Author: Brila

Nigeria female beach volleyball team beat Mauritius 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) to finish fifth place at the inaugural Africa Beach Games in Cape Verde. The Nigerian team lost to Kenya in the Women’s elimination 1-8 by 2-0 (21-13, 21-15). The head coach of the team, Francis Imoudu praised the duo of Isa Laju and Tochukwu Nnoruga for their resilience at the first ever Africa Beach Games. He said the girls gave their best against Kenya in the build up to the Semifinals but lost due to reasons beyond him. Imoudu said the standard of Beach Volleyball in Africa is improving drastically.…

The Nigeria Football Federation has flatly denied owing players and officials of the senior women national team, Super Falcons any money, in the wake of reports earlier on Sunday that the Falcons were refusing to leave their hotel at the World Cup in France over pay dispute with the Federation. “We have paid the players and officials the entitlements due them for the tournament and other outstanding bonuses and allowances were settled before the team arrived at the World Cup finals,” Shehu Dikko, NFF 2nd Vice President, told thenff.com. The Federation went further to clarify in detail as follows: The…

FC Union Berlin’s Bundesliga squad continues to take shape over the summer and they have  added Bundesliga experienced forward line in the shape of 28-year-old Anthony Ujah.  The Nigerian has enjoyed a hugely-successful career across the globe. He started with Abuja FC and Warri Wolves in his homeland before signing for Lillestrom in Norway. One year later, he joined Bundesliga club Mainz before helping 1. FC Köln back into the Bundesliga between 2012 and 2015. Ujah scored a further 11 goals for Werder Bremen in the season prior to his move to Liaoning in the Chinese Super League.…

Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr has admitted that his team struggled to impose their style of play on Burundi during the team’s group opener in Alexandria. Nigeria dominated possession in the early stages but the Burundians were the ones with the very clear chances. However, Ahmed Musa’s introduction for captain Mikel Obi quickened Nigeria’s pace and race towards goal. Nothing was delivered until Ighalo converted a clever pass by Ola Aina to put the Itamba to the sword. “They were well organized, difficult to break down, unbeaten in the qualifiers in a group that had Gabon and Mali and…

Enyimba number and Super Eagles goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai has urged the Eagles not to underrate any team in their AFCON group B.

Plateau United goalkeeper, Dele Ajiboye has stated that the team needs to win the Aiteo competition to console their fans after a poor performance in the just concluded NPFL league. 

Former coach of the Nigeria women national team to the 2003 FIFA women’s world cup in the USA Sam Okpodu has backed the Super Falcons of Nigeria to offer Germany a stern challenge ahead of Saturday’s round of 16 ties between both countries. 

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s women national team Mauren Madu has expressed the team’s delight at finally getting the breakthrough to the next round at the ongoing FIFA women’s world cup in France after a dramatic final group stage games in group E and F handed the Super Falcons the fourth and finally third place ticket to qualify as the 16th of the 16 teams in the round of 16. An excited Madu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net couldn’t hide her joy and said it was divinely orchestrated by God for the team to have secured qualification after a very nervous wait…

African champions Nigeria will take on Germany in the Round of 16 of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Grenoble on Saturday.

Kastina United coach Bishiri Sadauki has said the team will do a total overhauling of players and reshuffling before the start of the season after they were beaten and knocked out by Shooting stars from the Aiteo cup on Wednesday.