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Nigeria appoints coaches to national teams

Xinhua,February 13, 2018 Adjust font size:

LAGOS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday announced the appointment of coaching crews of five national teams.

The appointments of the new coaches for Super Eagles B/Olympic men's team, Under-20 men (Flying Eagles), Under-17 boys team, Under-15 boys team and Under-13 boys team were with immediate effect, Chairman of NFF's Technical and Development Committee Yusuf Ahmed announced in a statement.

The development did not relate to three other national teams, including senior men's team, the Super Eagles, the under-20 women's team, the Falconets, and the under-17 women's team, the Flamingos.

"Our committee has done due diligence on all the names and approved the constitution of these technical crews," Ahmed said.

Ahmed said all the coaches would be unveiled at a later date, alongside the coaching crews of the Falconets and Flamingos.

The technical crews of the Falconets and Flamingos were appointed earlier as a result of their World Cup qualifying campaigns. Enditem

 

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