Izuchukwu OkosiNine-time African women champions Super Falcons will be hosted to a farewell dinner by the Nigeria Football Federation Saturday night before jetting off to Australia for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The team have participated in all previous editions of the tournament with their best outing being a quarterfinals finish in 1999 when they were beaten 4-3 by Brazil in the USA.
The team will be hosted at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja by the Nigeria Football Federation officials.
The Falcons will then travel to Australia for a 15-day camping before they open their campaign in Group B against Canada at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on July 21.
The match will kick off at 4.30am Nigerian time.
Randy Waldrum’s team will then face the Matildas of Australia on July 27 at Lang Park in Brisbane before returning to Melbourne for their final group-stage match against Republic of Ireland.
The team will be led by the ageless captain, Onome Ebi.
Other big stars on the team include Barcelona Femini star, Asisat Oshoala, Atletico Madrid ace Rasheedat Ajibade, Francesca Ordega and Desire Oparanozie.
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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