Mikel Obi To Fly into Nigeria With Chelsea FC's Private Jet To Enable Him Attend GLO/CAF Awards

Super Eagles and Chelsea FC midfielder, John Mikel Obi, will be specially flown into Lagos for the African Player of the award ceremony in a jet provided by his English Premier League side.
Mikel who is the favourite to clinch the award is nominated for the prestigious award alongside Ivoirian duo of Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba.
He told MTNFootball.com he plans to fly in and out of Lagos for the ceremony in his club’s jet on Thursday.
“I am coming for the CAF awards, I will be flown in and out of Nigeria by the Chelsea. jet. I will arrive on the awards day and return immediately after,” Mikel told MTNFootball.com “It is an honour to be selected and nominated for the award.
I am looking forward to winning it for my country.” His brothers Patrick Tochukwu Obi and Ebele Obi, who is a goalkeeper with Nigeria Premier League side Heartland, will accompany him to the event.
Nwankwo Kanu is the last Nigeria star to be named Africa Footballer of the Year by CAF when he won in 1999 and Yaya Toure is the reigning football king of the continent.

The full list of the ’13 CAF African Player Of The Year Awards below reveals Nigeria alone got one-fifth of the total number of nominees.

The full list of the ’13 CAF African Player Of The Year Awards below reveals Nigeria alone got one-fifth of the total number of nominees.

With the likes of Mikel Obi,Vincent Enyeama,Emenike Emmanuel,Sunday Mba and Ahmed Musa on the list; Nigeria therefore produced the highest number of nods with 5 nominees,Côte d’Ivoire with 3 nominees and Egypt with 2 nominees.

AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Ahmed Musa

Asamoah Gyan

Dame N’Doye

Didier Drogba

Emmanuel Emenike

Balotelli, Pirlo, Buffon: Italy announce 28-man squad to face Nigeria next week

AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli, Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo, have all been included in Italy’s 28-man squad, which will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly.
THE FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (PSG/FRA).
Defenders: 
Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (AS Roma), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Juventus), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersbourg/RUS).
Midfielders: 

South Korean clubs want female footballer to take gender test, or threaten boycott

Star of the womens South Korean league, Park Eun-Seon, is too good to be a woman, according to the twisted logic of six of the seven rival league clubs.

Park, top scorer for Seoul City Amazones last season with 19 goals in 22 games, has been accused of feigning