Author: Brila

Victor Osimhen continued exactly where he left off against Eintracht Frankfurt, with a double to ensure that Napoli advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history.

President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation Engr. Tikon Ishaku has hailed the progression of Nigerian and Africa’s top table tennis player Quadri Aruna at the ongoing World Table Tennis Singapore Smash champioship after securing qualification to the round of 16 and remains Africa’s sole survivor following the early exit of Egypt Omar Assar and other top African players.

Nigeria U23 Eagles head coach, Salisu Yusuf will be a worried man after a routine age verification uncovered that not less than 16 of the 30 players invited to camp had questionable age records.

Zaidu Sanusi was in action for Eighty-five minutes as FC Porto tried but failed to overturn a 1- 0 first leg deficit at home to Inter Milan.

Rivers United captain Festus Austin has stated that the players of the Nigeria Premier Football League Champions Rivers United are ready to play by CAF’s new directive with the Matchday 4 clash against DC Motema Pembe rescheduled for Thursday 9th March after the failure of the away team to report for the game on the original date of Wednesday 8th March 2023.

Former Nigeria international Sam Sodje has advised that Napoli and Super Eagles striking sensation Victor Osimhen should be careful in his choice of decision making and should prioritize clubs that best suits his play. 

D’Tigers PG Victor Ezeh revealed that the team knew before ahead of their game against Angola that their World Cup hopes had been dashed.

Former National team Basketball coach, Tony Nelson has lauded the performance of the D’Tigers at recently concluded FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, but has called on the NBBF to promote the Sport more back home.

Nigeria’s bid to reach the FIBA World Cup fell short as D’Tigers failed to capitalize on a brilliant run of form losing 65-59 to already qualified Angola.

D’Tigers have recorded back to back wins, beating Guinea 62-59, to go third in the FIBA World Cup qualification standings.