Having fully settled into life in Italy following a season-long loan move to Perugia, 2015 Golden Eaglets player, Kingsley Michael has declared his readiness to return to his parent club, Bologna to fight for a place and shine in the Italian Serie A.
President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Hon. Daniel Igali has called on the Private sector as well as the Government to fully support the winning Wrestling Federation and other federation if Nigeria is desirous of winning medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Igali said in a chat with www.brila.net that the Wrestling Federation, for instance, have started brightly but couldn’t do more than take the established athletes to the two opening tournaments in the year because of the paucity of funds.
Igali said timely support when there is still good enough time to camp and get athletes in shape will help position Nigeria as one of the nations that can look forward to winning big at the games next year.
Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has suggested that Government must continue in its role as the major source of Sports funding in Nigeria until the Federations fully gain private sector-trust.
The City of Katsina will come alive once again on Wednesday when ‘The Changi Boys’ trade tackles with league leaders Mountain of Fire Ministry FC in a re-arranged NPFL matchday 9 mid-week fixture at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina.
Asisat Oshoala’s return to the UEFA Women’s Champions League has suffered a set back after the striker pulled a hamstring over the weekend in a league match.
Barcelona were hit with a major injury setback ahead of Today’s UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final match against LSK Kvinner FK as their on form striker Asisat Oshoala pulled an hamstring and will be out for at least two-weeks.
MFM FC Head Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu believes his side still has alot to do if they want to be considered as one of the 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League title favorites.
The Olukoya Boys are set to take on Abdullahi Biffo’s Katsina United in a rescheduled NPFL game at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina on Wednesday.
Despite leading Group A log, MFM FC has only won a game away from home this season (1-0 win over Remo Stars in Osogbo) and the game against with Katsina United is another opportunity to try their luck once more.
Speaking ahead of the game in Katsina, Fidelis Ilechukwu played down the pressure of avoiding another away defeat which many believed can cause damage to their play-off aspirations and stressed there was no target set for the team this season.
“With this team, there is no target for now and we hope to improve in this performances, so if we get to maintain it till week 18, then we can start thinking about making the playoffs and winning the title”.
MFM FC are sitting on top of Group A standing with 21 points from 10 games.
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U17 national team Jolomi Atune has stated that the Nigeria U17 team are almost getting to the perfection stage as they have been booked down for the possibility of another preparatory tourney for the 1st of April 2019.
Jolomi in a chat with www.brila.net said the Eaglets will qualify for the FIFA U17 world cup from their outing in Tanzania and that above all, the team intends to win the U17 AFCON as well as the U17 world cup.
Akwa united forward Mfon Ufoh has revealed that he is more concerned about helping his NPFL side do well and maintain their momentum in the league than focus on ending the season with the topscorer award.
Udoh speaking in a chat with www.brila.net recalling his side’s away win last time out where he scored the winning goal in Owerri against Heartland said he simply want the Promise keepers to keep pace with NPFL group B league leaders FC Ifeanyi Ubah.