Calabar confirmed to host EAGLES

Nigeria Thursday confirmed that the southern city of Calabar will host next month’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against Namibia.Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) executive committee member Emeka Iyama disclosed: "It’s official - Calabar has been cleared to host the Eagles June games. We are confident they will do a good job.” The eastern town of Owerri were in the race to stage the June 3 clash after both the Abuja National Stadium as well as the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna was ruled out.The pitch at the Abuja Stadium pitch is in a very bad state,while Kaduna was ruled out following security concerns after recent deadly bomb attacks by terrorists.Calabar hosted a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar,which the Eagles won 2-0.The Cross River State government have also undertaken to cater for the country’s U17 team for a month beginning this week.