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Tunisia Loses Crucial Group F Match, Sets Up Sunday Clash With Nigeria

 

Three-time champions, Super Eagles of Nigeria will face 2004 champions Tunisia in the Round of 16 of the ongoing Africa Nations Cup at the Roumde Adjia stadium in Garaou, Cameroon.

 

The Carthage Eagles booked their place to the knockout phase of the competition as one of the four third-placed countries after a shock 1-0 loss to the Gambia on Thursday night.

 

Tunisia finished 3rd in group F with just three points after three games in the group stage.

 

In the other Group F game, Mali defeated Mauritania 2-0 and topped the section.

 

Earlier in the evening, Cote d’Ivoire defeated Algeria 3-1 while Equatorial Guinea defeated Sierra Leone 1-0 in Group E.

 

Izuchukwu Okosi

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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