Author: Brila

Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby is considering building a mix of home and foreign players for Nigeria’s defence of the African Women’s Cup of Nations in November.

German no-nonsense defender Antonio Rudiger has claimed that only Barcelona ace Lionel Messi is a better footballer than Chelsea teammate Eden Hazard. The Belgium international has enjoyed an impressive year for club and country, pushing on in the opening weeks of 2018-19 by contributing to five goals in five outings. Hazard has been unable to force his way past Messi and recent Juventus acquisition Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d’Or running, despite his consistent displays for Chelsea over the past six years, but Rudiger now ranks the Belgian forward above the latter in terms of all-around game. Asked specifically about Kylian Mbappefollowing Germany’s 0-0 draw with France in midweek, the center-back told…

The camp of the D’Tigress received a major boost on Saturday following the arrival of team captain, Adaora Elonu.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation is confident of a good outing in the next round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers for men between the 14th and 16th of September.

Libya national team Coach, Adel Amrouche is on desperate damage control mission after he publicly berated Nigeria football labeling the country ‘juju loving’.

Ikechukwu Ezenwa will return between the sticks for Nigeria when the Super Eagles play Liberia’s Lone Star in an international friendly on Tuesday in Monrovia.

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has criticized the playing surface of the Stade Linité after Nigeria’s 3-0 win over Seychelles in the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier.

Libya are on their way to making only a fourth appearance in the 32nd edition of the African Cup of Nations following a goalless result against South Africa in Durban, and it was the perfect occasion for the Tuareg Head Coach to take a swipe at Nigerian football.

The on-court controversy took some of the shine off the biggest moment in her tennis career, but Naomi Osaka continued to gush over her idol Serena Williams after the match. Osaka made history as she became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam when she beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 in the US Open final. However, it was a drama-filled match as Serena was handed a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racket abuse and a game penalty for calling umpire Carlos Ramos a “liar and a thief”. The 20-year-old Osaka, though, kept her composure during…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated host Seychelles in a 2019 AFCON qualifying encounter on Saturday afternoon. Al Nassr forward Ahmed Musa opened scoring early in the game before FC Porto’s Chidozie Awaziem added the second from a rebound before Odion Ighalo made it three from the spot. This was the first-ever meeting between the Pirates and the Super Eagles. Their return game in Nigeria is set for the weekend of March 22-24. Exciting Bordeaux winger Samuel Kalu who was handed his debut was menacing for the Eagles. He showed great pace to burst into space in…