Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria Super Falconets’ second Group C game at the FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup in Costa Rica which was expected to kick off 9pm Nigerian time on Sunday has been delayed for bad weather reports Prime Business Africa.
The Nigerian girls defeated European France 1-0 in their first game of the tournament on Friday morning but also had to wait for a clement weather after wind conditions and heavy rainfall disrupted the flow of the ball.
As at the time of filing this report, groundsmen were busy working on the waterlogged pitch.
A stadium information revealed that the match is not expected to kickoff within the next one hour.
Expectant fans are in the stands either going through their phones or eating snacks.
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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