Author: Brila

Rivers United have qualified for the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup after a 0-0 result away to Rayon Sports in the second-leg to go through 2-0 on aggregate.

Players of Rangers International and Kano Pillars are to wear black arm bands during their rescheduled Match Day 9 fixture in Enugu this Sunday as a mark of respect for the 30 football fans that died in Calabar, Thursday night while watching European football in a commercial viewing centre.

The death of about 30 people at a football viewing center in Calabar, during a Europa League quarter-final match on Thursday night between Manchester United and Anderlecht is drawing global attention as the NFF , football fans and the EPL Club took to social media on Friday to express their condolences.

The Management of Wikki Tourists FC have “terminated” the contract of their Technical Adviser, Muhammad Usman Baba ( Babaganaru ).

South Africa is in shock following the passing of legendary boxing trainer Nick Durandt.

Stanley Eguma will lead his wards out to battle on Saturday afternoon against Rayon Sports in the Caf Confederation Cup in a second leg playoff round game.

Serena Williams has no intention of calling time on her tennis career after her shock announcement that she is pregnant and will not play again this year, her coach said on Friday.

Former Super Eagles player Sam Sodje has stated that the Nig­erian national team is gradually looking attractive and competitive once again to draw players to the point of desiring to play for Nigeria. Sodje speaking with www.brila.net  on the exploit of Nigeri­an players reckoned that the Super Eagles is once again getting to the expected level where players will feel privileged playing for Nigeria coupled with improvement  in result and identity. “Now we have the ability and players are now desirous of playing for the national team,  you see the coach visiting the players at their clubs and now we…

National boxing coac­h, Anthony Konyegwac­hi has submitted that with proper sponso­rship, he sees boxing doing better than football in the country, while calling on corporate bodies to help the sport financially. Konyegwachi told www.brila.net that Ni­geria have the materi­als as well as the coaches to improve the sport, provided sponsors key into boxing and help enhance the funding of the Sports. “We’re coming up but we can do more when we have assistance,  sponsors, people coming around to support. If you support Boxing, we can even  do better than Football  because we have the materials- the boxers and good coaches…

President of the Fed­eration of Internati­onal Basketball Asso­ciation, west Africa zone 3, Rtd Colonel Sam Ahmedu has warned the NBBF against conducting their own election ahead of the forthcoming Sports Federations’ election. Ahmedu noted in a chat with www.brila.net that if the NBBF fail to ad­here to instructions, and conform  to the guidelines released by the Sports  ministry, they should be ready to fight a lo­st battle. ” I’m an international  member there is no law that say they must conduct  their own election.  By every standard  as a member of the international  body, I’m supposed to be a member…