FIFA confirms Keshi’s 23 man squad

Lagos - Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday says it has confirmed the 23 final players selected by Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. FIFA gave Monday, June 2 as deadline for submission of the final 23 players, and Keshi left it late to beat the deadline. FIFA confirmed the list when it updated the Nigerian squad on its website among other 31 participating countries. Nigeria will play Iran on June 16 in their opening game of the 2014 World Cup, before taking on Bosnia and Argentina to complete their Group F campaign. For the latest on national news, politics, sport, entertainment and more follow us on Twitterand like our Facebookpage. See list on FIFA.com