Author: Brila

On Monday, Barcelona will reveal Ernesto Valverde as the man who is to replace Luis Enrique at the Nou Camp. Enrique announced earlier in the season that he’ll no longer become in charge of the Catalan giants next term and Barcelona has agreed a deal with Athletic Bilbao boss – Ernesto Valverde. Just few minutes after the Catalans’ 4-2 victory over Eibar on Sunday, Barcelona’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu tweeted “On Monday 29 May we will announce the new coach.” According to Spanish publication Sport, Ernesto Valverde who is the current head coach at Bilbao will be the man to succeed Luiz Enrique, who…

Dimata Landry, KV Oostende striker emerged as the surprise winner of the prestigious Belgium Young Player of the Year Award award ahead of Onyekuru and Tielemans. He polled 815 points beating Youri Tielemans who recorded 669 points while Nigerian international Henry Onyekuru tallied 450 points coming third in the awards. The striker who joined KVO for a bargain 500,000 Euros and was quick to play week in week out ahead of experienced players like Joseph Akpala this season. Meanwhile, Anderlecht star midfielder Youri Tielemans, was voted the Belgium Player of the Year.

As preparation for the Super Eagles’ upcoming AFCON 2019 qualifier against South Africa, KAS Eupen of Belgium and Nigerian striker who is set to arrive camp later today, Henry Onyekuru has revealed exclusively to Brila.net that he is not under any form of pressure to deliver for the Eagles. Onyekuru who has reportedly began talks with Arsenal for a move to the Premier League stated that he simply wants to replicate his club form for the Super Eagles and that is his topmost priority. Onyekuru finished the Belgian First Division A 2016–17 season as joint top-scorer with 22 goals but failed the trophy…

Following Arsenal’s failure to make the top four for the first time in more than 2 decades, with manager Arsene Wenger’s future yet to be resolved. Former Arsenal striker and Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu has called on the North London club to plan properly before taking a decision so that it does not come back to haunt them. Kanu, who played under Wenger says the French man is a good coach who has done well for the club over the years, but can understand the fan’s frustration at the club’s inability to fight to the wire for the premier…

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Secretary general of the Volleyball federation of Nigeria Maikano Adamu has denied the insinuation that camping of the volleyball team in Abuja preparatory for the just concluded African qualifier in Maputo Mozambique which saw only the female team qualifying for the world championships in Austria was responsible for the dismal outing of the male team. Adamu said technical error may be the reason for the inability of the male team not to get the ticket rather than where they trained but he praised their effort for not doing too badly at the volleyball competition. Meanwhile, the Male beach volleyball team…

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Nigerian gymnastic federation yesterday conducted an election in Abuja and first Nigerian gymnastics coach to get a certification from the World Gymnastics body, Tony Asoquo was elected into the board of the Nigerian gymnastic federation as the new technical director. Asuquo was in flamboyant mood when he spoke to reporters saying, he is very happy to be elected into the board after many trials in the past and will work to make the federation the envy of everyone by ensuring that coaches and players get what they want. He added that, in his new role he will introduce gymnastic club competition…

Steph Curry scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors closed out the Western Conference NBA final against the injury-ravaged San Antonio Spurs with a 129-115 victory Monday night, becoming the first team in league history to start the playoffs 12-0. Golden State led by as many as 22 points in cruising to their third straight NBA finals. The Warriors await a possible third straight championship match-up with Cleveland, who lead Boston 2-1 in the East finals. Kyle Anderson scored 20 points to lead the Spurs, who were without Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker and David Lee. Spurs didn’t go…

The gunners have been handed some positive news on the injury front ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final against Chelsea with four key players expected to be passed fit, according to the Evening Standard. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to resume full training after missing the gunners last three matches with a hamstring injury that he picked up against Southampton earlier this month. In a further boost to the Gunners, the newspaper says that Alexis Sanchez is also expected to be fit despite limping out on Sunday’s win over Everton with a suspected hamstring injury. The north Londoners were facing an…