Author: Brila

Newly capped Super Eagles forward Sunday Adetunji says he is shifting attention from his latest achievement to weekend’s CAF CC tie with Rwandan club side Rayon Sports. Adetunji was one of the four invited NPFL players that got called-up up to join the Super Eagles team enroute Monrovia and was lucky enough to make his debut, replacing Crotone’s Simy Nwankwo on the night in Monrovia. The Enyimba forward gave God the glory for the National team opportunity and told our reporter that he is prepared to do more if called upon. However, the lanky forward stressed he has…

Super Eagles striker Kayode Olarenwaju has resumed team training for his Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk after two months of absence due to injury. Kayode moved permanently to Shakhtar last summer from EPL champions Manchester City after a successful loan spell at Girona. He has been training separately from the team since he recovered from the injury he sustained while in training camp with the club in Germany but the club confirmed via its website on Wednesday that he has returned with the team. “The Nigerian, Olarenwaju Kayode started training with the team after a two-month…

Falconets and Nasarawa Amazons Head Coach, Chris Danjuma believes the experience garnered at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup will rub off on his NWPL team in the League.

Former England captain John Terry has rejected a move to Spartak Moscow for family reasons, the 37-year-old defender said on Wednesday. Terry is a free agent after leaving Championship club Aston Villa when his contract expired at the end of last season. British media reported that Terry had a medical ahead of his proposed two-year deal with the Russian club. “After considerable thought, I have decided to decline a contract offer from Spartak Moscow,” Terry wrote on Instagram. “I would like to take the opportunity to thank Spartak and wish them and their supporters well for…

Nigeria and Ghana will rekindle a 67 –year rivalry when the Golden Eaglets take on the Black Starlets of Ghana in Niamey on Saturday for a place in the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations finals. The Eaglets kept their heads and did the hard work they had to do when defeating host nation Niger Republic 2-1 in a very competitive match at the General Seyni Kountche Stadium in Niamey on Wednesday evening, to set up a mouth-watering final with the Black Starlets, three-time winners of the global championship. It was sweet revenge for the five-time world champions,…

Super Eagles forward Simeon Nwankwo says he doesn’t have to change his style of play to get more minutes in the national team.

The Golden Eaglets will face Ghana in the final of the WAFU B 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tournament following a 2-1 win against hosts Niger on Wednesday. The Nigeria cadet team dominated the encounter right from the start and took the lead two minutes before the break through Akin Amoo who tapped in from close range. In the second semifinal game, 10-man Black Starlets of Ghana came back from a goal down to beat Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 and booked their spot in the final. The final will be played on Saturday at the Seyni Koutnche…

The People’s Elephant, Enyimba will hit Kigali on Friday for their weekend tie with Rayon Sports in a  Confederation Cup quarterfinals clash. Enyimba players and officials will leave for Kigali, Rwanda on Friday ahead of their weekend’s Caf Confederation Cup 1st leg quarterfinal tie with the Rwandan side. The People’s Elephant must avoid a defeat in Kigali if they are to nurture any ambition of qualifying for the Semifinal of the second-tier club competition. Rayon Sports will host Enyimba at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo (Stade de Kigali), on 16th September 2018, while the reverse fixture will be staged at the Enyimba International…

19 Caps into his international career and John Ogu captained Nigeria to a 2-1 win against Liberia in their own backyard describing it as a day he will never forget.

The Golden Eaglets will face hosts Niger in Wednesday’s second semi-final game of the West African Zone B qualifying tournament for the 2019 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations. The Eaglets overcame a loss in their opening game to thrash Coted’voire and were assured of the leadership spot in group B after the Ivorians beat Burkina Faso in the final group game on Sunday. Wednesday’s semifinal matches will hold at the Stade Municipal in the Nigerien capital, Niamey with Nigeria’s clash with Niger coming in the evening after Ghana would have faced neighbours Cote d’Ivoire in the opening match…