Author: Brila

Akwa United dropped two valuable points albeit away from home in their title chase after they were forced to a 1-1 draw by Rivers United at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium on Wednesday.

Following a two-day seminar held in Morocco last week by the executive members and dignitaries of the African Cup of Nations, the committee has decided to expand the teams in the competition from 16 national teams to 24 national teams.

Nigerian Striker, Anthony Nwakaeme has been shredding defenses in the UEFA Champions League qualification rounds, grabbing his third of the tournament.

Morocco will meet next month’s deadline to bid to host the 2026 World Cup, says Confederation of African Football (Caf) Executive Committee member, Amaju Pinnick.

Novak Djokovic will miss the US Open next month and the rest of 2017 as he bids to recover from the elbow injury that forced him to withdraw from Wimbledon.

On 21st January, 2017 Paris Saint-Germain ace Marco Verratti was booked in his side’s 2-0 win over Nantes in Ligue 1 after getting on his knees, and heading the ball back to his goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.

It is barely overstating the matter to say Zlatan Ibrahimovic has attained living legend status in Sweden – he is the country’s top scorer and is being immortalised in a statue outside the national stadium.

Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa and defender, Chima Akas have been appointed captain and vice captain of the CHAN team by coach Salisu Yusuf.

After watching Paris Saint-Germain hammer Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of their round-of-16 Champions League encounter, one would have felt pretty brave about the French side’s chances.

Yaya Toure is a certified African legend, as his four CAF Player of the Year awards, two Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, one UEFA Champions League title, and one Africa Cup of Nations trophy all attest.