Author: Brila

Nigeria and former S.S. Lazio midfielder Onazi Ogenyi has joined the rest of the world in mourning the loss of Fiorentina captain, Davide Astori who died in his sleep on Sunday.

Super Falcons Veteran defender, Onome Ebi has again expressed his excitement at joining Chinese Clubside Henan Huishang. Onome Ebi has revealed this to www.brila.net that she remains excited as well as happy while working on getting her visa so as to feature for the team come the month of March. According to Onome, settling down will not be a problem for her as she has traveled to do her best with the team. “Settling down will definitely not be a problem for me,” Onome said. “Overtime, I have travelled to play football in different Countries, so China will not be…

Super Eagles forward, Henry Onyekuru has declared that he is still hopeful of getting a chance to play for the Eagles at the forthcoming FIFA 2018 world cup. The Everton striker made this remark in a chat with www.brila.net, even as he continues to recover from a serious injury he sustained while playing for Anderlecht on loan from Everton. According to Onyekuru, its all about positive vibes at the moment, as all hope is not lost. “I think it is all about having positive vibes all around me now, I still believe i will be fit in time to get…

Manchester City completed the double over Chelsea in the Premier League with the champions elect defeating the current holders 1-0 thanks to a second half goal from Bernardo Silva at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Udinese-Fiorentina and Genoa-Cagliari have been called off after the death of Viola captain Davide Astori.

After Plateau United departed for Tunisia on Saturday ahead of their CAF Champions League date against Etoile du Sahel, CAF Confederation Cup campaigners, Enyimba headed out ‘on the road’.

Deontay Wilder said he was ‘ready’ to take on Anthony Joshua immediately after defending his WBC belt against Luis Ortiz.

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama isn’t thinking of retirement soon, but when he decides to quit the round leather game, perhaps bowling could be an option.

Bolton Wanderers have signed Super Eagles forward Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi on a deal until the end of the season. The 31-year-old Obasi recently had a spell with Swedish side AIK, signs for the Trotters following a trial with the English side. Obasi has also played under former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson at Chinese Super League side Shenzhen. Obasi is Bolton’s second signing in two weeks after Jan Kirchhoff joined the club on 22 February. Source – BBC

Saturday is for football – club football – and several Nigerian players were in action from Europe to Asia and back again.