Author: Brila

Rivers United captain Festus Austin has rued his side’s exit in the ongoing CAF Confederation’s Cup after the team suffered a 1-0 loss to Egyptian side Al Masry to get knocked out on the away goals rule having been tied at 2-2 aggregate over the course of two legs.

Former Nigerian international Victor Agali has backed Genk of Belgium and Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu to get back his goal-scoring touches after a spell of drought for the former FC Midtjylland of Denmark striker.

Malmo FF of Sweden and Nigeria’s Super Eagles player Bonke Innocent has expressed a desire to be part of the pool of players and subsequently the final squad to make the trip to the fast-approaching Africa cup of nations in Cameroon with a little over 30 days to the commencement of the tournament.

Aruna Quadri missed a golden opportunity to play in the semi-final of the World Table Tennis Global Cup in Singapore, after losing to Hugo Calderon.

Nigeria U20 women national team midfielder Blessing Okpe has stated that the 4-0 win recorded by the Falconet didn’t come as easy as the scores suggest, that the victory was a product of the team’s spirited resolve to pick a valuable result from the first leg.

Enyimba striker Victor Mbaoma has expressed delight with hitting his second goal in the CAF Confederation Cup after scoring the game’s second to help Enyimba record a 2-0 advantage ahead of the rescheduled first leg fixture against their Libyan opposition.

Captain of Nigeria’s U20 women national team Tosin Dimehin has hailed her teammates after another spirited display following Sunday’s huge 4-0 win away to their Congolese counterpart in the first leg of the ongoing FIFA U20 women’s world cup third round qualifiers to put the team in a strong position to qualify to the next round. 

Former Nigeria international Raphael Chukwu Ndukwe has tasked fringe players of the national team to continue to work hard in their respective clubs and make the most of invitation to the national team that may come to their ways as a result of injuries.

Enyimba FC Secretary Chibuzo Nworgu has stated that the People’s Elephants are primed for what will be a good outing and a fantastic result ahead of Sunday’s CAF Confederation cup tie at the Enyimba stadium after embarking on an aborted trip to face the Libyan side with Covid-19 protocol preventing the game from been played after the People’s Elephants were denied entry into Tunisia which was Al-Ittihad’s adopted home ground. 

Rivers united defender Ebube Duru has stated that the Port Harcourt side will correct the few errors in the first leg ahead of this Sunday’s crucial away fixture against The Egyptian side Al Masry with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg.