Dutee Chand was born in a ‘below poverty line’ family of weavers, in Jajpur, Odisha, as a result, the first challenge she had to face in her life was to make it a better one for herself and her family.
Super Eagles and RCD Leganes of Spain defender, Kenneth Omeruo has revealed that he is presently enjoying his stint with the La Liga outfit and is hoping he could stay with them for the long term.
Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich midfield maestro Xabi Alonso has won his first trophy as a manager after his Real Madrid U13 side won the league title.
While football lovers in Nigeria continue to bask in the euphoria of Nigeria’s 4-2 aggregate win over Libya in a crucial U-23 AFCON qualifier, the words that did the magic have been revealed to brila.net.
Making this revelation is a member of the team and Enyimba International player, Olatunji Matthew who stated that coach of the side Imama Amapakabo kept telling the players to remain calm and sustain the pressure on the Libyans.
“When the deadlock could not be broken after several attempts, coach Imama asked for calm and to keep pressing the Libyans. I learned a lot from the coach and my teammates, especially the foreign-based ones. I pray that with the lesson learned and my hard work, I play for a team in Europe”, Olatunji disclosed.
Having lost the first leg 2-0 against Libya in Tunisia, the Nigerian team needed at least three unreplied goals to scale the hurdle and a Victor Osimhen hat-trick coupled with Chidozie Okereke’s goal on the dot of 90 minutes for made the day Nigeria.
Nigeria will now face Sudan in the final round of qualifiers for the African U-23 Nations Cup.
Imama Amapakabo and the Dream Team technical crew have been advised to perfect their plans to stop Sudan forward Waleed Hamid when the sides go head to head in the third round of the 2019 CAF U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Relegation threatened Remo Stars have hit another low following the sensational claim by its Coach Kennedy Boboye, that his team’s pre season form as well as the player’s performance was a “flash in the pan.”
Rangers Int’l FC Head Coach Gbenga Ogunbote has demanded an immediate response from his players after their CAF Confederation Cup elimination as they target a return to the continent next season.
Taiye Yusuf has been appointed as Yobe Desert Stars technical adviser, replacing Ngozi Elechi until the end of the season.
The Kaduna born coach takes over following the sacking of Ngozi Elechi on Monday.
He will be on the bench for Sunday’s trip to Gombe against strugglers Gombe United.
Club managing director, Mallam Abdulrahman Ago visited the team at the club training ground to confirm Taiye Yusuf as the new technical adviser.
He disclosed to the media, that the coach has served the team right from the lower division to the Nigeria elite league.
“He has acquired a lot experience and I’m sure he would pass it to the players”.
“I call on the players to give their maximum support for us to get the result we want”.
Yobe Desert Stars sit at the bottom of the Nigeria professional football league group B standing with 10 points from 12 games.
Former Nigeria international Garba Lawal has stated that the Nigeria U23 national team still has a lot of work to do and shouldn’t be carried away by the 4-0 second leg win over Libya which handed the team a 4-2 aggregate qualification to the next and final round.
Lawal speaking in a chat with www.brila.net warned that the team admittedly may have had a bad day in the first leg away to Libya but could have as well ruined their chances of qualification especially failing to score in defeat away from home.
He added that they should work towards ensuring they are consistent in scoring home or away as they face Sudan in the final qualifying round for the U23 AFCON in June.
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U20 national team Flying Eagles Abdu Maikaba has revealed proposed friendlies planned to prepare Nigeria U20 national team for the FIFA U20 world cup in Poland this summer.
Maikaba in a chat with www.brila.net gave hint on what games the technical crew intends to play.
He said the team hopes to start with a low opposition in the first preparatory game to get the players in shape after which they intend to have the team play games against Saudi Arabia, Serbia or any team from Germany so as to give the team the right progression needed in the build up to the U20 world cup while they wait to meet the NFF.