Author: Brila

Nigeria’s chances of winning her first gold medal at the IAAF flagship event, the World Championships in Athletics, is on reigning Commonwealth queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare- Ighoteguonor, as the 16th edition of the championships get underway at the Olympic stadium in London this evening. Okagbare, silver (long jump) and bronze (200m) medal winner at the championships’ 14th edition four years ago in Moscow,Russia where she made history as the first Nigerian to win two medals at the same championships, will be hoping to become the first Nigerian to win a blue ribband medal. The closest Nigeria came was…

Costa’s lawyer, Ricardo Cardoso, says the situation has deteriorated to the point where his client will never play for the Blues again and will now only move to Atletico Madrid The spanish striker is set to formally request a transfer away from Chelsea after claiming Antonio Conte made it “impossible” for him to stay. Costa has claimed that Conte told him via text message at the end of the season that he no longer featured in his plans and has gone on to effectively replace the Spaniard with fellow countryman Alvaro Morata. And now Costa’s lawyer, Ricardo Cardoso, says the situation at Stamford Bridge has…

EDEN HAZARD could be the man to replace Neymar at Barcelona, according to the bookies The Chelsea star has been linked with a switch to the Spanish giant’s rivals Real Madrid this summer. Spanish outlet don balon, sensationally claim Hazard will betray Real as he is tired of waiting for them to make their moves. And they go on to say the 26-year-old has not hesitated in telling Barcelona he is ready to play for them. The Chelsea ace is said to see this as the idea opportunity to move to La Liga and make an impact in Spain. As it…

Neymar seek father’s ‘support’ in an unfeigned message after disclosing his dad was against his big money move to Paris Neymar yesterday posted an emotional farewell message to Barcelona after completing his world record move to Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian has moved to the French capital for an eye-watering fee of £199million – more than double the previous world transfer record. His representatives paid the release clause in full on Thursday afternoon and he signed the dotted lines on Thursday evening. But the former Santos man also sent a deep and sincere message to his dad in the Instagram upload -…

Can John Obi Mikel hand Nigeria another Africa Cup of Nations title?

FLOYD MAYWEATHER’s bold claim he’s willing to box Conor McGregor with 8oz gloves is nothing more than an ‘idle threat’, according to the Irishman’s striking coach Owen Roddy Earlier this week, ‘Money’ Mayweather, who will box the reigning UFC lightweight champion on August 26 in Las Vegas, said: “Don’t believe what you hear in the media. “Don’t believe what you hear on blog sites. If it’s not coming directly from me, then it’s not true. I’m telling McGregor, ‘Let’s fight in 80oz gloves’. “McGregor can fight in any brand he prefers or chooses. I’ll be wearing 8 oz Grant gloves. “Whatever…

Manchester United were put on red alert yesterday when Real Madrid revealed they are ready to unload Bale to make way for Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe. Spanish newspaper Marca, who serve as an unofficial mouthpiece for Real, reported that boss Zinedine Zidane is increasingly confident of landing the 18-year-old French wonderboy and has put United on a red alert. But, following Neymar’s imminent world record move to PSG, Monaco are set to increase their £140m valuation and Real need to balance the books. Zidane does not want four big names competing for three places in his Galactico attack. He insists…

Two heads are better than one, so they say. But in the context of the Super Eagles goalkeeping situation you may want to ask what was wrong with the first head?

If you were worried about the over bloated transfer fees in football today, the bad news is it may never go away according to FIFA licensed Player representative and match agent Stephen Eghosa Obeto.

Kelechi Iheanacho has completed his transfer to Leicester City from Manchester City on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.