an entertaining 3-2 win over Honduras in Belo Horizonte on Saturday to deny the Central Americans their first ever Olympic medal. Two goals from Roma striker Sadiq Umar and namesake Aminu Umar’s fine finish early in the second-half put Nigeria 3-0 up. Honduras […]

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After losing the Gold battle, Nigeria set to battle Honduras for Olympic bronze

Nigeria’s Under-23 failed to re-enact the magic of 1996, when they won the Olympic gold medal in football in Atlanta. At Arena Corinthians in Brazil Wednesday night, Nigeria’s Dream Team VI fell to their German counterparts by two goals to nil. The Nigerians were ruined by Germany’s Lukas Klostermann, who struck in the 9th minute […]

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