Author: Sunday Agunbiade

Nigeria U16 Basketball Team, Junior Tigers on Sunday bounced back from their opening loss to beat host Cape Verde 64-39 at the ongoing FIBA U16 Africa Championship at the Pavilhao Desportivo Vava Duarte. Another scintillating performance from Reuben Chinyelu with another double-double. Chinyelu scored a game high 20 points and 21 rebounds with four blocks to go with it in 36 minutes. Othuke James added 12 points and 19 rebound double-double with three blocks. Cape Verde had two players on double digits, Silva Hugo and Martin’s Geovani combined for 20 points (10 points each) while Hugo made it a double-double…

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Confederation of Africa Football, CAF on Sunday announced the draw for the qualifying round of the 2021 African cup of Nations, www.brila.net can authoritatively report. According to the CAF website, the draw will take place on Thursday, 18 July 2019, at Aida Ballroom_Cairo Marriott Hotel, Zamalek. This will be during the 32nd CAF General Assembly, scheduled for that same date and venue. The 2021 AFCON will be staged in Cameroon, and according to a note from the confederation of African Football, the teams engaged in the qualifiers have been seeded into five levels, according to the FIFA official ranking issued…

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Assistant Coach to the former Kwara United tactician, (Abubakar Bala), and his second in command, Suleiman Ashifat has been named Head Coach Kwara Utd and the club retains 27 players for the 2019/2020 football season. Suleiman Ashifat, who deputized Abubakar Bala at Kwara United in the just concluded Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season has been appointed the substantive head coach of the team. The Club’s Media Officer, Abdulwaheed Bibire, made this known in a statement on Tuesday to www.brila.net in Ilorin. The statement added that the appointment was with immediate effect and he would steer the affairs of Afonja Warriors for…

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