Author: Brila

Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation are trying to douse the tension in the camp of the Golden Eaglets as the players are agitating over the NFF’s decision to ask them to go to their various homes with N40,000 each as transport fares upon their return from the CAF U-17 African Cup of Nations which ended at the weekend in Tanzania.

Coach of NPFL side MFM FC Fidelis Ilechukwu has lamented his side’s Lagos FA cup exit which translates to failure to qualify for the 2019 Federation’s cup after losing out to non-league side Box to Box FC of Lagos in the Lagos FA cup.

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly will miss the final two Premier League games of the season and the Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a knee injury against Chelsea.

El kanemi warriors Coach Mohammed Babaganaru has backed his side’s confidence and belief to eventually finish among the top three teams at the end of the regular season and possibly win the premier league.

The Flying Eagles have hit the ground running in Germany and so will today take on the SC Freiburg second team in their first test game.

President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Musa said the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports has assured the federation of maximum support.

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.