Arsenal plan pre-season game in troubled Nigeria

LONDON — Arsenal are planning to visit Africa for the first time in 19 years by travelling to troubled Nigeria for a pre-season friendly. The opposition for the August 5 match is not yet known but is likely to be a leading African national team, the London club said on their website yesterday. The friendly will be played at the Abuja National Stadium. Arsenal, who are also planning pre-season games in China, Malaysia and Hong Kong, last visited Africa for a tour of South Africa in 1993.