Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Action is expected to get underway on Friday at the National U20 championship in Ilaro following the arrival of Contingents from across the country.
Ahead of race day in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Junior Circuit in Ilaro, 100m medal hopeful Perpetua Nwana is confident her season’s best of 11.06 puts her in the medal zone. The fastest time in the Under-20s so far this season stands at a constantly 11.03; in the girls’ event, and the sprinter told www.brila.net, as she aims to improve on her performance in the competition. The circuit in Ilaro, Ogun State, which officially gets underway on 15 March, will also serve as a time trial for selection of Athletics for the African U18 Athletics championship.
Nigeria’s only surviving team in the FIBA Africa Basketball League, Civil Defenders, surprised many by reaching the second round of the championship, finishing second in their group with a 2-1 record.
Nigeria’s participation in the Canelo and Kayak world championship, as well as the first Beach games in Africa, is all but confirmed, www.brila.net have gathered.
The Nigerian Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) and The Ghana Rugby Football Union (Ghana Rugby) have announced the creation of an annual President’s Cup that will be played on a home-and-away basis.
Interests for bigger coaching roles ha e started to pour in for Paolo Povia weeks after producing a masterstroke to guide Ivory Coast from the brink of nothingness to securing a world cup ticket, but the Italian has told www.brila.net he isn’t in a hurry to leave his current job.
National team selection based on ranking has never been a written rule and shouldn’t become one in Tennis. With a couple of international events coming up in 2019, selection of players should remain strictly on the basis of performance rather than ranking, tennis star Patience Onebamhoin insists. In a chat with www.brila.net, Onebamhoin argued that some of the best players fall outside the top 10 ranking, and if Nigeria must be given the best representation at tournaments, the Nigeria Tennis Federation technical directors must give consideration to more than just ranking in the case selecting players.
Several months after the conclusion of the NWPL regular season, most teams have been out of action, a situation the NWFL Chief Operating Office Ayo Abdulrahman admits is disturbing but insists is regrettably unavoidable owing to the financial constraints of the league body as well as teams. In a chat with www.brila.netthe NWFL officer stressed that the body couldn’t afford to host a tournament below required standards, especially, for the sake of players welfare and their teams. He maintains that the challenge of pre-season tournaments cut across , but it is even more difficult for women’s sport and in this…
Sarah Adegoke is determined to return to the top of the Women’s ranking in the new tennis season as she targets more trophies and a spot in Team Nigeria’s African Games contingent. In a chat with www.brila.net Sarah expressed hopes to participate in “more competitions” this year as well as win in those tournaments. Yet, prime to the former Nigeria number one female tennis player, is reclaiming the position she lost to Samuel Blessing last year, and flying Nigeria’s flag in Morocco at the African Games later this year.
Ahead of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Junior circuit in Ilaro, Ogun State medal hopeful and emerging sprint star Perpetua Nwana says she’s focused on “winning”.
