Author: Brila

Claudio Bravo was the hero for Chile on Wednesday as he saved three penalties to help La Roja into the final of the FIFA Confederation Cup in an exciting match against Portugal.

Scottish Premier League club, Hearts, have parted ways with Nigerian defender Juwon Oshaniwa by mutual consent.

MFM FC continued to stay within touching distance of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) leaders Plateau United by defeating struggling Sunshine Stars 2-1 in a derby at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on Wednesday.

The newly elected National Sports Federations boards are now to be inaugurated on Monday, July 10, 2017.

Former Italy and AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini’s professional tennis career is likely to stop at one match after a debut he described as “like writing a poem after studying years of maths”. Paolo Maldini made a short but sweet professional tennis debut in the Aspria Tennis Cup on Tuesday evening. The 49-year-old, played in the doubles with his partner, Stefano Landonio, and was beaten, 6-1, 6-1 by Poland’s Tomasz Bednarek and Dutchman David Pel in the first round of the Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan on Monday. “It was like writing a poem after studying years of maths,” said…

Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr turned 64 today – 28th of June – and his biggest birthday gift, yet, will be the Super Eagles edging out Cameroon in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers later this year.

Liverpool senior players, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher were not receptive towards new signings during the 2002/03 season according to former midfielder, Salif Diao.

Portugal’s reward for topping Group A on goal difference is a semi-final against Copa América champions Chile, who finished second in Group B after 1-1 draws against Australia and Germany in FIFA Confederations Cup. Fernando Santos’ team secured top spot with a convincing 4-0 win over the weakest side in the tournament, New Zealand, who have now lost five matches this month. Portugal took the lead against Mexico twice in their Confederations Cup opening fixture and looked to have stolen all three points somewhat fortuitously when Southampton right-back Cédric Soares scored his first international goal but Héctor Moreno popped up…

Borussia Dortmund’s star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could be the latest to make a lucrative move to the Chinese Super League this summer. Aubameyang has attracted interest from Liverpool and Chelsea, but Tianjin Quanjian are apparently convinced the Gabonese is the player to take them to the next level as they are set to win the race for his signature. According to German newspaper SportBild, is heading to the Far East after agreeing to pocket wages worth £500,000-a-week. Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke initially made it clear that the club would not allow their top scorer to leave for less than £63million,…

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced Aiteo Group as the name sponsors of the FA Cup on a five year deal.