Nigeria’s footballers set to arrive late at the Olympics

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Flight problems mean Nigeria are expected to arrive in Brazil less than 36 hours before their opening match of the men’s Olympic football tournament.

The delay has been blamed on a ‘logistical mix-up’ with operators of a charter aircraft.

Samson Siasia’s squad are due to play Japan at 0100GMT on Friday 5 August in Manaus.

But the squad are still in Atlanta with the charter airline refusing to leave until full payment has been made.

“The Nigerian government [sports ministry] is responsible for booking the tickets for the team to travel but we heard there is a logistical mix-up with …

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