/ 1 February 2000

IYENEMI WILL PLAY FOR NIGERIA

KEY defender Furo Iyenemi will be available for Nigeria’s next African Nations’ Cup match against Morocco, the Confederation of African Fotball said on Tuesday. Iyenemi was understood to have collected two yellow cards in Nigeria’s previous two matches, meaning automatic suspension from the next game. “The Nigerians came to check our technical report and we discovered Furo Iyenemi had only one yellow card,” said Suleimanu Habuba, CAF’s tournament spokesman. Nigeria and Morocco, both with four points, meet in their final group D match on Thursday.