Author: Brila

Omolayo Bose won gold and set a new world record and Innocent Nnamdi also clocked in with another Gold medal on Day 3 at the 2018 World Para Powerlifting African Championship in Algeria.

The Nigeria Football Federation has paid tribute to the memory of Sam Okwaraji, who slumped during an international match for Nigeria and was later pronounced dead on this day in 1989.

Italian side Chievo Verona have completed the signing of Nigeria’s Super Eagles midfielder Joel Chukwuma Obi from Serie A rivals Torino. The 27-year-old Obi has signed a three-year deal with Chievo Verona, with a further year’s option. Obi started his career at Italian giants Inter Milan – where he rose from the youth set-up to the first team in 2010. He rejected a chance to represent Italy at youth level before making his debut for Nigeria against Sierra Leone in February 2011. Joel was a member of the Super Eagles squad at the 2018 Fifa World Cup…

After Day II of hostilities at the African Para Powerlifting Championship Nigeria has increased its haul of laurels to 7 gold and 2 silver medals.

The Nigeria Senior Men’s Rugby Team marked their return to international test rugby with a comfortable 59-13 points victory against Niger, on Saturday at the Stade General Seyni Kountchede in Niamey.

Gerard Piqué has confirmed his international retirement after winning 102 caps for Spain.

Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi took to social media on Saturday to inspire young boys and girls, with big dreams, to set their aims high and work towards their aspirations.

Maurizio Sarri made a winning start as Chelsea boss as his side cruised to a comfortable 3-0 Premier League victory at Huddersfield. Former Napoli boss Sarri is expecting a rough early ride in the Chelsea hot-seat, but goals from N’Golo Kante, summer signing Jorginho and Pedro allayed fears of an opening-day upset. However, last season’s lowest scorers once again struggled to pose enough problems in the final third, and by full-time Chelsea were worthy of their three-goal triumph after Pedro had capped off the scoring 10 minutes from time.

Manu Garba will make the final selection of players for the Regional CAF U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers based on the outcome of an already conducted MRI scan.

Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s football team are about to enjoy an exciting windfall, if, they manage to upset China in their final group D game of the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, on Monday.