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Rio 2016: Nigeria’s Olympic footballers delayed by payment problem
- Updated: August 3, 2016
Chelsea’s Mikel John Obi will captain Nigeria at the Olympics
Nigeria’s Olympic football squad are stuck in Atlanta because of a problem with the payment for a flight to Rio.
The delay means the men’s team are expected to arrive in Brazil less than 36 hours before their opening match.
“The money paid by the [sports] ministry for the charter flight did not hit airline’s account on Tuesday so they refused to fly the team to Brazil,” a source close to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) …
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