LONDON - Nigeria team officials said Thursday they had solved midfielder Sunday Mba's travel problems and he had joined up with the World Cup squad in London in time for its departure for the United States.
Team spokesman Ben Alaiya said that Mba's visa to travel to the U.K. had expired. His French club Bastia then requested he report to France, diverting his planned trip from Nigeria to Britain.
The Nigeria Football Federation put in urgent requests with British embassy authorities in the Nigerian capital Abuja and then Paris and Mba's travel documents were renewed, allowing him to report to Corsica-based Bastia before meeting up with his Nigerian teammates.
