Antonio Conte has said that he wants Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois to stay at Chelsea, warning that a club cannot sell their best players if they have serious ambitions to compete for major trophies. “My answer is always the same: this is a private conversation between the club and the player, and the agent of the player,” Conte said when asked about Hazard. “I’m proud to have him in my team, in my squad, and I’m very happy to work with him. He’s a really good guy and has a lot of space for improvement, to become one of…
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Ashley Young has been banned for three games by the Football Association after admitted a charge of violent conduct and will serve a three-match ban. The Manchester United defender appeared to elbow Dusan Tadic during the 0-0 draw with Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday. Young will be suspended for the games against Everton in Monday, Derby County (in the FA Cup) and Stoke. It will be another blow to manager Jose Mourinho, who saw his injury list grow during the stalemate with Southampton. Romelu Lukaku is set to miss the next two games after suffering a head injury, while…
Arsene Wenger blasted the Premier League for poor refereeing and scheduling after Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at West Brom on Sunday, where Mike Dean awarded the hosts a controversial late penalty. “It’s disappointing to see that [penalty decision]. But what can you do? We can talk and talk and talk, it doesn’t change anything,” Wenger told Sky Sports. “And anyway, the Premier League doesn’t face the problem. “Not of the schedule, nor with the referees. I just would like to remind you that I did fight very hard with [former Arsenal vice-chairman] David Dean many years ago that the referees become…
Jurgen Klopp has said he will make “more than one” change to Liverpool’s starting XI for the trip to Burnley on New Year’s Day following the quick switch from the Leicester City match, having not made sweeping alterations in a similar situation last season. “It was a strange game,” recalled Klopp at a news conference. “To be honest, the last game we played in the old year, City, was fantastic, very intense. “I’m sure there were a few players on the bench who were not used but we played absolutely OK or more than OK in Sunderland. They had two…
Paul Pogba has urged on Manchester United to “wake up” after a third consecutive draw saw them slip behind Chelsea and down to third in the Premier League table. “We didn’t lose but we have to wake up, bounce back and get back to winning,” he told MUTV. “We drew again. Three draws we have to win, something has to change and we have to change to win. “It’s only one day and then we have to play against Everton — that’s football. Tomorrow’s another day and we have to go out there and win.” On the mid-match injury to…
Massimiliano Allegri has said Paulo Dybala regained some confidence after ending his goal drought in Saturday’s win, but warned him not to “get swept up” in trying to meet expectations. “It’s important that Paulo found the net again. After the goal, he started to play better, as he was in a delicate moment where things weren’t quite going his way. He’s started taking free kicks better too,” Allegri told Mediaset. “Psychology is everything in football and confidence is key. You have to be focused and determined. “I think the only advice for Paulo is to think just about his football…
Diego Costa has declared himself ready to play after completing his move to Atletico Madrid. “I want to thank the club for the effort they have made to bring me back,” Costa said, in comments reported by Marca. “I just want to play as soon a possible. I’m tired of training.” On Sunday, Costa said he bore no grudges against anyone at Chelsea despite perhaps never fully settling in London. “I did not learn to speak English,” he said. “A pity, but the truth is that there were very good people who helped me and made my life easy. It’s…
Pep Guardiola has said he wouldn’t completely shut the door on a January move for Alexis Sanchez, and again asked referees to protect players after Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne were injured in Sunday’s draw at Crystal Palace. Asked whether City will make a move when the transfer window reopens on Jan. 1, Guardiola said: “I don’t know. He is a player for Arsenal and I think he is going to stay there. “We will have internal meetings and see what is for the best, but he is an Arsenal player and I think he will be [after January].”…
Oritsefemi is getting criticisms for the comments he made about his wedding been better than any of the current musical shows held. Oritsefemi had gone to his Twitter page where he made these comments; “All them shows put together no even loud like my wedding ceremony… Na confirmed yan,” he tweeted on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He just didn’t end it there, he went on to refer to the musical concerts as “Shaku Shaku events.” Well, guess he didn’t see it coming as a number of Nigerians had a lot of replies for him which, well, didn’t sound nice. Oritsefemi…
Iceberg Slim has once again made his feelings knwon about how he could not care less what anyone thinks of his relationship with Juliet Ibrahim. He said “We are actually the same age and she is not taller than me, except when she wears shoes with high heels. I don’t care if people think she is older than me or she has more money. A relationship is shared between the two people involved in it so if anybody has anything to say about our relationship, they should feel free, but it does not faze us. I mean, even Jesus Christ…
After reports of being a prostitute before her marriage to Oritsefemi, Nabila Fash has responded to her critics on social media and it is nothing like we expected. An instagram user recently basked Oritsefemi’s new wife and branded her a prostitute. But not only did she prove her worth and class, she managed to slide in a message on slut shaming. Orisefemi and Nabila tied the knot in a star-studded event on November 25, 2017, in The Ark, Okunde Blue Water Drive, Lekki, Lagos.
Olu Jacobs is dazzling his fans with some secrets on how he toasted his lovely wife, Joke Silva, 40 years ago. He revealed that it had been love at first sight for him seeing as he fell in love with her that very day. He said: “I was invited to come and do a play by the national theatre. I was living in England at the time. I was to play lead in Wole Soyinka’s “The trials of Brother Jero”. We were having the production when the door opened and this lady walked in. I said excuse me, ladies and…
It seems that holiday beauty rules can be at once broken and reinforced, all with a bit of strategic styling. She stepped out at Jay-Z’s 4:44 concert in Los Angeles with a December-ready leg reveal furthered by classically colored detailing. A leather dress that inched ever-higher played well with barely-there strappy sandals, each note serving as a reminder that winter weather is an entirely different game on the West Coast. But along with the skin-is-in moment came a reimagined showing of the season’s storied cocktail of red and green, sparking imaginations and quietly turning the combination from camp to cool.…
It was an special moment as Davido ensured that members of Nigeria’s legendary but defunct record label, Mo’Hits, reunited for one more performance. Led by Don Jazzy, the group comprising of D’banj, Wande Coal, D’Prince, Dr Sid, and Kay Switch made a comeback. They performed some of their classic hits such as ‘Pere’, ‘Booty call’, ‘Give it to me’, ‘Pop something’ and ‘Suddenly’. Davido’s newfound romance with Wizkid continued at his final ’30 Billion’ concert. The singer brought Wizkid onstage at his concert. The singer called Wizkid “My new best friend,” before they went on to perform Starboy’s latest hit…
Davido has spoken about rift between Psquare. This was in response to questions on why they did not perform at his N30 billion concert. He preached unity on his snapchat page and said the Psquare brothers could not perform at the show because Paul had a show in Calabar. According to him, there is no beef between the brothers as reported. He said “Let us preach unity, Psquare were ready to perform but one of them Paul was not present but Peter Okoye was at the show. “He already had a show which made it impossible for them to perform…
James Harden has long been a fan of Meek Mill. The Houston Rockets star danced to the embattled rapper’s music on social media, invited him to perform at his birthday party and played in a charity basketball game with him over the summer. So, when the NBA schedule afforded him a chance to visit Mill in Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution after Christmas, Harden seized the opportunity. Harden visited the rapper on Tuesday, between Houston’s Christmas Day game against the Thunder in Oklahoma City and a national TV matchup with the Celtics in Boston on Thursday, according to reports. Harden plans…
Eminem’s performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards won the notice of plenty of rap fans and TV pundits, but it failed in its main goal: trolling Donald Trump. “I feel like he’s not paying attention to me,” Eminem said in an interview after he called Trump “a kamikaze that’ll probably cause a nuclear holocaust,” among other things, in the viral clip. “I was kind of waiting for him to say something, and for some reason, he didn’t say anything.” Eminem hinted that he had comeback lines prewritten in case the president had called him out in Twitter—which, in turn, led…
That law enforcement agents occasionally take advantage of their status as uniformed men to oppress unsuspecting citizens is not news. Little wonder Nigerian musicians have passionately condemned the unethical practice, calling on the government to scrap the Special Anti Robbery Squad arm of the Nigeria Police Force. In a series of tweets on social media, top musicians including Don Jazzy, Olamide, Simi, Falz, Reekado Banks, Dremo, Jon Ogah, DJ Spinall, Sam Klef, Tjan, Lil Kesh among others, called on the federal government to scrap the SARS unit of the Police Force as a result of their excesses. “Over 100,000 tweets…
Former acting governor of Taraba State, Sani Danladi, has announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives’ Congress (APC). He said, “We are on our way to my local government where I will this Tuesday defect to APC, from ward level to local before state.” He also denied that he has any problems with the state’s governor, Darius Ishaku, saying, “I’m not at loggerhead with anyone, but politics is all about interest, and this is where my people want me to go and bring change in the political landscape of our dear state.” A PDP…
Rochas Okorocha has declared that he is bigger than Imo State and the entire country. He further explained “No, when I say “bigger”, I mean that this is not the only place I belong to. I mean I have gone beyond being an Imo man, beyond being a Nigerian. I am now an African.” He proceeded to say: “So, don’t put me like a small rat in a small hole. I have a bigger image than what people see. If you say I run a family government, that means I run a very big government. I have thirty commissioners.” He…