Author: Brila

Sudan on Saturday snatched the bronze medal at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating the 2014 champions, Libya, 4-2 on penalties. In the third-place match at the Stade de Marrakech in Marrakech, Walaa Eldin put the Sudanese ahead in the 8th minute, only for Salem Ablo to equalize for Libya with just 6 minutes to the final whistle. The penalty shootout was employed to break the stalemate. This will be Sudan’s second bronze medal in CHAN history, having finished third in 2011. The Libyan record fell to champions in 2014 and fourth place in 2018. The final match…

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his debut and Alex Iwobi provided an assist in what looked liked a purposeful Arsenal team as they ran away with a 5-1 home win against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.

Cameroon held Nigeria to a 2-2 result in the first-leg final round of the 2018 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifier played inside the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin on Saturday.

Ahmed Musa scored on his return to CSKA Moscow, firing the Russian club into the lead in an eventual 1-1 result against FC Nordsjaelland on Friday.

A coach in the lower leagues in Argentina has quit his post after being threatened at gunpoint by one of his own players.

The Super Eagles are in full competition mode and every member of the team is determined to give nothing less than a 120 percent in the CHAN 2018 final match against Morocco on Sunday, according to goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye.

Another 90 minutes, another yellow card for Shehu Abdullahi as Bursaspor ground out a 2-2 result against Istanbul giants, Besiktas in a Super Lig match on Friday.

Former Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Emenike, says he joined struggling Spanish outfit UD Las Palmas because of the club’s good reputation. Emenike joined Las Palmas on a six-month loan deal from Greek club, Olympiacos, on transfer deadline day. The 30-year-old was the second Nigerian to join Las Palmas during the January transfer window following the arrival of Oghenekaro Etebo from Portuguese club, CD Feirense. Emenike was also the fourth Nigerian to move to the Spanish LaLiga Santander during the window after Brown Ideye and Isaac Success both joined Malaga from Tianjin TEDA and Watford respectively. “I came to this club…

Sunday Oliseh was left frustrated again on Friday night as his Fortuna Sittard side crashed to a third consecutive league defeat following a 2-0 loss to Volendam.

Ruled out for the rest of the season following a knee injury he sustained playing on loan at R.S.C. Anderlecht, Henry Onyekuru already has his mind set on returning to his mother club, Everton and becoming the “Key Player”.