Izuchukwu Okosi
Leicester City defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 Sunday afternoon at the King Power Stadium to climb to 9th place in the English Premier League with Nigeria international Ademola Lookman on the scoresheet.
Lookman who made his Nigeria debut in the 1-1 draw against Ghana in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff last month grabbed his seventh goal of the season with a fantastic finish.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall who set up the goal for Lookman them made it 2-0 with a great finish, a powerful finish that saw the ball nestle to the top left corner just neflre the break.
In the second half, Wilfried Zaha spurned two good chances from the penalty spot but was a third time lucky in the 65th minute when he headed the ball past Kasper Schmeichel to half the deficit.
Kelechi Iheanacho was introduced with 13 minutes left to play in place of Patson Daka who went off injured but he could not add his name to the goalscoring chart before full time.
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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