By Gowon Akpodonor 01 April 2023 | 5:22 am About 72 hours after losing the Paris 2024 Olympics Games ticket to Guinea, the National U-23 team ‘sneaked’ into Lagos in the early hours of yesterday.The Olympics Eagles, led by coach Salisu Yusuf, had crashed out of the African U-23 Championship on Tuesday… Olympic Eagles Coach, Salisu Yusuf • Angry Passengers Boo Salisu Yusuf About 72 hours after losing the Paris 2024 Olympics Games ticket to Guinea, the National U-23 team ‘sneaked’ into Lagos in the early hours of yesterday.The Olympics Eagles, led by coach Salisu Yusuf, had crashed out of the African U-23 Championship on Tuesday, in Morocco, after losing 2-0 to Guinea in the return leg of their qualifiers. The first leg in Abuja ended 0-0. The failure by the Yusuf-led Eagles had sparked angry reactions from many Nigerians, who took to social media to slam the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for refusing to sack Salisu, who had earlier failed to qualify the Super Eagles B team for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) against Ghana. To a majority of the fans, the NFF should be blamed for giving its approval to the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to appoint Yusuf, who was banned by FIFA for one year in 2018 after Yusuf was caught on camera accepting bribe from men, who posed as football agents, to select two players for his Morocco 2018 African Nations Championship squad. An airport official told The Guardian in a telephone chat yesterday that the players left the Murtala Mohammed airport with disappointment visibly written all over their faces. The source added that coach Salisu Yusuf was booed by some angry passengers and workers as he made his way from the airport. The result against Guinea in Morocco on Tuesday knocked Nigeria out of the race for the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s football event, as only the top three teams from the U-23 AFCON will represent Africa at the event. Sport 1 hour ago About 72 hours after losing the Paris 2024 Olympics Games ticket to Guinea, the National U-23 team ‘sneaked’ into Lagos in the early hours of yesterday.The Olympics Eagles, led by coach Salisu Yusuf, had crashed out of the African U-23 Championship on Tuesday… 2 hours ago When Anthony Joshua enters the ring at the O2 on today to try America’s Jermaine Franklin for size, losing and retiring from the sports that has brought him fame and fortune are two things the 33-year old 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist won’t be thinking about. 3 hours ago After a ten-day international break, club football returns this weekend with actions in the English Premier League, Italian Serie A and Spanish La Liga. In the Serie A, Napoli will face defending champions, AC Milan, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium tomorrow without their injured striker, Victor Osimhen… 3 hours ago Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will be assessed after training yesterday to establish if he is fit to face Liverpool today – but Phil Foden faces up to three weeks out. 3 hours ago Barcelona are in contact with Lionel Messi about returning to the club, says vice-president Rafael Yuste. The 35-year-old Argentina forward is Barcelona’s all-time top scorer with 672 goals in 778 games and left the Nou Camp for financial reasons in 2021.
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