Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s U17 Women’s team, Flamingos are poised for today’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against DR Congo.
The Nigerian lasses arrived safely in Kinshasha on Saturday evening ahead of today’s game.
The match will hold at the Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa as Nigeria look to secure a result that will make the second leg on March 19 at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja a walk in the park.
After the first round of U-17 Women’s World Cup holding in India later in the year saw the qualification of Eritrea, Kenya, DR Congo, Senegal and Benin following the withdrawal of their respective opponents, the second qualifying round will take place during the weekends of March 4-6 and March 18-20, 2022.
Below is the complete fixtures of the first leg.
First Leg
Uganda vs Ethiopia
Senegal vs Ghana
Tanzania vs Botswana
Congo vs Nigeria
Liberia vs Guinea
Benin vs Morocco
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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