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Sir Alex Ferguson has made his first public statement since suffering a brain hemorrhage as he released a video to thank the hospitals who saved his life.  In the short clip Ferguson, 76, appeared a picture of health sitting outside in a smart lilac shirt and made a direct address to the camera. “Hello. Just a quick message, first of all to thank the medical staff at Macclesfield, Salford Royal and Alexandra hospitals,” said Ferguson in the video posted on United’s official Twitter page. “Believe me, without those people, who gave me such great care, I would not be…

Nigeria Basketball Captain Aisha Mohammed has expressed her optimism that the D’tigress will do well in the forthcoming women’s World Cup taking place in Spain. Mohammed in an interview with FIBA said the team’s prolonged preparation will help the team do well when the tournament starts in Spain. The Nigerian team are currently holding a training camp in Atlanta, Georgia, hoping to build a competitive team to overcome  Argentina, Australia, and Turkey in Group B of the 16-team World Cup set to take place in Spain from September 22-30. As the only remaining member from the Nigerian team…

Chelsea’s Spanish forward Alvaro Morata has agreed to return to Italian football with AC Milan after just one year at Chelsea, according to a report. The Spanish international hasn’t settled in London after arriving from Juventus last summer, and he managed just 11 goals in 31 Premier League games in 2017/18. The departure of Antonio Conte and arrival of Maurizio Sarri hasn’t changed his mind about wanting to leave, and journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims that the forward’s camp has agreed on a move to the San Siro. All that is left now is for Chelsea to agree on a fee with the Italian giants,…

Super Eagles and Torino’ hard-tackling midfielder Joel Obi is attracting interest from Italian club AC Milan in the ongoing transfer window, as per reports. Italian media outfit, Tuttomercatoweb claims AC Milan are interested in a move for the Eagles midfielder who was once a starter at bitter rivals Inter Milan. The 27-year-old has entered the final year of his contract with Torino and they are looking to sell him to recoup the majority of their previous investment on the player. Joel Obi has also been linked with EPL club Crystal Palace, Portuguese duo Benfica and Porto, the most concrete interest has…

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane responded for Liverpool as they came from behind to beat EPL Champions Manchester City 2-1 in their ICC pre-season match on Wednesday. Mane stroked home Liverpool’s winner from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time to give Jurgen Klopp’s men a morale-boosting victory over an under-strength City team at the MetLife Stadium. But the period of concerted pressure from the Reds finally paid off in injury time. Awarded a penalty when Dominic Solanke was fouled in the back by Tosin Adarabioyo, Liverpool forward Sadio Mane rolled his spot-kick to the left as Joe Hart…

English Premier League giant Chelsea have confirmed the signing of veteran and former English goalkeeper Rob Green on a one-year deal. The club announced the signing on Twitter, noting the former England international will arrive at Stamford Bridge as back-up to Thibaut Courtois and Willy Caballero. “It has been a whirlwind 24 hours,” said Green courtesy of the club’s official website. “You are thinking about your career and where you want to go and then you get a phone call like this, and it is a short conversation. “It has been a pretty dramatic time for me, and I…

Super Falconets and River Angels’ Midfielder anchor, Mary Saiki has pleaded with Nigerians to give massive support to the team as they look set for the World Cup in France. Speaking to www.brila.net, Saiki said the team is doing everything possible to soar in France, but will not go a long way without the support from home. The energy playing midfielder disclosed that with their training performance, the Falconets will surely be on the world map when the U-20 World Cup starts next Month. The River Angels of Port Harcourt midfielder is also confident of the team’s…

Super Falconets Captain Kemi Abiodun and Mary Saiki has expressed their confidence in the squad ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup taking place in France. Oluwakemi Abiodun in a chat with www.brila.net’s Pius Idoko expressed her immense confidence in the U-20 National team players, saying they have all it takes to succed at the FIFA Mundial. According to Abiosun , she said, they will go to France to do their best, believing that coming to Nigeria, they will not come back empty handed In a related interview, another Falconets player Mary Saiki made thesame expression that with…

Super Eagles poster boy Alexander Iwobi has reportedly agreed on a new five-year contract at Arsenal, moving his wages at the Emirates Stadium to £70,000 a week. Iwobi came through the youth system at Arsenal and is just two appearances short of 100 for the Gunners. The 22-year-old has been a regular over the last two seasons, but his future at the Emirates Stadium was believed to be unclear following the arrival of Unai Emery as head coach. Recent reports claimed that the attacker could be available for £22m this summer amid interest from Lazio, but according to The Sun, the Eagles forward…

French International, Anthony Martial has been given a break to leave Manchester United’s Pre-season tour in the United  States to attend to the birth of his child. This exclusive detail was confirmed by Skysport on Wednesday afternoon, Martial future at Old Trafford has been under several speculations in recent times. However, the leave given the younger is to attend the birth of his baby and has nothing to do with a transfer away from the Theatre of Dreams. More Follows…