Author: Brila

Former Super Eagles striker, Jonathan Akpoborie has said the football administrators in the Country have not invested correctly in the development of the sport over the years, hence the challenges with sustaining growth.

Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu has told www.brila.net that the Coaching crew keep tabs on Nigerian players and are stepping up the monitoring as the 2019 Afcon qualifying match against South Africa draws near.

Ahead of the resumption of the Nigeria Professional Football league, following the mid season break, leadership for the Referees Association, Tade Azeez has advocated stiffer sanctions for crowd offences.

Former D’Tigers captain, Olumide Oyedeji has made a case for Home based players in Nigeria’s roaster to the next Afrobasket championship.

Laurent Koscielny has revealed that he will require daily treatment on his Achilles for the rest of his playing career. The France international was diagnosed with chronic tendinitis in both feet back in 2014 but has worked hard to maintain a level of fitness that means he still plays the majority of Arsenal’s fixtures. To date, the 31-year-old has played 290 games for the Gunners – an average of 41.4 per season since he signed in 2010. While the problem is, for the most part, manageable, at this time of the season, with games coming thick and fast, Koscielny recognises that it’s…

Super Eagles Coordinator Patrick Pascal has stated that his new role with NPFL side Wikki Tourist as Special Adviser to the newly constituted Rescue Team by the Bauchi state Government will not affects his national ream duties. Pascal told www.brila.net that he was initially contacted to take charge of the club as General manager but had to decline because of his role with the national team. “There is no problem, nobody say I must stay in an office. With technology you can reach and advise anybody from any part of the world. They even want to give me the chairman…

Former Warri wolves coach Sam Okpodu has tasked the LMC and the NFF to take very serious issue of payment of players and coaches salaries. Okpodu in a chat with www.brila.net reacting to resolutions of the meeting between the LMC chieftain and club chairmen yesterday said it is very imperative that the league organisers and the football federation act promptly in welfare of players and coaches salaries just the way they act when it comes to sanctioning erring clubs and persons. Fabiyi shifts attention away from attack:leaves LMC to handle case Gombe united goalkeeper Fabiyi Emmanuel has revealed that he…

Technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation Bitrus Bewerang has stated that the CAF License courses will benefit coaches and that the Football Federation is doing her own bit in training and retraining of coaches with the commencement of the CAF C License coaching course which started Monday in Abuja but that it is left for the coaches to make themselves employable outside Nigeria. Bewerang in a chat with Brila.net said the certification has become necessary so as to ensure that Nigerian coaches are not left behind in the grading and standardization of her coaches. “We are now making sure…

Former board member of the NFF Shuaibu Gara Gombe has lamented the current state of some of the key players of the senior national team as the Super Eagles shape up for important AFCON 2019 and FIFA 2018 world cup qualifiers. Gara Gombe in a chat with www.brila.net expresses serious concerns on where they play and how tough it has become for some of them to even get adequate playing time. “Nigeria is the only country who has his top players playing in China, who knows China with football? The other reliable  players of the Super Eagles, where are they…

The Ghana FA is expected to ring MASSIVE changes to the technical and management teams of the various national teams today (Tuesday), GHANAsoccernet.com sources say. Anxiety has hit the roof top with lobbyists working around the clock to retain their positions. What is clear is that re-appointed Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah will work with a new backroom staff. Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah is expected to be named the new tea manager of the Black Stars while Ibrahim Tanko and Maxwell Konadu will deputize for Appiah. Former Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Richard Kingson will replace Nassam Yakubu as the Black…