Author: Brila

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer Ike Shorunmu has called on coach of Nigeria’s senior national team Gernot Rohr to keep his selection of players for national team duty open enough for players to see that no one has a guaranteed role in the team to build the team’s competitive edge. Shorunmu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said opening the selection will do more good for the team and help ensure that players have a mind with focus and determination to continually want to convince the coach on why they should be handed a role and not just keeping a…

Coach of Nigeria’s home based national basketball team Ogoh Odaudu has rued Nigeria’s 84-80 defeat to Algeria at the ongoing FIBA Afrocan tournament in Mali which ended Nigeria’s nightmarish outing in a tournament which the team lost all three games played.  Odaudu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the D’Tigers outing was an unfortunate one which boils down to lack of competitive games for the players before the championship. He said the team will have to go back to the drawing board and above all good to have a tournament like this which offers a great platform for home based…

African cadet champion, Taiwo Mati is the surprise inclusion in Team Nigeria for the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup serves off on August 3 to 5 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Nigeria Super Falcons forward Ini Umotong was on the scoresheet as Brighton won Crystal Palace in their preseason fixture.

Former Super Eagles star forward Odion Ighalo will be on the sidelines for eight weeks due to a hamstring injury, www.brila.net understands that.

The National Women Football League (NWPL) has thanked Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki for lifting the state’s women football team, Edo Queens, who will begin their campaign in the 2018/2019 season today in Lagos.

A member of the media team of Benin Football Federation, Mr. Bienvenue Adjouma while giving his thoughts on the chances of Benin qualifying for the 2021 AFCON tournament in an exclusive chat with Brila.net was confident that the Squirrels will get wins over Lesotho and Sierra Leone. 

The 2018/2019 season of the Nigeria Women Premier League(NPWL) is set to kick-off Wednesday, 24th of July 2019, with matches to be played across various parts of the country. Matchday one of the NWPLwill feature Confluence Queens Football Club doing battle against Ibom Angels Football Club. According to the organizers of the league, the league competition will be played as an abridged version. As such, there will be four groups divided to accommodate four clubs each. The leaders of each group will then qualify for the Super Four tournament for which the eventual league winner will be announced. The group…

Former Super Eagles defender Sam Sodje has frowned on the decision by the President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick to send Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr to Germany on a refresher course.

The goalkeeper trainer in the Nigeria National team, Alloy Agu has confirmed that there is an ongoing search for shot-stoppers that can solidify the position for the Super Eagles.