Manchester United are set to make another world recording signing as they increasingly confident of signing Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid in the summer. United last summer splash a world record fee for Paul Pogba and are set to repeat that feat for Griezmann. The Premier League giants are ready to match Griezmann’s buy-out clause that is set at €100m. According to reports from England, United are in advanced talks with reps of the forward and a verbal agreement has been reached between the two parties. Weekly wage and prospective shirt number have also been agreed as United look to…
Author: David Folami
Bayern Munich veteran midfielder Xabi Alonso has revealed his plans to retire at the end of the current season. Alonso has had a magnificent career that spanned 18 years filled with trophies at several clubs that include Liverpool and Real Madrid. According to German newspaper Sports Bild, the 35-year-old informed Bayern Munich of his decision to retire at the end of the 2016/2017 season. Although the club has accepted his decision, they are however reportedly kept the door open for the midfielder in the case that he changes his mind. Alonso started what turned out to be a prolific career…
Tiwa Savage’s estranged husband, Tee Billz in a post shared on Instagram on January 17, 2017, talks about mental health again. The manager who has been undergoing therapy took to the photo sharing app talking about stigmatisation of people suffering from mental disorder. He shared a photo of Jay Z carrying a placard with the words, “I got 99 problems and stigma is 1.” He wrote alongside it, “Mental illness is not a life choice, but ignorance and stigma are…. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #14daysMentalHealthAwareness #14daysMHW #Day9 #SayNO2IgnoranceandStigma. Tee Billz recently revealed he’s undergoing therapy. Although not your usual therapy sessions, it…
Tonto Dikeh’s husband, Oladunni Churchill has just proved they are very much together thank you! Last week, various media outlets reported the end of Tonto Dikeh’s marriage but the couple are still together. The businessman and philanthropist shared the photo above of himself and Tonto at a charity match recently. “Rise to the challenge with confidence. #bigchurchfoundation,” he arote alongside the photo. Apparently, no side chick can hold him back from his true love…. This comes after it was reported that a certain woman stepped into the picture. Tonto Dikeh also fuelled the rumours when she removed her husband’s surname…
Days after flaunting a brand new 2017 Range Rover and a Mercedes 2017 GLA250, Davido is showing off his ‘hard earned’ cash. The ‘Omo baba olowo’ showed off bundles of 100 dollar bills on Snapchat. Davido has been on a roll since last year always flaunting cash and his expensive lifestyle on Snapchat. In a space of 13 days, he got himself two cars worth millions of Naira and was the opening act at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Meanwhile, Davido continues to prove the recession has got nothing on him. When he showed off his white gleaming…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was unable to inspire Gabon to a first win of the African Nations Cup as the hosts drew 1-1 with Burkina Faso in Group A. The Borussia Dortmund striker converted a first-half penalty, cancelling out Prejuce Nakoulma’s opener at Stade de l’Amitie, as Gabon had to settle for a second successive draw. Their further participation in the tournament now depends on Sunday’s final group game against Cameroon, when even victory may not be enough. Burkina Faso have now drawn nine of their last 22 African Nations Cup group games. They next face Guinea-Bissau. Aubameyang struck a third-minute free…
Pep Guardiola’s season, and that of the team he steers, has reached a pivotal moment. The enormity of the challenge, the steady accumulation of problems to attend to and the gradual realisation of how deep they run have brought things to a head. Once again, City’s dirty washing is out and in clear view for everyone to see. Never before has the Catalan coach been confronted with such a scenario. Breaking new geographical ground was an obvious first, as was pitting his wits against the power and glory of the Premier League, but now Guardiola faces a multipronged challenge that…
It has been a whirlwind weekend for Chelsea and striker Diego Costa. After it was reported that the Spain international was dropped from Antonio Conte’s squad following a row with the club’s physios, it emerged that Costa was the subject of a bid from Chinese Super League side reported to be Tianjin Quanjian. News over the weekend emerged that the West London club were adamant to hold on to their leading scorer. On Monday, however, that’s changed, as the Telegraph report that Conte is set to offload the striker in the summer. As this will-he-won’t-he unfolds, we asked Chelsea bloggers…
Something strange happened on Sunday afternoon. Not only did Marouane Fellaini come inches away from scoring the all-important equaliser in Manchester United’s game against Liverpool, only for the post to deny him, but Jurgen Klopp exposed a side of himself that maybe we haven’t seen before. It’s understandable that Klopp will have be frustrated to see his team concede six minutes before the end of the match. On the back of losing to 13th-placed Southampton in the League Cup and drawing 0-0 at home to League 2 side Plymouth Argyle, Liverpool really could have done with a result at Old…
Kelechi Iheanacho has told The Players’ Tribune that he had to save up around 15p ($0.18) to watch Sergio Aguero’s famous goal that secured the Premier League title for Manchester City in 2012. Iheanacho was a 15-year-old in his native Nigeria when his now teammate Aguero scored a 94th-minute winner on the final day of the season to clinch a 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers and City’s first title in 44 years. Iheanacho had never watched City before but says the moment had a big impact on him — and four years on, the strikers are now lining up…
There is a curious tendency in sport to see an outward show of emotion as some kind of transgression which is not to be tolerated; any expression of character an unwelcome diversion from the clean, clear lines along which our experience of the game should run. Alexis Sanchez’s “sulk” against Swansea City was one such moment, but there are many. You can see it in the attempt to make a unique individual like Lewis Hamilton conform to convention or the rush to vilify Nick Kyrgios when he shows his personality, warts and all, during a meltdown on a tennis court.…
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has said he wants to finish his career at the club. Bailly, currently away with Ivory Coast at the African Nations Cup, joined United last summer from Villarreal. The 22-year-old has since gone on to prove himself a key player for Jose Mourinho, and is hopeful of staying at Old Trafford for many years to come. “Hopefully I can play in Manchester all my life,” Bailly told sport360. “I am very happy here because it is such a great club. It is such an honour to play for this club and I hope I can…
Manchester United have agreed a deal to sell Memphis Depay to Lyon in a transfer worth a potential €25m to the Premier League club, sources have confirmed. Depay, a £25m signing from PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 2015, will fly to France on Wednesday ahead of a medical on Thursday. The Dutch winger has proven to be a huge disappointment at Old Trafford since United held off interest from Paris Saint-Germain to sign the 22-year-old. L’Equipe reported on Wednesday that the deal is not finalised but that a fee was agreed. But with United wary of completely cutting their…
Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw will get a chance to impress in the coming games as he tries to fight his way back into Jose Mourinho’s plans, Press Association Sport has reported. Shaw, who spent 10 months out following a double leg break suffered in September 2015, has seen his comeback disrupted by minor injuries. Those issues have restricted the 21-year-old’s playing time, and he has not featured since limping off at half-time in the EFL Cup quarterfinal against West Ham seven weeks ago. But the England international has been training since the start of last week. Mourinho chose not…
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to strengthen security in boundary communities between Akwa Ibom and Cross River. The house made this known on Wednesday while noting that the move will forestall further loss of lives and property. The house also urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to send relief materials to the affected communities. This followed a motion by Rep. Henry Archibong, representing Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom, which was unanimously adopted by members through a voice vote. Moving the motion, Archibong said that there had been crises between the Ibibios in Itu…
Mr Chuks Sokari, the Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Awka, on Wednesday said the country was gradually becoming self-sufficient in rice production going by its availability during the Yuletide. Sokari said this during a town hall meeting in Awka with stakeholders involved in the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme for rice production in Anambra. He said the key role played by stakeholders in the country, especially in the state, contributed largely to the increase in rice yield in 2016. “I am confident that through this CBN programme, rice production will double in this country. “By extension, this is sure…
The Chairman of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko, says cattle rustlers had been returning stolen animals following peace dialogue in the State. He added that they had also, through their leader, promised to return more and surrender weapons as proof that the peace moves were yielding enormous results. Tanko, who spoke with journalists in Gusau on Wednesday, said the committee headed by the State’s Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, met all stakeholders in the area recently where peace was agreed to. According to him, the committee had equally gone round communities and rural markets across the…
The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group has said it will not stop demanding the release of the remaining Chibok Girls. Speaking after returning from the guided tour of Sambisa forest, the group’s convener, Dr Oby Ezekwesili the BBOG remains resilient until the remaining girls in Boko Haram’s captivity are rescued. She stated this on Tuesday, January 17, at a briefing in Abuja following an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operation to the Sambisa forest, which used to be the terror group’s primary abode. Ezekwesili, however, commended the Nigerian Air Force on its innovative use of technology. She said: “By…
A Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday fixed Feb. 13 to hear a suit by ex-first lady, Patience Jonathan against the EFCC seeking to unfreeze her account. Also joined in the suit are; Skye Bank Plc, and a former Special Assistant to ex-President Jonathan, Waripama-Owei Dudafa. Others include Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Ltd, Transocean Property and Investment Company Ltd and Globus Integrarted Service Ltd. The ex-first lady is demanding the sum of 200 million dollars from the commission as damages for infringing on her rights. She also prayed the court to issue…
The Nigerian Navy said on Wednesday that it had deployed troops to Rivers on a special operation code-named “Operation Rivers Sweep”. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. James Oluwole, disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of inauguration of residential quarters for troops in Port Harcourt. Oluwole said the deployment which began on Jan. 7 was aimed at tackling the rising activities of illegal bunkerers in Onne Local Government Area of the state. “Operation Rivers Sweep was activated on Jan. 7 to stem the tide of increasing and disturbing reports of illegal bunkering in Onne general…