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FIFA World Cup Playoffs: Black Stars To Host Super Eagles In Kumasi

The Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi Ghana will be the venue for the first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs between the Black Stars of Ghana and Super Eagles of Nigeria.

The Cape Coast Stadium will be used for Ghana’s 65th independence anniversary on March 6 and will not be available to host the encounter.

The game will now take place at the Baba Yara Stadium, Ghana’s largest stadium, with a seating capacity of 40,528.

The first leg of the encounter will be played on March 23, while the reverse fixture is billed to hold at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on March 29.

The winner over the two legs will progress to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Both west African rivals had a dismal 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. While the Ghana side were eliminated in the group stage Nigeria exited the tournament in the round of 16 after a perfect group stage campaign that produced three wins out of three matches.

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.