Izuchukwu Okosi
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has offered to support the qualified African nations including the Super Falcons of Nigeria ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand reports Prime Business Africa.
Nigeria, Morocco, South Africa and Zambia automatically qualified for the competition while either Senegal or Cameroon will qualify through an intercontinental playoff in January.
The Secretary General of the body Omba Mosengo said they will meet in early 2023 to make proper arrangements for the team just like the way they did for the men’s team that played in Qatar.
“We will propose similar ways that were implemented with the 5 men’s teams that went to Qatar,” SG Veron said.
The tournament will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand in mid-2023.
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The Super Falcons are nine-time African champions but lost their title to South Africa in July to South Africa at the 2022 CAF Africa Women’s Nations Cup.
The Nigerian women’s national team have played in every FIFA Women’s (senior) World Cup since the inuagual edition in 1991 when China hosted the world.
Nigeria’s best run in the FIFA Women’s World Cup came in 1999 when the team reached the quarterfinals stage of the tournament in the USA when they lost 4-3 to Brazil after extra time.
The Falcons are expected to play a couple of friendly matches before their pre tournament training camp opens.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Patrice Motsepe this week opined that the Super Eagles of Nigeria have the potential to win the FIFA World Cup following the team’s failure to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Super Falcons will rely hugely on experienced players like Asisat Oshoala, Osinachi Ohale, Ifeoma Onumonu, Rasheedat Ajibade, Francesca Ordega, while a couple of youth internationals are expected to make the upgrade into the senior squad.
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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