Author: Brila

President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation Tikon Ishaku has stated that the NTTF is proud and excited with Quadri Aruna’s latest record-breaking International Table Tennis Federation’s ranking for an African after the Nigerian table tennis player who has earlier set an African high ranking of 14th moved up three places to 11th in the world after a record top performance in 2021. 

Chief Coach of Nigeria Professional Football League side Kano Pillars Ibrahim Musa has stated that his side wants to take advantage of the current situation of things at cash-strapped Heartland to get their own campaign back alive after a less than inspiring start to the league season for Sai Masugida.

Rivers united defender Ebube Duru has stated that he is sure that their next opponent Remo stars will eventually bow to the pressure of Rivers united and other top contending teams in the league to stoke the flame of rivalry ahead of this weekend’s clash between both teams. 

Former Nigeria international and member of the Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical study group Friday Ekpo has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to maintain the status quo with the situation of things at the national team ahead of the crucial world cup final round Africa qualifiers doubleheader against Ghana in March 2022.

Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu says, playing in the Premier League is one of his biggest dreams, after completing a move to Watford.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s Nigeria’s women basketball national team Odaudu Ogoh has stated that the needful should be done to avoid more sanctions on Nigeria basketball stressing that the exclusion of Rivers Hoopers Basketball club for the upcoming NBA Basketball Africa League by FIBA is an indication of what date beholds Nigerian basketball is the needful is not done.

National 3×3 Basketball coach Christopher Okoh has stated that he wants the warring factions of the Nigeria Basketball Federation to unite in the interest of Basketball in Nigeria ahead of what is expected to be another round of drama on the 31st of January 2022 when the elective Congress is to take place in Benin, the Edo state capital with the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports not in support of the Congress.

Super Eagles and Almeria of Spain forward Sadiq Umar has stated that the Nigeria senior national team deserved more than it got after being eliminated at the round of 16 at the ongoing Africa cup of nations following Sunday’s 1-0 loss to Tunisia.

Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo said Maduka Okoye shouldn’t be made the scapegoat for Nigeria’s elimination from the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Interim Super Eagles coach Austin Cerezo Eguavoen has revealed that he regretted taking a position not to list Chidera Ejuke for the round of 16 clash against Tunisia stressing that Ejuke would have offered a better option considering the test that presented itself from the Tunisians.