Author: Brila

Super Falcons winger Fransisca Ordega said the team struggled against Algeria in Olympic qualifiers as a result of lack of proper understanding in the team.

Katsina United FC board under the new chairman Prince Abdulssamad Badamasi have confirmed the appointment of Henry Makinwa as new Head Coach after the former Abia Warriors gaffer agreed to a one-year deal to succeed Abdullahi Usman Biffo who resigned a few months ago.

The Ambassador of Nigeria to Sudan, His Excellency Musa Mamman on Thursday evening praised players and officials of the U23 National Team, Olympic Eagles, for an impressive outing against their Sudanese counterparts in a 2019 U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in Omdurman.

Italy –based defender William Ekong and England –based midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo are expected to lead the delegation of Super Eagles’ playing body into Dnipro, Ukraine on Saturday, ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly match with the host country’s senior team.

Four-time African footballer of the year Samuel Eto’o has confirmed his retirement from professional football on social media after a 22-year of trophy-laden career.

Former D’Tigers coach and current Angola national basketball team coach William Voigt has described Nigeria men basketball national team as the most talented African side at the world cup and believes Nigeria should have been in contention for the competition proper and not playing the second round world cup classification.

President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation Professor Yaya Ukwuenya has urged the Nigeria Cricket national team to take advantage of her invitation to compete for a world cup spot after been invited to replace Zimbabwe who got suspended by the International Cricket Council for government interference. Ukwuenya speaking in a chat gathered by www.brila.net said the Nigerian side should try as much as possible to give their best shot after having initially missed out on qualification to this point at the world cup early qualifying round. He urged the team to emulate the U19 who have their place already in the…

Nigeria U23 defender Ebube Duru has stated that the Dream Team will have to work better for result to work out well for Nigeria in the return leg of the CAF Africa U23 cup of nations qualifier following Thursday’s 1-0 defeat to Sudan. 

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s men basketball national team D’Tigers Odaudu Ogoh has stated that the Nigeria basketball team will be going all out as they begin their classification tie today against CIV to stay stay very on course to finish as the highest rank African team which would help secure a ticket to the 2020 Olympics.

Serena Williams will face Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu for the US Open title as the American set herself up for another attempt to clinch a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam singles title.