Andre Gomes has returned to the national team as one of five changes made to the squad by Portugal coach Fernando Santos for the UEFA Nations League games against Italy and Poland. Gomes has not featured for A Selecao since a World Cup qualifier in March but has started in Everton’s last three league games since recovering from a muscular injury. Portugal travel to Milan to face Italy on Nov. 17 before facing Poland in Guimaraes three days later, still without Cristiano Ronaldo. The captain and national team’s all-time leading scorer is absent by mutual consent and is expected to…
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Anthony Martial has been recalled by France coach Didier Deschamps, after scoring five goals in his last four Premier League appearances. Martial, 22, has not featured for France regularly since the European Championship on home soil in 2016, although he did start the 3-1 friendly win away at 2018 World Cup hosts Russia in Saint Petersburg in March. “Anthony has had good times in blue but also some difficult, particularly at club level,” Deschamps told a news conference after he unveiled his latest squad. “What he does with Manchester United is close to what he is capable of, both in…
Barcelona have confirmed that Philippe Coutinho will be out for two to three weeks with a thigh injury. The Brazil international is set to miss the international break, as well as Barca’s game against Real Betis this Sunday. He could also miss their matches with Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven later this month. “The tests carried out this morning have confirmed that the first team player Coutinho has a small break in the femoral biceps of the left leg,” Barcelona’s statement said. “The approximate time of loss will be between two and three weeks.” Coutinho has been a key player…
Bayern Munich face the biggest threat to their Bundesliga dominance in recent years, president Uli Hoeness has said, ahead of a crucial top-of-the-table clash with Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund, unbeaten domestically this season, could open a seven-point gap at the top of the Bundesliga if they beat Bayern at the Westfalenstadion on Saturday. “We kept Dortmund at bay for six years now. It’s OK they are now on top,” Hoeness told reporters following the Champions League victory against AEK Athens on Wednesday. “I’ve said that we’ll pit ourselves against our decisions at the end of the season. “We are not as…
Getting a high-profile celebrity to help market a new up and coming release isn’t uncommon in video games. In the past few years, whether it’s Community stars Donald Glover and Dani Pudi doing a TV spot for 2014’s Far Cry 4, Michael B. Jordan helping to promote Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, or the “Clueless Gamer” series with Conan O’Brien, games have found ways to expand their promotional strategies. With a couple weeks remaining until the launch of Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Activision is dipping their toes into the same pool with an intriguing partnership. Reports of the marketing campaign…
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie have been at the center of false tabloid stories ever since it was announced earlier this year that they’d be co-starring in a movie together. Reports claimed that Pitt was ready to settle down with Robbie amid the two-year anniversary of his split from Angelina Jolie. The magazine said the actor wanted to get his life “back on track” by getting into a relationship with his co-star. Only, the actress is happily married to assistant director Tom Ackerley, so the premise was very unlikely. Meanwhile, reliable outlets such as “Entertainment Tonight” reported that Pitt “has…
She may have five albums, 15 Grammys, and a seriously cute family, but in this heartbreaking post Alicia Keys discusses her struggles with demons and crippling insecurities. Keys opens up about her journey toward self-acceptance, detailing her struggle to embrace her femininity and to be the person she wanted to be. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve hidden myself. It might have started in school when I realised that I caught on to things a little quicker, and teachers started to show slight favour to me, or use me as an example. I remember feeling like my friends…
Brie Larson has given fans a sneak peek at Captain Marvel ahead of the upcoming film, with one very specific purpose – she wants you to vote in the midterm elections. Turns out superheroes are just as interested in democracy as they are in saving the galaxy. Who knew? The image shows Captain Marvel hanging out in a phone booth surrounded by posters reading: ‘Rock The Vote’. Sharing the image on Instagram, Brie wrote: ‘CAPTAIN MARVOTE IS A BAD PUN BUT NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE VOTE TOMORROW.’ We can’t be 100% sure, but we think she might…
With the success of Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star is Born, it’s hard to imagine any other actors portraying the roles of Jack and Ally other than Cooper and Lady Gaga. But at one point in time, Beyonce and Clint Eastwood were the stars of the show. “There was a moment where that was the best version of the movie and then all of a sudden, Beyonce got pregnant. Do we wait?” Bill Gerber, the film’s producer told The Hollywood Reporter. “She was amazing about all this stuff. She always understood if we were going to take a different…
Rapper Naeto C and his wife Nicole have welcomed a baby girl. He made this known on his Instagram page. The rapper also mentioned that the name of the baby, who is their second daughter, is Naeso. Nicole, on her Instagram page, said “Twelve Days of Walking on Air (more like stumbling around in a daze of tiredness ) with this precious little girl. Thanking God for a safe delivery and my beautiful and amazing daughter Naesochukwu. Soso, I didn’t know how much I needed you until you got here Thank you God. Thank you, Mother Mary, for your intercession.…
Idris Elba has been named as the sexiest man alive by People’s magazine for the year 2018. The selection was made during a satellite interview between Idris Elba and the host of ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ host Jimmy Fallon. “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?, looked in the mirror, I checked myself out. I was like, ‘Yeah, you are kind of sexy today.’ But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling. It was a nice surprise – an ego boost for sure.” he told People’s magazine. Fallon had Elba perform poses to match the magazine’s cover description…
Today is Cee-C’s birthday and Leo took her on a romantic birthday date by the beach which is just very adorable. A very happy Leo took to his Instagram page on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, where he shared a video from the outing. It didn’t just end there, the ex-housemate of BBNaija went on to caption the video with quite an emotional birthday message to the former reality tv star. “Nkem temi! @ceec_official you are one amazing woman. One thing I love most about you is how unconventional you are. I lost my mother and you were ready to listen…
Liz Anjorin has released her sixth movie as a producer, ‘Owo Naira Bet,’ one year after its premiere in Lagos. The movie, Pulse reliably gathered, was released on Monday, November 5, 2018, by films and music marketing company, Okiki films & music production. Written and produced by the actress and entrepreneur, ‘Owo Naira Bet’ features Saidi Balogun, Olaiya Ige, Jumoke George. The movie, which delves into how people spend lavishly without making any investment for the future, is directed by Seun Olaiya. ‘Owo Naira Bet’ was premiered last year in a carnival-like-event at Ruby’s Event Centre, and had several dignitaries…
Davido and Peruzzi pair up with 2Sec on their latest single, ‘My Head.’ The DMW duo who have collaborated on a number of records of late continue in that vein by teaming up with singing duo, 2Sec on their new release. ‘My Head’ was produced by Fiokee.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of at least 300,000 people from the voter register in preparation for the 2019 general elections. This was disclosed by the commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while addressing a delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission in Abuja on Monday, November 5, 2018. He revealed that the names were removed after Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) was carried out on the biometric data of registered voters in a bid to clean up the register. He said, “For the registered voters, we have been cleaning up on our own, using the…
Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has described the 2019 presidential election as a contest between light and darkness that he expects the president to win. While speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday, November 4, 2018, the president’s spokesperson said Nigerians will decide on the right candidate who’ll move the nation forward. He said, “What we know is that a contest is ahead and it is going to be a contest between light and darkness, between integrity and people who have question marks; between a man whose life is plain and…
Emmanuel Udom of Akwa-Ibom has said he has performed better than other governors who were elected for the first time in 2015. Addressing Akwa-Ibom indigenes in Abuja and the northern states on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Udom said his administration has ensured even development across all local governments in the state. The governor noted that unlike his predecessors, he has carried out people-oriented projects like the establishment of industries to address the unemployment challenge among youths in the state. “Since I assumed office, you can see that Akwa-Ibom state has progressed at all levels,” Udom announced amidst cheers from the…
Atiku Abubakar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to attend to the needs of Nigerians instead of donating money to other countries. Atiku stressed that the resources of the country should be used for the benefit of its citizens not for others. In a statement released by his media team on Sunday, November 4, 2018, Atiku urged president Buhari and his cabinet to be more prudent witg the nation’s resources. His reaction follows a recent promise made by the president to donate $500,000 to Guinea Bissau, along with other materials. “Our response is to ask why a nation that has…
Twitter users can’t seem to wrap their head around a certain meeting between Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, and Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) who ruled Nigeria between 1985 to 1993. Reports have it that the meeting took place on Sunday, November 4, 2018 and that it was a “secret meeting” held behind closed doors. Photos from that meeting have dominated social media chatter, not least because Ezekwesili has often vowed to dislodge and dismantle the old political order that has held Nigeria hostage for ages. IBB, a self-confessed evil genius, is a member of that…
Yakubu Dogara has condemned the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Ekweremadu escaped an assassination attempt on his life when gunmen reportedly invaded his home in Apo Quarters. According to the Deputy Senate President’s spokesman, Uche Anichukwu, the lawmaker’s wife and son were also in the house when the assassins evaded security agents and gained entry around 4 am. Speaking in a statement issued by his media aide, Turaki Hassan in Abuja on Tuesday, Dogara called on security agencies to be alert, NAN reports. “As the 2019 elections draws closer, the…