Author: Brila

Chief coach of NPFL side Bendel Insurance Baldwin Bazuaye has called on fans of the Benin Arsenal to continue to support the team and that the players would very soon start churning out result needed to guide the team to safety. Bazuaye speaking in a chat with www.brila.net blamed the team’s woes on how the season started for his side and others that participated in the Super 8 just a week to the start of the league season as one which deprived them the opportunity to adequately prepare and recruit players for the season. He thereafter added that the team will…

Coach of Angola men basketball national team William Voight has tipped Nigeria and Angola to qualify out of their respective group at the FIBA  world cup in China.

Lobi stars goalkeeper Femi Kayode has rued his side’s CAF champions league elimination and has blamed the failure to qualify on the home defeat suffered against Wydad Casablanca on match day 3 in the group stage of the CAF champions league.  Kayode told www.brila.net that attention for Lobi stars now shift to the league as they want to ensure an instant return to the CAF champions league by putting in extra effort to ensure they finish well in the league to pick a ticket to play next season in the CAF champions league.

Team manager of NPFL side Enugu Rangers Barrister Amobi Ezeaku has blamed the Flying Antelope’s exit from the group stage of the CAF Confederation cup on injuries to a number of key players at crucial moments during the group stage of the competition. Amobi speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said it was a good experience for the Flying Antelopes playing on the continent and that lessons have been learnt as well stating clearly that the team will perform better when next they return to playing continental football.

President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Musa Kida has stated that Nigeria’s D’Tigers got a fair draw ahead of the FIBA basketball world cup in China later this year after been drawn alongside Argentina, Russia and Korea. Kida told www.brila.net that the group is fair enough for Nigeria to be able to navigate its passage out of the group and stressed that Nigeria will with adequate preparation be able to surprise many at the world cup in China.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has stated that Unilag is ready to host the 26th edition of the Nigerian Universities Games this year and gave confirmation that the tournament will hold in 2019. Ogundipe speaking at the NUGA games pre-seminar which was held at the School’s Senate chamber on Thursday 14th March 2019 stated expressly that the school has four cardinal objectives for the games which are to host the best ever NUGA games. In his words, the objectives are to expose the athletes that will be participating from various schools, to ensure that the…

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ike Shorunmo has urged Nigerians to simply support rather than doubts the abilities of the three consistently invited goalkeeper for the national team. Shorunmo said in a chat with www.brila.net that the goalkeepers happens to be Nigeria’s currently experienced and active goalkeepers and that no matter the quality of the goal keepers, they are the ones on ground for now to be chosen.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s women national team the Super Falcons Mauren Madu has urged players of the national team on the need to continue to give their best with the assurance that selection of players for the final world cup list will be done with all fairness.  Madu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the coaches have been doing their best in terms of motivating the players to be in top shape in their clubs and demonstrate the utmost readiness to play well for Nigeria at the world cup.

Former captain of Nigeria’s senior national basketball team D’Tigers Olumide Oyedeji has stated that Nigeria needs the luck of the draws which would come to matter in the final analysis of Nigeria’s ability to excel at the FIBA world cup tournament proper in China.  Oyedeji in a chat with www.brila.net said as much as he admits the talk of no team should be underrated, he also believes there are some countries that should be avoided in the early stages of the competition. A collection that could make life tough for the team in the group stage and pointed out countries…

Vice President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Babs Ogunade has stated that there is nothing to lose sleep about ahead of Saturday’s FIBA world cup draws in the Chinese city of Shenzen.  Ogunade speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said he is very confident of Nigeria’s ability to put up a good show in the world cup irrespective of whatever group the D’Tigers get drawn. He added that there is no anxiety over the draws and that the national team will give the world cup a good shot.