HFN camps 17 players for IHF U-18 Intercontinental Championship

24.02.2023 - 10:05 guardian.ng

[FILES] HandballThe Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), yesterday, announced that 17 players are currently in a national camp in Lagos, preparing for the forthcoming International Handball Federation (IHF) Intercontinental Championship, which holds from March 6 to 11, 2023 in San Jose, Costa Rica.They finished second in the 2019 edition held in Pristina, Kosovo, losing by a narrow 26 to 27 margin to Chinese Taipei in the final.

The team, led by Coach Emeka Nnamani, will play its first match on March 8 against Nicaragua and also meet Georgia, Guadaloupe, Nicaragua and Tahiti in a round-robin competition.

The Guardian recalls that the country’s representative qualified for the 2023 IHF Trophy Intercontinental by defeating Guinea 37-36 in the final of the IHF Trophy Continental Phase held in Brazzaville, Congo earlier in the year.

Before then, the team had played in the Africa Zone 3 tournament of the competition in Cote d’Ivoire, where they beat every team to remain unbeaten in the championship since its loss to Chinese Taipei in Kosovo.

handball China Georgia Guinea Ivory Coast Nigeria Congo Costa Rica Kosovo Lagos Nicaragua

There was no end to P V Sindhu's poor run as the star Indian shuttler made a first round exit from the All England Championships after losing to Zhang Yi Man of China in straight games in Birmingham on Wednesday. The world number nine Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, lost 17-21 11-21 in the 39-minute women's singles contest. This is the third time that Sindhu has lost her first round match this year. She had lost to Carolina Marin of Spain in Malaysia Open in January before exiting the Indian Open at the same stage in the same month.

Ding Junhui holds off Thepchaiya Un-Nooh challenge to claim second Six Red World Snooker Championship

Ding Junhui held his nerve superbly to secure a second Six Red World Championship with an 8-6 victory over home favourite Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Bangkok. The Chinese sporting icon lifted the trophy in 2016 with a last-gasp 8-7 win over Stuart Bingham, but dominated the 14th frame before a vociferous home crown to avoid being forced to another final-frame decider.

Greensprings Kanu Football Camp resumes in April

Nwankwo Kanu teaching young children some basic techniques of football

Ronnie O’Sullivan out of Six Red World Snooker Championship as Ding Junhui reaches last four, Judd Trump suffers exit

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Six Red World Championship after he was beaten 6-2 by former winner Ding Junhui in the last 16 before the Chinese icon continued his solid form by progressing to the semi-finals of the Bangkok invitational event. Masters champion Judd Trump will also be missing from the final stages after suffering a 6-5 defeat to Hossein Vafaei in the last eight that saw Trump somehow miss a straight match-ball brown on the cusp of a 6-4 success.

Ronnie O’Sullivan out of Six Red World Snooker Championship as Ding Junhui sets up semi-final with Tom Ford

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Six Red World Championship after he was beaten 6-2 by former winner Ding Junhui in the last 16 before the Chinese icon continued his solid form by progressing to the semi-finals of the Bangkok invitational event. O’Sullivan had previously stated he was targeting the £100,000 first prize on his competitive debut in the shorter format at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani, but missed some crucial shots which saw the match slip away after levelling at 2-2.

World Baseball Classic 2023 - Ranking the top 50 players

The World Baseball Classic is back after a six-year absence — it was originally scheduled for 2021 but postponed because of COVID-19 — and the 2023 version will be bigger and better than ever, featuring more teams and star-studded rosters.