Atalanta’s Nigerian superstar Ademola Lookman continued his outstanding form for club and country, netting a superb brace in La Dea’s 3-0 win over Napoli. Lookman’a opening brace set the tone for the match before Matteo Retegii rounded up the scoring ro give the away side a rare victory over Napoli. […]

Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman finished 14th in the 2024 Ballon d’Or rankings on Monday night. This means he is the third-highest-ranked Nigerian player in the history of the awards. Victor Osimhen, who is on loan at Galatasaray from Napoli, remains the highest-ranked. Osimhen finished 8th last year after he helped […]

Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag following two and a half years in charge of the club. The Dutchman was informed of the decision by the club’s board on Monday morning, fewer than 24 hours after the club’s defeat by West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday […]

@CAF_Online takes the following decisions, concerning the aborted match between #Libya v #Nigeria’s @NGSuperEagles 1. The Libya Football Federation is found to have breached Article 31 of the AfricanCup of Nations Regulations as well as Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code. 2. The match No.87 Libya v. […]

Following the Confederation of African Football’s decision pertaining to the cancelled Africa Cup of Nations second leg qualifier against Nigeria, the Libya Football Federation (LFF), will appeal the decision to rule in favor of Nigeria. A source revealed to Brila.net that the LFF is preparing to contest the ruling, believing […]

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised the “extraordinary” Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian forward scored a second-half hat-trick to help them fight back from two goals down and thrash visitors Borussia Dortmund 5-2 in the Champions League. Ancelotti told a news conference he was convinced that the 24-year-old Vinicius […]

Victor Osimhen scored on his return to action as Galatasaray thrashed Antalyaspor 3-0 in their Turkish Super Lig clash on Saturday. Osimhen returned to training this week after spending time on the sidelines with an injury. The Nigeria international started the game on the bench, replacing Mauro Icardi 12 minutes […]

Former Super Eagles defender, Mobi Oparaku, is confident that the Confederation of African Football, CAF, will not sanction Nigeria over the cancelled 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. The Group D second leg clash was called off by CAF following the Eagles’ ordeal. Libyan authorities diverted Nigeria’s flight […]

20 Points of a 20-hour ordeal on Libyan soil . NFF’s Director of Communications, Dr Ademola Olajire, provides a point-by-point account of how a keenly-anticipated Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match was relegated to a fiasco by Libyan federal authorities and Football Federation 1) The chartered ValueJet aircraft departed from […]

The FA has announced that UEFA Champions League winner Thomas Tuchel is the new England senior men’s head coach and will be assisted by internationally renowned English coach Anthony Barry. Tuchel returns to English football after a trophy-laden period with Chelsea who he led to become European and world champions, […]