Cristiano Ronaldo won Best Player of the Year at the 2019 Globe Soccer Awards on Thursday at a ceremony in Dubai. The Juventus star beat out Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Greizmann and Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe for the honour, which is described as “third in chronological order of a sensational triptych of awards” after FIFA’s The Best and the Ballon d’Or. It is the third year in a row that Ronaldo has won the award, who was also awarded the Fans’ Award. Jorge Mendes, who represents Ronaldo, won agent of the year. “What better way to start the new year. Thanks…
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Chelsea expect Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie against Nottingham Forest to be Cesc Fabregas’ final appearance for the club as he closes in on a January move to Monaco, sources have said. Fabregas, 31, came off the bench in Wednesday’s goalless draw with Southampton to play his 500th career game in English club football — and his 350th in the Premier League — before waving to Stamford Bridge at the final whistle in what appeared to be intended as a goodbye gesture. After the match, Fabregas confirmed on social media he will play against Forest on Saturday, but Chelsea…
Tottenham should be forced to play at Wembley for the rest of the season, says Cardiff manager Neil Warnock. Spurs were due to move into their new White Hart Lane stadium in September but the project has suffered construction delays. Cardiff lost to Spurs at Wembley earlier this season and were beaten by them again on New Year’s Day. “The league should enforce they play at Wembley for the rest of the season,” said Warnock. “There shouldn’t be any chance of an advantage for our opponents. It’s not our fault – we should have been playing at the new stadium…
Mauricio Pochettino believes he would have been sacked by now if he had delivered domestic cups at Tottenham instead of top-four finishes — and he says his ambition is to win the Premier League and Champions League with the club. Spurs have not won silverware since 2008. But, as they prepare to begin their FA Cup campaign at Tranmere on Friday, Pochettino feels their status in the top flight and Europe outweighs the emptiness of the trophy cabinet, and that the north Londoners should be targeting the top prizes. “If it’s only the objective to win the Carabao Cup and…
Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City side showed “how good they are” as they reignited the title race with a 2-1 victory over leaders Liverpool. The champions cut the gap at the top of the Premier League to four points and ended Liverpool’s unbeaten season with a result that should restore City’s confidence after three defeats in their previous five games. “We reduced the gap but still they are on top of the table and still it is four points,” Guardiola told a news conference. “It is enough points to be calm but it is a good moment to congratulate…
Jurgen Klopp believes Vincent Kompany should have been sent off in Liverpool’s 2-1 to defeat to Manchester City on Thursday for a challenge that could have ended Mohamed Salah’s season. Referee Anthony Taylor gave Kompany a yellow card in the 31st minute for what Klopp deemed a reckless lunge. Despite holding the City captain in high regard, Klopp still felt the tackle on Liverpool’s star man was more than worthy of a dismissal. “I really like Vincent Kompany but how on Earth is that not a red card?” he told Sky Sports. “He is [the] last man and he goes…
Real Madrid coach Santi Solari lamented another injury for Gareth Bale as the main reason his team began 2019 by dropping two more important La Liga points in Thursday’s 2-2 draw at Villarreal. Villarreal went ahead early through Santi Cazorla’s curler from the edge of the penalty area, but Madrid had soon taken control through headed goals by Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane. After Bale left at half-time with another calf muscle problem, Madrid then sat back to protect their lead and were punished late on when ex-Arsenal man Cazorla popped up at the back post to head an equaliser.…
Ander Herrera has said he was desperate to keep a first clean sheet under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to stop goalkeeper David De Gea moaning. United conceded consolations against Cardiff, Huddersfield and Bournemouth before Newcastle drew a blank in a 2-0 defeat at St James’ Park on Wednesday and Herrera is relieved to get De Gea off his back. “It’s very important and very important for David,” Herrera said. “We wanted to make David happy because he was a little bit disappointed the last games. I had to cope with him after the game, killing my mind, telling me that he…
Jay Z, family and the Carter family recently gifted his grandmother, Hattie White, with an engraved bench in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York on Christmas Eve. The rapper, his mother, Gloria, his wife, Beyoncé, and their three children Blue, Rumi and Sir were photographed viewing the bench with White. The inscription reads, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. With love and admiration to our root, Hattie White.” The 93-year-old was seen holding her hand over her heart as she viewed the tribute bench. Jay Z talked about his strong…
Taylor Swift shocked her fans with an up close and personal look at her wildly successful Reputation stadium tour in a new Netflix concert special that started streaming on New Year’s Eve. The concert was for fans who loved the Grammy award winning music legend but could not afford to pay to watch her perform live. Taylor Swift gave them the opportunity to watch her on stage without letting go of a huge sum. The concert was recorded in Dallas. It featured Swift dancing her way through hits like “Look What You Made Me Do”, “Blank Space” and a “Shake…
Briefly after going on an uplifting social media spree about how he feels “stronger than ever” and surrounded by “so much good energy” going into the new year, the Ye rapper, 41, once again forgot all of this by speking against Drake, in lots of tweets that he then quickly deleted. Seemingly out of the blue, West returned to the limeight.. “I’ve never mentioned or touched on anything related to family when it came to Drake,” he wrote in a since-deleted Tweet, including a devil emoji after the Canadian rapper’s name. “He followed my wife on Instagram he mentioned Pusha’s…
Justin Beiber has gotten for himself a timely reminder of God’s grace. Two months after the allegation of a new face tattoo for the Grammy-winning pop crooner, a tattoo artist has officially revealed an up-close look at the ink just in time for the new year. Around his right eyebrow, Bieber is now sporting the word “grace” in script. Tattoo artist Jonathan “JonBoy” Valena captioned the shot on Instagram, “2018 was a lot of work for me. Both in tattooing and inner work I thought I would never have to face. So many times wanting to give up asking God…
Alicia Keys’ son Genesis turned four on (Dec. 27) and the songstress resorted to social media to celebrate her “sweet little baby.” “Keep following your star young king!! I can’t wait to see where it takes us!!!” she wrote alongside a throwback photo of Genesis. “you are loved endlessly!! Happy born day Genesis!!” Genesis, who is fathered by Swizz Beatz, is the younger brother to 8-year-old Egypt. Happy Birthday in arears to him.
Olamide Adedeji aka Baddosneh has shared brand new photos to celebrate himself and his fans in the new year. Known to not do it often, he sure knows how to dazzle his supporters when he decides to flaunt pictures of himself. The editorial shoot has Olamide smoking cigar, looking calm and collected. Recall that the rap king managed to attract, mesmerize and captivate the crowd during his performances at his OLIC 2018 concert days ago. Considering all the rants and threats on Twitter to boycott OLIC this year, all was quickly forgiven as he performed his major hits Worth noting…
The New Year is a time we all regard with great expectations as we plan to do better things. As we all know, time and time again, celebrity marriages are not known to last long and for that reason, assurance is often needed to strengthen these unions. For this reason, Popular Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo, recently took to his Instagram page to share cute photos of himself and his wife to celebrate the New Year. Reports had it recently that the huge movie star was separated with his wife of 12 years, Bunmi. Bolanle even came out to say, “I…
Chinonso Arubayi, the pretty wife of Nigerian gospel artiste, Eric Arubayi who died on February 11th 2017 from complications that came from taking fake anti-malaria drugs has shared that she felt betrayed by God after the unfortunate incident that happened three years after their wedding. In an interview with TVC, today, Chinonso, his wife and mother of his son, said: “My husband & I lived a faith based life. When he died, I lived in denial because I felt betrayed by God that my husband, a Gospel artiste, could die. I fell into depression, shaved my hair & wouldn’t accept…
Seyi Shay recently clashed with a follower of hers on social media who told her to accept Jesus christ. The fan made the statement in reaction to extremely revealing bedroom photos Seyi Shay shared to usher in the new year. The troll posted, “U need Christ” and the beautiful singer quickly responsded, “U need a brain.” Seyi Shay recently revealed a space in her heart no one can fill. In a chat with Satruday Beats, she said, “Currently all my father does is to pray for me. Before my mother died, her last words to me were that I should…
Terry G has said the reason he abandoned the name Terry Gzuz was because many were mistaking the Gzuz to mean Jesus, so he had to go back to using Terry G. “I did not receive any death threat for initially changing my stage name to Terry Gzuz. Sometimes people call me Terry Gzuz when they chat with me online. When they spell Gzuz as Jesus, I try to correct them immediately.“Now that I have rebranded, when the same people call me Gzuz I tell them that I have changed it to Genius. Nobody has kicked against this yet. I…
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are set to meet with the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in two days time, January 4, 2019, over corps member’s involvement in the February 2019 elections, ASUU has gone on to say that the ongoing strike would not end unless the government meets lecturers’ demands. The president of the Union, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi in a recent interview said the strike, which is now in its seventh week is in the interest of everyone. After several meetings with no positive result between the government and the union, there have been pleas to…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru has said that the country’s refineries had not undergone Turn Around Maintenance(TAM) for an aggregate of 42 years. He said that in spite of this hindrance, a lot of rehabilitation works were happening in all the three refineries. He noted that the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, had its Distribution Control System (DCS) successfully upgraded while the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) had major interventions in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, (FCCU) and Power Plant Unit (PPU) fixed. He added that Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC)…