Author: Brila

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…

African and Chelsea Football Icon Didier Drogba has lavished praise on Ahmed Musa after the Leicester City striker’s World Cup heroics for Nigeria. Musa bag a brace in the Super Eagles’ 2-0 defeat of Iceland to set his side up for qualification out of Group D. The 25-year-old Leicester City striker’s first was a delightful volley having controlled Victor Moses’ cross. His second, sandwiched in-between a crossbar-thumping effort from the left, was a mazy run rounded off with a calm finish. And Drogba, who notched two World Cup goals in eight appearances for Ivory Coast, was particularly impressed with Musa’s first. “That’s a…

Italian Serie A giants AS Roma on Friday hailed Super Eagles over their 2-0 win against Iceland in their Group D fixture at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Rome-based Italian club side had earlier adopted the Super Eagles of Nigeria as their World Cup team since Italy could not make it to the FIFA Mundial. Leicester City’s forward Ahmed Musa netted a stunning brace as Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 in their second Group D fixture at the 2018 World Cup. Congratulations @NGSuperEagles 👋 Some may have doubted you, #ASRoma never lost faith!#ForzaSuperEagles 🇳🇬 #ForzaRoma 🇮🇹 https://t.co/6GOkQTmAHT — AS Roma English…

Super Eagles stars, Oghenekaro Etebo and William Troost-Ekong have dedicated the Super Eagles 2-0 win over Iceland to the entire 180 million Nigerians. Both William and Oghenekaro were on for the full duration of the very crucial encounter that kept the Super Eagles World Cup hopes alive in Russia. The Super Eagles eventually got their two goals in the second 45minutes for their positive display thanks to an Ahmed Musa’ brace. Commenting on the win, Etebo and Ekong took to their Social media handles to the team’ for their impressive performance and also dedicate the victory to Nigerians. That win…

Xherdan Shaqiri got a late winner that secured Switzerland a 2-1 victory over Serbia in a blistering-paced World Cup Group E match in Kaliningrad on Friday. Shaqiri latched on to a pass in his own half with Serbia’s players pushed up and carried the ball forward before slotting it past Vladimir Stojkovic. Aleksandar Mitrovic had given Serbia a dream start when he rose and headed a floating Dusan Tadic cross firmly past Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer five minutes into the game. Serbia dominated the first half but Switzerland stormed back after the break. Granit Xhaka equalized when…

Chelsea have heaped praise on stand out defender Kenneth Omeruo, following his masterclass performance in the Super Eagles 2-0 win vs Iceland. Omeruo joined Chelsea in January 2012 from NPFL outfit Sunshine Stars but has yet to make his competitive debut for the Londoners despite obtaining a work permit. What a performance from @omeruo22! 💪 #NGAISL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/rs8fHjeMWh — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) June 22, 2018 The 24-year-old  has been sent out on loan to Turkish clubs Kasımpaşa and Alanyaspor, Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag, and he played for Middlesbrough in the Championship during the 2014-2015 season. Omeruo penned a contract…

The Russia 2018 World Cup has spoiled us with amazing goals. From Nacho’s volley vs Portugal. Ronaldo’s free kick vs Spain. to Modrić’s curling effort vs Argentina. Adding to that list is Ahmed Musa’s first goal against Iceland from Nigeria’s 2-0 win on Friday. The 25-year-old striker’s vicious finish capped off a smooth counter-attack, but was it the best goal in Russia so far? Let’s investigate. After losing its first match, against Croatia, The Super Eagles desperately needed a result against a determined Iceland squad fresh off a surprising draw with Argentina. The Super Eagles didn’t…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will be laughing all the way to the bank after defeating Iceland 2-0 on Friday in the 2018 FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia. A second-half brace from Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa earned the Super Eagles their first points of the competition and earned the 23-man squad a whopping $345,000. Initially, each player of the Super Eagles was due $10,000 for a win at the tournament but the Nigerian federal government increased the win bonus to $15,000 to motivate them to win their remaining Group D matches after they lost to Croatia…

Nigeria Super Eagles have handed themselves and Argentina a World Cup lifeline by beating Iceland 2-0 with Striker Ahmed Musa became the country’s all-time and World Cup top scorer. Musa was left out of his country’s opening Group D game at the tournament in Russia, Musa showed his worth with two outstanding strikes that put the Africans back in contention for a second round place. The opening goal, soon after a drab first half, saw him pluck the ball out of the air with his first touch before blasting it home. The second goal came in the 75th minute when…

Leicester City’s forward Ahmed Musa’s superb second-half brace secured Nigeria a priceless 2-0 victory over Iceland to keep their World Cup dreams alive. After a tight first half of few chances at Volgograd Arena, Musa controlled a Victor Moses cross with a fine first touch before blasting the ball high into the net four minutes after the restart. With Iceland stretched trying to get back into the game, Musa – after having just hit the crossbar – showed lightning pace to get in behind the defence and round goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson before finishing into an empty net to…