Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Falcons striker and current Africa Women’s Footballer of the Year Asisat Oshoala will miss the rest of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco with a knee ligament injury.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) disclosed this on their Twitter handle on Wednesday.
Oshoala got injured in the game against South Africa on Monday, as the Super Falcons lost 2-1 to archrivals Banyana Banyana.
Scans revealed that Barcelona Femine forward Oshoala suffered a grade two medial collateral ligament injury and will be returning to Spain on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Super Falcons will hope to bounce back from the defeat to South Africa when they lock horns with debutants and Group C leaders Botswana on Thursday.
The nine-time African champions will face off against the debutants at 9pm Nigerian time.
Botswana defeated another tournament debutants Burundi 4-2 on Monday.
A victory is ‘a must’ for Nigeria and Botswana in their second Group C game at the Stade Hassan Moulay Stadium in Rabat.
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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