Author: Brila

President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Ahmadu Musa Kida has stated that the Federation is ready to ensure they put everything in just in order to hand the Nigeria basketball men national team D’Tigers the best in terms of preparation.

Enugu Rangers forward Godwin Aguda has urged fans of the Flying Antelopes not to panic after the team succumbed to a third straight defeat losing 3-1 against Enyimba in Aba on Sunday.

Enyimba forward Abdulrahman Bashir has stated that the People’s Elephant is not getting carried away after stretching their unbeaten run of matches in the NPFL to 11 games since their 2-1 defeat away to Katsina united on the 7th of February 2019. 

Former match Referee, who is currently a Fifa and Caf Referee instructor in Nigeria, Calistus Chukwujekwu has revealed that Nigeria Referees failed their pre-match physical and match analysis test that should have enlisted them for this year’s tournaments.

France coach Corinne Diacre has revealed her squad for the women’s World Cup held on home soil this summer, omitting the French league’s top scorer Marie-Antoinette Katoto, www.brila.net reports. 

Technical Director of the Athletes Federation of Nigeria Sunday Adeleye has urged the leadership of the Federation and the Nigeria Government to ensure Sprint star Divine Oduduru remains a Nigerian Athlete.

Former Super Eagles defender and Coach Austin Eguavoen has lauded the initiative of the Nigeria Football Federation over the appointment of former Eagles stars as Scouts.

Former coach of Nigeria’s senior national basketball team and present coach of Angola  Williams Voigt has backed Nigeria’s D’Tigers as well as Angola to lead Africa’s meaningful challenge at the fast approaching FIBA world cup this August in China. 

National Table Tennis coach Nosir Bello has stated that Nigeria’s world junior table tennis championship bound team that conquered Africa last month in Ghana is the next generation to take over from Segun Toriola, Funke Oshonaike and others and has backed the players in the team to continue to improve.

Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Thomas Dennerby has assured that the African champions will not suffer any mental block when confronting European opposition at the FIFA World Cup finals in France.