The Nigerian national football team has been banned from competitive games for two years by the country's president following their poor performance at the World Cup.
President Goodluck Jonathan forced the hiatus upon the squad to allow it time to "put its house in order", his office said.
Nigeria finished bottom of their group in South Africa with just one point after losing to Argentina and Greece and drawing with South Korea.
But the decision is likely to aggravate football's governing body Fifa which is opposed to politicians interfering with the running of national teams. More...
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