Author: Brila

Two Spanish La Liga side, Leganes and Real Valladolid are in a crunch battle to sign Super Eagles and Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo. Omeruo has played on loan away from Chelsea in Turkey for the past three seasons most recently with Kasimpasa, the Turkish side wants the player back but he is reluctant to stay in Turkey. “My future could well be sorted out this week with two clubs from Spain currently working on a deal with Chelsea,” Omeruo as per SCORENigeria. “But Leganes or Real Valladolid have to meet the financial terms of Chelsea before a…

World Number 18 Aruna Quadri has emerged first Nigerian winner of the 2018 ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open. The 30-year-old on Sunday emerged the first Nigerian to lift the annual ITTF Challenge trophy in Nigeria. The final concluding match of the 2018 event was an explosive 4-2 win over French Tennis star player Antoine Hachard. The men’s single was concluded at Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, of Teslim Balogun Stadium on Sunday. For his effort, Quadri won the competition’s top prize money of $5,000. The Nigerian also won another $200 courtesy of the fair play award which was also…

Super Falconets Coach Chris Danjuma says he’s confident of earning a place in the 9th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup quarter-finals ahead of the clash with China today. Nigeria will reach the competition’s knockout stages for the seventh time in nine editions if they avoid defeat against the Chinese at the Stade de Clos Gastel. A solitary strike from the penalty spot, by stand-in skipper Rasheedat Ajibade, earned the maximum points against Haiti on Thursday and took the Falconets to second spot in Group D, on goals balance from the Far East Asians, whose 2-1 defeat of Haiti and 0-2…

Turin based Italian Clubside, Torino are close to announcing the signing of Super Eagles right back Ola Aina after reaching an agreement with his parent club Chelsea. We reported over the weekend that Ola Aina is close to joining Torino on loan, and that’s been made clear by the image you see above. The Image shows Ola with senior members of the Italian club’s staff, showing him the Stadio Olimpico in Turin where he will be playing this season. Torino will sign Ola Aina on a season-long loan with an option to buy inserted into the deal, subject to…

Nigeria claimed 11 gold and 2 Silver medals at the Algiers 2018 World Para Powerlifting Championships to finish top on the overall medals table.

Manu Garba has embraced the challenge of competing in the new format of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers and insists the Eagles have the quality to come through.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus debut was abandoned after fans stormed the pitch to mob the new arrival.

Omolayo Bose won gold and set a new world record and Innocent Nnamdi also clocked in with another Gold medal on Day 3 at the 2018 World Para Powerlifting African Championship in Algeria.

The Nigeria Football Federation has paid tribute to the memory of Sam Okwaraji, who slumped during an international match for Nigeria and was later pronounced dead on this day in 1989.

Italian side Chievo Verona have completed the signing of Nigeria’s Super Eagles midfielder Joel Chukwuma Obi from Serie A rivals Torino. The 27-year-old Obi has signed a three-year deal with Chievo Verona, with a further year’s option. Obi started his career at Italian giants Inter Milan – where he rose from the youth set-up to the first team in 2010. He rejected a chance to represent Italy at youth level before making his debut for Nigeria against Sierra Leone in February 2011. Joel was a member of the Super Eagles squad at the 2018 Fifa World Cup…