Jamie Vardy’s remarkable rise continues at this summer’s 2018 World Cup, where Hollywood script writers are hoping for a “fairy tale ending” to the England football striker’s story. The former non-league player had not even made his Premier League debut when the Three Lions headed to Brazil four years ago. But now Vardy is an established top-flight performer and England international, scoring seven goals in 21 appearances for his country and bound for Russia after playing at Euro 2016. Yet the most striking part of the ex-Stocksbridge Park Steels frontman’s rise came at Leicester, having helped them out of the…
Author: David Folami
Victor Moses was named in the 30-player provisional squad for the World Cup by Nigeria and is obviously expected to make the final cut to 23, but he will not be joining up with the rest of the Super Eagles until late next week. With his place not under threat, it’s probably wise to give him an extra week off after the long club season, which included playing in the FA Cup final just last weekend. Nigeria are set to take on DR Congo on Monday in their first friendly of World Cup preparations, with national team captain Mikel John…
Daley Blind has won three major trophies during his four-year spell at Manchester United but, when speaking to United Review, it’s clear which one means the most to the Dutchman… “There is a special story behind all three trophies I’ve won with Manchester United but, of course, the Europa League final against Ajax is something special which I will never forget. A lot was made of the fact that winning the Europa League would put us back into the Champions League, and of course that is something that is in the back of your mind, but all season long, through…
Paul Pogba is being held back at Manchester United by those players around him, says club legend Roy Keane. The France international midfielder, who has been selected in Didier Deschamps’ side for World Cup 2018, has regularly courted criticism since moving to the club in the summer of 2016 for a record fee of €105 million (£89m/$123m). Indeed, ahead of the summer’s competition in Russia, Denmark boss Age Hareide, whose side will face France, has suggested that the Parisian only “cares about his hair”. Keane, who spent 12 years of his career anchoring the Old Trafford side in a similar…
Manchester United soccer star Romelu Lukaku — who just signed last month with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports — was spotted having dinner Wednesday in Miami with Roc Nation music client Fat Joe. The duo were at the newly opened Novikov, an outpost of the London eatery owned by Russian billionaire Arkadiy Novikov. An international crowd “swarmed the soccer hunk” at the eatery, we hear. “Several ladies asked for photos,” said a source. Lukaku was seen giving Fat Joe a signed jersey with his number, 9. We reported this week the player was also in Manhattan at Lavo, but that no…
Marcus Rashford is making sure he stays at the peak of fitness as he enjoys a few days off before the World Cup this summer. The Manchester United forward shared a picture on Instagram of him doing shuttle runs in just his shorts and trainers while on holiday in the sun. Rashford, one of the 23-man England squad for the tournament in Russia, captioned the picture: ‘Few days rest to recharge but keeping conditioned, big summer ahead.’ Rashford will be aiming to rediscover his touch before England’s opening game against Tunisia, after a disappointing campaign for Manchester United. His United…
Reports suggest that Serie A giants Juventus have already initiated contact with Manchester United forward Anthony Martial’s entourage. It is believed that Martial is disillusioned with life under Jose Mourinho at United and is likely to seek a move away from the club this summer. Juventus have drawn links with the Frenchman over the last few weeks and reports claim that the bianconeri have already made contact with the player’s entourage as they look to seal a move for him.
Cee-C has spoken about her stay in the Big Brother Naija house, and which housemate she thinks she misjudged. She also spoke about her favourite and least favourite housemate, apologizing to housemates she might have offended and more. On housemate she misjudged “I think it would be Ifu Ennada. I never really connected with her because I felt she was – I just didn’t understand her. But coming out of the house, I found out that she is actually an amazing person.” On favourite and least favourite housemate “Coming out of the house, we are all friends now, we chill…
Adekunle Gold is creating an experience with the release of his sophomore album, ‘About 30’ in a way that his contemporaries have not woken up to. Since the release of his debut effort, Gold in 2016, it has been a journey of exciting times and accomplishments for the singer and all this he aims to capture in his follow up project, About 30 scheduled for release on Friday, May 25 2018. But unlike your regular artiste who when not doing a Beyonce and dropping an album unannounced, goes ahead to advertise a release date, with the only buzz around the…
When Rihanna attended the recent Met Gala, she was actually returning to the scene of the crime. The Grammy-winning singer had earlier shot a sequel of the Oceans film franchise that centres on a heist at the annual Met Gala. The memory was particularly amusing for Rihanna, who attended the real gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dripping in pearls and crystals in a Maison Margiela by John Galliano mini-dress, ornate robe and beaded headgear. “I’ve been to the Met Gala so many times, so every time we talk about the Met Gala it was quite a bit of…
Just outside a coffee shop in hipster East London Miles Kane is studiously searching through his phone. One of rock ‘n’ roll’s best connected men is not looking to get hold of one of his many muso/model/footballer mates, however. He is – as it turns out – just looking for somewhere to enjoy a Sunday roast. The LA resident, originally from the Wirral, has been living the California dream for a few years now but is back in town, in his best grey fur jacket, to promote Loaded – his first solo single since 2013’s Better Than That. And though…
The Beyonce and Jay-Z rumor mill spun into overdrive last month as fans speculated that the superstar power couple would drop a surprise album (or two) on April 4, their 10-year wedding anniversary. The timing made sense because it would’ve been a nice lead-up to Bey and Jay’s On the Run II Tour, which kicks off June 6 and continues through Oct. 4 with 48 shows across North America and Europe. But instead of releasing new music on April 4, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the couple celebrated their anniversary by reserving the entire rooftop at The NoMad Hotel…
Toke Makinwa says during her struggle with fibroid, she removed 12 of them from her womb. The beautiful media personality took to her Instagram page on Friday, May 25, 2018, where she made the revelation She also talked about how scared some people might be scared of going under the knife but advise them to brave up. “12 was the number of Fibroids I had taken out of me on the 3rd of April. Since I opened up about my surgery I have had so many people reach out to me with various questions, I have also read from so…
Tonto Dikeh is slamming those who wouldn’t allow Linda Ikeji to chill. Tonto Dikeh took to her Instagram page on Thursday, May 24, 2018, where wrote quite a long message slamming those who have been calling out the media entrepreneur. “All this negativity is the reason I Jejely went extremely private /personal during my pregnancy… Not even my parents knew until I was 8months and far away from the world negativity and hate. Carrying a baby is a very complicated process let alone carrying a baby with so much hate and negativity… Let this lady breathe, She may not deserve…
Late Aisha Abimbola’s husband, Mr Ibrahim Okunola, is finally speaking about the loss of his wife, and as can be expected, it has been a struggle for him. Despite being estranged from the Nollywood actress prior to her death, Mr Okunola made it clear that Aisha was his wife until her death. Okunola said: “It is a lie that we had divorced. We had not lived together for about seven years but we were still legally married till she died. The reason we were separated is a family issue. I would miss her till I die because she was a…
Going by a recent post shared by Tekno, he just may have welcomed his first child. In the post the singer shared via his Instagram page today, Saturday, May 26, 2018, Tekno’s hand can be seen resting on a new born. With the caption, “Skye,” the only plausible explanation seems to be that the “Pana” singer has just become a father. If this is true, we believe congratulations are in order! Big congrats to him.
Gifty is not as thrilled with Davido’s “assurance” to his girlfriend, Chioma Avril, as we are. The ex-BBN housemate took to her Snapchat account to throw shades at the “FIA” singer today, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Gifty, accused Davido, without mentioning his name of course, of using his assurance to Chioma as a publicity stunt. You would recall that assurance became the trending topic after Davido went all out on Chioma’s birthday, throwing her a pre birthday bash as well as a birthday dinner. He rounded it up by gifting her with a brand new Porsche reportedly worth $45 million.
Adams Oshiomhole has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will expose the financial atrocities of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor also said that President Buhari will win the 2019 elections. Oshiomhole predicted that APC will win more governorship and national assembly elections in Nigeria. He said “It is our task as party activist to painstakingly explain to our people in the rural areas to understand who dug the hole that led to what we are experiencing today as a nation and the effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to gradually pull us out of that hole to…
Ebenezer Babatope has said he was pained that Chief Iyiola Omisore dumped the party. Babatope made the statement on Saturday, May 26, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Omisore, a one-time governorship candidate of the PDP dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party on May 20. In a statement announcing his defection to SDP, Omisore said he was moving to a credible platform to realise his governorship ambition to “rescue the state from the All Progressives Congress.” The Osun State Chairman of SDP, Mr Ademola Ishola, had on Thursday confirmed Omisore’s membership of the…
Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has said that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi will be disgraced during the Ekiti governorship election slated to hold on July 14, 2018. Fayemi, who served as Governor of Ekiti state before he was defeated by Fayose, is the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state. According to reports, Fayose said that no force on this earth will stop Fayemi from being defeated. Meanwhile, the Ekiti state chapter of APC has accused Fayose of sponsoring a lawsuit to disqualify Fayemi. The All People’s Party (APP) filed a…