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Nigeria U-20 women’s hanball team skipper, Oluwatoyin Yusuf has declared that they cannot be considered favorites in the qualification series ongoing in Niger Republic despite victories against Togo and Benin Republic. Speaking with  www.brila.net, Oluwatoyin noted that although the players know they are the best around in Niger, the fact that the host nation will want to make most use of the home advantage has to be taken into full consideration “We believe in our hearts we are the best here but the fact that we are in a foreign land, I don’t expect us to be seen as favourites.…

Having been declared Absent Without Official Leave(AWOL) by Katsina United, Obinna Eleje has resurfaced in his home state of Enugu, South-East Nigeria to explain why he had to abandon his team. In a chat with  www.brila.net, Eleje explained that Katsina United failed in its contractual obligations as they owed over 3 months salaries even as he noted further that he officially wrote the team and copied the League Management Company(LMC) and the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF). “I was shocked to hear that I was declared AWOL because I know I signed a contract but they did not keep their own end…

Rangers International of Enugu head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote has charged his team to learn from their mistakes and intensify their efforts in the next game after they suffered their first defeat in the competition in a 2-1 loss to Tunisian side Etoile Du Sahel on Sunday in a CAF Confederation Cup group stage match.  Ogunbote told  www.brila.net that after they scored the goal, his boys went to bed and paid dearly for it and ahead of Rangers’ home game to Etoile du Sahel, the coach charged his boys to get back to winning ways at the The Cathedral. “So many things…

Coach of Nigeria’s men basketball national team, Alex Nwora has stated that he is proud of their overall performance regardless of his side been beaten by Senegal 63-84 on Sunday.  Nwora stated that even though the plan was to go through the series unbeaten, he is still glad that the team still remain number one in the group. “I know for sure that it’s not what we expected. We came here to remain undefeated but as God will have it,  we did not achieve that goal but we still finished top because of the previous window. We just had problems…

Sporting Braga women football club and Nigeria’s Super Falcons midfielder Chinaza Uchendu has stated that she hopes to be part of Nigeria’s world cup success story this summer as the team continues to intensify preparation for the 2019 FIFA women world cup in France with the Cyprus cup up next for the Africa champion.  Uchendu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net stressed that the Nigeria women national team hopes to go beyond mere participation at the world cup this time but ensure that they do make a difference and live up to billing as Africa champion and as well based on the…

Commonwealth Games champion and Nigeria female wrestler Odunayo Adekuruoye has expressed her excitement after clinching Gold at the just concluded Germany wrestling grand Prix. Adekuruoye speaking in a chat with www.brila.net attributed her success to God crowning her effort after spending quality time in training preparing for the Grand Prix under coach Akuh Purity’s tutelage. He thereafter also praised the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation for his effort towards ensuring that Nigeria never misses out of the championship.

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Hon. Daniel Igali has hailed the female wrestling duo of Odunayo Adekuruoye and Blessing Oburududu following their impressive showing at the just concluded Germany wrestling grand Prix. Odunayo Adekuruoye emerged with a Gold medal in the women 57kg while Blessing Oburududu picked up a Bronze medal in the women 68kg. Igali speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the medals by the contingents is a good start to the year with only Aminat Adeniyi ending without a medal but believes Aminat will also recover in time to make amends in the next outing next outing in…

Alex Nwora has attributed the lacklustre outing of Nigeria’s men basketball national team D’Tigers to fatigue and lack of preparation after the team posted just one win in three games at the just concluded final window of the 2019 FIBA world cup Africa qualifiers Group F in Abidjan Côte d’ivoire.  Nwora it was scooped by www.brila.netspeaking on the team’s performance said the team struggled because of late arrivals and that the team couldn’t train beyond a day as a complete group before the commencement of hostilities at the last qualifying window. He however added that he will work on noticeable…

Team manager of Nigeria’s sole CAF Confederation cup campaigner Enugu Rangers Barrister Amobi Ezeaku has maintained that the Flying Antelopes still retain high hopes of a possible shot at winning the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation cup after the NPFL side lost her first game in the competition 2-1 against Tunisia and Africa giant Etoile du Sahel to end the team’s record breaking unbeaten run of 8 matches. Amobi speaking aftermath of Rangers’ defeat told www.brila.net that it was painful to have lost the unbeaten run but remain confident in the ability of Rangers to carry on unfazed after a gallant effort…

Former assistant coach of Nigeria’s senior national basketball team D’Tigers Abdulrahman Mohammed has stated that the men basketball national team have more work to do after the team’s below-par outing at the just conclude final window for the 2019 FIBA world cup in China.  Abdulrahman said it was shocking to have seen D’Tigers lose two of three games in Abidjan despite having secured qualification to the world cup but was quick to warn that it shows teams have scouted well on the team and should also give Nigeria a reason to work harder together in camping the team.