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Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has finally completed his switch to Italian Serie A side Udinese from Turkish Super Lig club Bursaspor. See below: ✍️ #WelcomeEkong 🇳🇬 Scopri di più su @WTroostEkong, nuovo difensore bianconero ➡️ https://t.co/oLabDeAKTm pic.twitter.com/7F6MTL1wkA — Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) August 17, 2018

Chelsea began the new season with a solid-enough 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town and will be hosting rivals, Arsenal in the first London-derby at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Another old habit that we can hopefully also avoid on Saturday is losing to Arsenal in what will be the season’s first league game at the Bridge. Conte had a torrid time in dealing with the Gunners, for whatever reason, winning just once in eight tries across all competitions. Sarri certainly did not have a fully fit squad at his disposal last weekend, with Eden Hazard starting just…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that midfielder Paul Pogba will captain the team for Sunday’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion. Pogba, 25, was the skipper for the opening match of the Premier League season when United beat Leicester City 2-1. Despite speculation about a breakdown in the pair’s relationship, Mourinho confirmed at his press conference on Friday that Pogba would keep the captain’s armband with Antonio Valencia still out. Pogba scored the opening goal of the new season when he calmly slotted a penalty past Kasper Schmeichel. After the game Pogba suggested that he would be fined if…

Chelsea Manager Maurizio Sarri has said he is ‘sure’ that Eden Hazard will remain a Chelsea player beyond August 31 despite speculations around the player’s future. Although the English transfer window shut on August 9, clubs in Europe, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, can make signings for another two weeks. Hazard has long been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge to one of the Spanish giants, but the Belgian has said nothing to Sarri to indicate he wants a move away. “I have spoken to him often in ten days, but he has never said anything about this,”…

Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku has revealed he wants to retire from international duty with Belgium after the 2020 European Championships. Aged just 25, the Manchester United striker holds the goal-scoring record for his country with 40 to his name already. However, it seems the former Chelsea striker is already thinking of retiring from international football at the peak of his powers. The Euros is in two years time meaning he would be 27 by the time it concludes but he won’t be looking to feature in the 2020 World Cup in Qatar. According to Manchester Evening…

Super Falconets Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has rued the falconets 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal loss to Spain as pure lack of luck on the side of the Danjuma-led side. Chiamaka spoke briefly to www.brila.net’s Pius Idoko after the defeat which sent the Nigerian ladies out of the tournament lamented that her side was just unlucky to have gotten an equalizer. According to the lanky goalkeeper, she believes that their elimination from the competition is, however, not the end of the world, as there’s still more to achieve in the days ahead. The Nigerian side were knocked out of…

Super Eagles forward Taiwo Awoniyi scored his first goal for Belgian club KAA Gent to beat Polish club Jagiellonia Bialystok 3-1 at home on Thursday night. The Liverpool-loanee Awoniyi hit the target on the 13th minute of the encounter. Meanwhile, Isreali champions Hapoel Be’er Sheva, who have both John Ogu and Anthony Nwakaeme in their line up were eliminated by Apoel. Apoel won the home game 3-1 to go through 5-3 on aggregate.

Nigeria made a seventh quarter-final appearance at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Thursday, but it ended on a sad note as Christopher Danjuma’s girls were knocked-out buy Spain in a keenly contested game.

Super Falcons striker Desire Oparanozie has lauded the Super Falconets despite crashing out of the World Cup after losing 2-1 to their European counterparts, Spain. The Falconets progressed to the quarterfinal after a draw, loss and win in their three group stage games while Spain finished comfortably of their group after two wins and a draw. The game started at a high pace with both sides creating chances until the Spanish side seized control of the encounter with their consistent penetrative passing of the ball from side to side working the Falconets up and down the pitch. …

Former Goalkeeper of the Super Falcons, Ann Chiejine has applauded the efforts of the U20 National team and the handlers after bowing out of the 2018 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Speaking via Sports Radio Brila FM, the legendary goalkeeper insisted that the young ladies have done their best and should be appreciated for making the country proud. According to her, No one in the team, either the Coaches or the players should be subjected to blames as a result of the elimination. Chiejine believes Nigeria as a footballing nation could learn one or more things from…