Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is “probably going to win” the PFA Player of the Year award. Speaking to American broadcaster NBC Sports after City’s 3-1 win at Tottenham, De Bruyne said that the honour is not likely to come his way. Asked if Salah should win, De Bruyne said: “Yeah, I think if you can choose nobody from our team, I think he deserves it. “Probably he’s going to win it anyway. He’s been remarkable and to compete with somebody that’s scored that many goals, you’re not going to win. “I’m very satisfied with my…
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Zinedine Zidane has said talk that his team benefitted from a “robbery” as they eliminated Juventus from the Champions League on Wednesday makes him “indignant” although it comes from the “jealousy” from outsiders toward Madrid’s success. Much of the media reaction to the game focused on the controversial penalty decision, with Catalan daily Sport among those to use the word “robbery” in relation to Oliver’s decision. Saturday’s prematch news conference ahead of Sunday evening’s La Liga trip to bottom side Malaga was completely dominated by questions about a supposed “anti-madridista” tone to the media coverage. “Everybody can give their own…
Manchester City have won the Premier League title after second-place Manchester United were stunned 1-0 at home by West Bromwich Albion. Pep Guardiola’s side are now uncatchable at the top of the table after United’s shock defeat to the bottom-of-the-table Baggies, who received a 73rd-minute strike from Jay Rodriguez to seal United’s fate. City re-established a 16-point lead at the top of the table on Saturday when they ended a run of three successive defeats with a 3-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur. Because of goal difference, United realistically needed to win all of their six remaining games and hope City…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has given his strongest hint yet that he could be a part of Sweden’s squad in this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Ibrahimovic has posted on his official Twitter account: “The chance of me playing in the World Cup is skyhöga [“sky high” in Swedish].” The 36-year-old retired from international football after Sweden’s last match at Euro 2016, a 1-0 defeat to Belgium. Ibrahimovic marked his first start for LA Galaxy with the winning goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, after scoring on his debut against city rivals LAFC.…
Marco Reus has said his team “simply botched it” in a bitter derby loss to Schalke 04 on Sunday. Reus, 28, told Sky after the game: “We wanted to win this game today because we could have leapfrogged Schalke. We simply botched it.” Yevhen Konoplyanka broke the deadlock after 50 minutes in the Veltins Arena after Daniel Caligiuri had won the ball off team captain Marcel Schmelzer in the build-up to the goal. Schalke centre-back Naldo doubled the lead for the final 2-0 scoreline in the 82nd minute with a powerful free kick from distance to open a four-point gap…
Vincent Kompany has said he is proud of everyone at Manchester City after they clinched the Premier League title with five games remaining. “It’s the same feeling as the first time, you can’t describe it,” Kompany said. “I was talking before the game and saying the first time you win it, you think you’re going to win all of them. The first time you lose it you never think you’re going to win it again. “You want to hold onto this feeling now. It’s amazing, it’s such a difficult achievement. I’m proud of everyone involved.” It’s the first time that…
Award-winning singer Alicia Keys is the coverstar for the latest issue of Variety Magazine. The singer spoke of her song ‘Girl On Fire’ amongst many other topics. On her song “Girl on Fire”: If I never do anything else — if I do nothing else — this has been something. Being a woman, being a girl, is the most awesome thing to be. I personally feel we are the more evolved species. We are the greatest creators on the planet, like, the planet literally would not exist if we weren’t in it. We’re the entire universe, in five feet five…
Rihanna’s wardrobe continues to be unpredictable in the best possible way. Days after stunning in a maximalist Dolce & Gabbana look to go shopping in Milan, music’s most fashionable woman took things in the opposite direction, trading ornate finery for the comfort of a Canadian tuxedo. She updated her Instagram yesterday with a glimpse at her latest outfit: head-to-toe light wash denim with a pared down jacket and figure-hugging jeans. With her hair and makeup understated, she looked low-key and chic, layering on a few gold bracelets and a shiny Rolex for added polish. The denim jacket and jeans combination…
Khloé Kardashian seems ready to move on from Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal! Cosmopolitan reports that the TV star seems over what we assumed would be traumatising for the new mom. A source close to Khloe says, “She’s so incredibly happy that her baby is here, that she is big and strong and healthy and beautiful, and so right now Khloé truly has no other cares in the world. “She isn’t even mad at Tristan right now.” When asked the state of Khloe and Tristan’s relationship, and if they are back to being “A+ in their relationship?,” the source replies, “Basically.”…
The actress revealed that her friend Jennifer Lawrence, also an actress, introduced her to Adele and they immediately started planning an impromptu wedding, reports have said. Schumer said: “I was staying in Los Angeles in a house near Jennifer, who lives right by Adele and they are really good friends and I’d never met her before, so we hung out a little bit that week. “Then we were real drunk one night and talking about how we wanted to get married and Adele was like, ‘Well, I can marry you’, and we were like, ‘Okay, cool’. We were making a…
More than 200,000 people will descend on Indio, California, this and next weekend for the 19th annual Coachella Valley music and arts festival, one of the year’s biggest draws for live music fans. Traditionally seen as the kick-off for the summer music festival season, the festival boasts an illustrious group of headliners: Eminem, last seen torching the president in a freestyle at the BET Hip Hop awards; the Weeknd, whose latest EP has just topped the charts; and Beyoncé, who was meant to headline last year’s festival but was replaced with Lady Gaga after revealing her pregnancy. The lineup will…
Simi has warned her fans and admirers which is kind of the reality today, that they shouldn’t idolize their pastors as they are not God. “Guys, your pastor is not God. God has given you the power to communicate with him directly. He’s ur Father! Don’t let any pastor bully you into submitting out of fear to a God of love. Your pastor ‘might be’ anointed – but so are you! “Seen a lot of people make OBVIOUSLY stupid, life-changing decisions because, “pastor said”. Some of these people, very close to me. We can’t leave our lives and choices in…
Davido is presently traveling around the world, touring in different countries but is taking time out to go on vacation in Barbados with girlfriend, Chioma Avril. The music star took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday, April 12, 2018, where he shared a number of photos and videos with the two lovebirds having a nice time. Chioma Avril has been visiting different countries with the music star as you would recall when we first brought you the gist that she accompanied him to Senegal. The music star and DMW Boss shared a photo of himself and his girlfriend, seated in…
Khloe Kardashian and boyfriend Tristan Thompson have welcomed a baby girl, reports have said. She was said to have delivered the child in the early hours of Thursday, April 12, 2018. This is Khloe and Tristan’s first child together. The news comes after a video surfaced online showing Tristan making out with two women at a hookah lounge outside of Washington D.C. The incident with the women was said to have occurred back in October 2017 when Khloe was only three months pregnant.
Evicted Big Brother Naija housemates, Rico, has shared who he thinks will win the show. In this interview, the former housemate said he would be happy for whoever emerges the winner, but thinks it is between Tobi and Miracle. “That has to be… Like my nigga Bitto would say, ‘there’s a dichotomy in my head.’ So, it’s between Tobi and Miracle,” Rico said. “But whoever wins, I have much love for the person. Let the best man win. Whoever wins, it’s a great thing for the person.”
Emma Ugolee has spoken about payola in the Nigerian music industry. In a recent interview he shared experiences of his journey and how payola has penetrated deep in the music industry. The cool talking presenter who has had to undergo a kidney transplant in the past did not his mince words when he said, ‘Payola has ruined a large level of the industry’. He continues, ‘I tell D’banj and Don Jazzy, these are the first two people who turned… it was starting to grow slowly but when these boys came in from London, they turned it all around”. “Presenters didn’t…
Yahaya Bello has promised President Muhammadu Buhari that the state stands solidly behind him in his ambition to secure another four years in the Presidential Villa. The governor said the people of Kogi are happy with the president’s policies and will deliver more than the 264,851 votes that he got there for the 2015 presidential election. He said, “I am a staunch supporter of Mr President and I am proud to be associated with such a great leader and personality. We thank Mr President for listening to the voices of Nigerians who are satisfied with his performance. Kogi people were…
“Anybody in this country today will agree that from the statistics you have given out here today, it is clear that definitely, we are not doing enough in the inclusion of women in politics and governance,” Saraki said. “We must change and turn the tide in this direction. We cannot continue with this low level of participation. “Political parties are now gearing up for election, this is the right time we must begin to demand from political parties and candidates that they must tell Nigerians what their policy is on gender affirmation. “You have the votes, at least you have…
Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, has notified the national and state leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) of his ambition to run for July 14, governorship election in Ekiti. Mr Olayinka Oyebode, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that letters had been written to elders of the party, prominent citizens and traditional rulers in Ekiti. Fayemi, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti, in the letter, which he personally signed, also disclosed that his public declaration for the gubernatorial contest would come up at a rally in Ado-Ekiti on…
Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal. on Digital/Online Media, Lauretta Onochie, has declared that the president’s administration is responsible for the ongoing ‘Not Too Young To Run’ movement in the country. While speaking to the Nigerian Television Authority in a recent interview, the president’s aide said his administration gave youths in the country the confidence to demand for more. She said, “The president came into politics primarily to look after the poor and vulnerable. (The youths can now) channel their energy into agriculture through the Anchor Borrowers’ Program. In that regards, over 6 million young Nigerians have been empowered through this scheme. “They…