Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among the contenders in the reckoning to feature in FIFPro and FIFA’s World XI. FIFPro and its affiliated player associations asked professional footballers to pick a team from the best players in world football last season. It will include one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three attackers who were the best at their position in 2017-18. The XI will be unveiled by FIFA and FIFPro during the Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in London on Sept. 24. Luka Modric is named after his stellar season in 2017-18, helping Real Madrid to…
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Diego Simeone’s sister has said it is “only a matter of time” before the Atletico Madrid boss manages Inter Milan. Simeone played for the Nerazzurri from 1997 to 1999 and has never hidden his desire to one day return to the club. And Natalia Simeone, who also acts as Diego’s agent, insists it will happen in the future — adding that he also still cares about Lazio, who he won the Serie A and Coppa Italia double with in the 1999-2000 season. “Diego said it too, sooner or later, he’ll end up at Inter,” Natalia told La Gazzetta dello Sport.…
Jurgen Klopp has said Steven Gerrard’s start as a senior manager at Rangers has been “brilliant.” Klopp is keeping a close eye on Rangers’ progress this term, with Liverpool youngsters Ovie Ejaria and Ryan Kent spending the season on loan at Ibrox. “I have seen a few games because Stevie has three of my former players, two on loan and Flano [Jon Flanagan],” Klopp said. “He [Gerrard] is doing well. I am not sure what the Rangers fans expect but the start was brilliant actually. “Then you lose against Celtic. Wow, what a surprise! That is a top team in…
Antoine Griezmann has said France try to win games, not play like Spain or Barcelona, following their UEFA Nations League win over Netherlands on Sunday. Griezmann said earlier in the tournament that France play more like his club, Atletico Madrid, and they were again unspectacular but successful as they followed up a goalless draw against Germany on Thursday with a 2-1 win over Netherlands in Paris on Sunday. “The victory made things easier for the party afterwards,” Griezmann said. “We wanted to see our fans, to play at the Stade de France, and, moreover, in front of our families. We…
Xherdan Shaqiri hopes his experience of winning honours with Bayern Munich can be used this season to help end Liverpool’s six-year trophy drought. He moved to Liverpool from Stoke City this summer and has stated what it will require for the Reds to win their first trophy under Jurgen Klopp. “The aim is for the club to win something — that has to be the goal of our team,” he told Liverpool’s official magazine. “We have to take every game and try to win it, then close out from your mind the last game you won and think: ‘OK, we…
Zinedine Zidane who has been heavily linked to a move to Manchester United as Jose Mourinho’s replacement, said he expects to be back in charge of a club in the near future. Zidane left Real Madrid in May after winning a third consecutive Champions League title, and Mourinho has been engaged in disputes with the club hierarchy over transfers. “Surely I am going to return to coaching soon, because I like it and [football] is what I have done my whole life,” Zidane told RTVE as he watched his son Elyaz playing for Madrid’s youth team. Zidane, 46, had also…
Manchester United are searching for a recruitment guru to give them an edge in the transfer market. The club are on the look out for an analyst to run the rule over potential additions to Jose Mourinho’s squad after a summer during which the United manager appeared underwhelmed by the executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward’s transfer business. The Premier League side are keen to hire a recruitment analyst to “identify players who demonstrate the potential to play for the first team” according to a job advert posted on their official website. The successful candidate will work in the scouting and recruitment…
Okey Bakassi a message for people who we like to term busybodies who tend to drop unnecessary comments on social media post. The veteran comedian made his frustrations known on his Instagram page on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, where he posted a video. According to him, it is really unwarranted for anyone to make comments on social media especially if they have no knowledge of the topic. “It has become very clear to me why people fail exams is not common sense if you don’t understand something you ask questions. Even in African culture those days when things are too…
Chimamanda Adichie says as even though men benefit from patriarchy, they also suffer from it. The award-winning author made this speech at Hubspot’s Annual Inbound Conference where she was one of the keynote speakers for 2018. According to her, the effects of patriarchy has a huge impact on both men and women but men tend to suffer from it more. “Both men and women suffer from the illnesses that lead to suicide but it is men that have a much higher rate of dying by suicide. Why? Because men are socialized to suppress so many human parts of themselves, men…
Running a record label in Nigeria in 2018 seems like high risk, with little returns, creating a space where label owners have failed to recognise the worth of properly going through the process, while simultaneously understanding that the place of the label transcends just putting out music alone. Hence, few who started in the 2000s are unable to stand the test of time and have folded in short time, while others have set a pattern that has bastardised the artist and label marriage, making it seem impossible to work. It is not always about the glamour and the glitz, neither…
Forbes has officially announced its list of the top 20 highest paid hip-hop acts for 2018. The most anticipated list of every year has been released and for the first time in three years there is a new name at the top of the list, with Jay-Z taking over from Diddy who has topped the list in the last two years. Jay Z is number one with a reported earnings of $76.5m, which was earned through his record label, Roc Nation, TIDAL, touring after the release of his album 4.44, the surprise album with his wife, Beyonce, Everything Is Love,…
First it was Davido, now it is the turn of Flavour to take Suriname by storm with a sold out concert and exhilirating performance. Flavour recently made his way down to Suriname in South America on the weekend of September 4th, the same venue where Davido performed before a crowd of 10,000 fans earlier in May. The singer got more than he could have possibly bargained for with the massive reception he received from the fans right from when he arrived at the airport. At the concert proper, the place was sold out as the fans gathered enmasse and their…
Bow Wow is sending a huge message to kids and young people on the reasons they should stay away from drugs. If you are a 90s baby, then the name Bow Wow rings a bell because he certainly was one of the biggest child celebrities in the early 2000s. Well even though it looked all good from outside to fans, Bow Wow was indeed going through a lot in the inside including fighting drug abuse. Bow made the revelation known via his Instagram page on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, where he shared an old video of him ranting to fellow…
The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations are out with Drake leading this year’s nominations with an impressive 11 nods. The Canadian superstar who has enjoyed a successful 2018 gets the most recognition in 11 top categories. Following the release of his double album, Scorpion, Drake has earned nods for ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Sweet 16,’ ‘Album of the Year,’ ‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Best Collabo,’ alongside two additional nods in the ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,’ and ‘Single of the Year’ categories. Rapper, Cardi B, follows closely with an impressive 10 nominations off the…
Another drama is about to take center stage in the world of celebrities as Daddy Showkey has boldly come out to call Lepacious Bose a “Mumu.” Guys, this is no joke! Apparently, Daddy Showkey isn’t happy with the viral video where Lepacious Bose is seen throwing jabs at Nigerian women. So, he took to his Instagram page on Thursday, September 13, 2018, where he insulted the once chubby comedian. “Mumu! Mumu!! Mumu!!! , who dey look for Mumu, Mumu! Mumu!! Mumu!!! Who dey look for Mumu, we go give you the Mumu for free #showdonshow #daddyshowkey #lionclan #asalamamovement #ajegunletotheworld #ajegunle…
M.I. might be one of the boldest and most outspoken rappers around but he too has a weak side as he just revealed how he battled with personal self-esteem issues. Well, you read it right! All that glitter isn’t gold as the rapper made this latest revelation on his Instagram page Thursday, September 13, 2018. According to him, he isn’t afraid to share his fears with fans and he hopes they are willing to do the same too with him. “Daily… I’m afraid of failure… I’m afraid of abandonment… I have battled with personal self-esteem issues… people are sometimes afraid…
Yvonne Nelson after many rumours and criticisms surrounding her relationship with her baby daddy have finally revealed that she is married. In a recent post on her Instagram page, she shared a picture of herself and a fine gentleman who she referred to as her husband. This fine gentleman is not her baby daddy though. “I’m married now to this guy! ” she wrote. This confession has sent a shock through her fans on social media who can’t believe that she is married to another man not her baby daddy. Could this just be a movie husband or is Yvonne…
Bukola Saraki and his wife, Toyin Saraki, were among the dignitaries that attended the lying-in-state ceremony in honour of Kofi Annan, ex-United Nations Secretary-General. Other dignitaries from Nigeria, who attended the ceremony include ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar. The lying-in-state ceremony held in Ghana on Thursday, September 13, 2018. The ceremony is part of the ceremony scheduled for the burial rites of the late ex-UN Sec Gen. Other world dignitaries arrived Ghana to pay their last respects to the late Annan. A winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for humanitarian work, Annan died on…
Dr Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday called on Gov. Ayodele Fayose to refrain from actions capable of plunging the state into further financial crisis through irregular and unconstitutional means. Fayemi counselled ministry officials and Assembly members against being used for illegal appropriation of public funds. He warned that participants in such illegal acts would be called upon to account for their actions when the new administration takes effect on Oct. 16. Fayemi queried the rationale for the N10 billion supplementary budget barely a month to the handover date. “The media report alleging that Fayose coerced the Ministry of Budget officials to…
Senate President and presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerians to vote for a leader who’s accountable to the citizens of the country in the 2019 presidential election. He said the current government has turned Nigeria into a divided nation and called for a leader that can unite Nigerians and understands the country’s problems. He said, “The country has never been so divided as it is today; we need to unite this country and in uniting the country, we must have a President that speaks for Nigerians. “We must have a President with whom everybody will have a sense…