Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
D’Tigers’ Stan Okoye believes the team has a point to prove to head into the FIBA Basketball World Cup, to make their mark as one of the best basketball nations in the world. D’Tigers are the underdogs even in their world cup group, where they’ve been drawn against Argentina, Russia and South Africa, but Okoye insists the ‘underdog’ tag is a responsibility for the team to excel in China as on of the continent’s best sides in recent years. The 27-year-old who currently plays for Tecnyconta Zaragoza in the Spanish Liga ACB knocked the ranking system, which he…
Bello Ayomide Emmanuel has made history by winning Nigeria’s first gold medal at an international Sailing event, following her victory at the Open International Canoe Sprint Championship in Bhopal, India on Monday.
Rivers United are on a rut, having suffered three successive league defeats, the latest coming in a home game against Wikki Tourist.
2019 is expected to be the year of resurgence for First Bank Basketball Club Center, Oluwatobi Ogedengbe, but with the change in coaches by the front office, the player gave www.brila.net her thoughts on whether that has also affected her ambitions. Last season Tobi was restricted to a handful of minutes in the biggest games of the playoff, including a bench role for the entire final. Early in the year, the 2018 Champion told www.brila.net she was determined to get switch up her game and work even harder with now erstwhile Coaches Peter Ahmedu and Chris Okoh. With the appointment…
Nigeria lost the hosting rights for the 18th edition of the Africa Zone III Karate Championships to Ivory Coast in a political coup, National Karate Head Coach Shihan Mavie told www.brila.net Mavie insists Ivory Coast “hijacked” the rights to host the championship from Nigeria. He alleged there was a cahoot between Ivory Coast, the regional governing body and the continental governing body, although Lagos had been designated to host the event. The Karate championships was billed to hold between between 12th-19th May, 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Sports Hall.
Emmanuel Amunike has joined a very small, exclusive group of Nigerian Coaches, who help qualify other African national teams to the Continent’s biggest football fiesta; the Africa Cup of Nations.
39 years after their last appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania will return to Africa’s biggest football showpiece and qualification for the Taifa stars had a Nigerian flavor to it, no thanks to Emmanuel Amunike.
So what’s the big deal about a jersey number? Apparently, a humongous one for Super Eagles fans, who aren’t happy about the decision of the Head Coach, Gernot Rohr issuing an iconic number to a debutant.
Nigerian duo of Bello Ayomide and Amusar Blessing will vie for medals on Saturday in the finals of three events at the Open International Canoe Sprint in Bhopal, India.
Paul Onuachu made his senior team debut for Nigeria, playing 25 minutes in the 3-1 win over Seychelles on Friday, but how did the FC Midtjylland marksman fare?
