Author: Brila

Zambia vice-captain Ziyo Tembo yesterday bragged that there was nothing special about Nigeria as the team left for Ghana for a training camp ahead of Saturday’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo.

With two matches left in the  Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Africa Zone qualifying tournament, Super Eagles of Nigeria sit on top of Group B  with an impressive 10 points from four matches against their closest challenger in seven-point  Chipolopolo of Zambia.

Super Eagles countdown to Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia’s Chipolopolo began last night with 15 players arriving the team’s camp at the Le’Meridien Ibom Hotel and Resort in Uyo.

Super Eagles players, Mikel, Ighalo, Echiejile, with a host of others and officials have safely landed in Uyo ahead of the World Cup qualifier against the Copper Bullets.

Former Super Eagles left-back Ifeanyi Udeze says Zambia are traditionally a physical team with grit, but expects Nigeria should cut them to size.

The Zambia National Team has left For Accra Ghana where they will set up base before the game against Nigeria for the crucial World Cup qualifiers taking place in Uyo on October 7. According to the official FAZ Football Facebook page, Coach Wedson Nyirenda travelled in the first batch that had six players and some technical staff at 06:30 hours with the second batch on the 13:00 hours South African Airways flight. The team will leave for Uyo Nigeria on Thursday for the Group B encounter. Foreign based players are expected to join camp in Ghana after featuring for their…

Pep Guardiola has revealed he voted by post in Catalonia’s non-binding independence referendum, and praised the role of FC Barcelona in the expression of the region’s identity. A vocally proud Catalan who has played for and managed the club, the 46-year-old Guardiola re-asserted the view that the vote wasn’t necessarily about separatism but about the people expressing their will. “Barcelona were important because in the era of General Franco, our liberties were prohibited, when you couldn’t speak Catalan, when you couldn’t sing in Catalan, well, the stadium of Barca was a place where you could express what the people Catalonia…

Antonio Conte says he left Victor Moses out of Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City to rest the player rather than any tactical reason. The champions’ squad depth has been a recurring issue out of what was a frustrating transfer window for the Italian, and Conte also admitted that his more defensive performance against Pep Guardiola’s team – was partly down to trying to manage the more congested schedule. Conte also said that schedule was on his mind when he decided to risk Alvaro Morata for the game, even though the Spanish striker eventually had to go off after 36 minutes…

A brace each by Rasheedat Ajibade and Folashade Ijamilusi and a goal each by Imo Anam and Cynthia Aku steered the Nigeria U20 women team to a 6-0 win over their Tanzanian counterparts in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.

The final of the Men’s Aiteo Cup will be played in Lagos at the Agege Stadium on October 15 the organizers have revealed.