Author: Brila

Paris saint-Germain are still in the race to sign Alexis Sanchez this summer and, despite knowing his first preference is Manchester City, feel they can test that position as well as the resolve of Arsenal by putting forward the type of financial package that proves too good to turn down. The French club have already stunned football by prising Neymar from Barcelona in a world-record £200m deal and sources close to the situation say that only marks the start of what is over the next few years set to be the most ambitious spending spree seen in football by pulling the strings to get Alexis Sanchez. PSG still…

Jamie Carragher believes Antonio Conte could go the same way as Jose Mourinho and leave Chelsea within a year of winning the title. The Italian led the Blues to the Premier League last season but has cut a frustrated figure over the summer. Rumours coming out of Stamford Bridge suggest Conte has been frustrated by the club’s sluggishness in the transfer window. “I’d be very surprised if I’m sitting here in 12 months’ time and he’s the Chelsea manager,” Carragher, the former Liverpool defender and current Sky Sports pundit, said on Monday night. “I think he’s the type of manager who won’t accept the involvement from people above, especially…

Legend, Ryan Giggs has backed Paul Pogba to significantly increase his goal tally this season and believes he could be the key to helping Manchester United regain the Premier League for the first time since 2013. Pogba scored just the nine times in all competitions last season, only five of which were in the league, as United limped to a sixth-place finish. Part of the reason for those lack of goals was he was forced to play a lot deeper at times than he was used to when playing at Juventus. However, the arrival of Nemanja Matic from champions Chelsea is expected to allow the Frenchman more freedom on the…

England boss Mark Sampson was cleared of wrongdoing after Eniola Aluko made a complaint to the Football Association about “bullying and harassment”. Eniola Aluko, 30, has not been selected since making the claims in May 2016. The Chelsea player said she also felt “undermined and belittled” by England staff and claims their negative bias contributed to her not being picked. But the FA said an independent report found no evidence of wrongdoing by Sampson or his staff. In a statement on Tuesday, Aluko confirmed she and the FA agreed a settlement earlier this year. BBC Sport understands Eniola Aluko was paid…

Christian Coleman could be the heir to Usain Bolt thrown – despite finishing second at London 2017. All eyes were on Usain Bolt in the World Championships 100m final on Saturday night as he bowed out from the individual race as he won the bronze, with Justin Gatlin taking gold. The former drugs cheat is now 35 and hasn’t got too long left at the top. So is Coleman the next big thing in sprinting? The Tennessee Volunteers young gun ran a blistering 9.82 at the NCAA Championships in Eugene on June 7, his personal best. Coleman qualified for the semi-finals…

Manchester United see Tottenham Hotspur’s Danny Rose as a potential solution to their search for a wide player in the transfer market, as Jose Mourinho continues to assess his options, given the club’s frustrated pursuits of Internazionale’s Ivan Perisic and Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale. The Portuguese would have wanted to sign a wide attacker and two full-backs in this window, but with United only likely to bring in four or five players, the forward role had been seen as a priority. That had seen the Old Trafford hierarchy come close to an agreement with Internazionale, only for the Italian club to refuse to budge on their £48m valuation, while…

CHAN Eagles to face Kanopillars today in a friendly match as they continue preparations for the weekend qualifier against Benin Republic In their last friendly against Kanopillars feeders team some days ago, MFM FC forward Sikiru Olatunbosun and goal scorer Samuel Matthias from Gombe United shone for the home-based Eagles. CHAN Eagles shot in front through midfielder Samuel Matthias after nine minutes. Junior Pillars drew level in the 27th minute through captain Awalu Ali aka Mallam after he cashed in on a mix-up in the Eagles defence. Alhassan Ibrahim ‘Muazzam’ restored the Eagles lead in the 42nd minute courtesy of a superb…

Nigeria women’s table tennis star, Cecilia Akpan, says the aim of the Nigerian team at the Third International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Open is to make sure the foreign stars do not dominate. This year’s edition runs from August 9th to 13th inside the Molade-Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Over 100 players from about 22 different countries will storm Lagos for this year’s edition. According to ITTF-Africa, Akpan, 31, who won the women’s singles title when the ITTF Nigeria Open was test run in 2013 as Lagos Classics expressed delight over the quality of players that will…

Lough Derg Yacht Club’s Aisling Keller took seventh place overall at the under–21 Laser Radial World Championships closely followed by Irish team mate Aoife Hopkins of Howth YC in ninth place overall. The encouraging results achieve at the Nieuwpoort, Belgium venue from 26 July – 2 August followed Euro title success in this age category for Hopkins the preceding week in Douarnenez, France. A result that earned the Howth youth sailor an Afloat Sailor of the Month Award. The event calendar is now so packed its no longer possible to attend all the events. For example,  Hopkins had turned down her invite from World Sailing to attend the Aarhus…

It wasn’t Lionel Messi who received the loudest ovation at Camp Nou on Monday. And it certainly wasn’t Neymar, who is long gone having left for Paris Saint-Germain last week. Instead, it was Neymar’s Brazilian compatriots, Chapecoense, who Barcelona invited to take part in this season’s Joan Gamper Trophy match after last year’s devastating plane crash which killed 71 people, who were given the biggest reception. They were also given €250,000 by Barca as way of a donation. It wasn’t just a noisy reception, either, but an emotional one. The final three players to be welcomed on to the Camp…