Author: Brila

Buffon celebrated his 100th Champions League game for Juventus in style on Wednesday, making a string of fine saves to keep Monaco at bay as Juve won 2-0 away win in france in the first leg of their semi-final. The 39-year-old goalkeeper, who has been a Juve stalwart for over 16 years, says his motivation is to continue proving he belongs at the highest level and wants people to be sad when he eventually ends his playing career. ‘In every game I want to show that I deserve to play at this level despite my age,’ he told UEFA after the…

USA Basketball have announced the country will rely heavily on players in the NBA Development League for its FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 qualifying campaign.

After notching the 42nd hat-trick of his Real Madrid career in the 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg, Ronaldo has become the first sports star to hit 100million Instagram followers. The current World footballer of the year now only trails pop stars Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Beyonce in the list of celebrity accounts, and he will have his eyes firmly fixed on eclipsing the Crazy in Love singer’s 101 million followers in the coming months. While he is fifth in the overall standings for celebrities with most followers, he can at…

In its biggest restructure since the series began in 2010, this year’s IAAF Diamond League will adopt a championship-style model whereby athletes earn points at the first 12 meetings to qualify for the two finals.

Williams does not want to know sex of baby till it’s born. And on the red carpet of the Met Ball last night, Serena Williams flaunted her baby bump in a emerald green gown.

Arsenal record signing, Mesut Ozil has defended himself against accusations of having a negative body language and a lack of effort on the pitch, insisting he won’t change his style of play. Despite scoring 11 goals and providing 11 assists this term for Arsenal, a part of the fanbase are still far from being convinced, leading his agent Dr Erkut Sogut, claiming Ozil had been made a ‘scapegoat’ for the gunners poor performance this season. He told Goal.com: ‘Some people like me, some people don’t. Some people look at my body language and think I don’t care. But that’s me.…

Former Nigeria player, Wasiu Ipaye has expressed fears that the current scouting policy of the Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, poses a major threat to the growth of football in the grassroot.

Ex Nigeria player, Justice Christopher has said the Nigeria Football Federation cannot afford to look back now or slow down as the Country bids to reach the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

Perhaps corruption and not under funding is the biggest challenge of sports development in Nigeria. Hence changing the paradigm is paramount ahead of the board elections into the Nigeria Boxing Federation according to outgoing member, Azania Omoagege.

Match Referees got the stick ; literally and figuratively, for decisions during games in the first stanza of the NPFL, but according to Niger Tornadoes Midfielder, Bolaji Adeyemo, their scorecards have been more positive than assumed.