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Rio 2016: Nigeria’s Olympic footballers late as plane ‘too small’
- Updated: August 4, 2016
Chelsea’s Mikel John Obi will captain Nigeria at the Olympics
Nigeria’s Olympic football team will arrive just hours before their opening Rio 2016 match after being delayed because their plane was too small.
They had already been held up in Atlanta, USA, because of a problem with the payment for their flight.
“The players were uncomfortable with the size of the plane,” team media officer Timi Ebikagboro told BBC Sport.
He said they would leave on a bigger plane and arrive in time for kick-off against Japan (01:00 GMT Friday).
“The [Nigerian] government stepped in,” he added.
“The …
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