Former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo’s professionalism and has nothing but praise for the Portuguese superstar. Ronaldo was key to Ancelotti becoming the man to finally land Madrid’s 10th European Cup in the 2013-14 season. And the future Bayern Munich boss has lauded the three-time Ballon d’Or winner. “Cristiano Ronaldo bathed in ice at three o’clock in the morning, even if Irina [Shayk] was waiting for him at home,” Ancelotti told the Financial Times. “He wasn’t bothered about the money; he only wanted to be the best. “I can’t go into details but I can tell…
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Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has hailed Antoine Griezmann ahead of next week’s Champions League final against Real Madrid and labelled the France international as one of the three best players in the world. Griezmann has been a key figure for Atletico this campaign, scoring 32 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions, and Simeone puts him in the same bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “Griezmann clearly has a lot of talent. He has worked very hard, pushed himself and knows how to listen,” Simeone said at a news conference. “The best way to improve in any job…
Manchester United might lose out on their top transfer target, Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang from Borussia Dortmund. Following his impressive season for Dortmund, offers are expected from leading clubs around Europe for the current African Player of the Year. According to Daily Mail, Manchester United chiefs fear they could miss out forward due to the player’s reservations over Louis van Gaal. There have been concerns within the club that Van Gaal’s heavily-criticised tactics will prevent them from signing their top transfer targets. In the course of the season, it was reported that Manchester United senior players complained of the approached of the…
Ottmar Hitzfeld feels Pep Guardiola is under pressure to succeed in the DFB-Pokal final against Borussia Dortmund, but does not believe the Berlin showdown should impact upon his legacy as Bayern Munich boss. Guardiola will end his three-season tenure in Saturday’s showpiece at the Olympiastadion, aiming to add a second Pokal to three Bundesliga crowns. Former Bayern boss Hitzfeld believes the famously rigorous Guardiola will not allow himself to switch off for the final match before he departs for Manchester City but believes the ex-Barcelona coach’s legacy in German football is secure despite failing to secure a Champions League trophy.…
Manchester United won the FA Cup for the first time since 2004 with a 2-1 extra-time win over Crystal Palace thanks to a superb volley by substitute Jesse Lingard at Wembley on Saturday. The game had been locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes with Jason Puncheon coming off the bench to put London side Palace ahead in the 78th before Juan Mata equalised three minutes later. United had Chris Smalling sent off after 105 minutes but Lingard popped up five minutes later to give manager Louis van Gaal a first trophy in his two years at Old Trafford. “It’s fantastic…
Nollywood actress Stella Damasus who has had her fair share of negativity and criticism following her marriage to Daniel Ademinokan. In a new post on her blog, Damasus shares her personal tips on dealing with haters and trolls. She wrote: 1. Acknowledge the fact that haters thrive on Hate. It is a negative attribute/trait which kills internally and fast. 2. If you claim to be a positive person, don’t waste your time dwelling on the negative. 3. You need to understand the fact that these people are HURTING within themselves. They need to escape from that hurt or take it…
Lyricist on a roll, Vector Tha Viper returns on a Mekoyo produced beat with the record, ‘What’s That’. This is quite a groovy one. The singer goes witty and lyrical on a lady who has plans to reject his sexual advances. He also goes further and sarcastically goes in on a guy without set priorities.
Beyonce seems to have moved on quite well, as she is making serious efforts to make her relationship with her father and former manager, Matthew Knowles, work. The singer who had a massive falling out with her dad back in 2011 when she fired him from his role as her manager, was pushed even further after news of his cheating on her mum, Tina Knowles had emerged, a situation made worse by their divorce. Beyonce had hinted at a renewal of her relationship with Matthew in her surprise album, “Lemonade”, but this new selfie of the pair solidifies the fact.…
Ciara’s son, Future Zahir turned two years old today, May 19, 2016, and she shared the most beautiful words to mark his special day. The singer shared a stunning black and white shot of herself and Future Jr. from a shoot when he was only a few months old, as she gushed about him via her Instagram page. Commenting on the photo, Ciara wrote: “It Was Just Yesterday I Was Holding You In My Arms Like I Am In This Photo. Now My Angel Baby Boy Is 2 Years Old!!….Running Around, Talking Up A Storm, Learning Fast & Getting Into…
Tyga, in a fit of anger and maybe a little jealousy, may have leaked a sex tape featuring himself and reality star ex -girlfriend, Kylie Jenner via his website. UK Daily Mail reports that the rapper leaked a sex tape with Kylie on his website earlier today, May 19, 2016, but had taken it down 30 minutes later. The reports also reveal that the 18-year-old model is ‘freaked out’ that the intimate video will get into the wrong hands after it had reportedly appeared on the 26-year-old rapper’s official website, Tygasworld.com. A source disclosed saying: “Tyga will not sign off…
HKN boss, Davido, who is also signed to Sony BMG Music Entertainment, has just revealed people are stealing his money. Davido who has a misunderstanding with his label mate, B-Red took to Snapchat to make this revelation. Begging God for calmness, the singer revealed people are stealing from him. “Oh Lord keep me calm…. They stealing my money now.” All this comes after the singer came out to accuse his signed act, B-Red of ‘hating’ on him over the success of his newly signed artiste Mayorkun. He also created a new imprint, Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) to cater for his…
Following relationship rumours trailing Falz and Simi, the rapper has finally cleared the air. Falz has moved to dispel reports he is in a romantic affair with Simi. The rapper during his recent sit-down session with Dorcas Shola Fapson for the new episode of ‘The Juice’, was quick to say the songstress is currently in a relationship and it isn’t with him. “Simi and I is just music. It’s musical chemistry, we get along so well,” he said, adding, “There’s no triangle. She does have a boyfriend and it is not me.” While declining to reveal the identity of Simi’s…
Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo in an interview with Kehinde Bankole of Broadway Africa opens up on her ex-boyfriend and marriage. The ‘Wives on Strike’ actress when asked about her ex-boyfriend, Ikechukwu Uche giving her money during their relationship had this to say, “It’s always insulting to me, that line of thought, because even While I was in that relationship, I have heard members of his family thought some of my cars where…. and he has never given me money, which he knows. Never!” “I have been working since I was 14 years old. I personally saw myself through school, not…
Popular Nigerian singer 9ice has just revealed men are supposed to have more than one wife. The unapologetic polygamist in an interview with Ebony Life TV disclosed that due to the amount of women in the country, marrying one would make others useless. According to him, “We have more women currently. If one man marries just one wife, other women will be useless. I’m a product of a polygamous family, that is why I am also productive; because there are more women than men, it would be unfair if a man marries one wife.” Recall that 9ice is a father…
Kylie Jenner has some serious rebound skills as she has been reported to have bought a new Calabasas mansion worth $6m. TMZ reports that the 18-year-old reality star has put up her old home which she had purchased barely one year ago at $2.7m, in exchange for her new pad in hidden hills, Calabasas, Carlifonia. Kylie’s new home is reported to be located within the same neighbourhood as her mum, Kris Jenner, and sister, Kim Kardashian’s homes. The new crib boasts six bedrooms, seven baths, a pool, wine cellar plus a gigantic walk-in closet described to be as big as…
Luis Suarez never expected to replace Lionel Messi as Barcelona’s number nine when he moved to the Spanish giants from Liverpool in 2014. Suarez has made remarkable improvements on already good form since swapping Anfield for Camp Nou and capped off a second successive La Liga-winning campaign with the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top goalscorer. Suarez scored 40 goals from 35 appearances in the league this season, pipping Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo to the award with a hat-trick on the final day of the league season and, more remarkably, usurped Messi as Barca’s preferred central striker in the process.…
Cristiano Ronaldo has proven himself the man for the big occasion this season and could decide the Champions League final, former striker Ivan Zamorano has said. The Portugal star has scored 16 goals – including a hat-trick in the quarter-final against Wolfsburg and goals in each leg of the last-16 tie with Roma – during Real Madrid’s run to the final this term, putting him one shy of his own scoring record in a single season, set in their victorious 2013-14 campaign. And Zamorano, who won La Liga and the Copa del Rey in a four-year spell at the Santiago…
Andre-Pierre Gignac admits that France will miss three important players in Karim Benzema, Mathieu Valbuena and Mamadou Sakho at Euro 2016. Valbuena was omitted from the provisional squad by Didier Deschamps after the coach revealed he had concerns over the midfielder’s fitness following injury problems. The 31-year-old’s place in the squad had already been called into question due to the scandal which saw Benzema removed from Deschamps’ plans. The Real Madrid striker was charged with complicity in an attempt to blackmail and participating in a criminal conspiracy as part of an investigation into a sex-tape plot involving Valbuena. Sakho, meanwhile,…
Spain are the double defending champions heading into Euro 2016, but head coach Vicente del Bosque admits his squad is not perfect. Under Luis Aragones, Spain ended their 44-year wait for a major international trophy by seeing off Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final. Del Bosque subsequently took over and guided the team to World Cup glory in 2010 before a successful defence of their European Championship title with a 4-0 demolition of Italy two years later. A dismal World Cup 2014 saw them eliminated in the group stages in Brazil, but Del Bosque is optimistic a new-look squad…
Dieter Hoeness is confident there will be no let-up from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich when they face Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal final on Saturday. Bayern clinched the league title this month and will hope to complete another domestic double by seeing off Thomas Tuchel’s men at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The game is Pep Guardiola’s last in charge of Bayern before he joins Manchester City and Hoeness believes that will give the players even more motivation. He told Omnisport: “I think winning the cup is extremely important for Pep Guardiola, because he wants to say goodbye with a title.…