Handball: Nigeria resumes training ahead IHF tourney

Ahead of the IHF Trophy Africa Zone 3 Phase scheduled to be held later this month in Ghana, Nigeria U-18 and U-20 men handball national teams have resumed camp in Lagos.

The IHF Trophy Africa Zone 3 will be held in Accra, Ghana from February 20 to 24 and the Nigeria U-18 and 20 men team will be defending the title they won last year at the zonal level.

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As they geared up for the competition, coach Emeka Nnamani and Fidelis Obi have both invited eighteen players each for the U-18 and U-20 teams respectively as training holds at the Rowe Park Sports Centre at Yaba, Lagos.

Tojemarine Academy’s Kareem Farouk, Yusuf Sulaiman of Rima Strikers and Mohammed Mustapha of Confluence Stars are some of the players that make up the U-18 men’s national team while Niger United’s John Shagari, Kareem Ajibike of Tojemarine Academy, Joseph Emmanuel of De Defenders and Ojo Olumide of Adidja Handball Club of Benin Republic make up the invited players for the U-20 men national team.