Former Eagles defender Mobi Oparaku has revealed that winning the match is not of utmost importance, as team cohesion should be coach Gernot Rohr’s priority.
Back and forth! Nigeria’s movement in the FIFA Ranking between April and June has shown some level of inconsistency and especially in the global ranking.
Atlanta 1996 gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara has revealed that she remains scared the country will end up not winning any medal in track and field as the government is not interested in athletes preparing for the tournament.
Kawhi Leonard moved to third in the list of Total Points Leaders in a single NBA Playoffs, passing Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon in the process.
Ex-international Samuel Sodje has looked ahead to Sunday’s international friendly between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Terranga Lions of Senegal and has opined that it’s a good friendly that will test the fitness of the players and is a good test heading to Egypt.
Ola Aina dropped verses in his latest Instagram post bidding Chelsea and the fans farewell following his permanent move to Serie A side Torino.
Ola Aina dropped verses in his latest instagram post bidding Chelsea and the fans farewell following his permanent move to Serie A side, Torino.
Embattled Akwa United Coach, Rafael Everton said the decision to axe him from the bench for the NPFL Super 6 match against Rangers was from above and he hasn’t been issued an official explanation why.
Enyimba International influential midfielder Austine Oladapo says he’s delighted to lift his trophy with Club after three years at the Club.
Oladapo joined Enyimba from Gombe United and has been ever present in the Aba’s Elephant line up, before helping the Club to their record eighth league title on Wednesday.
The Edo state born midfielder told brila.net’s Seyi Alao in a exclusive interview that he’s delighted to finally lay his hands on a title with the Aba giants.
“Winning my first league title is a thing of joy and I’m happy to be part of the team that delivered the eighth record title .
“I’m happy with my teammates and the work everyone at the Club has put in to achieve this great success.”
The defensive midfielder added that Enyimba will try to win the CAF Champions league for the third time in their rich history.
“People are expecting a lot from the Club on the continent”
“We got to the semi-final stage, the last time we were on the continent and we will surely like to go a step further this time”.
After lifting the league crown, Enyimba will now turn their attention to the Aiteo Federation Cup , a competition they haven’t won for a long time.
Following their impressive 2-0 win over the Taegeuk Nanja of Korea Republic at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, the Super Falcons of Nigeria has set some interesting records in the process.
After the final whistle at the Stade des Alps in Grenoble, Nigeriabecame the first African side in Women’s World Cup history to win their second group game at the tournament, with 12 of the previous 13 such matches ending in defeat for sides from Africa (D1).
Though the victory over Korea Republic was only Nigeria’s fourth victory from 24 matches at the Women’s World Cup (D3 L17), the Super Falcons have won four of their five matches in the tournament when scoring the opening goal (L1).
Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie , at 18yrs & 186 days, she became the youngest ever goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Defender Onome Ebi is making her fifth FIFA Women’s World Cup appearance, most by any player in the history of FIFA senior World Cup.
South Korea became the first Asian side to lose three successive Women’s World Cup matches without scoring since Korea DPR in 2011, with Falcons being the third team to hand them the defeat.
The Thomas Dennerby led side will a chance a chance to extend their record of being the only African side to make it out of the Group stage at the Women’s World Cup when the take on France on Monday.
A win or draw against the hoats will see them book their place in the knockout stage, haven done so back in 1999 in U.S.A.