Author: Brila

Organizers have announced that teams taking part in this year’s AITEO Cup competition will share the proceeds from the turnstiles, after the host Football Association must have deducted twenty percent (20%) of the takings for organization and logistics.

Veteran Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been named as one of three nominees for the 2016/17 Uefa Men’s Player of the Year Award alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, European football’s governing body announced on Tuesday. Buffon, 39, was a key member of the Juventus side that reached last season’s Uefa Champions League final, but he missed out on a first winner’s medal as the Italians were beaten 4-1 by Ronaldo’s Real Madrid in Cardiff. The shortlist was decided by the 80 managers of the clubs that played in the Champions League and Europa League group stages, as well as 55 journalists.…

Atletico Madrid have drawn up a detailed physical plan to get Diego Costa into peak fitness, in the event they finally sign him from Chelsea. The 28-year-old striker’s future remains up in the air as he is exiled from the English champions’ squad with a legal process between they player’s camp and club having been initiated with former club, Atletico monitoring closely. But Atletico remain hopeful of signing him before the end of the window and are now willing to go to just over £40m to secure the transfer Costa himself so desperately wants. Per The Independent’s Miguel Delaney, Costa “desperately wants” to return to…

Stoke City are close to signing yet another Champions League winner, with a deal for Paris Saint-Germain’s Jese Rodriguez said to be close. The 24-year-old stoke city’s target won the European Cup twice during his time at Real Madrid before moving to Paris at the start of last season. The switch to Ligue 1 hasn’t worked out and, despite strong interest from Italian club, Fiorentina, the player is now said to be closing in on a move to Stoke having completed a medical with them on Monday. Jese will be joined by four other Champions League winners at the Stoke…

Tony Pulis has made a fresh move for Everton midfielder Gareth Barry and hopes to agree a deal in the next 24 hours.

Sadiq Umar has declared his readiness to push for a shirt in the senior national team of Nigeria as he closes in on a season loan move from Roma to Torino. Speaking to Owngoalnigeria.com the giant 20 year old Umar said he is in a much better shape than ever in his career as this is his first real pre season as a professional footballer since his move to Roma two years ago. Sadiq had a torrid time on loan to Bologna last season, but Jololo as he is fondly called by friends and team-mates has put the disappointment behind…

It is possible that former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel will be named in the Super Eagles squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Cameroon in Uyo next month. Mikel, 30,  has finally recovered from injury and lasted the distance in Tianjin Teda’s 2-0 loss to Hebei CFFC in the Chinese Super League yesterday. Before yesterday’s meeting at Tianjin Tuanbo Soccer Stadium, Mikel last kicked a ball in a competitive fixture on April 2 in his team’s 2-0 win over Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. The team’s current situation is not good, but there are 14 rounds to play and there…

It wouldn’t be a typical Floyd Mayweather Jr fight if there weren’t any twists, turns and mind games involved – but perhaps the mental warfare won’t work as well opposite the UFC’s Conor McGregor. Part of the Notorious’ worldwide appeal is that Mayweather is outspoken to an extent where some can’t help but jump on the bandwagon;. He’s managed to grow the UFC as an organisation and mixed martial arts as a sport, so it comes as no surprise that he has millions of fans hoping he dents Money’s impeccable record on August 26. We saw that support when the…

Armenia attacker, Henrikh Mkhitaryan has hailed the recruitment of Two of Manchester United’s new boys, Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic, the duo’s performance caught the eye in Sunday’s opening 4-0 Premier League thrashing of West Ham. Lukaku, a £75million buy from Everton, scored the opening two goals while midfielder Matic, bought for £40m from Chelsea, was named man of the match. The third recruit, £30m defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica, was not included in the matchday squad as manager Jose Mourinho wants to give the Swede more time to settle. And asked initially about Matic’s display, Mkhitaryan said: “It was…

When top Golfer, Tiger Woods was arrested in May on suspicion of driving under the influence, the golfer had five different drugs in his system, a toxicology report released by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said this week. Citing the report, CNN listed the cocktail of drugs found in Tiger Woods urine: THC, the active ingredient in marijuana The painkillers hydrocodone and hydromorphone, known by their brand names Vicodin and Dilaudid The sleep drug zolpidem, sold under the brand name Ambien The anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax) Taking alprazolam with hydrocodone and hydromorphone is known to have serious side effects, including dizziness,…