Expdonaloaded Sports News; Handball: Nigeria, Kenya clash in opening games

THE Nigeria men and women handball teams will clash with their Ke­nyan counterparts in their opening games at the on­going 11th African Games in Congo Brazzaville. According to the fix­tures, hostilities will begin in the basketball event to­day but the Nigeria women team will begin their cam­paign against Kenya to­morrow at the Kintele Sta­dium here in Brazzaville while the national men’s team will open their cam­paign on Saturday, also against Kenya.
Meanwhile, Techni­cal Director of the Nige­ria Handball Federation, Coach Patrick Atusu, had expressed confidence that his team would be compet­itive at the games although he raised concerns over the players’ unfamiliarity with the new facilities at the venue of the competition. “I’m not promising any­thing but I know that we’ve trained well for the games. My only worry is that the players are not used to the new facilities at the venue of the competition because it is different from the facility they”re used to. However, I expect a good outing from out teams” Atusu said.