Stranded in Atlanta, Nigeria didn’t arrive in Manaus for its opening game of theOlympic men’s soccer competition until six hours before kickoff. If its players were suffering any ill effects of the 3,000-mile flight, they didn’t show. Nigeria beat Japan, 5-4, getting four goalsfrom Oghenekaro Etebo.
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