Gernot Rohr’s unbeaten streak against African teams, since Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to South Africa in 2017, came to an end following Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Senegal in a pre AFCON 2019 test game in Ismailia.


Rohr and his opposite number Aliou Cissé had agreed for the game to be played closed behind closed doors as they prepare their final strategies for the AFCON.



A first-half goal inside 20 minutes through midfielder Idrissa Gueye handed the Teranga Lions a rare win against the Super Eagles.


Read More: https://footballlive.ng/senegal-shatters-17-year-winless-jinx-against-nigeria-and-more/

Allegations of bribery, tampering and a general act of sabotage are stories emerging from Nigeria’s failed attempt at a title campaign at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup and the stories have been credited to Head Coach Paul Aigbogun.


Per @ Editor_ANS, More Flying Eagles news : Paul Aigbogun says hes returning to England & has vowed to get a better job after the Nigeria U20s mishap in Poland.

However, the Nigeria Football Federation have swiftly denied the allegations, describing them as “mere fabrications, a figment of the author’s imagination and should not be taken seriously.”

Read More: https://www.brila.net/nff-responds-to-allegation-of-tampering-with-players-list-bribery-in-flying-eagles/

It’s the biggest upset in the heavyweight category since Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis and James “Buster” Douglas vs Mike Tyson!

And Andy Ruiz Jr. is the new IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight Champion after recording a stunning victory against Anthony Joshua.

Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs) spoiled the long-awaited U.S. debut of the unified heavyweight champion to score four knockdowns and record a spectacular upset via seventh-round TKO at Madison Square Garden.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/anthony-joshua-out-ruiz-jr-claims-big-win-with-seventh-round-tko/

There was a Nigerian feel to Chelsea’s UEFA Europa League’s triumph on Thursday, albeit Maurizio Sarri’s team had no Nigerian player in the 23-man squad.

A resounding 4-1 win over Arsenal at the Olympic Stadium in Baku was followed by a victory party where the players and Coaches danced to various songs including D’Banj’s Afrobeat, dance track “Oliver Twist”.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/chelsea-players-celebrate-europa-league-win-with-dbanj/

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Nigerian Forward Victor Osimhen has set a Belgian League goal record for the fastest goal scored in a League match.


Osimhen scored in the 9th minute of the Europa League playoff game against Antwerp on Sunday; but Charleroi failed to pick the ticket as they lost 3-2.

The Wolfsburg loanee’s strike eclipsed the previous of 10.80s set in 2013, incidentally by another Nigerian, Imoh Ezekiel.



Fastest goals in Belgian league history:

�� Victor Osimhen – 8.15s (2019)
�� Imoh Ezekiel – 10.80s (2013)
�� Chris Negouai – 11.84s (2006)

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An Afro beat styled entrance song met with a combo of Shaku Shaku and Zanku dance steps! You don’t see that everyday and it has got to be one of the best in Sports so far in 2019, Henry Onyekuru killed it!


Onyekuru who could be on his way to bigger things after conquering Turkey with Galatasaray; where he won a domestic double, was presented to the fans after the last of the season.


Wrapped in a a Nigerian flag from his waist down, the exciting winger emerged to the Afro beat tune playing in the back after he was introduced by the Announcer.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/killed-it-henry-onyekuru-produces-2019-best-entrance-show/

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It has to rank as one of the saddest stories in football, and the death of 23 year-old South African midfielder Thembinkosi Mbamba has thrown the Country into mourning.


Mbamba, 23, was confirmed dead on Saturday morning as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.



Read More: https://www.brila.net/saddest-story-in-football-23-year-old-south-african-player-dies-a-week-after-historic-cup-win/

55 years ago one of Nigeria’s most iconic footballers was born and posthumously we celebrate Samuel Okwaraji.


Okwaraji played for the Super Eagles in a short lived career, that ended tragically when he collapsed during a World Cup qualifier inside the National Stadium in Lagos


Read More: https://www.brila.net/happy-birthday-samuel-okwaraji-would-have-been-55-today/

Across three match venues on Sunday, three Nigerian players were involved in action for the respective sides on the penultimate weekend of La Liga.


LEGANES 0-2 ESPANYOL

After two straight games where he put in top performances, Kenneth Omeruo was hoping to help his side to securing points on home turf on Sunday as Leganes welcomed Espanyol.


However, things quickly turned awry as the home side were trailing with just over a quarter of an hour of football played.


But things would go from bad to worse as Omeruo’s Central Defensive partner, Unai Bustinza was shown a second yellow and subsequently sent off at the stroke of half-time.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/nigerian-players-shine-and-flop-on-penultimate-weekend-in-la-liga/

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Ivorian Football Legend Yaya Toure has responded to reports that he has retired from football, with a brief message to debunk the claims.

Yaya, who last made an appearance in a competitive game for Olympiakos in October last year, declared he will take “new challenges in playing football.”

In a two page tweet on his official Twitter handle, Toure stated thus:

There has been a lot of confusion about my future recently. I want to make it clear here that I love football and I’m still in contention to play for a few more years. Yes, I’m starting to prepare myself for coaching badges but full time coaching is not what I’m thinking now. 1/2

Read More: https://www.brila.net/hold-up-i-will-announce-my-retirement-personally-and-officially-by-myself-yaya-toure/

Nigeria’s Super Falcons trounced Niger 15-0 to progress, with ease, into the WAFU Women’s Cup semi-final and in the process eclipsed their previous biggest win.


At the interval the scoreline stood at 9-0; the team’s previous biggest win, when they beat Sierra Leone some 25 years ago.



Read More Here: https://www.brila.net/nigeria-15-0-niger-falcons-set-new-goal-record-cruise-into-wafu-cup-semis/

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Mikel Obi scored his first goal for Middlesbrough and it was also just his second in English league football; coming 5 years since his first against Fulham in September 2013.

He struck it well, struck it hard and the Boro captain on the day wheeled away in celebration that matched the quality of the strike.



Click Link to Watch: https://www.brila.net/watch-mike-obis-second-ever-goal-in-english-league-football/

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Mikel Obi was in his element on Saturday, leading the Boro team from the middle as they picked up another win and yet further their cause for a playoff spot in the Championship.

At the Riverside, Middlesbrough put Reading FC to the sword, albeit coming from behind to win 2-1.


Their tenth home win and the fifth consecutive game when the Nigeria international maestro had captained.


Mikel has lead Tony Pulis' men to four wins in that period and some fans, as expressed in the 32 year-old’s instagram post early on Sunday, eagerly await his return to the Super Eagles to show such leadership.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/captain-mikel-obi-leads-boros-epl-promotion-charge-and-prayer/

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Life must be good for Cesc Fabregas now that he’s no longer at Chelsea, the Assist master who left the London club for Ligue 1 side AS Monaco, has found a new way of dishing out to his old teammates, Victor Moses being the latest beneficiary.

Lately, Fabregas found the humour to the recent legal problems of Danny Drinkwater, who was charged for drink driving in the UK.


As if that wasn’t enough, on Friday, the Spaniard turned to Victor Moses, who is now on loan to Turkish Super Lig side Fenerbahce.


The former Nigeria international posted a picture on Instagram celebrating his 7-aside team in practice with the caption: Winning Team.


The post was even liked by Super Eagles and Trabzonspor midfield warhorse, Onazi Ogenyi.



Read More: https://www.brila.net/for-the-fun-of-it-fabregas-shades-former-chelsea-teammates-calls-moses-a-loser/

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Asisat Oshoala returned to the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino smoking hot to fire Barcelona to the top of the league with two matches left.


Oshoala who has been out of action for over a month with a thigh injury, was given minutes in the UWCL semi-final first-leg against Bayern Munich at the weekend.


On Wednesday, she showed more hunger and no signs of rustiness as she scored a brace in the 6-2 home win over Sevilla.


Her first came just half an hour after to double Barcelona’s lead after 2017 The Best FIFA Women’s Player, Lieke Martens opened scoring in the 11th minute.


Four minutes after her first, Asisat grabbed a second and her 7th (in six league appearances) since joining the Blaugranes in January.



Read More: https://www.brila.net/goal-machine-oshoala-fires-barcelona-top-of-liga-with-her-7th-goal-in-six-games/

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D’Tigers and Tecnyconta Zaragoza Shooting Guard, Stan Okoye, has been nominated for the The Liga ACB MVP 2018/19 season.


Okoye was one of three Zaragoza players and among the 70 shortlisted names for the award this season.


According to a release published on the club’s official page:

From April 23 to May 18 at 2:00 pm the deadline for the popular vote is opened, through social networks, which represents 25% of the total result that players, coaches and journalists will complete.



Votes can be done on social media [Twitter and Instagram] with #MVPMovistar and the player’s full names.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/dtigers-stan-okoye-nominated-for-liga-mvp/

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Guinea have reached their first ever final of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations, following a dramatic 10-9 penalty victory over Nigeria on Wednesday.

In a keenly contested semi-final at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, it ended goalless in regulation time.


Both sides put in the work for 90 minutes, but couldn’t find the breakthrough, although Guinea dominated in all the vital stats.

At the end, 19 spot kicks were taken, two more than the longest since Ivory Coast and Ghana in the final of the 2015 AFCON.



Note: During the final of the 1992 African Cup of Nations played in Senegal, Ivory Coast won the penalty shootout 11–10 against Ghana.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/u17-afcon-guinea-win-dramatic-10-9-shoot-out-to-end-nigerias-title-hopes/

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Odion Ighalo has made it 6 goals in 6 league appearances for Shanghai Shenhua with his latest coming in a 1-1 result away to Wuhan Zall on Sunday.


Ighalo’s right-footed strike from inside the box was enough to help his side earn a valuable away point.


The draw saw Shanghai Shenhua climb to the ninth spot on the table with seven points from six games.



Ighalo who joined Shanghai Shenhua before the beginning of the 2018/19 season is also the top scorer in the Chinese Super League, one more than four other players.



His goals have come consecutively in the last five league appearances after firing blank in his first game of the season.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/odion-ighalo-improves-his-goal-scoring-tally-nears-watford-record/

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Nigeria will face perennial underachievers Guinea in the first semi-final of the CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.

Guinea booked their place in the last four of the competition with a 1-0 over Morocco to finish second in group B with 6 points; one behind Cameroon.


By virtue of the outcome, the Young Syli Nationale also confirmed their spot in the World Cup alongside Nigeria, Angola and Cameroon, as Africa’s quartet for the tournament.



However, their performance at both world and local stages have often fallen short; the most recent at the last edition of the AFCON in Gabon.



Read More: https://www.brila.net/u17-afcon-guinea-are-a-lucky-charm-and-it-could-benefit-nigerias-eaglets/

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In 2016 Divine Oduduru ran in the 200m semi-final of the Summer Olympic Games, in a time of 20.59, but missed out of a place in the final.


His semi-final time was well short, falling behind his brilliant performance in the heat of the same event, where he finished behind only eventual 200m champion , Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.


Oduduru ran a personal best of 20.34 in the race and his exploits attracted a chat from one of the greatest Olympian and Sports man the world has seen, Bolt.

Bolt went on to win the 200m final in a time of 19.78 to set a season’s best in what was a competitive field but with a slow time.



Fast forward three years, with Oduduru now taking tutelage at the prestigious Texas Tech Raiders, the former African Junior champion and African Games silver medal winner is posting incredible times.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/nigerian-beats-usain-bolts-200m-gold-medal-winning-time-at-rio-2016-olympics/

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Nigerian sprinter and former 100m African Youth Champion Divine Oduduru has become the fastest man in the planet, at least so far in 2019.


Oduduru, who also competes in the 200m and finished 7th at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, ran sub-10 over the weekend in an invitational.


As per Africa Athletics, @odudurudivine1 runs the fastest time in the world in 2019, clocking a lifetime best of 9.94 (0.8 m/s), at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/flash-nigerias-divine-oduduru-becomes-the-fastest-man-in-the-world/

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Nigeria’s Peter Olayinka couldn’t help Slavia Prague avoid elimination on Thursday in the Europa League at the hands of Chelsea as they fell 4-3 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate in the quarter-final.

Olayinka came on as a second half substitute and though the Czech Republic side dominated the second 45 minutes, the forward fired blank making his 9th appearance in the competition this season.


In fact, Olayinka might have one of the worst records as a striker in Europe’s club competitions, in the last four years.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/unlucky-nigerian-striker-with-one-of-the-worst-records-in-europe/

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Israel Adesanya came to UFC 236 looking to prove himself, once and for all, on the highest level. He left the Octagon with the interim middleweight title and the fight of the year in one of the most dramatic bouts in UFC history.

Adesanya (17-0) repeatedly dropped a bloody Kelvin Gastelum late in a savage Round 5 en route to a unanimous decision (48-46, 48-46, 48-46) following a see-saw battle that left the State Farm Arena crowd in hysterics on its feet.


"I was ready for war, I told y'all," Adesanya said. "I wanted to take him out but I was ready for war because he is Mexicano. [Critics] talk s--- but they ain't ready for this."


Read More: https://www.brila.net/champion-adesanya-outlasts-gastelum-to-clinch-interim-middleweight-title/

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The name Adesoye Oyewole sounds very Nigerian and indeed is Nigerian, but this 6 ft 2 in Defender has no links to the West African country besides his name.

‘Ade’ as he is called for short, was born in Russia, where he has played football all of his life.

His middle name “Oyetundzhiyevich”, speaks of how much Russian he is; with no regrets.

Currently, he plays for Russia PL side, FC Orenburg and has made 19 appearances already this season, scoring three goals.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/player-scout-defender-who-turned-his-back-on-nigeria-for-russia/

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Kaizer Chiefs have valued Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi at  €700,000; well over the valuation of Chelsea substitute goalies Robert Green and Jamal Blackman.


Akpeyi, who joined the Amakhosi in January from Chippa United, was acquired as an immediate replacement for the injured Itumeleng Khune.


However, the 32 year-old Nigeria international, who has made only three appearances for the 4 times PSL winners, ranks in the top 10 most expensive foreign players currently in the League.


H/T per Soccer Laduma, Akpeyi is the 10th most valuable foreign player in South Africa, valued at R11million [₦282,551,500].


Read More: https://www.brila.net/daniel-akpeyis-incredible-psl-value-but-only-chelsea-will-afford-him-among-epls-top-six/

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Alex Iwobi’s impact off the bench for Arsenal in the 1-0 defeat on the road to Everton was instant, it was so good in fact it was fine tactical decision to have him replace Mesut Ozil; he could even be the end of the German at the club.


Ozil now seems the dead weight, who refuses to put in the shift when the chips are down and Iwobi the valiant knight who will charge-in to do damage control.


The young Nigerian attacker; on a £30k weekly wage, carved the resolute Everton defense open and caused them a lot of problems the few times Unai Emery’s men managed to charge forward, in the 16 minutes he played.


On the other hand though, Ozil failed to create a chance, produce a shot, win a foul or complete a take-on during his time on the pitch against Everton, per Squawka [Twitter].


Read More: https://www.brila.net/iwobi-outperforms-350k-per-week-ozil-in-1-0-defeat-to-everton/

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When they're not balling or winning championships, the ladies of First Bank Basketball club will dazzle you, they'll Slay.


And so they did recently at an event held by the Lagos State Basketball Association, where the Ladies came out full of glee and radiance.



The group led by the vets, with a few rookies in the train lent their curves and strides as ushers in a basketball stakeholders talk shop.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/from-basketball-champions-to-slay-queens-see-pictures-of-the-hottest-ballers-in-nigeria/

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Manchester United Boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was at Camp Nou to scout Barcelona ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League first leg, quarter-final match but what he probably witnessed was MAGICAL. 


Solskjaer in company of his assistant, Mike Phelan, were spotted by the Eagle eyed cameras inside the 99,354 capacity stadium as the Catalans hosted second placed Atletico Madrid in La Liga.


However, while United may be hoping for another stunning performance in the UCL, such that saw them knock out Paris Saint-Germain, something at the Camp Nou must have looked awry to the scouts.

Read More: https://www.brila.net/what-happened-to-man-united-coach-during-barcelona-scouting-2/
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Three months into his Kaizer Chiefs career and Daniel Akpeyi may have found himself in a battle for relevance or face been relegated to second choice to a 23 year-old.


Akpeyi who joined Amakhosi from Chippa United, was brought in to fill in the shoes of injured first choice goalie Itumeleng Khune.

However, three games in and it appears the 32 year-old has lost his pace to South African rising star, Bruce Bvuma.

Bvuma has in recent games emerged first choice option for Kaizer Chief Boss Ernst Middendorp and the youngster has impressed.

Read More: https://www.brila.net/daniel-akpeyis-kaizer-chiefs-days-number-after-this/

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Samuel Chukwueze was one of the best players on the pitch in the incredibly dramatic La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona on Tuesday; his best performance yet this season, and while it earned him deserved praise it was nightmarish for Barca defender Clément Lenglet.

Chukwueze ran rings round Lenglet and owned the Barcelona defence, largely, on the night he scored his seventh league goal.


The 19 year-old attacker was menacing on the right wing, keeping both Jordi Alba and CB Lenglet busy, soo busy in fact the commentator chimed in.



In the heat of the moment during the one-sided duel between the Nigerian the commentator aimed a slight at the Frenchman.


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Read More: https://www.brila.net/this-barcelona-player-should-join-the-circus-after-duel-with-chukwueze/