Author: Brila

Super Eagles and AS Monaco left-back, Elderson Echiejile has revealed that playing for Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup again is an honour. The 30-year-old experienced defender is making his second appearance in the FIFA World Cup after making the first appearance in South Africa. Echiejile narrowly missed out on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil due to Injury after been named on the final 23-man squad by the then Coach, Big boss Stephen Keshi. The former Braga defender took to his Twitter handle to share his excitement by tweeting the Super Eagles Team Picture with a caption that reads: Nigeria,…

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE is weighing up a shock move for Hibs and Nigeria International defender Efe Ambrose. Ambrose has a year left to run on his contract and it remains to be seen whether Argyle will be willing to meet the Easter Road club’s demands. Argyle are set to lose contract rebel Sonny Bradley this summer and it is believed that Hibs defender Ambrose is manager Derek Adams’ number one target as the club look to plot another promotion push in Sky Bet League One. Ambrose started his career in his homeland with Kaduna United before moving to Isreal where he…

Simona Halep finally won her first Grand Slam title with a gutsy comeback victory over American 10th seed Sloane Stephens in the French Open final. Halep, who had lost her three previous major finals, went a set and a break down at Roland Garros. But the 26-year-old Romanian battled back to take a see-saw second set against the US Open champion. She then raced away with the third to win 3-6 6-4 6-1.

World Cup-bound Super Eagles of Nigeria have released their official team photograph for the Russia 2018 FIFA Mundial as unveiled via the Eagles’ Twitter handle. It is the tradition for teams to take official team pictures — with all 23 squad members, the technical crew, and backroom staff ahead of the World Cup. The Gernot Rohr led side are currently in Bad Tatzmanndsdorf, Austria, preparing for the World Cup. They are due to leave for Russia, where they have a base camp in Essentuki, on Monday. The Nigerian side will face Croatia, Ice, and Argentina in Group D at the…

Premier League side Arsenal have moved a step closer to signing Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos after agreeing on a £16m fee for the defender. The Greece international is on the verge of becoming Unai Emery’s second Gunners signing following the arrival of Stephan Lichsteiner from Italian giants Juventus, according to The Telegraph. The 29-year-old, who has one year remaining on his Dortmund contract, has been tipped to sign a three-year deal with Arsenal. Emery is said to be keen to add experience to his defence, with Per Mertesacker having retired and Laurent Koscielny due to miss the start of next season. Sokratis has spent five years at Dortmund, having joined the club…

Super Eagles and Chanchung Yatai striker Odion Ighalo is aiming high as he gets set for his maiden appearance at the World Cup with Nigeria. The China-based striker has said that lifting the much-coveted World Cup trophy remains his ‘ultimate goal’ at the tournament. The 28-year-old who captained the country to the U20 World Cup in 2009, will make his debut in the global tournament which starts on June 14, in Russia. And he states that, like ‘every player’ for their country, he aims to help the Super Eagles win the biggest trophy in football. “I used to play in…

Nigeria-born British World heavyweight champion Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The 28-year-old boxer currently holds WBA, IBF and WBO titles after winning his March unification clash with Joseph Parker and was honored for his services to boxing. This is the latest accolade for Joshua, who was rewarded with an MBE in 2013 after claiming an Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games. Joshua was rewarded with an MBE in 2013 after claiming an Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games. A Joshua versus WBC champion Deontay Wilder is on the cards,…

The Nigeria Football Federation has rubbished reports trending in the social media that Super Eagles duo of Mikel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi are having tensed relationship with each other in their Austria camp. The social media reports stated that Onazi refused to accept orders from Mikel at their training base ahead of next week commencement of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where Nigeria is expected to play Croatia on June 16. The NFF revealed a footage via their Twitter handle that shows an excited Ogenyi Onazi and John Mikel Obi together, while Elderson Echiejile joined the duo to kit up…

The Nigeria Football Federation would like to clarify a claim making the rounds about senior national team head coach Gernot Rohr where it is claimed that he launched an attack on the members of the media profession in Nigeria.  We have stepped into this matter immediately and can assure the general public and members of the media that Mr. Rohr has been quoted out of context. The Super Eagles handler stated to us categorically that he never said all journalists were corrupt. He sent us a transcript of the interview he granted and nowhere in it was the word ‘corrupt’…

Disgraced Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi has resigned from his position as the head of the FA.