Author: Brila

No sooner did boxing’s biggest star Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) dispatch Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) in a dominant shutout victory over 12 rounds at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena, than the middleweight superstar announced that boxing’s biggest fight – a showdown with Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) – would take place on Mexican Independence Day weekend on September 16.

As the Sports Federations elections draw near, my special focus is on what happens in the Nigeria Basketball Federation. It is no longer news that the house of basketball is seriously polarized because of the style of leadership of the Tijani Umar led federation. Apart from the ban on players, referees, coaches and technical officials without trial, many stakeholders have embarked on self-exile because of the Umar draconian style of leadership.

Nigeria’s Sprint queen Blessing Okagbare will hope to quickly put the Doha experience behind her quick enough to bounce back stronger on the tracks, perhaps in China.

According to reports earlier this week, Super Eagles midfielder Nosa Igiebor claimed he was disrespected by technical adviser Rohr, therefore he will never play for the national team again. Saturday, the midfield maestro came out to debunk such claims and tagged thm as false. He used his Instagram page to post a picture of him in the national team colours alongside other players. He said ” Proverbs 4:18  🙏 my attention has been drawn to a story by an online website  (www.owngoalnigeria.com) that I will no longer honour national team call ups again . Let me use this opportunity to…

Serie A champions in waiting Juventus escaped derby defeat at the hands of their city rivals Torino thanks to a late goal from Gonzalo Higuain which helped them to a 1-1 draw at the Juventus Stadium.

Monaco restored their three-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 thanks to a comfortable victory at relegation-threatened Nancy on Saturday.

Uche Agbo started from the bench for relegated Granada CF, coming on in the 18th minute for injured Aly Malle, but Tony Adam’s men still suffered a 4-0 pounding.

Lionel Messi surpassed the 50-goal mark in 2016-17 with a brace as Barcelona thumped Villarreal 4-1 in La Liga at Camp Nou on Saturday.

Wilfred Ndidi slammed the ball into the roof of the net on the 38th minute to open scoring for English Champions Leicester City in their Premier League match against Watford at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Adidas will pay Real Madrid a massive £850million over the next 10 years as details of one of sport’s biggest sponsorship deals was released by Football Leaks.