Off-field chaos costing Africans World Cup - Nigeria boss

[WorldNews]

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Nigeria's Olympic football coach Samson Siasia believes an African country could win the World Cup if it weren't for the pitiful state of sports administration blighting their chances. Siasia led Nigeria to the semi-finals of the Olympics on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Denmark despite a chaotic build-up to the tournament in Brazil and rows over player's allowances. Nigeria arrived in Brazil just hours before their opening 5-4 win over Japan last week after being stranded for several days at their training base in Atlanta because the Federation hadn't booked flight tickets in advance.

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