Handball federation disbands male national team
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speaking on the prudent energy league ocheho said it is a sign of better days to come for handball1 in a bid to return handball to winning ways the president handball federation of nigeria hfn samuel ocheho on sunday in abuja announced the disbandment of the senior male national team1 he said the team was disbanded to enable it start afresh1 what we did after the outing in gabon is to x-ray ourselves and tell ourselves the bitter truth1 from what we have seen in the national team we need to start using younger players we need to go back and start using fresh legs1 this game is very physical and if we need to regain the top stop in africa we must go back to the youths1 this is not to say that some players that went to gabon will not make the new team he added1 ocheho said that the disbandment of the team would also help the federation to instill discipline in the team1 ocheho made the announcement at the end of the first phase of the prudent energy handball league played at the abuja national stadium1 what we have seen here at the first phase of prudent energy handball league is the fact that we are moving forward. greater things are about to happen1 exciting times are there again for handball and from what i have seen with the players referees and coaches i think the future can only be bright1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the league featured 22 teams comprising 12 male and 10 female1 the first phase of the league which began on april 27 ended on sunday with niger united topping the standings with 19 points and a 111 goals difference1 kada stars of kaduna came second while safety shooters were third on the standings1 in the female category safety babes topped the standings with 16 points and a 93 goals difference1 seasiders babes and imo grasshoppers were in second and third positions respectively with 14 points each and 94 goals difference1 nan reports that the second phase of the league will hold in lagos in october1