Author: Brila

“You are as good as your last result.” a statement that has been drafted into the football circle and mostly used when coaches, players or management are about to be axed or after they’ve been freshly axed. This quote directly affects a coach who helped Enugu Rangers clinch a premier league title after 32 year. Imama Amakapabo. Imama Amapakabo will barely recognize or understand what’s happening to him or the team he tutored to the NPFL title some seven months ago but the situation reads dire for him and the boys in the cathedral. Currently sitting bottom of the NPFL…

Wladimir Klitschko has told Anthony Joshua he will be facing Mount Everest when they fight at Wembley Stadium on April 29. The 41-year-old Ukrainian is bidding to win Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title and the WBA belt last held by Tyson Fury in front of what is expected to be a record crowd of 90,000 for a boxing event in the London. Klitschko took to Twitter to mock Joshua’s claims on Tuesday that he “needs to be a billionaire”, and the former WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO champion has now aimed a swipe in the Englishman’s direction. https://twitter.com/Klitschko/status/850660582957174789 Klitschko will stand…

Leicester City will face Spanish side Atletico Madrid tonight and for the third time in European competition. Both teams have played each other over a two-legged tie in the 1961/62 Cup Winners Cup and 1997/98 UEFA Cup, meaning that 25% of the Foxes’ European fixtures have come against a familiar foe, Atletico (4 out of 16). With the Spanish side advancing on both occasions. However, Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare says that the current Premier League champions will be out to cause problems for the Spanish side. “In terms of life experiences you use them as you go along, you have…

In years to come it may seem particularly far-fetched that when Wilfred Ndidi took his early steps as a midfielder things did not quite go to plan.

Federer has shown he is not only good in the game of Tennis but at the game of life as well as he continues to raise funds for underprivileged African children. Federer beat world No. 1 Andy Murray in a charity exhibition match in Zurich last evening, winning 6-3 7-6.The event, organised by the Roger Federer Foundation, was titled ‘Match for Africa 3’ — this is the third time he has played a tennis match specially to raise money for his philanthropic work in Africa. The first Match for Africa was played between Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2010, and…

Pape Souare, 26 Senegalese defender fractured his thigh bone in a car crash on September 28 but was back training yesterday. Pape Souare has returned to training seven months after he was involved a horror car crash that threatened to end his career. The Crystal Palace defender fractured his thigh bone in the accident on September 28 and feared he’d never play again. He had to be cut loose from his Mercedes 4×4 on the M4 by the fire service before being airlifted to hospital. The 26-year-old, who had played in the Eagles’ first four matches of the season prior…

European giants Bayern Munich and Real Madrid clash in the Champions League quarter-finals tonight. The Bavarians welcome reigning European Champions Real Madrid for the first leg tonight at the Allianz Arena before the return fixture at the Bernabeu on April 18. Carlo Ancelotti will face the La Liga side for the first time since his departure in 2015, with his former assistant – Zinedine Zidane – now the permanent manager. Ancelotti won the La decima at Real in 2014, before Zidane claimed the trophy last season for the 11-time winners, while Bayern Munich are Europe’s joint third most successful team…

With reports suggesting Arsenal are set to spend big this summer with over £200m as plans to rebuild the team and steady the rocky ship, former player Overmars has been touted as the top candidate to fill in the position of Sporting Director for the club as part of the plans for the future when Wenger leaves. Overmars, who spent three years at Arsenal and won the Double in 1998, is currently director of football at Ajax. Arsenal want Marc Overmars to return to the club as director of footballBorussia Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc is also believed to be…

Despite seeing increasingly fewer game time for Manchester City, Striker Kelechi Iheanacho will keep his place in the Super Eagles regardless of the impressive goal scoring form of NPFL top scorer, Stephen Odey according to Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr.

A Borussia Dortmund spokesman has announced that Bartra has been taken to hospital for sugery on a broken wrist after an attack on the team’s bus ahead of a Champions League match Following the bomb explosion at the team hotel last night Borussia Dortmund’s official Twitter account later confirmed that debris from the explosion had caused Bartra to break his right wrist, with the 26-year-old undergoing surgery late on Tuesday night. Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki was sat alongside Bartra in the back row of the coach and told reporters that players were “hit by fragments” after the explosion. “The bus turned…