Former Technical Adviser of Katsina United, Coach Abdullahi Usman Biffo has exclusively informed brila.net that he has ended his vacation period in the United State of America and ready to storm Nigeria in the coming week.
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 with 10 boards.
The host won the first quarter 13-11 but could only score 7 points against 20 points scored by Nigeria in the second quarter. Cape Verde failed to keep up with the momentum from then on.
In other games played in Group A, 3-time champions Egypt recorded back to back wins after beating Angola 86-61 on Sunday.
Nigeria will take a rest on Monday and then play their third game of the competition against Angola on Tuesday.
FIBA U-16 Men Africa Championship Some Results So far:
Mali 61-57 Tunisia
Cape Verde 53-48 Algeria
Nigeria 77-86 Egypt.
Guinea 55-53 Ivory coast
Guinea 63-57 Tunisia
Cape Verde 39-64 Nigeria
Confederation of Africa Football, CAF on Sunday announced the draw for the qualifying round of the 2021 African cup of Nations, 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 on the 14th of June 2019.
African giants like host Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, DR Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory coast, and Algeria, are seeded in pot 1 (level 1).
Pot 2 consist of medium rank teams like Guinea, South Africa, Cape Vert, Uganda, Zambia, Benin, Gabon, Congo, Mauritania, Niger, Kenya and Libya, who are seeded teams of level 2.
In pot 3, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, central Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Malawi, Togo, Sudan and Tanzania, constitute the block of teams seeded in level 3.
Pot 4 is made up of Burundi, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Comoros and Ethiopia as seeded teams of level 4.
The 5th and the last pot, has Liberia, Mauritius, Gambia, South Sudan, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles and Djibouti, as level 5 seeded Teams.
The draw will give 12 groups of four teams each ( Group A to L). The first two teams in each group at the end of the qualifying round, will make it for the Cameroon rendezvous in 2021, in what will be the just the second AFCON with 24 nations participating.
Cameroon will be hosting the competition in 2021, for the first time since 1972 (49 years). The last time Cameroon hosting the competition, only eight teams were participating but and now increased to 24 nations.
Ghana Black Stars midfielder, Mubarak Wakaso has stated that the team is confident of stopping Tunisia on Monday(today) in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16, brila.net learns.
Belgium Jupiler league side, RKC Genk has unveiled Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Stephen Odey,brila.net learns.
A French publication has reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo is being investigated for a case of possible match-fixing in their game against Zimbabwe in the Afcon finals on Sunday.
Another 2016 Rio Olympic Captain, Azubuike Okechukwu has joined the Egyptian Premier league side, Pyramid FC on a year loan spell, brila.net gathers.
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 brila.net in Ilorin.
The statement added that the appointment was with immediate effect and he would steer the affairs of Afonja Warriors for the next season.
He said the club also retained 27 players and declared 13 surplus to requirement in preparatory to the 2019/2020 Nigeria National League (NNL) season.
Bibire said all administrative staff of the team are to continue with their day to day service to the club.
The statement advised the retained players to be of good conduct and embraced professionalism that the team was known for, pending the announcement of when the club will resume for next season.
Gateway Utd on Monday pipped Dynamite FC of Iyhamo, Edo State by one goal to nil in one of the Nigeria National League matchday 9 fixtures at the MKO Abiola Int’l Stadium, Kuto Abeokuta, brila.net gathers.
Akwa Utd Mfon Udoh has revealed that some Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) players are diabolical and therefore he keeps things away from them, brila.net gathers.