Africa sport club targets Handball Clubs trophy

The event will run from Oct. 20 to Oct. 30. Blasson told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Friday that the Africa Sports was a good club with talented young players, determined to make a name for themselves and their country. He described his team as the “dream team of the future’’, […]

The event will run from Oct. 20 to Oct. 30.

Blasson told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Friday that the Africa Sports was a good club with talented young players, determined to make a name for themselves and their country.

He described his team as the “dream team of the future’’, saying that it would spring surprises at the tournament.

Blasson, who rated clubs from Algeria, Cameroon and the Congo as “strong teams’’, said his team was up to the task and would do well.

“My team is not the best but it is a very good team, that is why we qualified to be here,’’ he boasted.

NAN reports that some of the teams that trained at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna, on Thursday were Al-Alhly of Egypt, Petro Atletico of Angola and the Flowers of Benin Republic.

Matches are scheduled to be played simultaneously at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium and the Murtala Muhammed Sports Hall, which are equipped with modern facilities approved by the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The tournament is one of the highest in the continent.

NAN reports that Nigeria is hosting the event for the second time. The first time was in 1987 in Owerri, Imo. (NAN)