Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s Super Falcons on Tuesday evening booked their passage to the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco after coming from a foal behind to beat Cape Verde 2-1 away in Praia and qualify for the tournament 7-1 on aggregate, reports Prime Business Africa.
The nine-time African champions had romped to a comfortable 5-0 first-leg win at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja last week Thursday.
Cape Verde’s Ivania Moreira put the home side ahead barely eight minutes played in the game but Esther Okoronkwo who scored a brace in the first leg in Abuja on Thursday restored parity in the 62nd minute.
Falcons’ stand-in captain Rasheedat Ajibade settled the contest in added time.
The Super Falcons are making their 15th consecutive appearance in the tournament next year and become the 12th team to qualify for the tournament after host Morocco (automatic qualification) South Africa, Algeria, Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, DR Congo, Senegal, Zambia, Tunisia and Mali bagged their qualification to the tournament.
The 15th edition of the biennial African women’s football tournament will be held in Morocco in July next year.
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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