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NFF Explains Why Super Falconets Were Stranded At Istanbul Airport

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NFF Explains Why Super Falconets Were Stranded At Istanbul Airport

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday gave clarification of Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s team, Falconets overstaying for 24 hours at Istanbul following their exit at the Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.

Falconets were enroute Abuja after bowing out of the tournament on Sunday, following a 0-2 loss to Netherlands in the quarter finals stage.

 

 

 

 

Pictures of the team sleeping on the floor at the Istanbul Airport surfaced on social media with fans blaming the Federation for negligence.

However, Demola Olajire, NFF’s Head of Communications, said in a statement, that the situation was due to inability to secure transit visas for the team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olajire also reported Mohammed Sanusi, General Secretary of the NFF, as saying that the tickets were booked by FIFA and not the federation.

 

“The NFF did not book the team’s tickets from Costa Rica, FIFA did.

 

 

 

 

“FIFA also did not envisage the hitches that saw the team delayed for more than three hours in Bogota, and another one hour in Panama. By the time the team got to Istanbul, the flight to Abuja had left.

 

“Our officials pleaded for compassionate transit visas to take the players and officials to a hotel inside the town, but this was not possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“They were informed that Nigeria had been removed from the list of countries whose citizens were issued visa-on-arrival in Turkey.

“The airline then took the team to a sleeping area at the airport and gave them tickets to have meals every five hours.

 

 

 

 

“This situation has nothing to do with NFF, who had made arrangements to receive the team in Abuja before the complications in travel arrangements,” Sanusi explained.

Olajire also added that the NFF had implored FIFA to intervene with the Embassy of Germany to issue the team transit visas before their departure from Nigeria, for the team to travel through Germany, but failed to happen.

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Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

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Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

 

 

Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has advised Victor Osimhen to leave Serie A champions Napoli.

 

 

 

Napoli mocked Osimhen in a TikTok video posted earlier this week after he missed a penalty in the 0-0 draw at Bologna.

 

 

 Serie A: Oliseh advises Osimhen to quit Napoli over TikTok video

The forward reacted by deleting all of Napoli’s pictures and videos from his social media handles, with his agent threatening to take legal action against the club.

 

 

 

The 24-year-old snubbed a number of his teammates on his arrival at the team hotel ahead of Napoli’s Serie A clash with Udinese on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

Commenting on the issue, Oliseh wrote on his X handle:” Forever proud to be Nigerian; One must show personality, work hard & refuse to be intimidated. let Racists and ingrates talk! That’s why they are eternal losers who secretly wish they were created like you! Osimhen needs to leave Napoli as soon as yesterday!!.“

 

 

 

 

 

The forward has scored four goals in six league appearances for Rudi Garcia’s side this season.

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BREAKING: Ogun wins first medal in Asaba

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BREAKING: Ogun wins first medal in Asaba

 

 

 

Team Ogun has recorded its first medal at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State.

 

 

 

 

 

Mojeed Rilwan won Bronze in the 40kg Boys after a very hard-fought encounter against his rugged Edo State opponent.

 

 

 

 

 

A fight of 3 minutes for junior categories couldn’t end until 34 minutes in a straight fight without any break.

 

 

BREAKING: Ogun wins first medal in Asaba

 

 

#Asaba2023 #NationalYouthGames #TeamOgun #BuildingOurFutureTogether #ISEYA #DapoAbiodun

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Megan Rapinoe’s X account still active, claim of Elon Musk ban is false | Fact check

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Megan Rapinoe’s X account still active, claim of Elon Musk ban is false | Fact check

 

The claim: Elon Musk banned Megan Rapinoe from X

 

 

 

 

A Sept. 15 Facebook post claims an outspoken female athlete was banned from a popular social media platform.

 

 

 

“Breaking: Elon Musk Banned Megan Rapinoe From Twitter,” reads the post. “Full story in the first comment.”

 

 

 

It was shared more than 50 times in six days.

Megan Rapinoe's X account still active, claim of Elon Musk ban is false | Fact check

 

Our rating: False

Rapinoe’s account on X, formerly Twitter, was still up as of Sept. 21. The story in the comment below the post claims the supposed ban happened after a back-and-forth exchange between Musk and Rapinoe on X, but there are no records of any such interaction.

No evidence of any X interactions between Rapinoe, Musk

Rapinoe’s X account, a formerly verified account under the handle @MPinoe, was still accessible as of Sept. 21.

A review of archived screenshots of the account did not indicate it had recently been banned.

Though the article linked in the comments claims a ban came after an argument between Rapinoe and Musk on X, there is no evidence of any such exchange. A search of both Musk and Rapinoe’s X accounts found no posts about or to the other.

 

 

 

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Rapinoe is an outspoken advocate for various issues, including race, gender equality and LGBTQ rights. She has referred to herself as a “walking protest” and has knelt during the U.S. national anthem in protest of police brutality, as reported by CNN.

 

 

 

In various X posts, Musk has decried what he calls the “woke mind virus” that he claims is infiltrating institutions such as higher education and the media. He has also criticized what he described as an “anti-American self-destructive element in … elite circles within the U.S.,” Fox News reported.

Musk has banned various users since buying the social media platform in October 2022. They include journalists who tweeted or reported on Musk’s ownership of the company, comedian Kathy Griffin and Kanye West. The accounts have since been reinstated.

 

 

 

USA TODAY has previously debunked claims that Rapinoe stomped on an American flag, that Musk admitted to being a flat earther and that Musk intends to buy Meta.

USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

 

 

 

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