Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria enhanced their chances of qualifying for the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Friday evening with a narrow 67-65 win against France.
D’Tigress were defeated by China in their first group game by China which made their next two games against France and Mali ‘must wins’ matches.
Despite the politics bedevilling the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) thd Nigeria basketball national teams in the men’s and women’s teams have covered themselves in glory in recent tournaments.
With Friday’s victory, another win for the team against West African rivals Mali on Sunday will all but guarantee qualification to the Word Cup for the African champions should results go in their favour in other matches.
The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup will hold in Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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