Author: Brila

General secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has lauded the new CAF leadership. This come off the prompt action with the announcement of the sum of 100,000 USD to be disbursed to African football federations and 20,000 USD to Federation’s Presidents. Sanusi who is in Manama, Bahrain for the FIFA Congress was present at the CAF congress which held before the start of the FIFA congress and expressed the joy of the Federation at the provision of this largesse from CAF. Meanwhile former scribe of the NFF Dr. Tijani Yusuf has advised that the 100,000 USD subvention…

London is set to host the The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in October this year The inaugural version of this event, which rivals the Ballon d’Or Gala, was held in Zurich, Switzerland in January, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd and Claudio Ranieri taking the top gongs. FIFA initially planned to host it at Wembley Arena, but it was shelved because the venue had already been booked for an ice show.

Romelu Lukaku has been named player of the season at Everton’s annual awards ceremony in Liverpool on Tuesday night. Following his 24 goal haul in the Premier League this campaign spearheading the club’s charge back to European football after two years outside of continental competition. The Belgian striker has been linked with a move away from Goodison Park this summer, but Lukaku was delighted to pick up his award and is focused on ending the season on a high note. Lukaku told evertontv: ‘I’m surprised to win. Since I turned professional, this is the first time I’ve won this award.…

Liverpool attacker, Philippe Coutinho had a window on his luxury Porsche Macan smashed while he attended the club’s end-of-season awards night on Tuesday. Coutinho was joined by his wife Aine at Anfield, with the pair safely inside when a thug launched a rock at the Brazilian’s car window. Pictures obtained exclusively by Sportsmail show significant damage to the £60,000 Porsche, which was parked alongside other players’ cars in a guarded car park. A photographer located at the ground to snap players’ arrivals detailed how a man arrived at the scene to throw a rock at the car, before quickly running away.…

Buffon, who has made who made his 150th appearance in his Champions League career, was on the losing side as Juve were beaten in the 2003 and 2015 finals. “Two years ago everyone thought it was my last final – but you have to believe in your dreams,” said the 39-year-old. With Juve already leading 2-0 from the first leg, goals from Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves left Monaco needing four goals in 46 minutes to progress. Kylian Mbappe’s second-half strike made no difference to the result, but did ended Buffon’s run of 10 hours of Champions League football without…

There’s nothing to celebrate yet about Nigeria’s 2019 FIBA World Cup chances because the NBBF is behind schedule in planning for the Coachless D’Tigers according to First Bank Female Basketball Club Peter Ahmedu.

Bennell, 63-year-old former Crewe Alexandra coach is accused of a total of 41 offences between 1980 and 1991, against eight boys. Bennell previously denied 20 child sex offences during a hearing in March. He now faces 18 counts of indecent assault, two of serious sexual assault and one of attempted sexual assault. The new charges are against four boys aged between 14 and 16 and are alleged to have taken place between 1983 and 1991. The previous charges are 14 counts of indecent assault, five counts of serious sexual assault and one count of attempted serious sexual assault. They involve…

Olanrewaju Kayode has vowed to show appreciation for the trust and support from Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr and Nigerians by leading the Team to victory when they face South Africa in a 2019 Afcon qualifying match next month.

The invitation of four NPFL based players for the Super Eagles Corsica camp later this month has been lauded by former Goalkeeper, Emmanuel Babayaro.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s contract at Manchester United includes a gigantic bonus for the number of goals he scored.