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African Tourney: Nigeria’s Handball Team Into Semi-final

Nigeria’s male handball team has progressed into the semi-finals of the Africa Handball tournament in Djibouti after beating Uganda 55-16. The sport federation could not … Continue reading African Tourney: Nigeria’s Handball Team Into Semi-final


Nigeria’s male handball team has progressed into the semi-finals of the Africa Handball tournament in Djibouti after beating Uganda 55-16.

The sport federation could not hide its joy on the team’s progress through the technical director of the federation saying it shows that the sport is developing with this brilliant performance in a tournament like that.

“I am particularly glad with the performance; the margin is clear evidence that we did not leave Nigeria for show, but to make the country proud.

Enroute to the semi-finals the U-20 handball team of Nigeria crushed host 45-18, Senegal managed to pull a draw out with them after the game ended 30 all.

The federation said it was impressed by the performance these young players both the male and female teams as the girls will also be playing their last group game today. The federation however  requested that handball lovers and Nigeria as whole should pray for the team to farther than the knockout stages of the championship so as to sing the country’s glory.