Author: Brila

Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani has been voted the Ligue 1 Player of the Year at the end of season awards in France. Cavani has been rewarded for a stunning season in which he has scored a career-best 35 league goals in his favoured centre-forward role The 30-year-old Uruguayan can match Ibrahimovic’s league tally of 38 from last year if he gets a hat-trick at home against Caen on Saturday. Monaco swept the other awards on Monday, with Leonardo Jardim named best manager, teen starlet Kylian Mbappe voted the best young player, and Croatia’s Danijel Subasic best goalkeeper. Jardim guided…

Super Eagles midfielder enforcer Wilfred Ndidi, has won Leicester City’s Young Player of the Year award. Ndidi, 20 beat Ben Chiwell and Demarai Gray to the award, after scoring two English Premier League goals in 15 appearances. “It’s so great to be rated alongside Demarai Gray and Chiwell,” The midfielder, whose goal against Stoke City was also nominated for the goal of the season award, told Leicester City TV. “I believe if they had enough chances to play probably they would have won the award.” Since joining the Club in January from Genk, Wilfred Ndidi has earned plenty of…

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara are the latest eminent figures to congratulate NFF President Amaju Pinnick on his recent elevation in global football administration. In a letter that he personally signed and addressed to NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, Nigeria’s number three man, Saraki wrote: “On behalf of the Senate and the National Assembly, I extend warmest compliments to you and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). “I wish to also congratulate the NFF on the election of its President, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick into…

The nominees for the 4th edition of the Nigeria Pitch Awards are now known, after SIAO Partners Limited, the collating and verification firm, released the results to the Nigeria Football Federation. In a letter to the NFF President dated 11th May 2017, and signed by the Managing Partner, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, the auditing firm explained that the voting was done by Nigeria sports editors/managers across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT, between 5th – 23rd April 2017. “The votes were collated and verified by our team of Auditors. We pride ourselves as one of the best accounting and audit firms…

Malaga defender Martin Demichelis has announced his retirement from professional football. The 36-year-old Argentine confirmed at an emotional press conference on Monday morning that he is hanging his boots calling to an end to his 17-year career in the game. Demichelis, who played the final 12 minutes of Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Real Sociedad, will now have the chance to bid farewell to Malaga fans during next Sunday’s season-ending home clash with Real Madrid at La Rosaleda. He said, in quotes reported by www.diariosur.es: ‘I hope to talk from the heart. The day that unfortunately comes to us all has…

Jose Roberto Gama de Oliveira had just put his country 2-0 up against Holland in the World Cup quarter-final, but that celebration is remembered far more than the game itself, a five-goal thriller as it turned out to become one of the most iconic pictures of the 1994 World Cup. Brazilian striker Bebeto created the ‘rock the baby’ celebration. Now, almost 23 years later, that baby is doing some celebrating of his own, after signing with Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon. Mattheus Oliveira, the baby whose birth sparked the celebration, has joined Sporting from another Portuguese side, Estoril. He said,  ‘I chose the…

Following the chaos from last week’s 3-3 draw between Gombe united and Enugu Rangers, the club has come out to sanction its officials and fans who incited violence at the match venue. Gombe United club has come out with a press release stating its sanctions; it reads as follows. Following the culmination of tension in the aftermath of the NPFL match in Gombe between our Rangers and Rangers International, we have received a letter of sanction from LMC. We have formally acknowledged reception of the letter and have accepted the sanctions. However, we have pleaded with LMC to reduce the…

The Pitch of  Ikom Township Stadium home ground of UNICEM Rovers of Calabar in the Southern Conference of the Bet9ja Nigeria National League ,has been certified unsuitable to host further matches in the current 2016-2017 season. This is following the very poor state of the playing surface and inaction on the part of UNICEM Rovers management and the State Football Association to carry out needed repairs as directed by the NNL. The League board is also worried with difficulty on the side of the State Football Association in providing adequate and effective security as is mandatory in the League rule…

For failing to honour their match day nine fixture against Federal Road Safety Football Club-FRSC,of Abuja , FC Taraba have been cautioned by the League Management for violating article 4.7 in the 2016-2017 rule Book. FC Taraba are to be mindful of the consequence(s) of their action in the case of a three match miss,as enshrined in articles 14.19 and 14.11. They are equally, to pay N1,000,000.00(One Million naira)fine as spelt out in the rules within seven(7) days on receiving the notice served. Again in keeping with same article 14.7 FC Taraba have been declared losers of the match by…

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