Author: Brila

West ham United’s boss, Slaven Bilic believes English football is taking the on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart for granted.

Former Ivory Coast captain Yaya Toure has offered his services to FIFA and the Russian government to help curb racism during next year’s World Cup. Toure is one of the several players who suffered abuse when playing in the country in recent years when he was the victim of racist chants during a Champions League match for Manchester City against CSKA Moscow in 2013. Ex-Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong was red-carded when he gestured angrily to the crowd over alleged monkey chants in 2015, while Brazil international striker Hulk claimed to have suffered racism regularly during his time at Zenit St…

The Emergency Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the most powerful organ in the set up of the continental body, would on Saturday, October 14, meet in Lagos, Nigeria. The meeting according to information gathered by Brila.net would be held in Ikoyi, Lagos and there will be deliberations on recent happenings in the game in Africa, as well as CAF competitions next year. The discussion would also focus on the African Nations Championship (CHAN), originally scheduled for Kenya, but was later withdrawn, due to lack of adequate preparations on the part of the East Africans. The meeting comes…

Obafemi Martins and Mikel Obi will be among the first players in the Chinese Super League to witness an epoch moment when their sides; Shanghai Shenhua and Tianjin Teda, clash in the league this weekend.

Isaac Success may be facing an uncertain future at Watford after Manager Marco Silva failed to give any assurances the Nigerian will return to the first team following allegations of a melee with four prostitutes and his subsequent arrest.

Mikel Obi and Tianjin Teda are under investigation by the Chinese Football Association following allegations of match-fixing in their CSL match against Tianjin Quanjian.

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Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has stated that Nigeria Midfield enforcer, Wilfried Ndidi is in good shape ahead of Monday’s clash against West Brom in the English Premier League. Shakespeare disclosed this in his press conference today. Ndidi has undergone a medical test at Leicester on Tuesday after he was forced out of the Nigeria’s world cup qualifier against Zambia. CS: “There was a scare about @Ndidi25, but it was only cramped and he trained today fully. He’s fine so there are no problems there.” #LeiWba Ndidi ‘s stat at Leicester City since he joined in January has been amazing.…

Arsene Wenger has admitted Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil could be sold in January. The Arsenal pair, whose deals at the Emirates expire in the summer, are both yet to sign new contracts with the club and as a result, could leave for nothing at the end of the season, admits Manager, Wenger. And Wenger admits with talks remaining at an impasse there is a chance both could be sold in the winter transfer window. “In our situation, we have envisaged every solution. It is possible,” he said when asked at his weekly press conference whether either or both could…

Technical adviser of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted he might have to leave out captain John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo, from their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria on November 11. The fixture has become a mere formality, after Nigeria booked their place at next year’s tournament, with a 1-0 win over Zambia last weekend. Rohr is ready to leave out the China-based duo, due to the fact that the players in China will be playing in the weekend that precedes the Algeria encounter and so he can have a look at other players. “Honestly, it is…