World Cup: Nigerian Clubs Get FIFA Windfall

Three Nigerian sides that had players in the Super Eagles team that
played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been handed a
windfall by the World Football governing body.

Sunshine Stars, had the most players in the Super Eagles and they were
paid N24.1m ($127,000). Warri Wolves were handed N22.8m ($120,000),
while Gombe United earned N10.6m ($56,000). The monies were paid to
the Nigeria Football Federation who passed same on to the teams with
every team all over the world that had a player at the tournament
being handed cash by FIFA. 31 English clubs also received nearly
N1.9b ($10m) in total benefits from the same tournament.

Chelsea are the biggest beneficiary receiving more than N228m ($1.2m),
with Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City each receiving
over N190m ($1m)
--Vanguard