Nigeria soccer team delayed in US

A flight delay stranded the Nigeria men's football team in the US on the same day the club was set to play its first game in the Olympic Games.
The team boarded a jet out of Atlanta on Thursday morning for the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, where it plays Japan later in the day.
The team's spokesman posted a picture on Twitter of the team boarding the plane with the message "here we go".
He said they were scheduled to arrive in Manaus in time to play the match, but the team faced the uncomfortable situation of making its debut almost immediately after a lengthy flight.
The flight was aboard a chartered Delta jet. A spokesperson for Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said it stepped in to help the team get to its destination after learning of the flight issue.
The Nigeria team trains in Atlanta, the city that was the site of the African nation's greatest soccer triumph. Nigeria won the gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.