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“Part of reasons why we had to declare a state of emergency in sports is to take steps to regain public confidence which we have lost and this will take us to looking into what we have done in the past and where we didn’t do it well

He said: “As a Federation, we have always had confidence in Samson Siasia. We believed in him enough to appoint him to head the U23 crew and gave him all the support, including organizing several friendlies and invitational tournaments for the team over the past 18 months

Iwobi emerged as the latest star to break through into Arsenal’s first-team from their academy earlier this year and was recently handed the No.17 shirt vacated by Alexis Sanchez – who takes the No.7 – a clear indication that he’s set to play a big part in Arsenal’s future

The Jamaican sprinter is also attempting a third successive hat-trick of Olympic gold medals in Brazil following his successes in Beijing and London where he triumphed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100 metres relay