Author: Brila

Coach of NNL side Kogi United FC Tunde Abdulrahman has expressed his joy after his team’s bright start to the new NNL season emerging as match day 1 biggest winner following the team’s 5-0 thrashing of visiting Yarmalight of Gombe yesterday at the Confluence city stadium in Lokoja.

Defenders basketball club Coach Paul Gwomber has urged Nigerians to pray for his side and not lose hope of possible qualification for the semi-final stage of the 2019 ABL.

The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was already agog in anticipation of the arrival of the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy, which was led into the Nigerian soil by some FIFA executives and Ambassador Peter Odemwingie on Thursday.

Former executive committee member of the Tanzania Football Federation Mbasha Matutu has stated that the Tanzania U17 national team Serengeti boys will qualify for the FIFA U17 world cup and this they will achieve by first showing themselves to the rest of the world by beating Nigeria’s Golden Eaglet.

Former Super Eagles player Mutiu Adepoju has stated that the seeding of countries that will be used in the draw procedure to conduct the draws for the 2019 AFCON will no matter ahead of today’s draws.

Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer Alloy Agu has stated that he hopes the Nigeria senior national team the Super Eagles gets the luck of the draws ahead of today’s final draw process to determine the grouping of countries and order of play for the 24 participating nations. 

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglet assistant coach Nduka Ugbade has stated that the Nigeria U17 national team will take the challenge at the 2019 U17 AFCON a game after the other and hence, for now, have their sight fully focussed on ensuring a bright start against host nation Tanzania who they play this Sunday on matchday one.

Nigerian Olympic champion, Chioma Ajunwa, has blamed the decline in Nigeria’s dominance in athletics to the way the country abandon her athletes after every tournament.

Former Super Eagles player Peter Ijeh has said it will take time for Nigerian players to climb the ladder of becoming the African footballer of the year.

Flying Eagles defender, Valentine Ozornwafor has expressed readiness to fight and keep his place in the Paul Aigbogun-led Flying Eagles team after the influx of new players in camp.