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...never behind in the contest, outrunning the varsity and holding Crimson center Chris Ohiri to just one goal. Ohiri managed is shots in four quarters of play, but three of his efforts scored over the goal postal. It wasn't until 6:00 of the third period that the Nigerian ace solved Williams' double teaming tactics for the varsity's lone score...
Necessary for a Crimson victory is a brilliant performance from Chris Ohiri. The Nigerian center forward has scored seven of the team's eight goals and may have to score frequently to offset a potent Williams offense...
Africans treat soccer as a form of refereed tribal warfare. Nigeria once upbraided a Ghanaian team for hexing the Nigerian goalie with black magic. In 1959 a game in the Belgian Congo between the Luluas and the Balubas touched off a three-day war in which 20 people were killed. Fortnight ago, the former French colony of Gabon sent a team to Brazzaville in the neighboring ex-French Congo* for a game of soccer. The toll so far: nine dead, 70 injured, and several thousand citizens transformed into refugees...
...constant stream of M.P.s through legislative halls around the world. Though all of its former colonies do not share Britain's respect for justice, the basis of the judiciary system is English common law everywhere except in Ceylon (where the precedent is Roman Dutch law). The most humble Nigerian native can, as a Commonwealth citizen, appeal to the mightiest judges in Britain through the Queen's personally appointed Privy Council...
...Hiri, center forward of the Nigerian olympic soccer squad, has scored more down more goal posts, and knocked out more goalies than any player...