FIFA gives US$25,000 to Togo goalkeeper

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is promising US$25,000 for Kodjovi Obilale, the goalkeeper shot and badly injured in the terror attack on Togo's team bus at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.



Obilale, speaking by phone, says he received a letter from the FIFA president over the weekend.



In the letter, Blatter wrote that the money would come from a FIFA humanitarian fund.



Obilale was shot twice in the back, suffering spinal and other injuries. He can no longer move his right leg below the knee.



The 25-year-old does not expect to ever again play football but hopes that, with time, he might be able to walk. For now, he uses a wheelchair.