Author: Brila

Nigeria’s Sand Eagles will make their fifth appearance at the Beach Soccer World Cup later this month when they open their account on 27 August against Italy in their first group game.

Manchester United will pay AS Monaco a further £8.4m after Anthony Martial’s goal in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Burnley, according to a report. Martial, 20 who joined Manchester United from Monaco in 2015 for an initial fee of £36m, scored his 25th goal for the club against the Clarets. According to Sky Sports News, who cite a reportedly leaked document, Martial’s goal at Turf Moor triggers a clause which requires United to pay the additional instalment. United will also reportedly be required to pay further instalments of £8.4m (€10m) if he reaches 25 caps for France or if he is…

Last year’s final of the CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations saw fans arriving at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde hours before dawn for a match with a mid-afternoon kick off schedule. The stadium was effectively at its full 40,000 capacity a full five hours before kick-off. It is a moment that will surely go down as a milestone event for African women’s football. “This crowd was something else,” an animated Ordega said. “Even for men, you don’t often see that kind of support. The place was crazy that day, people couldn’t even get into the stadium. This was…

Former WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring welterweight boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr. has revealed that he will visit Ghana in June this year.

Issac ” the grenade ” Ekpo has dropped a devastating bomb following his loss to Tyron Zeuge in their WBA World super middleweight title fight last month, alleging his opponent’s camp rigged the outcome.

Zlatan, who has defied the doubters since his move last summer from Paris Saint-Germain, posted on Instagram a picture of the knee and a defiant message to those who had suggested his stellar career was over. Zlatan writes “First of all, thank you for all the support and love,” “Its no news I got injured so I will be out of football for a while. “I will go through this like everything else and come back even stronger. So far I played with one leg so it shouldn’t be any problem. “One thing is for sure, I decide when its…

Pogba, 24, was in impressive form as United cruised to a 2-0 win over Burnley on Sunday but the afternoon appeared to end on a sour note for the France international. Moments after seeing his shot veer just wide of Tom Heaton’s goal, Pogba fell to the floor before he was replaced in stoppage time by Michael Carrick. Jose Mourinho is unsure whether Paul Pogba will be available for Thursday’s derby against Manchester City, Manchester Evening News reports the Coach saying ”If he is injured or if it just the super accumulation of fatigue in the muscles, I don’t know.But as…

Marcelo believes things could have gone differently,”We’ve done everything we could to win and even draw with a player less, but we conceded a goal at the end. Barcelona drew level at the top of the league with Madrid last night and have overtaken them on the head-to-head basis. Lionel Messi scored two minutes into injury time to seal a 3-2 victory in an action packed match. We did a great job and we go away with our heads held high. We’re well placed in two competitions and we’ll keep working as we were before. This defeat does not make…

Messi has been described as  unstoppable before now, but last night he took the meaning to a whole new level. El Clasico, arguably the world biggest football match can get really messy. Footballing genius Lionel Messi was left bleeding during El Clasico when Real Madrid defender Marcelo accidentally caught him in the mouth with an elbow. What followed was heart-breaking for every football fan as blood poured from Messi’s mouth. The footballer had to go off the pitch for treatment and returned in a while with a tissue in his mouth to stem the bleeding. However, that didn’t stop him…

An incident packed first-half in El Clasico on Sunday night saw goals, cards and a gruesome facial injury suffered by Lionel Messi.