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Nigeria prepares for World Junior Softball Championship

Xinhua, June 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigeria has concluded plans to invite 35 players to camp on June 15, ahead of the forthcoming 11th World Junior Softball Championship scheduled to hold in Oklahoma, U.S.

The players would commence a 40-day program in southern city of Port Harcourt and other locations in the country ahead of the competition, Kehinde Laniyan, the scribe of Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) told reporters in Lagos on Thursday.

Laniyan said the players were selected from tryouts that were held in southwest city of Ibadan and Port Harcourt in May.

The Nigerian official said 20 players would be eventually selected based on merit to represent the country at the championship.

The scribe appealed to corporate organizations and philanthropists to support the team' s preparations for the event.

Nigeria is in pool A alongside Ecuador, China, Britain and Japan.

No fewer than 18 teams will participate at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) sanctioned event holding from Aug. 9 to Aug. 15 in Oklahoma. Endi