Injured Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale says he is to receive US$25,000 from FIFA after being shot during January's Nations Cup finals in Angola. Obilale, 25, is still unable to walk eight months after the machine-gun attack by separatist rebels on the Togolese bus as it entered Angola. Two members of the Togolese delegation were killed, while the reserve goalkeeper was shot twice in the back.

"It's kind," said Obilale, after receiving a letter from Sepp Blatter. Frustrated at the lack of assistance from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) and Angolan organisers, Obilale wrote to FIFA president Blatter in August requesting assistance. The Swiss promised funds from a FIFA humanitarian fund even though he said football's world governing body could not be held responsible for the 'tragic' attack. "We will continue to study this dossier," Blatter said.