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Nigeria's amputee football team prepares for World Cup debut

By Nneka Chile and Seun Sanni

Thursday, 12 Jul 2018 | 10:49 PM MYT

Nigeria's national amputee football team are seen on crutches during a training session in a field at the national stadium in Surulere district in Lagos, Nigeria July 6, 2018. Picture taken July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

LAGOS (Reuters) - Sixteen years after Emmanuel Ibeawuchi lost a leg in a road accident, his dream of playing soccer in a World Cup is about to become a reality.

He will captain Nigeria's team when it makes its debut at the Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico in October.

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