Author: Brila

OGC Nice have announced the signing of Midfielder, Wesley Sneijder after the Dutch International agreed personal terms and completed his medical on Monday.

Arsenal fans had arrived searching for clues as to whether Alexandre Lacazette might be the catalyst for a sustained Premier League title challenge but actually departed most uplifted both by the man he was supposed to replace and Kolasinac, a free transfer from Bosnia. Olivier Giroud and Saed Kolasinac had started only among the Wembley substitutes but it was their contributions that ultimately clinched what was a seventh Community Shield for Arsene Wenger. Kolasinac, whose various nicknames even before arriving in England included ‘The Destroyer’, ‘The Tank’ and ‘The Bosnian Hulk’, is just about the least Arsenal-like signing imaginable and, in the…

Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor’s failure to reach the Women’s 100m final on Sunday and Nigeria’s seeming poor outing at the 2017 IAAF World Championships has led to an urgent call for support by Athletics Coach, Tony Osheku.

She is the poster girl for women’s football who made Match of the Day history by becoming the first female pundit to appear on the show. And as well as being top scorer in the league last season she can boast 33 goals for England in 102 caps. But Eni Aluko has now become embroiled in a row with the FA after she claimed she had to quit the national team because of bullying. Aluko has not played for England since April last year, blaming staff who would ‘undermine and belittle’ players. The FA conducted an internal review and an…

American Tori Bowie dove past Mari-Josée Ta Lou of Côte d’Ivoire at the finish line, 10.85 to 10.86, to win the IAAF World Championships 100m final on Sunday night in London. The win marks Bowie’s first individual global championship gold medal and followed Justin Gatlin’s 100m gold on Saturday night, which gave the United States its first gold medal sweep of the event across both genders since the 2005 worlds, when Gatlin and Lauryn Williams combined for gold. Defending world 200m champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands earned bronze in 10.96, while world leader and Olympic champion Elaine Thompson finished just fifth in 10.98. Thompson, the overwhelming favorite for gold in…

Nigeria’s Queen of the tracks, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor on Sunday crashed out in the 100m Women’s event at the ongoing World Championships in London. It was so close yet so far for Blessing Okagbare who finished just outside the top eight runners who have progressed into the final that will take place later tonight. Blessing Okagbare finished 4th in her semi-final race with a time of 11.09secs. No Nigerian woman has a medal from the 100m event at the World Championships and Okagbare has again failed in her bid to end that jinx. The World Championships is far from over for…

With the NPFL hitting the home-stretch, leaders Plateau United and second placed MFM FC maintained status quo in their match day 33 matches.

Enyimba produced a consummate display to earn a point against MFM FC in Lagos on Sunday afternoon.

chelsea fell to a defeat in the new season’s curtain raiser at Wembley against Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday afternoon. The Blues took the lead just after half time through Victor Moses before Sead Kolasinac equalised late in the second half. The game went to penalties and through the use of the new ‘ABBA’ system, the Gunners stole the march with Olivier Giroud scoring the winning penalty. Here’s a look at what we learned from the game at Wembley. CONTE’S MESSAGE TO THE BOARD Antonio Conte named a strong starting XI for the game at Wembley that included…

Victor Moses scored in the 2017 Community Shield against Arsenal on Sunday, but his goal was cancelled out by Kolasinac and after 90 minutes, the Gunners went on to defeat the Premier League champions 4-1 on penalties.