Author: Brila

We went on the streets to ask football fans which they will choose if given an offer. Harvard University or Football Academy? Watch their surprising responses.

Following yesterday’s dramatic 3-3 draw between Gombe united and Enugu rangers, fans of Savannah scorpions went irate and came on the pitch to express their anger at their team’s poor performance despite coming back from a two goal deficit to away side Rangers with the match ending in a draw. Team manager, Amobi Ezeaku have served strong hint that he may have to call it quits with the club and totally with Nigerian football clubs management due to what he sees as great risk at match venues, poor officiating and unruly behavior of fans. Amobi told Brila.net while taking stock…

As the various Sporting Federations get set for elections into the various Boards, President of the Taekwondo West Africa Referees and Coaches Association Dr Ferguson Oluigbo has stated that this an election between the politicians who are in it for personal reasons and technicians who bear the brunt when things go wrong during the course of the 4years tenure. Thereby calling on the men and women who posses the technical know how in the various Federations to rise up and take their place in the scheme of things to move the federation forward.

Vice President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Mukhtar Malone Khaled has stated that prosecuting the World cup qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA world cup in China with all the logistics around it all depends on how serious the government play their own role. Following the draw for qualification to the 2019 FIBA world cup with Nigeria in Group B alongside Uganda, Rwanda and Mali. Malone said on the technical ground, Nigeria is good enough to raise two formidable national basketball teams that will achieve the desired objectives of getting Nigeria to the world cup. Nigeria has been to two FIBA…

Gernot Rohr and a few names in the FA have been running a small show without the Technical Committee, for about one -year according to committee member, Garba Lawal.

Following reports of CAF’s new initiative to disbursed $100,000 to all African football federations and confirmation from Mohammed Sanusi who is in Manama, Bahrain for the FIFA Congress who was also present at the CAF congress which held before the start of the FIFA congress. Former member of the Super Eagles, Gbenga Okunowo following the aftermath of the NFF receiving the $100,000 subvention from CAF, has stated that such monies would only be useful if the Glass House is unanimous and definite about what and where it wishes to invest the money, stressing that such an even amount of money would…

Former Player of the Super Eagles, Friday Ekpo has said the national team needs more quality players in the first team and stand by replacements in every department.

With less than 2weeks to the commencement of the Super Eagles Corsica camping in France ahead of the 2019 AFCON qualifiers against South Africa, former defender of the Super Eagles Yisa Shofolue in a chat with Brila.net has expressed confidence in the team selection of Coach Gernot Rohr. Despite some big names missing among the those invited, Shofolue believes that the crop and caliber of players invited to join the camp are capable of getting the job done for the Coach who he believes has done well selecting a formidable squad from both the local league and the foreign based.…

Six games will be played in the Premier Basketball League this weekend (Week 4) – Thursday 11 May – as the first round of the league comes to an end.

Playing against Club Africain in Tunisia is NOT for weak minds…. Their fans (the ultras) can be violent… VERY violent On, March 12, 2017, something absolutely remarkable happened at the Stade Olympique de Rades (same venue where Rivers United will face Club African on Sunday. Club African faced a Sierra Leonian club, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) in the first leg of their first round CAF Confederation Cup tie Ten goals were scored in that match and club African scored NINE. This game was played less than two months ago One man scored FOUR goals that day for…