Author: Brila

Re-Elected President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has vowed to set up a team to reconcile all aggrieved members of the Football family. Speaking via the NFF official website, Amaju thanked the Congress for the confidence reposed in the new board, adding: “We owe this country a lot, and we are committed to working hard to give back so much to it. “We intend to set up a reconciliation team in a few days to reach out to aggrieved members of the football family with a view to bringing everyone under one umbrella for…

Former Sunderland and Super Eagles midfielder Dickson Etuhu has been charged with bribery after an 18-month investigation in Sweden. The 36-year-old, who denies the claim, has reportedly also been charged with a minor drugs offense. Etuhu ended his career in Sweden after 14 years playing in England for Manchester City, Preston North End, Norwich City, Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, and Sunderland. He now works as an agent. The Nigerian international made 21 appearances in all competitions for the Black Cats in 2007-08, scoring once, against Wigan Athletic. Etuhu has been accused of offering a bribe to his former…

All is now set for the round 16 stage of this year’s Aiteo Cup, as the remaining teams have been drawn into four groups of four teams. The NFF, on Thursday, released the draw results and fixtures are slated for four centers across the country. In Group A, Enyimba will lock horns with Plateau United, Katsina United and J. Atete FC for the qualification tickets at the Patani Stadium in Gombe. The Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano will host Group B fixtures which will see Rangers FC, Supreme Court FC, Sunshine Stars FC and El-Kanemi Warriors slug it out. In…

Former internationals Pierre-Francois Aubameyang and Daniel Cousin take over as joint coaches of Gabon after Jose Antonio Camacho’s contract was not renewed. Aubameyang, whose son Pierre-Emerick plays for Arsenal, played 80 times for the Gabon national team, and has previously worked as a scout for AC Milan. He will become the joint manager with Daniel Cousin, who garnered 33 Premier League appearances for Hull City. The two will have equal roles, with the ultimate target of the team being to qualify for the 2019 African Cup of Nations. “Given the urgency and the current situation, it was decided to…

CAF Vice President Mr. Amaju Pinnick has broken the 38-year-old NFF jinx after overcoming three other heavyweights in the race for the top job at the Glass House. The 38-year-old jinx of the inability of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation to retain his seat in the Glass House was put to test again today in Katsina and Amaju Pinnick broke the curse. Renowned late football administrator Sunday Dankaro was the last man to have returned as the federation’s helmsman and that happened some 38 years ago. The former Delta State Football Association chairman beat his…

Incumbent President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has been re-elected as the President of the Federation for another Four years. Following the outcome of the NFF Elections that took place on Thursday Morning in Kastina, Brila.net’s reporter Lawrence Nwachukwu Maxwell said the election was conducted under a peaceful atmosphere. NFF PRESIDENTIAL RESULT: AMAJU PINNICK – 34 AMINU MAIGARI – 8 TAIWO OGUNJOBI – 2 CHINEDU OKOYE – 0 More Follows…

CAF CC –   Rayon Sports FC are expected to arrive Nigeria on Friday from Kigali via Lagos ahead of Sunday’s second leg quarter-final match of CAF Confederations Cup against Enyimba in Aba. The Rwandan club left Kigali for Lagos on Thursday morning aboard Rwandair and will connect to Aba on Friday morning in two batches, with the first to leave at 7 am and the rest at 9 am respectively. As confirmed in a report on the Rwandan Football Federation website, ferwafa.rw. The Vice President of Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) Marcel Habyarimana leads the 40-man delegation. The…

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri felt the video assistant referee (VAR) technology could have helped in the incident that led to Cristiano Ronaldo being sent off. VAR was used largely successfully at this summer’s World Cup but is not yet in use in the Champions League. “Going down to 10 men in the Champions League for an incident like that is disappointing,“ Allegri said. “We risked losing tonight with this and we’ll miss him for the next games too.” Ronaldo will definitely miss Juve’s home match against Young Boys on October 2nd. It would seem unlikely that his ban…

The UEFA Europa league returns today with some Super Eagles players such as Alex Iwobi, Uche Agbo, Samuel Kalu, and the retired Victor Moses in line to feature. Super Eagles midfielder Uche Agbo is also on the squad for Standard Liege to face Seville, but it is left to be seen if it will be a sweet return to Spain for the midfielder, who has lately been frozen out by the Belgian cup holders. Nigeria’s exciting forward Samuel Kalu is also set to make his Europa League appearance when Slavia Prague welcome Bordeaux to the Czech Republic. Kalu is…

PAOK have a favourable record against English clubs, but so are Chelsea against Greek opponents – expect both defenses to be tested. PAOK and Chelsea kick off their UEFA Europa League Group L campaign at the Toumba Stadium on Thursday evening. UEL 08:00 PM AEK Larnaca VS FC Zuerich 1x UEL 08:00 PM Slavia Prague VS Bordeaux 2x UEL 08:00 PM FC Koebenhavn VS Zenit 1x UEL 05:55 PM Dynamo Kyiv VS FC Astana 1x UEL                    PAOK VS Chelsea 2