Author: Brila

Newly appointed coach of Sunshine stars FC Austin Eguavoen has promised to see out his contract with the Akure based side and hopes to help bring stability to the club. Eguavoen speaking shortly after his unveiling along other members of his technical crew at the club house in Akure said he will not walk out on the club like he has previously done with other domestic clubs. He explained that bad management structure has been largely responsible for most of his exits but believes the structure on ground at Sunshine stars looks good enough and hope for a harmonious working…

For a man who prefers the 11-a-side version to the five-man game, Isiaka Olawale has achieved quite a lot in beach soccer. In a few weeks, the 33-year-old will captain Nigeria at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017. In an interview with FIFA.com, the Nigerian looks forward to the tournament. “Qualifying for the finals was not easy,” Olawale said. “We have not made it for the last two tournaments and being beaten in the semi-finals by Senegal in the Seychelles and missing out on qualifying for the finals in Portugal was very painful. In 2013, we were also beaten…

As fans relish in the news of Serena Williams’ first pregnancy with fiancé and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, her star power has arguably never shone brighter. First and foremost, she’s a world number one ranked tennis player with more titles and accolades than a single resumé could ever fit. At 35 years old, The Tennis Star has already been regarded by some as the greatest female tennis player of all time. It is most likely because of her dedication to her sport that fans can lose sight of the fact that Williams also has a personal life, one that saw two…

Manny Pacquiao has touched down Down Under to promote his fight with Australian Jeff Horn. Pacquiao is set to fight Horn at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane as the Filipino once again puts his WBO World welterweight title on the line. It will be his first bout ever contested in Australia, and to mark the occasion, the Pac Man headed to Brisbane to promote the fight using all things Australian. Here are some of the pictures from the event. Image credit: REUTERS, GETTY IMAGES, AP IMAGES, EPA.

Coach of Nigeria’s Premier Basketball League side Kwara Falcons Adewumi Aderemi has stated that he hasn’t been handed any mandate by the club for the ongoing season but that the resolve of the team remain as high as possible and that they intend to surpass last season’s fourth place finish recorded by the team. Aderemi revealed in a chat with www.brila.net that working without a mandate and specific target from the management of the club has been the major drive behind his team’s run in the Nigerian basketball topflight and this he believes will help the team excel at the…

The Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) takes centre stage at the midweek with some exciting match up across seven centres. The first game of the week five round of matches will see Bayelsa Queens square up against Moses Adikwu’s Heartland Queens at the Nembe City Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Tarila Okorowanta’s wards will no doubt be aware of the importance of the game as a defeat at home will be a huge setback to their Super Four bid. Heartland, however, will like to pick maximum points and move up in the Group A log. The action continues at the Lafia…

Former scribe of the then Nigeria Football Association (now NFF) Austin Mgbolu has expressed strong concern about the continuous snub of Super Eagles players from first team duties  in their respective clubs. Mgbolu in a chat with www.brila.net said the development should be a cause of concern to the national team handlers because of the crucial games coming up in a few months from now. “It’s really a source of concern to some of us knowing fully well that when your regulars are not been fielded in their club sides, it shows clearly that either they are not in shape…

Anthony Joshua fights Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on Saturday and looks to add the WBA heavyweight title to his IBF belt. By contrast, the Ukrainian aims to become a three-time world heavyweight champion in his first return to the ring since losing his crown to Tyson Fury in November 2015. Here, we take a statistical look at their career numbers up until this point. Anthony Joshua 18 – Joshua has had only 18 professional fights, yet is the favourite to beat one of the finest heavyweight champions in history. 18 – he has stopped all 18 of his professional…

Rwandan clubside Rayon sports have suspended coach Masudi Djuma just three days after been knocked out of the CAF Confederation cup by Nigerian Professional Football League side Rivers utd ending their hopes of making it to the group stage of the continent’s second tier club competition. Despite being four matches away from leading the Peace cup holders to their first league title since 2013, the former Rayon Sports skipper Masudi has been given a-one week suspension due to what has been described as an unprofessional conduct by club secretary general Olivier Gakwaya. The Burundian tactician is expected to return to…

Chairman of the League Management Company of Nigeria LMC Mallam Shehu Dikko has revealed the sanction module employed by the league organisers to clamp down on clubs and venues where there are incidents of crowd violence. Dikko told www.brila.net that the sanction module has been reviewed and now targeted at clamping down on irate supporters especially after it must have been established that the clubs fulfill their obligation in having the required security measures in place at such venues. He explained that when the requirement to start a game is met, the only thing that can be done is to…