Nigeria request Pyatigorsk as World Cup base

Nigeria have picked the city of Pyatigorsk as their first-choice base camp for next year's World Cup in Russia, subject to approval from FIFA.

While there, the Super Eagles would be lodged at the Professional Sanatorium Complex Mashuk Aqua-Therm, which, according to the FIFA guide book, is "one of the best spa facilities located in the protected eco-resort region of the Caucasian Mineral waters."

Located in the southern cluster of FIFA's Base Camps, the Sanatorium is almost equidistant from the...