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FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament: Mali Lose To China

 

 

Nigeria’s opponents in Sunday’s crucial make or mar second match in the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifiers, Mali on Friday evening lost their first group game of the qualifying series.

The west Africans were defeated 84-64 by China who also defeated Nigeria on Thursday.

The Asians have thus booked their place at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup which holds in Australia by beating the west African opponents.

Nigeria must defeat Mali on Sunday to stand a chance of qualifying or bid farewell to the tournament altogether.

The tournament will hold between Thursday 22 September to Sunday 1st October 2022.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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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