Author: Brila

Rivers Angels and former Super Falcons coach Edwin Okon has stated that the introduction of the Africa women champions league will help grow the domestic league in Nigeria.

Former assistant coach of Nigeria’s women national team Maureen Madu has empathized with some senior members of the Nigeria women national team who may have been planning a final shot at the Africa women cup of nations with the 2020 edition of the AWCON which was last week cancelled by CAF.

Katsina United coach Henry Makinwa has revealed the major reason a number of players in the Nigerian Professional football league might not be interested in moving abroad.

Nigeria Football Federation Executive committee member Mohammed Alkali has backed the decision of the Confederation of Africa Football to cancel the 2020 edition of the Africa women cup of nations in the light of the Covid-19 situation which hasn’t yet fully come to an end.

Chairman of Nigeria National League club owners Abdul Sule has stated that the return of football in the second-tier league in Nigeria remains uncertain if there is no sponsorship even after the Covid-19 situation clearly because of the situation in the NNL has been on even before the emergence of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod is confident that the nation’s beach volleyball women’s team stands a chance of qualifying for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.

FC Muscat striker in Oman’s first division league, Etor Daniel has stated that the Oman league is yet to start despite the restart of football in the top leagues in Europe.

Former Nigeria international Mutiu Adepoju has stated that the 2021 Africa cup of nations which was recently shifted to 2022 by CAF will be an ideal dress rehearsal for Nigeria’s FIFA 2022 world cup quest.

The scribe of the National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers Austin Popo has stated that the Players Union in Nigeria wants to pursue an agenda that will see FIFA intervene in the way clubs treat players with regards to their earnings and due emoluments with the growing cases of players been owed in the Nigerian league. 

Former Nigerian sprinter and now Athletics coach Emem Edem has stated that the current leadership crisis in the governance of Athletics in Nigeria is bad for the sports and will only draw the sports backward because confusion will reign and there won’t be meaningful progress if this persists.