Borussia Dortmund have been hit by fresh injury problems ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga clash at Werder Bremen with midfielders Sebastian Rode and Emre Mor the latest to be ruled out. The German league restarts after the four-week winter break, but Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel has a dwindling pool of players. Top striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Gabon while Germany defender Sven Bender is out for the foreseeable future with an ankle injury. Meanwhile French winger Ousmane Dembele (hip) and Greece defender Sokratis (ankle) are still doubtful after picking up strains at Dortmund’s training camp…
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has acknowledged England left-back Luke Shaw is enduring a testing period in his Old Trafford career due to illness and injury. Shaw, 21, spent most of last season recovering from a double leg break sustained in September 2015 and has made only 12 starts since Mourinho succeeded Louis van Gaal in the close season. Despite reports Shaw could be on his way out, Mourinho gave no indication that United are open to offers for him, but he did concede the former Southampton player is having a tough time of it. Asked if Shaw’s history of…
City’s 4-0 thrashing at Everton last Sunday was the heaviest league loss of Pep Guardiola’s glittering managerial career and left them languishing 10 points behind Chelsea after a second defeat in their last three league games. That prompted Guardiola to write off City’s title hopes and led critics to question whether the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona chief can succeed in England. Tottenham pose another threat to Guardiola’s equilibrium after reeling off a six-game winning run. But Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, who handed Guardiola his first defeat as City boss in October, is certain his rival will eventually make his…
Chelsea will bid to put the Diego Costa crisis behind them when the Premier League leaders host Hull, while title chasing Tottenham aim to maintain their hot streak at troubled Manchester City on Saturday. Blues striker Costa reportedly clashed with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte last week over the club’s treatment of his back injury. Amid reports that Costa was also the subject of a lucrative offer from Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian, Conte kept his players focused as they crushed Leicester 3-0 last weekend despite the absence of the Spain striker. With Chelsea refusing to consider selling their leading…
Popular Yoruba actress, Lizzy Anjorin is a proud pet lover. And as seen in the video, her loyal dogs rejoice excitedly as they welcome their cheerful owner back home after weeks abroad. ‘Home sweet home,’ she wrote. ‘Just few weeks away see friends that appreciate 3 meals a day, see loyalty, see love, see man best FRIEND.’ Lizzy recently arrived Nigeria after spending weeks in the United Kingdom to promote her new movie, Owo Naira Bet.
It’s one of the most open races the Premier League has witnessed for years, with various clubs represented and seemingly no fewer than seven potential winners. But we’re not talking about the title race. No, Chelsea are odds-on favourites to win the league. Instead, the battle for the leading scorer’s Golden Boot is set to provide plenty of entertainment for the rest of the campaign. Saturday sees a particularly exciting head-to-head battle, because the last two winners of the award meet at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero triumphed in 2014-15, with 26 goals, while Tottenham’s Harry Kane won…
Aid group, Medicine Sans Frontier (MSF) has said that up to 170 people might have died in the accidental bomb attack on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Rann, Borno State. The Nigerian Air Force accidentally dropped bombs on the camp on Tuesday, January 17, after being informed that it was a terrorist hideout. MSF, also known as Doctors without Borders, made the revelation via a statement released by General Director, Bruno Jochum on Friday, January 20. The statement reads: “The death toll continues to rise following the horrific military attack on civilians in Rann, Nigeria, according to latest…
Tonto Dikeh and Mercy Johnson have never been friends. The two stars have always butted heads, which was especially made more obvious when Tonto refused to attend Mercy’s wedding, then went ahead to criticize her for rushing back into acing barely few months after marriage and childbirth. The bitterness in Tonto’s tone towards Mercy has never been hidden. Earlier today, Tonto finally made a move to apologize for her unkindness towards the mother of three. She took to her Instagram page to write a heartfelt message, which Mercy immediately accepted and replied, amidst tears. Posting a photo of her former…
The results are in for Nollywood box office hits in 2016. And while they may be surprising to some, lovers of Nollywood must have seen it coming. According to numbers released to TNS by Film One Distribution, Iretiola Doyle has emerged the most bankable actress in Nollywood in the past year. The reason is quite obvious. Let’s break it down for you. In 2016, the actress appeared in three out of the 15 films that topped the box office. Those films include The Wedding Party, which grossed in N203m, Dinner, which grossed in N22m and The Arbitration, which grossed in…
Following the box office success of 30 Days in Atlanta and A Trip to Jamaica, AY Makun has announced his next movie, ’10 Day in Sin City’ The comedian took to Instagram to share a photo from his production meeting. ‘Production meeting is in progress for my new movie. #10DaysInSuncity #travel2sa #flysaanigeria,’ he wrote. From the movie title, 10 Days in Sin City will follow the lead character’s trip to South Africa.
A group of protesters in Abuja have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and prosecute Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose over his alleged involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud. The protesters, under the umbrella of the “Patriotic Mothers Without Borders,” invaded the EFCC headquarters on Friday, January 20, to make the demand. “The gravity of the crime does not permit that we wait indefinitely for Fayose to leave office; he would have finished spending his share of the loot by then, and he has all the time to destroy evidence,” Convener of the…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will take power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. Fayose made the comment on Friday, January 20, after emerging as the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. “I take this responsibility at a time the party needs somebody to stand up. I am sure you all know that we will do it to represent Nigerians well,” he said. “It is a call to pull the walls of Jericho down; it is a call to make a difference. “I want to assure you that within the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom state has threatened to sue Senator Nelson Effiong for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Effiong, who represents the Akwa Ibom South District, dumped the opposition party during the Senate plenary session on Thursday, January 19. The Akwa Ibom PDP made the comments via a statement released by spokesman, Ini Ememobong. The statement reads: “The People’s Democratic Party Akwa Ibom State has received with mixed feelings the announcement of the defection of Senator Nelson Effiong, who was elected on the platform of our great Party to represent the people of Akwa…
Just months after facing a terrible robbery ordeal where millions worth of jewelry was stolen from her, Kim Kardashian is getting ready to feature in upcoming movie, Ocean’s Eight. The star-studded movie which has Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna as some of the main characters has a jewelry heist as its major theme, a subject one would expect Kim to be averse to playing out in real life. Surprisingly, the reality star apparently has no qualms about featuring in it as she has been showing up for filming, which is currently going on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has taken the first step to stop media from promoting the leaked new song by Wizkid featuring Drake. ‘Hush Up the Silence’ was leaked on Saturday, January 14 and has been made ready for streaming and download on numerous online platforms. However, an email from IFPI stated in part, ‘We have learned that your service is making available, distributing and/or referring/linking users to infringing copies of the following sound recordings, the copyrights in which are exclusively owned or controlled by one or more IFPI Represented Companies. We are asking for your immediate assistance…
19-year-old model and BFF to Kylie Jenner, Jordyn Woods, recently lost her dad to cancer just two weeks after he was diagnosed. The teenager first took to Instagram to announce the sad news with a photo of herself and her dad along with the rest of their fmily with the caption: ‘Our angel’. Posting another photo of her dad alone, she wrote a message where she explained he’d only been diagnosed two weeks earlier ‘Last night heaven Got Another angel. My Daddy. Just two short weeks ago he was diagnosed with cancer and by that time it was too late.…
Steven Gerrard will return to Liverpool as an academy coach next month, the club have announced. The 36-year-old, who made 710 appearances for the Merseysiders and considered one of the greatest players in the club’s history, will take up a full-time, wide-ranging role at the Reds’ Kirkby youth complex. After an 18-month spell in Major League Soccer with the LA Galaxy, the move marks a return to a club where Gerrard spent 17 years as a professional and graduated from the academy where he will now work. The former Liverpool and England captain, who retired from football in November, has…
Pep Guardiola has defended the quality of Manchester City’s players and questioned whether he is a good enough coach for them. The City boss has all-but ruled his side out of the Premier League title race ahead of Saturday’s clash with second-placed Tottenham Hotspur who are three points clear of his side. City came in for plenty of criticism following their 4-0 defeat to Everton last Sunday but Guardiola said it was disrespectful to say his current squad isn’t what he has been used to with previous clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich. “They are good players. I have respect for…
Jose Mourinho hopes Memphis Depay performs so well at Lyon that the outgoing Manchester United winger one day returns to Old Trafford. Expectations were high in the summer of 2015 when Netherlands international Depay arrived in a big-money deal from PSV Eindhoven, but an underwhelming first season was followed by a difficult second campaign. The 22-year-old has made just one United start since Mourinho replaced Louis van Gaal in the summer and is has now joined Lyon in a deal Press Association Sport reports is in the region of €25 million (£21.7m). United have inserted a sell-on clause into the…
Antonio Conte insists he has no doubts about Diego Costa’s commitment to Chelsea and says he sees no reason why the striker would be booed by supporters at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Costa is available for selection again after missing Chelsea’s trip to Leicester City with what Conte insists was solely a back injury, though sources said last Friday that the 28-year-old had also been sent to train alone for three days and dropped following a training ground row with a fitness coach and a lucrative offer from Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian. Chelsea won 3-0 without Costa at…