Author: Brila

Egypt’s National team Coach, Hector Cupertino has been named by CAF as the best team Coach of the year 2017. Hector Cuper was named ahead of Nigeria’s Franco-German tactician, Gernot Rohr and Cameroon Coach, Hugo broos. The Event is ongoing in Accra, Ghana. More to follow…

Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa might be set to end his Leicester City Nightmare with a move away from the King Power Stadium as Turkish side Bursaspor about to seal a deal. William Troost-Ekong and Mikel Agu are already on the books of the Turkish Super Lig team and they may be joined by Leicester City striker Ahmed Musa. According to bursahakimiyet.com.tr, the French coach of Bursaspor Paul Le Guen is in contact with Nigerian national team coach Gernot Rohr and has also opened a line of communication with Leicester City manager Claude Puel over the availability of Musa. With…

Manchester United boss,Jose Mourinho has responded to the “garbage news” which hit the back pages on earlier today. Daily Mail claimed Mourinho was cutting an “increasingly detached figure” at United, and claimed the club are growing ever more concerned he could quit at the end of the season. “Speaking about my work and connecting my work to the garbage news is to say the worst thing anyone can do to myself, is not to say that I am a bad manager, is not to say I am under performing, not to say I made a mistake in this game or that…

Few weeks after images of a footballer hugging the sole of a State governor’s shoe at a protest for unpaid sign-on fees hit the media, news is the government has yielded.

Nigeria Basketball team Captain IK Diogu has agreed to a contact on Tuesday with the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association, freelance reporter David Pick reports. A lottery pick by the Warriors in 2005, the 34-year-old Diogu hasn’t made an NBA appearance since 2011-12. It appears safe to say that the Nigerian national will play overseas for the remainder of his career Sichuan Blue Whales are currently languishing in the 20th position in the Chinese Basketball League having won only three games and lost 19 so far. Diogu who previously featured for CBA Xinjiang, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Tong Xi, in…

CSKA Moscow of Russia striker Aaron Samuel is relishing the excitement of making the Nigeria World Cup squad next summer. The Super Eagles are drawn in Group D alongside eternal World Cup rivals and South American side Argentina as well as Eastern European giants Croatia and European Cinderella team Iceland. Nigeria was the first nation from Africa to qualify for the World Cup and are looking to move beyond the threshold of Quarter-finals for the first time in their fifth outing at the global football showpiece. Genort Rohr-led Eagles are in the race to get the best legs and with…

Super Eagles defender, Tyronne Ebuehi could be on his way to England if the reports coming from Norwich City is anything to go by. Norwich City have this morning been linked to Nigerian right back, Tyronne Ebuehi. The 22 year old plays for ADO Den Haag, who are currently 7th in the Dutch Erividisie and this story is being reported by a Nigeria news outfit. Their source is Dutch journalist, Jim van der Deijl of Omroep West in Holland and he supposedly has Ebuehi staying in a Norwich hotel with ADO Den Haag refusing to confirm or deny anything. His…

It’ll shock you – or not – to know that CAF have scrapped the African Player of the Year based in Africa award category even though a shortlist of 30 then 11 players had been released by the body.

Eden Hazard joked that he does not need a replay to know that Hector Bellerin fouled him for Chelsea’s penalty in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Diego Costa scored for Atletico Madrid just five minutes into his return as the club cruised to a 4-0 win at Lleida Esportiu in the Spanish Copa del Rey on Wednesday.