Author: Brila

Liverpool demolished Roma in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final a week ago at Anfield, Tonight Roma will be looking to produce a comeback. Both sides upset the odds in the quarterfinals as the Merseyside team shot down EPL champions Man City while Roma produced a remarkable second leg comeback to upset Barcelona. Liverpool takes a 5-2 lead to the Stadio Olimpico, with Real Madrid waiting for the victors in the final. Possible Lineups: Roma: Alisson; Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov; Pellegrini, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Schick, Dzeko, El Shaarawy Liverpool: Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Lovren, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mane. Big…

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Dele Ajiboye has expressed confidence in his side’s ability to overcome tonight’s test coming from fellow NPFL campaigners, Wikki Tourists. In an interview with www.brila.net, Ajiboye has stated affirmatively that plateau United will get an outright win over wikki tourist on Wednesday in a midweek game of the NPFL. Ajiboye claimed that returning to the top of the NPFL standings will be their target, as he boasted that they are ready to retain the title they won last year. Plateau United will host the Bauchi-led team today in a midweek NPFL Matchday in Jos and the CHAN Eagles…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition.

Super Eagles Combative midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been named Leicester City’s  Young Player of the Year award for the season for the second consecutive time. Ndidi picked the Award at the club’s annual awards night on Tuesday night. The former Genk player was also nominated for the Players’ Player of the Season along with Harry Maguire and James Vardy with Maguire going home with the award. The trio were also contention for the player of the season award which was also won by  Maguire. Ndidi who has been a key figure for the former Champions this season has made 33 league appearances…

Former Nigeria International, Ifeanyi Udeze has blamed the NFF for the difficulties inherent in players from age grade teams to the Super Eagles.

Gernot Rohr must ditch players who are struggling for form or dropped some pace at their respective clubs, former Super Eagles winger Tijani Babangida has advised.

Team Nigeria player Segun Toriola has expressed shock at Nigeria’s 3-1 defeat to Slovakia in yesterday’s Second Division, third group stage game at the world team Table Tennis championship.

The Super Falcons will play more friendly matches to help the Coaches make the best selection for the team ahead of the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Sven Ulreich’s huge error ultimately proved decisive as Real Madrid progressed to the Champions League final thanks to a 2-2 draw in an enthralling semi-final second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The International Day of Football for Friendship has been celebrated in over 200 cities of the world, with special events to promote friendship, mutual respect and healthy living. Ayomide Ayanbunmi a young footballer who is aspiring to be a great player, and Hussain Dikko a young journalist who already blogger and joins in the act of commentary at local football centres, especially in the northern part of the country, will be representing Nigeria in Moscow during the program as well as during the FIFA World Cup. Blessed with soccer talents who have left their imprints on the Nigerian football stage, like Jay…