{"id":4693,"date":"2013-06-03T23:25:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T23:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/state-of-handball-worries-coach\/"},"modified":"2013-06-03T23:25:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T23:25:10","slug":"state-of-handball-worries-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/state-of-handball-worries-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"State Of Handball Worries Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fidelis Obi, Head Coach of the Male U-20 Handball team, has expressed worry over the current state of affairs at the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN).<\/p>\n

\u201cI just hope that the issue in the national federation\u2019s election is resolved early enough so that normal activities can resume,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Obi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the court injunction that stopped the inauguration of the incoming board was capable of derailing the HFN\u2019s programmes.<\/p>\n

He added that the issue had not prevented the players from training on their own, pending their formal invitation for a closed camping programme for the forthcoming World Challenge Trophy.<\/p>\n

The World Challenge Trophy is slated to hold in Djibouti on a yet-to-be-disclosed date in August.<\/p>\n

He added that he was constantly in touch with the players, located in different parts of the country, on telephone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe national camp is very imperative but while we are waiting for the formal invitation by the authority, players are training regularly with the assistance of their coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition will attract teams from different parts of the world so we need to make sure that our players are in tune with all the technicalities,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The coach also complained that the National Sports Commission (NSC) had yet to formally receive the teams, after their creditable outing at the continental championships in April in Djibouti.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not too encouraging that up till this moment, the trophy we won at the continental competition in Djibouti for the country has not been officially presented to the Director-General, NSC,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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