Author: Brila

Man United and Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku has now matched up with Cristiano Ronaldo in an early battle for the Golden boot on four goals apiece. Lukaku helped the Belgians to a 3-1 edge at halftime in the Group G clash at Spartak Stadium. Lukaku is now tied with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo with four goals in the tournament, leading all World Cup scorers. His first score of the game came in the 16th minute, putting Belgium up 2-0. Lukaku’s second goal was an absolute masterpiece. Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne fed the ball into midfielder Thomas Meunier at the top of…

Super Eagles pacy forward Ahmed Musa became a hero in Argentina via social media on Friday Night after his two goals against Iceland. However, Musa has warned his new-found hero status in Argentina is likely to end abruptly on Tuesday when the two countries meet in a decisive Group D game in St. Petersburg. “Whenever I play against Argentina, or whenever (Lionel) Messi is playing against me, I score. “Four years ago, in Brazil when Messi was playing against me, I scored two goals,” said Musa, referring to the 3-2 win for Argentina over Nigeria in a group game in…

Belgium cruised through to the World Cup last 16 with Romelu Lukaku’s two first-half goals proving decisive in a comfortable 5-2 success over Tunisia. In sweltering 40C heat and humid conditions in the Otkrytiye Arena, it did not take long for Roberto Sanchez’s side to get off the mark. Eden Hazard was felled by Ben Mustapha and the Belgium skipper calmly slotted home the resulting spot-kick with just six minutes gone. A flowing move six minutes later almost brought a second. Thomas Meunier skipped forward and released Lukaku down the right flank and his low cross was turned goalward by…

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Super Eagles first choice Goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme has beaten Cancer after revealing that his cancer is in “complete remission.” Ikeme shared the news via his Twitter handle, tweeting; “After a year of intense chemotherapy I would like to share that I am in complete REMISSION.” After a year of intense chemotherapy I would like to share that I am in complete REMISSION. I still have hurdles to pass to be cured,but hopefully I can move on with some normality! I would like to thank everyone for there support over the past year. Thank you❤ #Grateful🙏🏽 —…

Nigeria’s 2-0 victory over Iceland has blown Group D wide open and keeps the World Cup dreams alive for all teams in the group. Here are my own permutations and combinations pertaining to this highly ‘Competitive’ group D and what is expected to be done for each team to qualify. 1ST – Croatia They have qualified to the knock out stage 2ND – Nigeria Nigeria will qualify without looking at any other fixture should they beat Argentina with whichever scoreline. A draw with Argentina will also be enough for Nigeria if Iceland draws against Croatia. But Nigeria will be out…

Former Eagles Skipper  Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has applauded coach Gernot Rohr for accepting criticism and changing his tactics for the Super Eagles’ 2-0 win over Iceland. Following Nigeria’s lacklustre 2-0 loss to Croatia in their Group D opener, Rohr switched to a 3-5-2 formation, which eventually reaped dividends as Ahmed Musa scored a brace against the Icelanders. Okocha claimed that many coaches nowadays struggle to accept criticism, rendering the German’s willingness to make changes something to be commended. “I was a bit nervous going into this match, but I must commend coach Gernot Rohr for accepting criticisms and changing tactics for this game,” the former Bolton Wanderers Captain told a…

Sigurdsson’s Iceland had been looking under the gun in the second half as a rejuvenated Nigeria surged forward time and again, building up a 2-0 lead. All day long, Gylfi Sigurdsson had shown off his right foot, delivering setpieces with unerring accuracy and zesty fizz into the box, but his teammates kept wasting the chances. And now he stepped up to take the penalty looking to halve the deficit and give his countrymen some hope. Alas, we all know what happened next as his shot fizzed up and over the bar with the goalie well-beaten, and the match was…

Guinean International Naby Keita has arrived in Liverpool on Friday night as he finally gets set to join up with his new team-mates after his £53million move from Leipzig. Liverpool broke their transfer record last August, since bettered by the £75m acquisition of Virgil van Dijk, to bring the midfielder to Anfield this summer. And after an extra season in the Bundesliga, the Guinea international will join up with Jurgen Klopp at the start of pre-season next month.

Manchester City forward, Sergio Aguero, has hit out at Coach Jorge Sampaoli, insisting he can take a walk from the team he has mismanaged. At the post-match press conference immediately after the loss to Croatia, Aguero was in no mood whatsoever to hang around the team as he stormed out of his very brief and heated interview. “Let him say what he wants,” said Aguero in a caustic manner to reporters in apparent reference to Sampaoli’s defense of his poor tactics that failed woefully to unlock the Croatian defense. With Argentina on the brink of World Cup…

D’Tigers team led by Alex Nwora will be hoping to secure a place in the China World Cup finals when they play on home soil and continue their superb qualifying start. The Nigerian basketball team will be playing at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, between June 29 and July 1. Due to the steady increase of talents from Nigeria as well as the organized recruitment of professional players of Nigerian descent, especially from the NCAA, the team’s success has continued to grow. And following a strong performance in Mali, D’Tigers are looking ahead to…