Author: Brila

The UEFA Europa league returns today with some Super Eagles players such as Alex Iwobi, Uche Agbo, Samuel Kalu, and the retired Victor Moses in line to feature. Super Eagles midfielder Uche Agbo is also on the squad for Standard Liege to face Seville, but it is left to be seen if it will be a sweet return to Spain for the midfielder, who has lately been frozen out by the Belgian cup holders. Nigeria’s exciting forward Samuel Kalu is also set to make his Europa League appearance when Slavia Prague welcome Bordeaux to the Czech Republic. Kalu is…

PAOK have a favourable record against English clubs, but so are Chelsea against Greek opponents – expect both defenses to be tested. PAOK and Chelsea kick off their UEFA Europa League Group L campaign at the Toumba Stadium on Thursday evening. UEL 08:00 PM AEK Larnaca VS FC Zuerich 1x UEL 08:00 PM Slavia Prague VS Bordeaux 2x UEL 08:00 PM FC Koebenhavn VS Zenit 1x UEL 05:55 PM Dynamo Kyiv VS FC Astana 1x UEL                    PAOK VS Chelsea 2

FC Robo Head Coach Osahon Emmanuel his labelled his opposite number during Wednesday’s NWPL match, Jokodolu Babes Head Coach, Mohammed Ahmed a sore loser.

After tasting defeat in Wednesday’s NWPL match against FC Robo, Head Coach of visiting Jokodolu Babes, Mohammed Ahmed called out the match officials and blamed the center referee for biased officiating that cost his team all three points on the road.

Chuba Akpom will certainly not make his debut in the group stage of the Europa League when PAOK welcome Chelsea to the Stadio Toumbas Thessaloníki on Thursday evening. The Nigerian striker has been omitted from PAOK’s 18-man provisional roster announced at the end of training on Wednesday afternoon. PAOK Boss Răzvan Lucescu has not handed a full debut to Akpom since his arrival in Greece last month, with the striker making four appearances off the bench of which two were in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League against Benfica. Meanwhile, Former Nigeria international Victor Moses remains in contention to…

Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa has applauded his Al Nassr teammates and fans after his team secure a comfortable 3-0 victory in a game that also saw him net his first career hat-trick. Musa who recently moved to Al Nassr having played for Leicester City said scored his first career hat trick to continue his goalscoring form since moving to Saudi Arabia. The Super Eagles vice-captain expressed his gratitude on a post on Instagram saying, “Great teamwork! Thanks to my teammates to get the away victory and happy to get my first hat-trick for the club”. Musa…

Cristiano Ronaldo may get to return to Old Trafford to face old club Manchester United after all despite being shown a straight red card in Juventus’ win over Valencia. The Portuguese superstar was given his marching orders in the 29th minute at the Mestalla after a clash with center-back Jeison Murillo. Ronaldo tussled with the Colombian as he broke into the penalty area, and when Murillo fell to the ground Ronaldo reacted angrily and seemed to grab him – albeit rather lightly – by his hair. The £88m man left the pitch in tears, seemingly denied a…

Nkechi Akashili has been named in the final 12 player roster by Hughley Otis for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup.

FC Porto loanee and Super Eagles midfielder, Kelechi Nwakali showed his philanthropic side as he reached out to a fan via social media platform, Instagram. The 20-year old Owerri-born star had requested the fan to send his account number after he had commented on one of Nwakali’s post that he was dying of illness. Moments later, the fan @ ….(if necessary) took to his own handle to thank the midfielder, stating it was the happiest day of his life as someone showed him love when he needed it the most. The Arsenal player was called up by…

Super Eagles and On-loan Chelsea defender Ola Aina wants to “leave the pitch with a win” against Napoli this weekend, even if it’s “a very difficult game”. The 21-year-old joined the Granata on loan from Chelsea in the summer and was officially presented today. “We have a very difficult game,” Aina said. “We know how dangerous they can be, they press a lot and are very good. But the squad we have means we can rely on players being united, I expect a good performance from everyone, including myself. “I hope we can leave the pitch with a win for…