Author: Brila

Dani Carvajal has been ruled out of action with a heart problem, with Marca reporting that the Real Madrid defender could be out of action for up to six weeks.

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed shock and sorrow at the death on Friday morning of Nigeria U23 team’s Media Officer, Timi Ebikagboro.

Nigeria have been handed a fitness boost ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Uyo, with Alex Iwobi given a clean bill of health by Arsenal medics to resume full training And has been included in the matchday squad. Iwobi took part in full training with the Gunners first team at London Colney on Saturday morning, and was photographed contesting for the ball with his good pal Chuba Akpom. Iwobi played for the team wearing white bibs at the training session, and the team also included Alexis Sanchez, Nacho Monreal, Alexandre Lacazette, Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey. Chuba…

Max Verstappen took his first victory of the Formula 1 season with a dominant drive in the final Malaysian GP, as Sebastian Vettel recovered from starting last to take fourth. Red Bull’s Verstappen passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton into Turn 1 on lap four at Sepang and from there controlled the race to take the second win of his career. Hamilton finished 12.7 seconds adrift in second, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium in third. Ferrari’s Vettel, running a new spec engine, hunted Ricciardo down in the closing laps, but had his challenge cooled when his team told him…

Wayne Rooney and pregnant Coleen had a huge bust up while watching love cheat drama Dr Foster, according to reports. Rooney and wife settled down to watch the BBC drama just days after his drink drive shame – but the pair quickly started to argue about the episode, according to The Sun on Sunday. Dr Foster sees Suranne Jones battling her cheating ex husband Simon after his affair led to their marriage breakdown. A source told the paper: “A source said: “Wayne and Coleen have both been through a lot in recent weeks and the atmosphere at home has been…

Antonio Conte says that Alvaro Morata was taken off more as a precaution in the first half of the game and does not believe it is “serious”, but said he is likely to stay in London this week rather than travel with the Spanish team. The striker went off after just 36 minutes, gesturing to his hamstring after telling Content of his intentions to be replaced . “It’s a muscular problem,” Conte said. “I don’t think it’s a serious problem because he stopped before it will become a serious injury. He said to me ‘coach I prefer to stop myself otherwise…

Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel is confident that the Super Eagles will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals this week when they host Zambia’s Chipolopolo in a World Cup qualification Group B match in Uyo on Saturday, October 7. A victory for current Group B leaders Nigeria will see them win the group and qualify for the finals which will be hosted by Russia next year. Mikel, who currently plies his trade in China for Tianjin TEDA, praised second-placed Chipolopolo, but he believes that the Super Eagles deserve to qualify. The former Chelsea FC central midfielder was speaking…

Another episode of the popular comic football analysis show, Felele, is out on Brilasports TV. The comic show is hosted by the topmost striker, Babafemi Raji. On the show, he takes on two popular comedians and the analysed different topics in the game of football over the past month. Ace Comedian, Still-ringing and his partner, Ogunsina Ayodeji, who’s known to be the worst Yoruba interpreter of all time did justice to the show as they brought in vibes and football analysis from the comic angle. You should click on the below link to view the video, and make sure you…

Zambia National Team coach Wedson Nyirenda has named his final 23 member squad for next weekend’s crunch Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier away to Nigeria.