Author: Brila

After Day II of hostilities at the African Para Powerlifting Championship Nigeria has increased its haul of laurels to 7 gold and 2 silver medals.

The Nigeria Senior Men’s Rugby Team marked their return to international test rugby with a comfortable 59-13 points victory against Niger, on Saturday at the Stade General Seyni Kountchede in Niamey.

Gerard Piqué has confirmed his international retirement after winning 102 caps for Spain.

Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi took to social media on Saturday to inspire young boys and girls, with big dreams, to set their aims high and work towards their aspirations.

Maurizio Sarri made a winning start as Chelsea boss as his side cruised to a comfortable 3-0 Premier League victory at Huddersfield. Former Napoli boss Sarri is expecting a rough early ride in the Chelsea hot-seat, but goals from N’Golo Kante, summer signing Jorginho and Pedro allayed fears of an opening-day upset. However, last season’s lowest scorers once again struggled to pose enough problems in the final third, and by full-time Chelsea were worthy of their three-goal triumph after Pedro had capped off the scoring 10 minutes from time.

Manu Garba will make the final selection of players for the Regional CAF U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers based on the outcome of an already conducted MRI scan.

Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s football team are about to enjoy an exciting windfall, if, they manage to upset China in their final group D game of the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, on Monday.

Ahead of the 2018 Africa Para Powerlifting Championships in Algiers, Head Coach of the Nigeria Powerlifting team, Are Feyisetan set a target of 7 gold medals and after day one, it looks like his lifters will come good.

English Premier League Clubside WOLVES have retired their No1 shirt in tribute to retired Super Eagles Goalkeeper Carl Ikeme. The goalkeeper was forced to hang up his gloves after he was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in July last year, aged 32. The decision to retire the shirt was revealed when Wolves announced their squad numbers for the 2018/19 Premier League season. Rui Patricio will wear No11, John Ruddy will be No21 and Will Norris is the club’s No31. Fans were overjoyed to see that the club had honoured the goalkeeper, with one stating: “Nice touch, retirement of no1…

Lionel Messi has been handed the captain’s armband at Barcelona, following the departure Andrés Iniesta to Vissel Kobe. Messi, who is widely considered the greatest player on the planet, has been at the club all his life. Messi has captained Barcelona on several occasions in the past and has led the Argentina national team for the past seven years. The forward will share the responsibility with Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto, who will act as vice-captains throughout the upcoming La Liga season. Barcelona go into the season as La Liga champions off the back…