Author: Brila

Brila.net is taking a look at the top five Super Eagles players to watch out for as the 2018/2019 Premier League Football returns after the World Cup break.   Leon Balogun [Brighton & Hove Albion]: Brighton bagged the experienced Super Eagles defender just before the summer World Cup kicked off and will be hoping to benefit from his talents. The Super Eagles defender is surely a player to have in the ranks for any team and if he can be able to help David Wagner’s stem the number of goals they will let through, then there’s no limit…

Aruna Quadri has become the first Nigerian and the second African to make the top 18 ranking in the monthly ranking of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). To achieve his highest career ranking, Quadri rose from 20 to 18 in the August 2018 rating released at the weekend by the world table tennis ruling body. The fortune of Quadri in the monthly ranking improved following his performance at the Australian Open where he made it to the last 16 of the men’s singles. And with this rating, the Oyo State-born athlete continues to halter his own…

Eden Hazard is due to return to training with Chelsea today as speculation persists that the Belgian could be on his way to Real Madrid. The 27-year-old asked Maurizio Sarri for the extra time off following his World Cup exertions with Belgium, who he helped to a third-place finish at the finals in Russia. Hazard’s team-mate, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, could also be targeted by Real and Chelsea boss Sarri is waiting to hear from him. Agent Christophe Henrotay has publicly pleaded with Chelsea to allow Courtois to leave for Madrid, but Sarri said after Sunday’s Community Shield that he will speak to…

Head Coach of Nigeria’s Men U-17 Team, Manu Garba has called on the NFF to look into the issue of unpaid camp allowances and other logistical challenges facing the team.

Nigeria’s group game opener against Germany in the 2018 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup is “onerous” according to former Falconets coach, Adat Egan.

Former Nigeria and African 100m champion, Deji Aliu has described Nigeria’s third place finish on the overall medal standing at the just concluded Senior African Athletic Championship as commendable considering the “unpleasant” preparation of the athletes.

Champions Manchester City have picked up from where they left off last season by beating Sarri-led Chelsea 2-0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2018 Community Shield. After breaking records last season, Manchester City go into the new campaign with an ominous swagger against a Chelsea team still with work to do under Maurizio Sarri. City slicked the ball around with their usual fluency and Sergio Aguero looked lean and hungry for goals as he washed away the memory of a miserable World Cup with a couple of goals. The first took him to 200 for the club and…

Victor Moses and his Chelsea Manager, Maurizio Sarri were denied their first silverware of the season on Sunday, as Man City eased to a 2-0 win in the 2018-19 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium.

Wilfred Ndidi has expressed his amazement with Leicester and Nigerian teammate, Kelechi Iheanacho’s ability to score with the head.

Odion Ighalo’s Changchun Yatai teammate is at the center of a racial abuse controversy in the Chinese Super League, when on Saturday, they hosted Shanghai Shenhua.