Sudan lists Osunwa, Sule in Nations Cup squad

DOLPHINS of Port Harcourt's former striker, Kelechi Osunwa, and his compatriot, Sherif Sule, have been named in Sudan's 25-man provisional squad, who departed for Qatar ahead of this month's Africa Cup of Nations. Two other Nigerians, national U-23 team's striker Francis Ikechukwu, and Isaac Malik did not make the squad as their Sudanese passports did not come through as hoped. Ahly Shaadi's striker Ikechukwu told MTNFootball.com: 'My dream to play for Sudan at this year's Nations Cup won't come true because there is delay in issuance of my passport.'In fact, I had resumed training with the team before we realised that the passport won't be ready until later this year, so I may not debut for Sudan till end of this year or next year.'He further informed: 'Kelechi Osunwa and Sherif Sule made it, while I and Isaac Malik have to wait for our passports.'Osunwa, who has played for both of Sudan's big rivals, Al Hilal and Al Merriekh, featured for Nigeria at the 2001 Africa Junior Championship in Seychelles and it is left to be seen if his nationality switch has been endorsed by world football governing body, FIFA.He also played a couple of friendly matches for Nigerian Olympic team in 2006 in South Africa. The striker's career has lately been dogged by a serious knee injury, which needed surgery and rehabilitation in England.
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