Thibaut Courtois admitted he is saddened by the hostility he has experienced from Chelsea supporters since leaving Stamford Bridge to join Real Madrid. A large section of Chelsea fans turned against Courtois when he refused to report for preseason training in an attempt to force through the move, which in turn forced the Blues to scramble in search of a replacement No. 1 goalkeeper before the Premier League transfer deadline. Kepa Arrizabalaga’s arrival at Stamford Bridge as the world’s most expensive goalkeeper in a £71.5 million move from Athletic Bilbao eventually paved the way for Courtois to return to the…
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Thomas Tuchel has emphasised his “love” for working with Adrien Rabiot but the Paris Saint-Germain coach also admitted that he has “no influence over the rest” as the midfielder is chased by Barcelona, Manchester City and Liverpool. Rabiot, 23, is into the final 12 months of his contract and sources have said that the France international’s mother and agent Veronique has been in contact with Liverpool as talks involving PSG sporting director Antero Henrique and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi are yet to prove fruitful. “I really like Adrien, really,” Tuchel told RMC. “I appreciate him. “There was a difficult situation after…
Marcus Rashford went into the international break under a cloud, after being red-carded for rashly lowering his head into Phil Bardsley’s face during Manchester United’s 2-0 win at Burnley, but he emerges from it as one of the few players to have scored points — and the only one to have scored any goals — for England. The 20-year-old was England’s goal scorer in their 2-1 loss to Spain in their Nations League opener at Wembley, and he was the match-winner for Gareth Southgate’s men against Switzerland, ghosting in at the back post to apply a crisp volleyed finish to…
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said the team’s No. 10 is “exclusively” reserved for Lionel Messi until their star player decides his international future. Messi, who captained Argentina to the round of 16 at the World Cup, has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the national team. However, speaking at a news conference ahead of Argentina’s friendly against Colombia in New Jersey on Tuesday, Scaloni said: “Most of the players that went to the World Cup have kept their numbers. “In this case, Argentina No. 10 belongs to Messi until he says whether or not he will continue. In principle,…
Brazil coach Tite opened a news conference on Monday by responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of his team’s World Cup performance, holding up his left hand to signify the five titles Brazil has won over the history of the competition. Trump joked with a reporter during a ceremony at the White House last month that Brazil “had a little problem” in the World Cup, referring to the national team’s quarterfinal loss to Belgium in July. But Tite, whose team will face El Salvador at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, on Tuesday, began his news conference after a…
Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic has said international teammate Luka Modric is the outstanding player over the last year but reiterated his belief that Lionel Messi remains the best in the world. Modric won the Champions League with Real Madrid last season and helped Croatia reach the World Cup final, where they lost to France, and Rakitic backed his Croatia colleague over his Barca teammate. “Messi is the best player in the world and in the history of the game [but this year] Luka deserves everything,” Rakitic told reporters. “Everyone in Croatia is delighted for him [winning the UEFA award] because it’s…
Toby Alderweireld said he was not interested in leaving the club this summer amid reports he was set to join Manchester United. Sources have said that United made a £50 million bid for Alderweireld, £20m less than Tottenham wanted, and negotiations over the Belgium international continued until the Premier League transfer deadline on Aug. 9. “Everyone was saying everywhere that I absolutely wanted to leave Tottenham,” Alderweireld said at a news conference ahead of Belgium’s UEFA Nations League game against Iceland on Tuesday. “That’s not true. This summer, I quickly understood Tottenham wanted to keep me. So, I had to…
For quite some time, fans have been waiting for a rumored Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole joint album to drop. Rumors first surfaced in 2010, and have been followed up with more speculation over the past years. A recent twitter hijacking sent the rumors into overdrive once more. Atlanta Hip-hop duo EarthGang, signees of Cole’s label Dreamville, recently hopped on the rapper’s social to spark some speculation. The group tweeted from Cole’s account: “Wassup Mufuckas. Cole left his laptop open so before we leak this new Cole X Kendrick album check this link.” The link that the duo were referring…
When last we saw Cardi B out and about, she was “barefoot with her dress ripped and butt out” following the now-infamous scuffle with Nicki Minaj at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party in New York City. But now Bardi is getting back in the (metaphorical) ring! On Sunday night, the “I Like It” rapper, 25, shared a photo on Instagram of her arrival backstage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where her husband Offset was due to perform with his hip-hop collective, Migos. “We came to see Poppa Bear,” she captioned the image of herself pushing custom Jeremy Scott…
Machine Gun Kelly thinks Eminem needs some target practice … ’cause Em “missed” when he fired back at MGK in their escalating feud. MGK mocked Eminem onstage Sunday night, wearing a shirt with the logo from Marshall’s extremely homophobic diss track, “Killshot.” Machine Gun Kelly Disses @Eminem On Stage pic.twitter.com/SFv730QCRn — 24/7 HipHop News (@BenjaminEnfield) September 17, 2018 Kelly made sure the crowd at the Amway Center in Orlando knew exactly how he feels about Eminem, screaming “F**k Marshall Mathers” as he opened the set with his own song aimed at Em. MGK takes a shot at Em’s age (he’s…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z — The Carters, as they’re known collectively — present themselves onstage as mirror images. Not of each other, but of themselves. “This is real life,” read the words sprawled across the giant screen inside NRG Stadium. “The gangster and the queen.” They’re telling the crowd that they’re a normal couple who deal with everyday problems. But atop a massive stage Saturday night, in front of 70,000 fans, they’re also larger-than-life icons. Saturday’s show was a homecoming, the first of two this weekend for The Carters. Queen B of course is Houston-born. Third Ward, baby. She and Jay-Z…
When his tumultuous academic sojourn at the Calvin College, Michigan in the United States came to an abrupt end owing to financial difficulties, MI chose music as his fallback plan. Although his parents didn’t agree with that, they had an implicit trust in him to be responsible for his choice and make a success out of it. “My parents are hardworking people. If there is only one thing they gave me, it was integrity. They were not about money. “They already knew I was passionate about music and how I much I care about music. There was a resignation: an…
Wizkid has collaborated with South African Disc Jockey and producer, Black Coffee. The singer and the popular DJ were spotted together in a musical studio in London, United Kingdom. Both entertainers took to their Instagram accounts to confirm their collaboration. However, Wizkid and Black Coffee didn’t reveal much information on the collaboration but they confirmed working together on a song. The collaboration is being handled by Steel Banglez, a British producer and solo artist who is signed to Warner Bros. Records. Black Coffeee wrote, “We cooking with the King @wizkidayo” as caption of his picture with Wizkid in a music…
Wizkid has announced that his next album will be titled ”Zion”, named after his third son. The Superstar is set to release his ”Made in Lagos” EP, which he says is 90% complete on October 1st, and now he has announced that he is working on a new project afterwards which will be titled ”Zion.” This he made known through a post on his Twitter page, which carried the caption, ”After MadeinLagos! Next project ”Zion” !! Ready to go.” He then deployed a series of subsequent tweets to express his love for his son and the mother, Jada Pollock, who…
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Femi Adebayo and Charles Inojie are on the list of winners at this year’s City People Awards which went down on Sunday night, September 16 at the Balmoral Event Center, Ikeja, Lagos. Omotola Ekeinde who won the best actress in a drama series at the recently held AMVCA 2018 was awarded with the Movie Icon of the Year, while Charles Inojie, popular for the viral ‘Them dey rush us’ scene went home with the Comic Actor of the Year plaque. Other winners on the night include Ruth Kadiri for Best Actress of the Year, Jumoke Odetola for…
Linda Ikeji has given birth to a bouncing baby boy. The media entrepreneur announced the big news via her blog a few minutes ago, with the caption, ”I welcomed my first child, popularly known as baby J today September 17th in a hospital in Atlanta. I cant believe I’m a mum. More later. Make I sleep small for now. lol” It will be recalled that on Sunday, May 20, 2018, her sister Laura Ikeji had broke the news about her pregnancy through a post shared on her Instagram page. “See who’s gonna be a mummy. Congrats Lin @officiallindaikeji” wrote Laura…
Tiwa Savage has angrily lashed out at a show promoter who abandoned her after performing at an event in Kenya this weekend. Mavin artist, Tiwa Savage is angry this Monday morning, September 17th, and the cause of her anger is an event promoter who failed to settle her hotel bills and other expenses after a performance in Kenya on Saturday night. Taking to her Twitter page, [@TiwaSavage], she posted a number of messages, venting and calling out the promoter for the way she has been treated. ”Checking out of the hotel and full accommodation not paid for, no car to…
Presidential candidate, Eunice Atuejide, has disclosed that if she loses the 2019 presidential election, she plans to contest for the presidency every four years until she becomes victorious. The 39-year-old was elected the flag bearer of the National Interest Party (NIP) during the party’s national convention in Abuja on August 20, 2018. She said, “I have already bought nomination form for 2023 just in case 2019 does not work. NIP, they know. I’ve told them; till I die, every four years, I’m coming back, so you people get ready. I don’t know who’s challenging me; I don’t know how they’ll…
Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom North-West) has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will record a massive victory in Akwa Ibom State in the 2019 presidential election. While fielding questions from State House Correspondents, Akpabio, said Akwa Ibom State would be the first state to fall for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. “I believe strongly in the saying, `res ipsa loquitor’, the act speaks for itself. “From the caliber of personages you saw here today, the strength and character of the delegation, the capacities of the personalities you saw, it is clear that President Buhari will win Akwa…
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos, Mr Jide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday said he had a strong conviction that God had prepared him to be the next governor of the state. Sanwo-Olu made the statement at Lagos City Hall while speaking at the formal launch of his governorship bid. NAN reports that members of the National Assembly, council chairmen and other chieftains were at the declaration. Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, former minister, Mr Ademola Seriki, a federal lawmaker, Mr Rotimi Agunsoye were among those present. It was a carnival atmosphere at the well-attended declaration as party members danced…