UEFA has moved Arsenal’s Europa League game against FC Vorskla from Poltava to Kiev because of “security concerns” after Ukraine imposed martial law in parts of the country. The game will now be played at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium on Thursday at the scheduled kickoff time of 7:55 p.m. local time (5:55 p.m. UK time). Ukraine has imposed martial law in certain regions after its navy said six of its sailors were wounded when Russian coastguards opened fire on three ships in waters off Crimea and then seized them late on Sunday. UEFA had said on Monday that the game would…
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Jurgen Klopp claims his side will be “brave” in Wednesday’s clash against Paris Saint Germain, despite the risk of a third successive Group C away defeat leaving them fighting for their Champions League survival. Liverpool, last season’s beaten finalists, will need to beat Napoli by more than one goal at Anfield to qualify for the knockout stages next month if they suffer another defeat in the Parc des Princes. PSG, meanwhile, with only one win in four games in Group C, go into the game needing to beat Liverpool to boost their own qualification hopes, and coach Thomas Tuchel has…
Real Madrid secured first place in Champions League Group G with 2-0 victory over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday although the Italians are also through to round of 16. Real’s win, thanks to second-half goals from Gareth Bale and Lucas Vazquez, means the European champions are guaranteed to top the group due to a better head-to-head record over the hosts. Like Real, Roma had already clinched a place in the knockout stages with one game to spare thanks to Viktoria Plzen’s 2-1 win at CSKA Moscow in the early kickoff, which leaves Eusebio di Francesco’s side five points…
Barcelona could turn to the transfer market in January after losing midfielder Rafinha to injury for the rest of the season, according to manager Ernesto Valverde. Rafinha, 25, injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee against Atletico Madrid on Saturday and will undergo surgery next week. The Brazil international has made eight appearances so far this season and featured regularly when Lionel Messi was injured recently, starting the wins over Inter Milan and Real Madrid at Camp Nou. “It’s something we have to analyse,” Valverde said when asked if the club would look to sign a replacement for Rafinha…
Manchester City’s struggles to overcome Lyon could help them when they reach the Champions League knockout stages, according to Pep Guardiola. The Premier League champions twice came from behind with goals from Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero to rescue a 2-2 draw in France to secure a place in the last 16 in February. City lost to the Ligue 1 side in their Group F opener and the City boss believes the games could give them some experience of how difficult it is to be successful in Europe. “Maybe we need to live a [difficult] moment in the competition,” he…
Manchester City progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Olympique Lyonnais in Group F on Tuesday. Goals from Maxwel Cornet were cancelled out by Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero to leave City top of the group on 10 points. Lyon are second on seven points, two ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk who snatched a late 3-2 win at Hoffenheim to keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 16. City often found themselves on the back foot in France and struggled to contain Ivorian forward Cornet who went close to…
Jose Mourinho has told Manchester United to prove they are a big club and push the boat out to keep David De Gea. The Spain international made an incredible save to prevent Young Boys substitute Ulisses Garcia from putting the Swiss champions in front at Old Trafford before Marouane Fellaini scored a stoppage-time winner to send United into the last-16 of the Champions League. De Gea, who will be out of contract in 2020, is in talks over a new deal amid interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus and Mourinho has told Ed Woodward and the board to get the…
That Jose Mourinho felt the need to lift up a basket of drinks bottles and smash it to the floor when Marouane Fellaini scored his stoppage-time winner says everything about how the game went. Manchester United are into the knockout rounds of the Champions League with a game to spare but it was far from comfortable. This should have been a stroll against a Young Boys side who have not won a European game away from home since 2014. But just as a host of unwanted records beckoned — longest winless run at Old Trafford in Europe and longest spell…
Juventus clinched a place in the Champions League knockout stages when a brilliant Cristiano Ronaldo assist set up Mario Mandzukic to give them a 1-0 win over Valencia on Tuesday. The Serie A champions had struggled to break down Valencia’s defence until Joao Cancelo slipped the ball to Ronaldo in the Valencia area in the 59th minute of the Group H clash. Ronaldo wrong-footed Gabriel Paulista with some fancy footwork, giving him space to roll a low cross across the face of goal for Mandzukic to turn in from two metres. Juventus top the section with 12 points from five…
Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski scored two goals each as the German champions demolished Benfica 5-1 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League round of 16 and lift some of the pressure off boss Niko Kovac. Kovac is likely to cling on to his job for at least a few more days after Bayern secured victory with their best performance so far this season. The embattled coach’s future has been in doubt for some time with Bayern sitting in fifth place in the Bundesliga, but Robben’s double strike in the first half quickly lifted the gloom at the…
Olamide has announced an official date for the release of the debut YBNL Mafia family album. Ahead of the fifth edition of his Olamide Live In Concert [#OLIC5] holding before the close of the year, the YBNL label will be releasing their debut collaborative project under the YBNL Mafia Family imprint on Wednesday, December 7th. The album is set to feature Olamide’s recent signings, Picazo Rhap and Yomi Blaze alongside the likes of Limerick, Davolee, Temmie Ovwasa, Lyta and producers Pheelz, Young Jonn and BBanks. This was shared by the YBNL boss on his social media pages in the early…
Mike Ezuruonye’s comedy, ‘Lagos Real Fake Life’ has been making an impression at the box office 10 days after it was released. The wholly comedy film with appearances from Odunlade Adekola, Emmanuella, Josh 2 funny, Nedu Wazobia, Mercy Aigbe, Nonso Diobi, Annie Idibia, IK Ogbonna, MC Lively and Efe Irele, has been enjoying notable viewing from audience. Sources disclosed that the movie, which features several comic acts, is doing commendably well at the cinema since its release on Friday, November 16, 2018. “We also have to celebrate another Nigerian film making an impression at the box office called Lagos Real…
K1 De Ultimate’s lead vocalist, Dipo Odebode Aderibigbe has reportedly passed away. It has been reported that the long time band member of the Fuji legend died on Sunday night, November 25, 2018. According to The Lagos Times, sources revealed that some members of the band had called Aderibigbe to inform him of a show slated for Sunday evening at Oduduwa Street at GRA, Ikeja. He was reported to have complained that he had been unable to sleep for some days. “We called to tell him about the show at Oduduwa GRA but he said he was sick and had…
Timi Dakolo is out with his new single, ‘I Never Know Say.’ The top Nigerian vocalist is gearing up for his second studio effort with the release of his latest effort titled “I Never Know Say” produced by his frequent collaborator, Cobhams Asuquo. The song is a highlife tune and a love rendition dedicated to his wife, Busola Dakolo, like a number of his past records and this one is set to become another addition to wedding playlists around the country.
Ice Prince has shared the visuals to his latest single, ‘Yawa’ with Peruzzi. Following the release of his EP, COLD, released earlier in the year, Ice Prince followed it up with a collaboration with DMW artist, Peruzzi, which is enjoying fair airplay success and has now released the video to the hit single. The crispy video was directed by Paul Gambit.
Flavour has reportedly welcomed a second child with rumoured wife, Sandra Okagbue. According to report, the couple welcomed their son a few months ago in Texas, United States of America. Photos released by the blog shows that the son is already grown. The press reached out to Flavour’s manager, Benjamin Omesiete to confirm the authenticity of the gist but he refused to confirm or debunk the news. According to him, it is not in his place to reveal such information. Flavour already has a daughter with former beauty queen, Anna Banner. It would be recalled that back in 2016, there…
Nina has recovered her Instagram page a day after it was hacked by some guy who was up to no good. The reality TV star announced that she had recovered the account on her Instagram page on Monday, November 26, 2018 while maintaining that she won’t be bullied. “This account has been recovered by #TeamNina. Nina will be back with you shortly. Nobody can bully or beautiful Nina. We’ve got her back,” she wrote. It would be recalled that Nina’s Instagram account was hacked over the weekend by a man who simply identified himself as Yusuf. The alleged hacker went…
Olubankole Wellington, the Nigerian Musician, Actor, Writer, and Director known for his advocacy and passion for voter education, has announced his intention to run for office. He made the declaration today, Saturday November 10, 2018, during the debut convention of the Modern Democratic Party, a political party founded in 2017 by a consortium of youth associations which pushed for the Not Too Young To Vote bill. Wellington, 37, will run for a seat in the Federal House of representatives, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos where he says ‘there’s need for renewed hope and results, just like the rest of Nigeria’. ‘‘Our generation…
Monday, November 26, 2018, is Don Jazzy’s birthday and his former label partner, D’banj sent him one of the coolest birthday messages ever! The music star took to his Instagram page where he posted a compilation of some of their best music videos together. He went on to caption the video with the quote; “Happy Birthday To The First And Last Don, my Brother @donjazzy we Indeed saw the future and Believed in ourselves and our people too. You’re A Legend Happy Birthday To You Don Baba J ,” he wrote. Happy birthday to Don Jazzy from all of us…
Rita Dominic has revealed that she is now a member of over a thousand groups on Whatsapp since her phone number got leaked. The movie star made this known via her Twitter page on Monday, November 26, 2018. Rita in her tweets made fun of the situation as fans wanted to find out how she was handling it. “I told my Mum these morning that I have Rita Dominic number, she hissed and said she as it also, that a friend of hers added Rita Dominic to one of there Group Chat @ritaUdominic,” a fan had tweeted. Rita went on…