Author: Brila

Bristish Nigerian Anthony Joshua has told his mum see you on sunday as he faces Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley on Saturday. The Nigerian Brit boxer goes head to head with his Ukrainian rival for the IBF world heavyweight title and the vacant WBA belt in one of the most eagerly anticipated fights of the year. Even as tickets to the fight are the hottest piece of document in the land for this weekend, one person who won’t be in attendance is Joshua’s mother. Yeta Odusanya has never seen her son fight and is not about to change the habit of…

Wladimir Klitschko has arrived in London ahead of his heavyweight title fight with British-Nigerian, Anthony Joshua on Saturday night.

Chelsea have been questioned by HMRC officials in connection with the raids on West Ham United and Newcastle United this morning.

Nigeria’s energy solutions company, Aiteo Group, on Wednesday signed a 5-Year partnership agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation, which has conferred on the company the title of Official Optimum Partner of the NFF.

NPFL side Remo Stars defeated Dominion football club 1-0 to progress to the last four of the Ogun State Federation Cup.

Nigeria’s delegation to the Bahamas has concluded its inspection of facilities for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games billed for Nassau in July . The team comprising the Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung, the Director Grassroots Sports, Dr Ademola Aare and the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee Tunde Popoola inspected the training areas, tracks, athletes’ accommodation, indoor sports hall and swimming pools. According to the leader of the delegation Barrister Dalung, the venues are almost ready for the 6th edition of the games billed for July 19 to 23. “The host city for the Commonwealth Youth Games…

Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are all monitoring the situation around Nigerian attacker Henry Onyekuru, according to reports.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Wednesday afternoon that the French international midfielder has not recovered from a hamstring injury and will not face rivals City at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday. United travel across town knowing that a win would take them above their neighbours for the first time since August and in to prime position for a top four place in the Premier League. But Mourinho will be without a host of players, including Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Juan Mata. The United manager said ‘Pogba? No. Only Valencia (can play). ‘We…

Stanley Eguma says Rivers United are the “underdogs” in a “difficult” CAF Confederation Cup group that also houses 2010 winners FUS Rabat and Club Africain, who were 2011 Runners up.

Superstar athlete Serena Williams on Tuesday promised she would be back on the court after becoming a mom, with her baby hopefully cheering her on. Williams spoke playfully and candidly about family, competition, and her accidentally unveiled pregnancy during an on-stage chat with journalist Gayle King at the TED Conference in Vancouver. Williams said she had made a practice of taking a photo of herself each week, to document the progress of her pregnancy, when she accidentally posted a picture of herself in a swimsuit on social media. She had shared the news with only a few people until the…