Championship side Huddersfield Town earned themselves a fifth-round replay with Manchester City after holding Pep Guardiola’s men to a 0-0 draw at the John Smith’s Stadium. Huddersfield thought they had taken the lead in the 27th minute after Philip Billing forced the ball over the line following a corner, but the goal was disallowed for offside. City went close to breaking the deadlock shortly before the break through Sergio Aguero but was thwarted by Joel Coleman, with Huddersfield able to keep out the Premier League side in the second half.
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Rio Ferdinand claims John Stones’ progress at Manchester City has been hampered by Pep Guardiola’s tactical demands and the injury-enforced absence of Vincent Kompany. Stones, 22, has endured a difficult first season at the Etihad Stadium following his £47.5 million summer arrival from Everton, with the England international at times having been forced to sit on the sidelines with Guardiola selecting left-back Aleksandar Kolarov at centre-back. Stones continues to be regarded as one of the brightest young prospects in English football, despite the teething problems at City which have led to accusations of over-playing and an inability to focus on…
Antonio Conte says Chelsea are setting their sights on achieving an historic Double by winning the Premier League and FA Cup this season, but the coach warned it will be “difficult” to fulfill their ambitions in both competitions. Goals from Pedro Rodriguez and Diego Costa saw Chelsea book their place in the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over a stubborn Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Saturday, and the Blues will now turn their attentions back to the Premier League, where they enjoy an eight-point lead over nearest rivals Manchester City. Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager in Chelsea’s…
Pep Guardiola faces a double selection quandary as he prepares for an FA Cup fifth round visit to in-form Championship club Huddersfield Town on Saturday. The Manchester City manager, still active on three fronts as he seeks silverware in his first season in the English game, will be without injured Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus who broke a metatarsal in this week’s league victory at Bournemouth. The talented teenager, who had scored three goals in as many league games since his January arrival, may not play again this season, with estimates putting his rehabilitation period at two to three months. Jesus…
The naturally brunette Kim Kardashian showed off her newly dyed hair on Snapchat last night as the reality star wished her former BFF, Paris Hilton, who celebrated her 36th yesterday, a happy birthday with a selfie of herself – as per typical Kim style. It won’t be the first time Kim has tried the hair colour as she’d gone blonde a number of times in the past. But she always returns to her favoured dark colour. Whatever the case may be, we’re loving the new look!
It’s okay to call Rihanna the queen of giving zero fuck about what anyone thinks. And during last night’s Grammy Awards, the singer was caught doing all sorts of stuff normal celebs won’t do – at least not at a prestigious event like the Grammys. She was seen sharing alcohol while the show was going on she served some serious side-eye she was even facetiming she blew a kiss to Beyonce… she danced like she was high she looked like she was going to glow the hell out of us. While giving zero fucks, she was still seen with her…
Toyin Aimakhu has unveiled The Untold Story, 10 months after the failure of her reality TV show titled Keeping Up With Toyin Aimakhu. KUWTA was projected to be Nigeria’s Keeping up with the Kardashians, but it failed after its last season in April 2016, with the videos taken down from her website. The actress, who said singing, dancing, and cooking are her hobbies, is yet to talk about the most important thing her fans really want to know after one year. Toyin has been in the news more for her romance with ‘filmmaker’ Seun Egbegbe (than ANY other project) since…
Social activist, Charles Oputa aka “Charly Boy” has said that Nigeria’s future has been stolen by wicked and insensitive politicians. Charly Boy also said that Nigeria’s youth have been corrupted by inaction and fear. He made the comments during an interview with Punch. “Reality bites. I hope Nigerians can now see the disadvantage of waiting for my “turn to chop”. We are all guilty. The youths have been corrupted by their docility, inaction and fear,” he said. “The future of the youths has been stolen by very wicked, vile and insensitive politicians whose sole purpose of governance is to enrich…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it will contest a court judgment which confirmed Ali Modu Sheriff as the rightful PDP Chairman. The judgment was given by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday, February 17. The PDP announced that it would challenge the decision at the Supreme Court. The opposition party also blamed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the court’s decision. “Two out of the 3 man Justices of the Appeal Court gave a scanty judgment in favour of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff while one for Makarfi,” PDP wrote via Twitter. “The…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it will contest a court judgment which confirmed Ali Modu Sheriff as the rightful PDP Chairman. The judgment was given by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday, February 17. The PDP announced that it would challenge the decision at the Supreme Court. The opposition party also blamed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the court’s decision. “Two out of the 3 man Justices of the Appeal Court gave a scanty judgment in favour of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff while one for Makarfi,” PDP wrote via Twitter. “The…
Another round of the FA Cup, another lament on the commitment shown to the competition by English football’s leading clubs. This time it’s Gary Lineker, speaking as lead host of television live rights-holding BBC. “I feel sad for the old competition,” he said this week ahead of the fifth round. “It’s not the biggest circus in town anymore but it’s still got something.” Lineker, 56, and a winner with Tottenham in 1991, spoke as someone brought up with the FA Cup final as the match that transfixed a nation, each stop on the road to Wembley producing a dramatic story.…
Wayne Rooney could quit Manchester United for the Chinese Super League against Jose Mourinho’s wishes, according to the Telegraph, with multiple clubs in China hopeful of convincing the England captain to leave Old Trafford in the next fortnight. The report states that Rooney, who has not started a Premier League game since Dec. 17, has reportedly received offers of at least £32 million a year and, while a move is more likely to take place in the summer, Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou Evergrande have not given up hope of landing the 31-year-old before the end of the transfer window in…
Manchester United starlet Marcus Rashford must take his chance to impress Jose Mourinho if he plays against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup this weekend, according to Wes Brown. Brown, now a player-coach at Championship side Blackburn, will not want Rashford to do too well, but insists that the 19-year-old needs to make the most of his opportunities if he gets his first start in three games. “It’s hard,” the 37-year-old told the MEN. “I remember when I got through, it’s not as bad as this, but you know you have got a couple of games to show what you…
Expensive Music Gang Entertainment frontline act Expensive features Solidstar in ‘Confirm it’. The song passes for a party starter type of jam. Get a feel of it.
Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime will be among some 1,500 people invited to the debut screening of “First They Killed My Father”, directed by Jolie and based on the memoirs of Loung Ung. Loung Ung was five years old when Khmer Rouge troops, led by Pol Pot, swept into Phnom Penh plunging her family into a harrowing…
Friday, February 10, 2017, was day 19 of the Big Brother Naija. In case you missed the events of the day, Pulse Movies pulls together five things that happened yesterday on the reality show. Check them out below: 1) ThinTallTony is once again the winner of this weeks arena games after he scooped the win last week. This time, he chose to share his reward with TBoss, Kemen and Bally. 2) Gifty admits to being the biggest romantic in the house following the consensus that she is the “love mistress” in the house. 3) Ese starts to feel the heat…
Some residents of Gaube and Kwakwu communities in Kuje Area Council, FCT, on Friday decried the deplorable state of roads, epileptic power supply and lack of potable water in their area. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje that the poor state of infrastructure had hindered economic and social development in the area. Mr Amos Sabo, a resident of Gaube community, blamed the Kuje Area Council for the poor state of the road. “This is the only road linking this community and we have approached the council on the need to either tar it…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it will improve existing synergy with other security agencies in its internal security duties in Enugu state, to achieve security goals with ease and fewer resources. The Commander, 155 Base Service Group of NAF in Enugu, Air Commodore Paul Masiyer, said this after the Quarterly Routine Match of NAF officers and men in its formations in Enugu on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials of Federal Road safety Corps; Prison service and National Youth Service Corps joined in the 10-kilometre match that lasted for over four hours. “We want…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari refused to celebrate her 46th birthday just to be with the needy. According to a report by Daily Trust, the President’s wife, who turned 46 on Friday, February 17, 2017, she did not celebrate her birthday as a show of feelings for Nigerians who are suffering and the underprivileged. In the words of Suleiman Haruna, the Director of Information in the Office of the Wife of the President: “She did not celebrate her birthday. She only marked it with the distribution of gifts to patients in some hospitals in Abuja. Even at her…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola warned on Friday that teen sensation Gabriel Jesus could be out of action for up to three months and might not play again until next season. The 19-year-old Brazil striker, who has scored three goals in five games since joining City in the January transfer window, broke a bone in his foot during City’s 2-0 win away to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Monday. “He’s coming back when he is fit,” Guardiola told a news conference on Friday. “I don’t know if it will be the end of this season or next season… His…