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Nigeria stun Tunisia at Africa Women U-18 handball championship

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Nigeria’s under-18 Women handball team on Tuesday in Monastir, Tunisia defeated their hosts 28-20 in their last match of Group A at the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship.

The Nigerian team brushed aside their second game loss to Guinea to stun their hosts in the third game of the competition.

The Nigerian team led 13-9 at the end of the match’s first half, going on to win 15-11 in the second half to make the overall score 28-20.

At the end of it all, Rahima Bello of the Nigerian team was voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the match.

Shittu Agboola, coach of the Nigerian side, said his team was determined to win the game and this helped them.

“We needed to defeat the hosts so that we will play in the quarter-finals. That was our target.

“Now we must work hard to win the quarter-final match against Morocco. But our girls are determined and will put in all their best in the game,” he said.

The Nigerian side won their first match against Algeria 28-18, before losing their second game 20-23 to Guinea.

The 19th Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship is expected to end this Saturday.

Nigeria are in Group A with two-time champions and hosts Tunisia, Algeria and Guinea, and will now meet Morocco in the quarter-finals on Wednesday

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