Nigeria to establish football federation

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Football will take root in Nigeria on Sunday with the establishment of a national federation, the first in Africa dedicated to the sport.

Four current NFL players will be on hand for the announcement: Amobi Okoye and Connor Barwin of the Houston Texans, James Ihedigbo of the New York Jets and Frank Okam of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The players will lead the fourth-annual Changing Africa Through Education program run by Okoye's Foundation. The foundation also plans to build a college prep school for students who excel at both academics and athletics.

Okoye was born in Nigeria.

Representatives from the International Federation of American Football and from USA Football, the sport's national governing body in the United States, will attend.