Author: Brila

Former Super Eagles defender Godwin Okpara has urged Super Eagles handler coach Gernot Rohr to ensure that home-based players get included in his provisional list of players for the AFCON this summer in Egypt.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U20 national team Abdul Maikaba has stated that he opted out of traveling with the world cup bound Flying Eagles training tour of Germany because of the precarious situation of his NPFL club Plateau United.

Chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation nomination committee Waheed Oshodi has stated that improved coaching will help improve the quality of the game and players coming through from Nigeria as all that is needed is a bit of more techniques in the way Nigerian players play. 

Flying Eagles’ captain, Ikouwen Udoh has expressed confidence in the U-20 team ahead of the World Cup in Poland after a not too impressive outing at the U-20 AFCON in Niger where they finished runners up.

Former Nigerian athlete and Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medalist Enefiok Udo Obong has tasked home bases Nigerian athletes to continue to strive for more and work harder stressing that athletes are able to make good use of opportunities when they are themselves well prepared and on top of their game.

IK Start midfielder Afeez Aremu says he has moved on from the disappointment of missing out on a place in Nigeria’s Flying Eagles squad to the 2019 World Youth Championship in Poland and believes he will still play a role for the Super Eagles in future.

Super Eagles and former Kano Pillars forward Junior Lokosa has expressed his dissatisfaction followingEsperance’ lone goal win over TP Mazembe in the CAF Champions League first leg semi-finals.

Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby is demanding improvement from the home-based stars in the team as training begins today in preparation for the WAFU women championship in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.

Morocco men team and Egypt women team have been crowned champions of the just concluded 2019 Africa Beach Volleyball Cup Seniors in Abuja.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U17 national team Nduka Ugbade has urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the Eaglet despite a not too convincing outing by the team at the just concluded CAF Africa U17 cup of nations in Tanzania where the team finished fourth to end without a medal. Ugbade speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the team will work harder and do the best they can to ensure that they get better and stronger at the FIFA U17 world cup in Brazil. He urged Nigerians not to worry so much and simply believe in the team to improve. “It’s…