Author: Brila

Wilfred Ndidi was the fourth best player on the pitch after 90 minutes in Leicester City’s 2-0 win over newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Namibia will join the All Blacks in Pool B at next year’s Rugby World Cup after thrashing Kenya 53-28 in their Africa Gold Cup match in Windhoek on Saturday.

D’Tigress will arrive Lagos in the early hours of Monday for the next phase of their 2018 FIBA Women’s World cup in Spain.

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has said that he wants Tyson Fury to take his clash with Francesco Pianeta “very seriously”. Fury meets the Italian in Belfast on Saturday evening, and the unbeaten British fighter is expected to face Wilder in the United States should he overcome the former world title challenger. Wilder has made the trip to Northern Ireland to watch Fury in action, and the American is excited ahead of a potential announcement regarding a showdown with the former unified title holder. “I’m looking very forward to seeing Tyson fight, to see what he’s going to do. “He better take…

Super Eagles forward Anthony Nwakaeme has completed his move from Isreali Club, Hapoel to Turkish side Trabzonspor. Nwakaeme moves to the Turkish Super Lig club, based in the city of Trabzon, in a fee of one million euro, till June 2020. The 29-year-old Nwakaeme, who is seen as a strong, all-action and technically sound striker, joined Be’er Sheva in 2015. The striker, who has been capped once by Nigeria and has previously played in Romania, has rained goals aplenty with Be’er Sheva, in helping the club to be crowned Israeli Premier League champions for the past three…

Arsenal manager Unai Emery’s baptism of fire continued with a 3-2 loss to Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea side in Saturday’s late kick-off at the Stamford Bridge. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City at the Emirates last time out, and their wait for a first point of the new era continues after Marcos Alonso converted a late winner at Stamford Bridge. Maurizio Sarri’s side stormed into a 2-0 lead in the first half through Pedro Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata, but Arsenal hit back via goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi to level the scores before the break.…

Henrikh Mkhitaryan pulled a goal back for the Gunners on 37 minutes and four minutes later set up Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi to equalize. Chelsea opened the scoring when summer signing Jorginho, making his home debut, released Marcos Alonso, who raced down the left and squared the ball for Pedro to score with ease. It came shortly after Arsenal went close to scoring against the run of play when Mesut Ozil shot inches wide after being found by Nacho Monreal’s cross. After Pedro’s ninth-minute goal, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was denied by a near-post save from keeper Kepa and then, a…

England Captian and Tottenham forward HARRY KANE FINALLY scored a goal in August as Tottenham overcame Fulham 3-1 at Wembley in the Premier League today. His annual one-month dry spell looked set to continue when he cannoned a shot against the crossbar midway through the second half, but he made amends with a neat finish after being found by Erik Lamela as Spurs secured a 3-1 win over Fulham. More to follow

Two Primeira Liga clubs Sporting CP and rivals FC Porto are in a tight race to sign Nigeria international Aaron Samuel in the summer transfer window. Samuel parted ways with CSKA Moscow this week by mutual consent which alerted several European clubs to his availability as a free agent. According to Portugal media outfit, cmjornal.pt, Sporting CP are negotiating the signing of Nigerian forward Aaron Olanare, Correio da Manhã said. cmjornal.pt also reported that Samuel could be playing in the UEFA Champions League again as Primeira Liga champs FC Porto are also chasing his services. The 24-year-old has scored 36 goals in 120…

Popular Nollywood and comic actor, Charles Inojie earlier today chided Super Eagles and New CD Leganes defender Kenneth Omeruo on Social Media. Omeruo who has just been unveiled at his new Spanish La Liga club side, CD Leganes got a comic response after uploading a picture of himself with some fans on his Instagram page. 👍🏾 #omeruo #laliga A post shared by Kenneth Omeruo (@omeruo) on Aug 17, 2018 at 7:12am PDT Check out the Actor’s response to Omeruo’s post: “I can see as dem dey rush u o #nademdeyrushus – Charles Inojie The 24-year-old defender is on…