Author: Brila

Corona Basketball club of Spain and D’Tigers Point Guard Braxton Ogbueze is counting positives despite Nigeria’s disappointing outing at the final window of the just concluded 2019 FIBA world cup qualifier in Abidjan Côte d’ivoire.  Ogbueze told www.brila.net in Spain that the team shouldn’t outrightly be criticised following the below par showing but rather urged Nigerians to assess the team on the scale of their performance in the whole qualifying campaign which earned the team the best from Africa and the first qualifying nation in the world to have secured qualification even before the final window in Côte d’ivoire.

Former Captain of Nigeria’s senior national team Joseph Yobo has urged Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr to consider experimenting with the Eagles young and fringe players in the dead rubber 2019 AFCON qualifying game. Yobo said in a chat with www.brila.net that games like this encourages players to have a sense of belonging and offer platforms to also have them showcase their talent in the national team and helps breed competition for places which is what is needed in the national team. Nigeria will be up against Seychelles as well as the international friendly against Egypt ahead the 2019…

Coach of NPFL side Kano Pillars Ibrahim Musa has revealed that Kano Pillars’ struggles this season is traceable to the fact that the team still misses the services of it former top scorer Junior Lokossa and haven’t replace him effectively yet. Musa speaking in a chat with www.brila.netsaid Pillars is a team that has seen success and would always want to be successful but need to come to reality with the fact that commensurate recruitment would have to be made in strengthening the squad before such success can be attained again.

Kano Pillars and D’Tigers player Abdu Yahaya has expressed disappointment over the withdrawal of FIBA Africa Zone 3 champion Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers with days to the commencement of the newly introduced Afro league basketball where the team is billed to feature in the group stage in Morocco.  Yahaya who was recruited by Rivers Hoopers to help fortify the Nigeria League champion expressed disappointment in a chat with www.brila.net for the unfortunate withdrawal of the team due to lack of fund from the state Government. He revealed that it was hope and expectation dashed for the team and that also automatically…

Nigerian wrestling sensation, Odunayo Adekuoroye has declared that her success at the just concluded German Grand Prix event in Dormagen would further spur her to achieve greater success at the All Africa Games and the 2010 Olympics in Tokyo. Adekuoroye, who won a Gold Medal in the 57kg category to continue her impressive streak, told www.brila.net that she would keep up being in top shape as the 2019 All Africa Games slated for Morocco fast approaches. “I want to thank God for winning German Grand Prix and I must say with the calibre of top wrestlers I fought, I think it’s a…

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…