Sunday 31 May 2015

FIFA Women’s W/Cup Controversy trails Falcons’ Nike jerseys


Falcons-Toronto1•Nigerian ladies still appear in house wears
Nigeria’s senior women team are still awaiting their Nike jerseys with exactly seven days to the start of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada, SavidNews authoritatively gathered.
Super Falcons – Canada
earlier in April, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation  (NFF) Amaju Pinnick announced a three-and-half-year kit partnership deal with Nike which worth N 743m in equivalent.
The Super Falcons were billed to first launch the kits against Mali in an Olympic qualifying match before the Malians’ late withdrawal, but yet to access the jerseys nearly a month later.

SavidNews learnt that the Super Falcons have been turning out in a two tops and shorts sport wears which were handed out to the team since arriving in Toronto on May 20 in view of the expected Nike kits.
Unfortunately, the African representative were seen with the same house-wear looking kits in their training sessions, even in friendly against Canada last Monday which they played out a goalless draw which also turned their general wears.
SavidNews further learnt that the awaited Nike kits were claimed to have been seized by the Canadian customs with promises to secure their release on an uncertain date.
Asisat Oshoala was pictured with a track suit top on the same adopted kit to receive her BBC Women Footballer of the Year award – an outfit which continues to erupt questions from stakeholders.
The source stressed that the players have drastically slowed down on posting pictures via their social media owing to cautions from NFF officials to avoid exposing their glaring abnormalities.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation in a reaction has refuted claims about the unseen kits and assured that ‘the Nike jerseys have arrived Toronto’, but the source insisted the reported arrival of kits were untrue as claimed by the NFF.
The source also noted that the newest kits received and shared on Thursday May 28, were bought sets of white top and an ‘oversize’ tracksuit.
Edwin Okon’s ladies have been paired with former champions USA, Sweden and Australia in the touted Group of Death – D of the World Cup scheduled to hold from June 6 to July 5 in Canada

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