Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
National Karate Champion Godfirst Samson says she hoping to reach great heights in the sport before she calls time on the mat.
Nigeria Basketball champions First Bank “expects a lot” from newly appointed Head Coach Lateef Erinfolami as the team hopes to continue its dominance in the Country and go even a step further on the continent.
Work on Nigeria’s first Canoe and Kayak building center has begun with several Nigerians getting first-hand training from experts hired by the Nigeria Sailing, Rowing and Canoeing Federation.
COTONOU – Civil Defenders punched a ticket for the Elite 8 of the Africa Basketball League following a 62-58 win over host team Elan Sportif in Cotonou on Sunday.
CALIFORNIA – Nigeria Heavyweight Boxer Efe Ajagba improved his record in the division to 9-0 (8 KO) with a second round knockout victory against veteran Amir Mansour (23-4-1, 16 KO).
Ibe Abuchi Agu led posted a double double and game highs 23pts and 15rebs to fire Nigeria’s Africa Basketball League debutants, Civil Defenders to a 67-59 opening day win over BC Terreur in group B. Abuchi, who recently returned from the FIBA World Cup qualifiers with D’Tigers, propelled the Defenders after a lackluster first quarter performance were they trailed by more than half in a 7-18 against BC Terreur. The Nigerian side struggled to get their shooting rhythm on from the 3pts range and ended up with a 0-14 record. But they made up for the lapses with good defensive…
Despite his best efforts on the night, William Troost-Ekong could not help Udinese avoid a crushing defeat away in Turin against a Cristiano Ronaldo-less Juventus. The hosts were dominant as they were ruthless in the 4-1 win; where 19 year-old forward Moise Kean struck twice in the first-half putting up a stand out performance. Udinese were on a two game winning run until Friday night and Troost-Ekong had been a big part of I Friulani’s brief resurgence from a four-game winless run in Serie A since the turn of the year. He made his 26th league appearance, playing every single…
Despite their early exit from the Africa Basketball League, Abdul Yahaya will remain with the Royal Hoopers to see out the rest of his one-year deal with the club. Yahaya joined the Kingsmen from Pillars to bolster the roster on the club’s return to the continent. He averaged 16.7 points, 7.0 rebounds (second best) and 2.0 assists per game, with a 13.0 efficiency; making him their best player in the three games played in Morocco. The Nigeria international is also 8th overall in the leaders stats board during the group stages of the ABL. Meanwhile, www.brila.net confirmed the players have…
Kenneth Omeruo and his CD Leganes players teammates marked this year’s International Women’s Day in a special way, donning their mother’s names on their jerseys for teh Liga match against Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Omeruo made his 20th Liga appearance of the season in the 1-0 defeat to Rojiblancos, but the visitor’s defensive display wasn’t the only thing that caught the eyes. The Nigerian like his teammates paid tributes to their mothers on IWD; they had their mother’s names printed on their shirts. Omeruo wore “Onyeoma” as the club joined the rest of the world in celebrating womanhood.
Nigeria potentially have the second best Rugby national team in Africa behind South Africa’s Spring Bucks, Black Stallions captain Azeez “Zaza” Ladipo has told www.brila.net. The Springboks won the Rugby world cup in 1995 and 2007 and remain still the only African Team to have achieved the feat, the South African team are also the highest ranked African team in the sport (5th in the world) but Ladipo believes Nigeria may not be too far behind SA. “The problem Rugby has just had is the ability to bring our best players together. Football does it; brings all the…
