Nigeria Football Federation, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick has heaved a sigh of relief over the postponement of the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers by CAF due to the pandemic Coronavirus that has grounded sports activities worldwide.
It was learnt that the NFF has been grappling with how to handle the foreign-based Super Eagles players who were expected to arrive from Coronavirus ravaged Europe for the March twenty-six AFCON tie against Sierra Leone.
A number of players in Europe have tested positive to the virus and some of the affected clubs including Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho’s Leicester City have sent their players into quarantine.
The postponement comes in the wake of the declaration of Covid-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, WHO and strict travel restrictions by some African countries to contain the spread of the virus
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