Author: Joan Igbava
“You see me, I’m objective and I’m honest about my assessment of my performance and I know what I have to do to get better.”- Israel Adesanya.
Edgar Steven Davids is a Dutch former professional footballer. After beginning his career with Ajax, winning several domestic and international titles, he subsequently played in Italy for Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Tottenham Hotspur before returning to Ajax. Having struggled with injuries for two years, Davids returned to competitive football during a brief spell with Crystal Palace before retiring at the age of 37. In October 2012, legendary Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids came out of retirement to become player-manager of Barnet F.C., His challenge was to guide the club to safety, in both a playing and managing…
Jermain Defoe was awarded the OBE from the Queen for his charity work, Defoe’s foundation sets out to relieve the needs of young people, in particular, those who are homeless, poor or abused or suffering life-threatening illness. Jermaine Defoe said “The proudest moment of my life to be awarded an OBE. I‘m blessed to have received the honour, but it isn’t for me or about me. It’s for Bradley and those he loved. I’d trade it all for him to be back in our lives, forget the goals and awards, it’s the memories I’ll cherish…” Late Bradley passed in…
“In football, the train comes only once. Either you get on or you miss it. And I always prefer to be on the train”- Diego Simeone. As Diego Simeone sets out to lead Atletico Madrid on yet another Madrid derby,Simeone relates football with boxing, with a street fight.For Simeone there has never been any place for doubt in the Atletico squad. They are first believers, then footballers. Diego Pablo Simeone also known as El Cholo, is an Argentine football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder, and is currently the manager for La Liga club Atletico…
’We didn’t have much coming in, that period drives me on. I have had to work so hard at every stage of my life.” – Emiliano Sala. Sala was cherished not only for his 12 goals in 16 starts 2018/19 season but also for his work-rate on the field and character in the dressing room. Sala loved the guitar and was an avid reader, Sala possessed a personality that set him apart. He would often bring a book to the training ground for his down-time, Sala read Chinese philosophy and his favourite book was The Motorcyle Diaries,…
“Don’t count me out,” Vonn said. “I’ve got one more chance. Maybe I’ll pull off a miracle, maybe I won’t. … I’m going to try my hardest. Just because I get knocked down, it doesn’t mean I don’t get back up.”
Gianluigi Buffon while reflecting on the most difficult period of his life, admitted that success does not sum up his career as they were dark periods. Gianluigi Buffon has been playing professionally for more than two decades and is Italy’s most capped player ever. At 41, Gianluigi ‘Gigi’ Buffon is one of the veterans of the footballing world still currently playing professionally with PSG. In 2002/2003, Gianluigi Buffon in the mornings will drive to Juventus’ training ground, filled with fear. On the outside everything appeared normal, on the inside he felt sick. One moment everything would be fine, the next…
English premier League side Cardiff City are set for a legal battle with Nantes over the £15million Emiliano Sala transfer fee. Brila.net understands the French club have demanded the first £5m down payment of the fee, which had been overdue. One letter from Nantes is thought to have been sent to the Bluebirds on Friday, with another arriving on Wednesday. However, Cardiff are withholding any money until they have more facts about what happened to Sala, who with pilot David Ibbotson was on board the Piper Malibu which crashed into the English channel. The official search for…
On January 31, 1988, in San Diego, California, Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins becomes the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, scoring four of Washington’s five touchdowns in an upset 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. He was already a star quarterback at Grambling State University. After a stellar career at Grambling, Williams also was the first African-American quarterback to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft post-merger. The day before the Super Bowl, he had an emergency root canal that left him in pain and on…
Frances Tiafoe at 21years has lifted his family through his steady climb up the world ranking, Having vaulted to a career-high No. 30 after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal in the 2019 Australia open. QTiafoe now believes that a top-20 ranking is possible by year’s end. Since turning pro at age 17, buying his parents a house in Beltsville, He has raised his own sights. Frances Tiafoe is an American professional tennis player ( born January 20, 1998). He is the fourth-youngest player ranked in the ATP top 50, claiming his first tour title at the Delray…
