Author: Brila

Simona Halep was not focused on trying to prevent Serena Williams from winning a 24th Grand Slam title. All Halep cared about was winning Wimbledon for the first time. Pretty much perfect from start to finish, Halep beat Williams 6-2, 6-2 in stunning fashion in the final at the All England Club on Saturday. The whole thing took only 56 minutes. Halep made only three unforced errors, a remarkably low total and 23 fewer than Williams. This is the third consecutive Grand Slam final lost by Williams as she tries to equal the all-time record with…

Super Eagles Boss Gernot Rohr says his team’s last group game loss to Madagascar can be forgotten after reaching the semi-final of this year’s African Cup of Nations. After securing maximum points from their first two group games against Burundi and Guinea respectively, the Super Eagles handler made six changes from his usual starters to the team that faced Madagascar in the final Group game. However, the move backfired , as the three time African championslost 2-0 to the tournament debutants to finish second in the Group. The 1980, 1994 and 2013 Afcon winners has now bounced back from the…

Former Super Eagles legend Emmanuel Amunike has thanked Nigerians for the support he got during his time as the chief coach of the Tanzania National team at the ongoing AFCON in Egypt.

Former Nigeria Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ike Shorunmu had advised the Super Eagles to think more of their semi-finals opponent Algeria and not the final.

Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba has stated pleaded with the Nigeria Football Federation to give the team the needed preparation ahead of the FIFA U-17 World Cup holding in Brazil later in the year.

A vintage display by Roger Federer took him past Rafael Nadal into the Wimbledon final in an eagerly-anticipated first grasscourt duel between the great rivals for 11 years on Friday.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U17 national team Nduka Ugbade has stated that the Eaglets of Nigeria’s have it work cut out and has real work to do to go beyond participating at the tournament to competing for honours at the FIFA U17 world cup in Brazil aftermath of the draws for the tournament which placed Nigeria in Group B alongside Hungary, Ecuador and Australia.

Technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation Bitrus Bewerang has expressed confidence in the chances of Nigeria’s senior national team going all the way now that the team has reached the last four stage of the competition ahead of Sunday’s semi-final tie against Algeria.

Federation of International Football Association ( FIFA) on Thursday afternoon conducted the draws for the 2019 U-17 World Cup at its headquarter in Zurich, Switzerland, www.brila.net  can report.

The day after their exquisite and efficient performance against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa (conquerors of seven-time champions and host nation Egypt) that saw them reach the semi-finals of AFCON 2019, the Super Eagles received pledges of more dollar rain from two of Africa’s richest businessmen.