AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso refused to take all the credit for his side’s resurgence after guiding them to the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday. “I’m not a great coach,” he said. “I’ve had to cut my teeth and I’ve still got to learn a lot. “A lot’s been said over the past 20 days about me being a guru, but I’m not. I’ve still got to take lots of hits. “I’ve never been gifted anything in these years. I’ve won a league at youth level, had some very difficult experiences abroad — you don’t learn from tactics books, you…
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Ashley Young is of the opinion that the controversial Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will fail unless match officials drastically cut the time taken to make decisions in games, the Manchester United defender said. And Young was involved in another high-profile VAR incident earlier this month when Juan Mata was judged to be offside from the full-back’s cross when scoring in the FA Cup win at Huddersfield. “For me, it’s one of those things where I don’t know whether it is taking something away [from the game] — the waiting around to find out the decisions,” Young said. “It can…
Ernesto Valverde was left shocked as to why a second-half penalty was awarded in Las Palmas’ favour as Barcelona’s lead at the top of La Liga was cut to five points. Even after the game, Barca’s players claimed they hadn’t been informed why it had been awarded, with a Lucas Digne handball or a Sergi Roberto pull on Matias Aguirregaray the two most likely possibilities. Jonathan Calleri scored from the spot to earn his side a vital 1-1 draw in their fight against relegation. “We don’t know what the referee gave the penalty for,” Valverde said in his postgame news…
Arsene Wenger has admitted his players have lost their confidence and urged them to “unite, not divide,” after they endured a second straight 3-0 loss to Manchester City on Thursday. “I knew the first half could be difficult for us because we come out of Sunday’s game with a low confidence level, they come back with a very positive mind,” Wenger told a news conference. “That’s why they took advantage of every defensive weakness we showed in the first half. At “the end of the day, I must say we lost against a top-quality team who are at the moment…
Real Madrid have received a timely boost ahead of next week’s Champions League round-of-16 return leg at Paris Saint-Germain with defenders Marcelo and Jesus Vallejo returning to full training on Thursday. Marcelo, the left-back, had been sidelined since injuring his right hamstring on Feb. 19, and Vallejo, the central defender, had been out of action with a similar injury for six weeks. Both players took part in training in preparation for Saturday’s home game against Leganes. Midfielders Luka Modric, who has a knee injury, and Toni Kroos, with a hamstring injury, are still unavailable. Coach Zinedine Zidane said earlier this…
Paris Saint-Germain have made Thibaut Courtois aware of their interest in signing him and the Chelsea goalkeeper is open to their advances, a source close to the club has said. However, while PSG are keen on Courtois, a number of things could influence whether the 25-year-old Belgium international actually ends up at Parc des Princes. The source said that Courtois has indicated that he is not against the idea of potentially signing for PSG, but both sides made it clear during their meeting that there are certain factors that could influence a potential transfer. On PSG’s side, UEFA’s financial fair…
Kim Kardashian shared the first public photo of her five-week-old baby Chicago West on Monday, with the mother-daughter pair looking mighty cute in matching Snapchat filters. Apparently, they were paying no mind to the fact that aunt Kylie Jenner may have contributed to wiping out $1.3 billion of Snapchat’s stock value last week. The adorable photo does not mark Chicago West’s social media debut, however. She first appeared in Kylie Jenner’s birth announcement video earlier this month. Kardashian and husband Kanye West welcomed baby Chicago via a surrogate in January. “Having a gestational carrier is definitely different, but anyone who…
Singer, Oluwaseun Oni, aka Saeon, has been off the scene for a while but many wouldn’t forget in a hurry, her spat with Wizkid, which culminated in the Starboy singer threatening to beat her up. However, in a recent chat with Saeon, she hinted that she has since moved on. Responding to a question on whether she has forgiven Wizkid, she said, “One of the reasons I decided to title my latest single as Rebirth is because I have come to realise that many things we go through in life are meant to teach us lessons which shape us for…
An old notebook of Drake’s is currently up for auction, with the potential to sell for $54,000, reports have said. The purple spiral notebook appears to contain song lyrics, as well as Drake’s take on Biggie Smalls’s “10 Crack Commandments,” which the Toronto native calls the “10 Mack Commandments.” It also contains multiple version of his signature, here seen as Aubrey Graham, as well as “various phone and credit card numbers … possibly his uncle’s.” The notebook was found in Drake’s grandfather’s Toronto furniture factory and almost thrown out, but saved at the last minute. It’s dated as being started…
Toke Makinwa is in the news again and this time she is blasting a follower on Instagram who tried to call her out over her comments on Michelle Obama. Michele Obama, former first lady of the United States had announced on Twitter on Sunday, February 25, 2018, about the launch of her book “Becoming.” A seemingly excited Toke Makinwa whose book “On Becoming” has a similar title was overjoyed about the news and went to praise Michelle Obama on her Instagram page for her book and the story she has to tell not forgetting to mention that their books both…
M.I Abaga says he thinks Dorcas Shola-Fapson and the Taxify driver who was accused of assaulting the actress are both saying the truth. “I saw two people telling the truth. I didn’t think that for the driver’s story to be correct, DSF needed to be lying. I didn’t think that for DSF’s story to be correct, the driver needed to be lying. Two people were telling their stories from their point of view”, He said. M.I isn’t the only celebrity who has come out to speak about the alleged assault claims by Dorcas Shola-Fapson on a Taxify driver, Henry Nnaemeka.…
Sola Ogudu, one of Wizkid’s baby mamas has revealed how she is able to cope with the other baby mamas. A fan asked her a question on Instagram. “Hi mama Tife, following you all the way from Kenya. How do you do it? How do you manage to stay strong in the midst of all these trials. How do you watch your…move on, have other children with other women, fall in love with other women and flaunt them all over social media? I need strength, it’s happening to me right now. What a strong woman you are, May God continue…
Banky has done it again. Banky W just did a slam dunk on a too curious fan and it will certainly make your night. Commenting on a post the singer shared via his Instagram page, the nosy fan felt the need to ask Banky about his wedding band which seemed to have been missing in the picture. Banky was quick to reply with, “Where is your husband?” Of course, fans couldn’t get enough of his reply. With the digital age has come even more exposure of the private lives of celebrities and the constant obsession of their lives behind the…
Chris Brown reportedly sent singer Rihanna an expensive birthday gift for her birthday. A source revealed that Brown spent $30,000 on a diamond chain for Rihanna’s birthday on February 20. “He sent it over with 30 red roses”, added the insider. The source also stated that Rihanna actually enjoyed the gift. “She was happy he remembered her birthday, but she’s not going to wear the chain because it’s not her style at all anymore,” the source explained. “It’s something she would have worn back when they were together, but she’s a grown woman now and she’s changed.” The Work hit-maker…
Fans are currently speculating around rumours that Beyoncé and Jay Z may be about to announce joint UK tour together. The couple’s last major live appearance together in Europe was when their ‘On The Run’ Tour called into Paris for two huge shows in 2014. Now, it looks like Bey and Jay may finally be bringing it to UK shores. Fresh speculation around a joint UK tour arose in the last week, after eagle-eyed fans spotted a new landing page for ‘Beyoncé and Jay Z tickets’ on Ticketmaster’s UK site. The page was deleted shortly after screengrabs were shared across…
The Nigerian army has denied involvement in the demolition of a house belonging to Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi on the orders of Kaduna State Governor Nasir Elrufai. The demolition of the property which doubles as Hunkuyi’s home and office, fueled insinuations that it was a case of vendetta by Elrufai. Through his twitter account, Hunkuyi had alleged that soldiers riding in armored tanks had accompanied the Governor to the property for the demolition job. “Mallam Elrufai personally drove a bulldozer accompanied by armored tanks to destroy my house at 11B Sambo Road. This is a new low and fighting dirty with…
Muhammadu Buhari has asked leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to start preparing for the 2019 elections. The President said, “I must heartily thank the party officials and members for the successes we have achieved in the 2015 elections in securing majority of the states, majority in the national assembly and majority in the state assemblies. “We must remember that this resounding success would not have been achieved without the unity of purpose we exhibited in challenging and defeating an incumbent government. “Those outstanding successes would not have been possible without your hard work, dedication, and above all,…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written yet another scathing letter to APC national Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. In the letter, Tinubu accuses Odigie-Oyegun of sabotage. Reports have it that Tinubu copied President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House Yakubu Dogara in his letter. However, Tinubu says Oyegun is frustrating that presidential directive. “Disappointment greeted me when I discovered that you had swiftly acted in contravention of the spirit of our discussions. Instead of being a bulwark of support as promised, you positioned yourself in active opposition to the goal of resuscitating the progressive…
Attahiru Jega, former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said politicians were the greatest threat to Nigeria’s democracy. According to him, the biggest threat is the recklessness of politicians to undermine Nigeria’s democracy, thereby destabilising the process of development. He said “Nigeria like all countries face threats to its democracy, we must identify the threats that have the tendency to derail the development of our democracy and address them. “We must also checkmate the threats of politicians to undermine our democracy because all we need now is adding value to the process/ “We also need to mobilise our…
Senator Gbenga Ashafa has debunked rumours that he’s planning to contest to be the state’s next governor in the 2019 gubernatorial election. Senator Ashafa explained further that he supports incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and that he’s firmly focused on his duties as a lawmaker. The statement read, “The attention of the office of the Senator Representing the good and hardworking people of Lagos East Senatorial District has this morning 22 February, 2018 been drawn to a news item published on an online news blog known as “Society Now” and captioned “AGAIN TALKS GBENGA ASHAFA INTERESTED IN BECOMING NEXT LAGOS GOV…