From London with Not so Much Love.....

The social media was agog last night with various comments mostly from Nigerians who were disappointed with the dismal outing of the country's basketball team in their game against the American team last night. From the beginning of the game in the First quarter, up until the final quarter, the game was dominated by the American team who proved to be the better side at the end of the game. The Americans thrashed their Nigerian opponents 156-73, which is the most humiliating defeat suffered by any one team in basketball at the Olympics! An 83-point win, destroying the 72-point record set by Team USA over Thailand in the 1956 Olympics. And, perhaps most impressively, 156 total points, destroying the record set by Brazil in the 1988 tourney.
It was a little one-sided.
It should be recalled that it was barely two days before that game that saw Nigeria get defeated by Lithuania in yet another group game.

U.S.A's Kobe Bryant doing his thing while Nigeria's Obasohan and fellow teammate look on

     Since the London Olympics 2012 began on the 27th of July, and the games kicked off the day after, the Nigerian team is yet to record any wins in any of the sports in which they have participated...  While it might still be too early to completely rule out the possibilities of winning any medals at the games, it is important to note that there has really been a limit on the kinds of sport in which the country has fielded athletes. A lot still needs to be done to improve sports in Nigeria. It is quite disappointing that the "Giant of Africa" is yet to pick any medals in this year's  Olympics, considering the  fact that it is not the first the country is attending. Talking of the basketball team, one needs to ask, when did they begin to train for the Olympics? that's assuming they did train at all..... When would the giant of Africa realize that it is important to invest in sports? When would we stop relying on foreign-based players who probably train from their personal accounts to bring home medals for us? Last nights basketball game was indeed more than a thrashing, it was a statement....

Team Nigeria at the London Olympics 2012

     With Athletics beginning today, Nigerians are hoping that the country would be placed on the medals table, we can only watch and wait.. Hopefully we would not be out shined by athletes from countries that know the value of sports.......