Adele recently attended Drake’s concert, and the two artists had a hilarious exchange on social media. The “When We Were Young” singer stopped by Drake’s Los Angeles show at the Staples Center on Friday as part of his “Aubrey and the Three Migos” tour. Afterward, she took to Twitter to compliment the 31-year-old and even called the concert “one of my favorite shows of all time.” When Drake spotted the comment from Adele, he posted a screenshot of it on Instagram saying: “I love this woman and she came to the show.” The “Hotline Bling” singer also added that it’s…
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Pep Guardiola could see himself coaching in Serie A in the future. Guardiola, who extended his contract with City through the end of the 2020-21 season in May, played for both Brescia and Roma in Serie A and was in Italy over the weekend to participate in the Festival dello Sport, where he was asked whether he could imagine returning as a coach one day. “Why not?” he said as part of a podium discussion with Arrigo Sacchi and Carlo Ancelotti. “After my experience at Barcelona, who would have thought I’d go to [Bayern] Munich and Germany? Yet that happened.…
Paul Scholes has said that Alexis Sanchez’s form shows that even Lionel Messi would struggle playing for Manchester United this season. United sit eighth in the Premier League and have only won one of their last five matches in all competitions, with manager Jose Mourinho under mounting pressure. Scholes, in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview on United’s form, was talking about the January signing of Sanchez from Arsenal, and why he, despite his winner against Newcastle earlier this month, has yet to hit the ground running at Old Trafford. Sanchez’s late header was his first goal of what has been a…
Jurgen Klopp has once again slammed the UEFA Nations League as he believes there is too much football at international level. Klopp described the new competition as “senseless” prior to the recent international break and took the opportunity to air his opinion at a news conference on Friday afternoon. Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita all handed the Liverpool manager injury scares in the last week when they were away with their respective national teams, although only Netherlands defender Van Dijk played in the Nations League. “You make a lot of my comments about the Nations…
Julen Lopetegui has dodged questions over whether he feels supported by the board — leaving the impression that he is aware his job is on the line ahead of next weekend’s La Liga Clasico at Barcelona. The European champions are without a win or a goal in their last four matches, and there was intense speculation over Lopetegui’s future during the international break. Lopetegui was asked on four separate occasions at a news conference on Friday whether he had received any private assurances from above that his job was safe. “I am absolutely relaxed and just focused on my work,”…
Jose Mourinho has promised he will not taunt Chelsea fans with “crazy” celebrations if he finally breaks his Manchester United duck at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho has lost on each of his three visits to Chelsea since taking over at Old Trafford in 2016. He is hoping to lead United to their first Premier League win at Stamford Bridge since October 2012 — and avoid losing for a fourth time in their opening nine league games for the first time since 1990. But even if his team record a morale boosting victory over Maurizio Sarri’s side, he said he will not…
Unai Emery has said he has no issue with having to play on the Monday night of a European week because televising matches “is important.” Emery rejected calls for the Premier League to help clubs out by stopping broadcasters from moving games ahead of European matches. “The TV is very important. The TV is [free] to choose the matches Friday, Sunday, Monday,” he said. “If they decide we are going to play Monday, we don’t stop to think if it is better or not to play Monday. We’re going to play. In Spain, it is the same.” Emery added that…
Massimilaino Allegi will continue to play Cristiano Ronaldo amid a police investigation into a rape allegation against the Portuguese star. Allegri said at a news conference Friday that there is no reason to take Ronaldo out of the lineup and rest him for Saturday’s clash with Genoa. Ronaldo has a 100 percent appearance record for the Bianconeri in Serie A and has scored four and set up five in his eight Serie A games this season.. “He’s very calm and working well, and I’m not the one to respond to things that don’t concern me because they are personal,” Allegri…
Barcelona have no plans to re-sign Neymar, despite reports this week that they are keen to bring the Brazil international back to Camp Nou. He has been regularly linked with Real Madrid — who denied making a move for him in the summer — since leaving Barca for Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million in 2017, but Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo said on Wednesday that he has told Barca he wants them to take him back. However, Barca vice president Jordi Cardoner said it is not an issue which has been broached by the club’s hierarchy. “No one on the Barca…
Uli Hoeness has hit out at the German media, accusing journalists of “disrespectful reporting.” The Bundesliga champions, who return to action at Wolfsburg on Saturday, have dropped to sixth in the table after taking only one point from their last three matches. Some Bayern players were criticised for their performances during the international break, with pundits suggesting that older stars such as Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels had become part of Germany’s current problems. That prompted Bayern to hold two Friday news conferences, one with coach Niko Kovac and the other with Hoeness, CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and sporting…
Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Kevin De Bruyne is ready to make his comeback in Manchester City’s clash with Burnley on Saturday. The Belgium international has been out with a knee ligament injury since August but has been back in first-team training for the past two weeks. Guardiola decided not to risk De Bruyne, 27, for the game against Liverpool before the international break but has confirmed he will be in the squad to face Burnley, although he may not play a full 90 minutes. “I don’t know if he is able to play for 90 minutes but he has…
The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO) has disowned a purported pan to disburse grants to unsuspecting Nigerians. The organisation, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said that its attention had been drawn to an on-going scheme that it purported to disburse grants to unsuspecting Nigerians. “Information available to us reveal that the scheme Code-named ‘Atiku Grant Disbursement Programme’ (see link bit.ly/2NP4vup) is asking unsuspecting members of the public to contribute a certain amount of money which will be multiplied for them after they have downloaded a particular social media application. “The APCO disclaims this scheme and any other…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday in Benin reiterated his commitment to eradicate poverty across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Obaseki made this known while declaring closed the Smile project dissemination meeting organized by Catholic Relief Services, Nigeria in collaboration with the Edo Government. He was represented at the occasion by his Deputy, Mr Philip Shaibu. Obaseki said that his administration was determined to create an enabling environment for private businesses to thrive. The governor lauded the Smile Project for putting smiles on the faces of many people in the state through its innovative programme. He…
The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in 2019. Mr Phillip Franz, a political officer in the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, said this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina. Franz said that the USA was, however, interested in the electoral processes that would ensure credible elections. We want to emphasise that the U.S. has no candidate in this election; our candidate is the process; we very much respect the sovereignty of the country,” he said. He therefore assured the support…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has distanced himself from an online grant scheme which promises to multiply people’s money. In a statement issued by his campaign organisation, Atiku warns unsuspecting Nigerians not to fall for the scheme. “The attention of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO) has been drawn to an on-going scheme that purports to disburse grants to unsuspecting Nigerians. “Information available to us reveal that the scheme code-named ‘Atiku Grant Disbursement Programme’ is asking unsuspecting members of the public to contribute a certain amount of money which will…
Chief Tony Momoh on Thursday said he was confident President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 2019 presidential election. Momoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the president had done his best as leader to deserve re-election. He said the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, could not stop Buhari as he (Abubakar) was only popular with the elite and not the masses. Momoh, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the Buhari administration had impacted on many ordinary Nigerians, and they would vote him in 2019. He, however, said Buhari…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have each lost a member in the House of Representatives to opposition parties. During plenary session on Thursday, October 18, 2018, Hon. Akinlaja Joseph (Ondo East/West federal constituency of Ondo State) of the PDP defected to Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) while Hon. Olatoye Temitope (Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency of Oyo State) of the APC defected to the Action Democratic Party (ADP). Their defection comes just a week after the National Assembly resumed legislative sittings after an 11-week break. During the last sitting before that break on July 24, 37 lawmakers…
Atiku Abubakar has vowed to create jobs to fight crimes in Nigeria if he’s elected the nation’s president in the 2019 presidential elections. The former vice president took to his Twitter account (@atiku) to disclose that poverty creates an enabling environment for crime, a problem he promised to solve as president. He posted, “The most effective way to fight crime is to provide opportunity to create wealth, because poverty is conducive to crime. “If you elect me as your President, I will equip the security forces to fight terrorism and crime. Additionally, I will do what I do best -…
Jimi Agbaje, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Lagos governorship election, has vowed that the party will emerge victorious at the polls next year and rescue the state from one-man rule. The man he’s referring to is believed to be Bola Tinubu, a former governor, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and acclaimed political godfather in Lagos who’s handpicked two successive governors and is solidly behind Babajide Sanwo-Olu who’s Agbaje’s biggest opponent at next year’s polls. While speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Agbaje said Lagosians are ready for a change and…
The National Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that Senator Shehu Sani is the party’s candidate for Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 2019 general election. The national chairman of the ruling APC, Adams Oshiomhole had earlier set up an appeal committee to investigate complaints arising from various state primaries. According to SaharaReporters, the panel, headed by Professor Oserheimen Osunbor in its report which it submitted on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, upheld Sani’s candidacy. The acting APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena had earlier issued a statement saying that Sen. Sani remained its only senatorial candidate from Kaduna…