Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s U-23 national team’s quest for a place in the football event of the 2024 Olympics began Saturday evening with a 1-1 draw against Tanzania in the first leg, second round tie of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, reports Prime Business Africa. –
The second leg of the qualifying fixtures will hold at the Adegbesimgba stadium, Ibadan on Saturday, October 29.
The winner over two legs fixtures will qualify for the group stages of the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Four teams that reach the semifinals of the tournament in Morocco which serves as qualifiers to the Olympic Games in Paris will represent Africa at the 2024 Games.
Nigeria made history in Atlanta, USA, in the summer of 1996 becoming the first African country and indeed first black nation to win the football gold of the Olympics – a feat Cameroon repeated in Sydney, Australia in 2000.
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.
Follow Us