Author: Brila

Falconets coach Christopher Danjuma has thanked Nigerians for their support after winning Gold at in the female football event at the ongoing All African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

As the countdown to the third round of U23 Africa Cup of Nations against Sudan continues, the U23 National Team, Olympic Eagles, defeated Falala FC 2-0 in a warm up game played at FIFA Goal Project in Abuja on Thursday.

The delegation of Super Falcons to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football qualifying match against Algeria in Blida on Wednesday will return to Nigeria on Friday.

Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets emerged champions of the women’s football tournament of the 12th African Games in Rabat on Thursday after a 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over their counterparts from Cameroon.

Virgil van Dijk has won the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year, an award handed out at the UEFA Champions League draw, beating competition from nominations Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the award.

The draw for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage was made on Thursday, with holders Liverpool set to face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in Group E.  

Another feather was added to the already decorated cap of the Nigeria Basketball Federation and the D’tigress in the early hours of Thursday in China.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has called up PAOK of Greece Midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for injured Wilfred Ndidi ahead Ukraine friendly encounter.

All may not be well for former Super Eagles captain and Trabzonspor midfielder, Mikel John Obi following the decision of the mother of his daughters Olga Dyachenko to dump him, www.brila.net can confirm.

Technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Sunday Adeleye has stated that the Nigerian track and field athletes are still focussed on more medals for Nigeria despite having posted a good enough outing so far.