Author: Brila

Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham have no intention of selling Dele Alli to Manchester City despite Xavi’s claims Pep Guardiola is interested in the player. The Spurs boss, Pochettino has described Xavi as someone he regards as an “enemy” from their days as opponents in La Liga. Barcelona great Xavi praised Alli as “one of the best in Europe” and said his friend and former manager Guardiola would like to bring him to the Etihad this summer. “He’s in a period when he loves to talk, he’s in Doha [playing for Al Sadd] and listen, he was Barcelona player, he’s my…

The invitation of new players to the Super Eagles by Gernot Rohr is to give the Technical Adviser more options in the team and not an attempt to phase out players.

Only one Nigerian club, Rivers United FC, is left in the 2017 inter CAF club competition this year. The Pride of Rivers is one of 16 clubs in the hat for the CAF Confederation Cup group stage draw which will be conducted in Cairo, Egypt today. Technical manager of United, Stanley Eguma says he is clam ahead of the draw for the 2017 Caf Confederation Cup group stage. “This is a very big competition, no Nigerian club has ever won it before and we are looking to make history,” Eguma told our official website,www.riversunitedfc.com.ng. “Of all the clubs that have…

Diego Costa has now  scored 50 Premier League goals for Chelsea – and is the eighth quickest player in the Premier League’s history to reach that landmark. He scored Chelsea’s third and fourth goals in their 4-2 victory over Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening. Although Diego Costa has been beaten in the race to 50 goals by the likes of Sergio Aguero ,Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thierry Henry, the Chelsea striker has managed to reach the feat in one game fewer than former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. Conte’s side now need four victories from their remaining fixtures to become…

Maria Sharapova returns from a 15-month doping ban today with tournament promoters drooling over profit margins while rivals condemn the smooth road prepared for the Russian superstar’s rehabilitation. It will be Maria Sharapova first match since a quarter-final loss to bitter rival Serena Williams at the 2016 Australian Open. Just weeks after that defeat, Sharapova announced she had tested positive for meldonium. An initial two-year suspension was cut to 15 months and here the 30-year-old is now — without a world ranking, requiring wildcards from tournaments and dividing opinion just as she has done ever since she burst onto the…

GER CUP 07:45 PM Bayern Munich VS Dortmund 1x RUS 05:30 PM CSKA Moscow VS Lokomotiv Moscow 1x RUS 03:00 PM FC Orenburg VS Zenit 2x EPL 07:45 PM Arsenal VS Leicester 1x SPA 08:30 PM Deportivo La Coruna VS Real Madrid 2x BELG 07:30 PM KV Mechelen VS St.Truiden 1x BELG 07:30 PM Club Brugge VS Oostende 1x SWE 07:00 PM Oerebro VS Haecken 1x SWE 07:00 PM IFK Gothenburg VS Hammarby 1x EGY 02:45 PM El Dakhleya VS Misr El-Maqasa 2x AUS CUP 05:00 PM Admira Wacker VS Salzburg 2x SER CUP 03:30 PM Cukaricki VS FK Crvena…

Vincent Enyeama’s return to the Super Eagles may prove counterproductive according to former Nigeria international, Edema Fuludu.

EPL 07:45 PM Arsenal VS Leicester 1X FRA CUP 08:05 PM PSG VS Monaco Away to Score SPA 08:30 PM Deportivo La Coruna VS Real Madrid X2 AUS CUP 05:00 PM Admira Wacker VS Salzburg X2 SER CUP 03:30 PM Cukaricki VS FK Crvena Zvezda X2

Francesco Totti goes by many names at the Stadio Olimpico, the King of Rome and the Gladiator to name a couple.

A Brazilian goalkeeper convicted in the killing of a former girlfriend was ordered back to prison on Tuesday, the latest chapter of a seven-year saga that human rights groups say underscores violence toward women in Latin America’s largest nation.