IrishCentral Nigeria - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1 http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Nigeria IrishCentral Nigeria en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/why-basketball-should-be-banned-from-the-next-olympics-after-us-crushed-nigeria----running-up-the-score-against-third-world-country-not-the-olympic-spirit-164856366.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/why-basketball-should-be-banned-from-the-next-olympics-after-us-crushed-nigeria----running-up-the-score-against-third-world-country-not-the-olympic-spirit-164856366.html Why basketball should be banned from the next Olympics after US crushed Nigeria -- Running up the score against Third World country not the Olympic spirit (IrishCentral) Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:31:17 PDT
Team USA's Kobe Bryant, left, controls the ball in front of Nigeria's Derrick Obasohan(Photo: LA Times)The US  basketball team smashed Nigeria 156 to 73 or was it 6,784 to 2?Who cares?That bunch of overpaid, overblown, egomaniacs on the US team have as much to do with the Olympics as I doWhere is the Olympic spirit in hammering a Third World country into total submission and taunting them by running up a massive score along the way?Whose bright idea was it to blaze this “victory” across many of the major newspapers on line in the US including the New York Post?At least the IOC had the decency to remove softball from the Olympics given that it was so much a one-country sportBasketball is in the same position It is not an Olympic sport when you have the likes of Lebron James playing against teams he could probably beat single handedly READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sean_oshea/trapattoni-to-leave-ireland-for-nigeria-and-world-cup-report-84101962.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sean_oshea/trapattoni-to-leave-ireland-for-nigeria-and-world-cup-report-84101962.html Trapattoni to take Nigeria to World Cup and then return to Irish Job? (IrishCentral) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:05:58 PST
Ireland soccer boss Giovanni Trapattoni may be about to sign for Nigeria for this summer's World Cup according to reportsTrapattoni's agent, Domenico Ricci, has now said he will welcome an approach"This is a very delicate issue, but of course Giovanni will be interested," Ricci told Kick Off Nigeria "He can leave the Republic if he gets a concrete offer, but that would have to come before March 3 and then he can consider it READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/My-Goodness-Guinness-to-sponsor-Nigeria-in-World-Cup-80640437.html http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/My-Goodness-Guinness-to-sponsor-Nigeria-in-World-Cup-80640437.html My Goodness! Guinness to sponsor Nigeria in World Cup (IrishCentral) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:08:07 PST
By: JAMES O'BRIEN

Guinness are not able to sponsor Ireland in the World  Cup for obvious reasons (they won't be playing -- thank you Thierry Henry),  but never mind, it has been announced  that they will be sponsors for Nigeria's Super Eagles for South Africa 2010. Nigeria is a huge market for the Dublin-based brewery.

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By: SETANTA SPORTS

The Republic of Ireland played out a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a friendly on Friday.

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