La Voix du Nord reports that 20-year-old Nigerian international forward Victor Osimhen is expected to arrive in Northern France today.
Team Nigeria have established their dominance on the continent after they clear the stable to emerge champions of the inaugural Africa Cup Track Cycling which ended in Abuja, yesterday.
The Nigeria Rugby National team ‘Black Stallions’ have departed Lagos today (Sunday) for Elimina, Ghana for the West African Tri-nations Championship series which began today with Cote d’ Ivoire beating the hosts Ghana 22 – 12 at the Nduom Sports Stadium, Elimina, brila.net learns.
According to Egyptian outlet Al Watan, an unidentified body has been discovered in a villa under construction that belongs to Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny.
Manchester United are plotting a swoop to sign Lyon striker Moussa Dembele if Romelu Lukaku leaves Old Trafford this summer, according to a report in England.
Kano Pillars player Emmanuel Bature Yaro has revealed that it was all joy in the camp of Kano Pillars after finally winning the elusive Federation cup title following a 5-4 penalties shoot out win over Niger Tornadoes after the two sides had ended game goalless at regulation and extra time.
Yaro speaking in a chat with www.brila.net after the Federation cup triumph said the win has brought joy to the fans as well as the players who were promised a thousand dollar($1000) each by the Kano state Governor for a win before the start of the game.
“The trophy has never been to Kano and we thank God we won it. Irrespective of the continental ticket we had going into the game we were going for the trophy.
We are happy for the prestige this will bring to the people of Kano state because they have been behind us come rain, come sun. And we prayed and promised the trophy which we did.
There were promises and we know Kano Pillars do fulfil promises. The Governor came and promised each of us a thousand dollar before the game.”
Niger Tornadoes Captain Mustapha Aliko has stated that there is no point playing the blame game after his side fell short once again in a penalty shoot out defeat in the final of the 2019 Federation cup against Kano Pillars same way they missed out two season ago against Akwa united.
Aliko speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said admittedly it was painful to have lost out of the trophy once again in the final but nothing can be done now other than to hope for better luck next time.
He said his teammates gave a good fight against a side that is better in playing personnel but just unlucky in the shoot out session.
“We lost, I don’t want to blame any player. We all tried our best possible to see that we get the trophy back to Minna but that’s the will of God. We have to go back to the drawing board and plan again for next season.
It wasn’t easy anyway, Pillars are one of the best in Nigeria and they did well and have more matured players and at the end of the day we lost. we hope to be next time lucky.” Aliko concluded.
First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation Barrister Seyi Akinwumi has called for more support for women sports in Nigeria stating that the women game in terms of sponsorships and support still lags behind that of the men.
Akinwumi speaking in a chat gathered by www.brila.net said the Government needs to do more and that it also requires the private sector to also be involved as Government alone cannot be left to drive the growth of women sports in Nigeria.
He also added that parents should also be open to allowing their children actively get involved in Sports because most of the ladies doing sports had to sneak themselves into the game when they should have had the full backing of their parent or guardian as the case maybe.
“If we want to empower sports in Nigeria, we must empower the women in Sports because Sponsorship for women sports Government must help and private sector, they too must also help.
And then we must encourage parent to allow their girl children play as well because many of the times these girls had to sneak out because most of their parents don’t want their children to venture into sports.”
Nasarawa Amazon coach Christopher Danjuma has hailed his players for another spirited effort after winning the 2019 women Federation cup title at the expense of perennial rivals Rivers Angels on penalty shoot out win on Sunday.
Danjuma speaking in a chat with brila.net said the win against Rivers Angels came as a result of change of mentality after having been denied a number of occasion by the same team in the final.
He however said winning back to back contest against Rivers in the Super 4 and now the Federation cup deserve commendation from his players who have shown consistency and persistency.
“It’s the fact that consistency, persistency pays, all the time we have been getting to the finals, it’s been Rivers Angels that have been denying us with all due respect to that team as we had to also go back to our drawing board and see how we can pass Rivers Angels and God has been helping us and it is established already.
For my girls it’s a change of mentality that the moment you put your heart on something, you can really achieve it.”
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