Author: Brila

Just minutes before the 1st leg of the champions league quaterfinal between Dortmund and Monaco, according to reports by the BBC a bomb explosion has gone off at the hotel of the German team close to the team bus, leaving one person injured allegedly Marc Bartra, former Barcelona defender. More to follow as we get updates.

Sacked Enugu Rangers Coach, Imama Amapakabo has suggested that his former assistant shelved the options of honor and dignity after he accepted the interim role as Coach at the club.

Sacked Enugu Rangers Coach, Imama Amapakabo has told www.brila.net that his lawyers will enter into negotiations with the club over his severance pay.

President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation NTF Sani Ndanusa has stated that Nigeria will do well and dominate at the forthcoming International Tennis Federation championship to be staged in Lagos. Ndanusa noted in a chat with www.brila.net that players will be called to camp in the next four days to begin preparation and stated further that the championship is open to west & central African region. “We will hope to make good use of the championship to help develop our players and I believe we will do well. Players will be called to camp in the next four days and…

National Technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation Bitrus Bewarang has urged Nigerian coaches to simply up their game and look beyond the shores of Nigeria in the hunt for coaching jobs. Bewarang speaking on Imama’s exit told www.brila.net that coaching is all about performance and fulfilling mandates which he reckons if achieved will add up to the evaluation of a coach. “Coaching is all about performance, when you perform as a coach and the result turns out well you have your job for keep and in cases where our coaches need to apply for jobs, I think they should…

Flamini says he understands the frustrations of Arsenal fans as he counts himself as a supporter himself. The Frenchman came off the bench for Crystal Palace against his old club as they coasted to a 3-0 victory that condemned the Gunners to a fourth consecutive league defeat on the road. Speaking after the game, Flamini, who left the Emirates as a free agent for a second time last summer, urged his former teammates not to give up on the season just yet. “I understand also the frustration of the fans because they are such a big club and they want their…

Former D’Tigers captain and board member of the Nigerian Basketball Federation NBBF Olumide Oyedeji has stated that all is set and fans can expect a bigger and better Nigerian Premier Basketball league as the season gets underway from Thursday in Lagos. Oyedeji speaking with www.brila.net said Nigerian basketball league players as well as supporters should also look out for an interesting season which will stretch for much longer as more games will be played this season. Oyedeji also added that the league season will see 28 matches been played by teams in the regular season before the conference playoffs and…

Scherrer Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 35, commonly known as Maxwell, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. He is a left footed product of the Dutch school of football (he joined Ajax at age 19), and can play in any position on the left wing having played at full back, left midfield and as a wide striker. Asked who his footballing hero was, Maxwell said: “I always wanted to be Romario. Everything he did on the pitch I would always do at home after.” He later met Romario in Rio…

MFM FC of Lagos and NPFL leading topscorer Stephen Odey has set his sight on earning a call to Nigeria’s senior national team after been watched by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr last Sunday in a league game between MFM FC and Elkanemi at the Agege stadium in Lagos. Odey in a chat with www.brila.net said he believes his performance in the league so far will earn him a national call and earnestly wants to be part of the CHAN team from where he believes he will be able to further make a statement for inclusion into the main Super…

Argentina have sacked Edgardo Bauza after eight matches as coach, with the team facing an uphill for automatic qualifying places for next year’s World Cup. La Albiceleste are currently fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying group, with only the top four assured of qualifying for the tournament in Russia. Finishing fifth would mean a play-off against a team from Oceania. Bauza, was appointed in August and guided his side to three wins, two draws and three defeats. AFA president Claudio Tapia said “We’ve told Bauza he’s ceased to be the national team coach,” “The national team is playing badly…