Burton Albion boss Nigel Clough says there are similarities between his father Brian and Jose Mourinho as he prepares for a crunch trip on Wednesday to face Manchester United in the League Cup. United are the defending champions after Mourinho equalled Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough’s record by winning a fourth League Cup against Southampton in February. “I think just the way they go about it and the way that they deal with things in such a no-nonsense manner,” he said. “It’s black or it’s white and that’s it. If a player does the job for him he has…
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Atletico Madrid’s new 68,000 capacity Wanda Metropolitano stadium will host the 2019 Champions League final, European football’s governing body UEFA announced on Wednesday. As the only other candidate for the final, Azerbaijani capital Baku receives the 2019 Europa League final as a consolation for missing out on the main event. “For me it is the best stadium I have played in, and I don’t just say that because it is my club,” said Antoine Griezmann after scoring the opening goal at the new ground. “As a player or a coach I have never seen anything like it,” added Atletico coach…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hopes Ilkay Gundogan’s injury is not as bad as first feared after the midfielder hurt his knee in the 2-1 League Cup victory over West Bromwich Albion. The Germany international was making his first start for City since recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injurmy that ruled him out for nine months. “I think not serious, it’s not eight months, but a little injury. Unfortunately the action was tough. He will be back soon hopefully,” Guardiola told a news conference. “Tomorrow he will take a test to see exactly what it is. The physio and…
The defensive crises of Liverpool arose from a lack of stability and authority in the back four that makes them vulnerable to conceding goals from set pieces. That’s the view of former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy, who made 246 appearances for the club over seven seasons. “You can’t build up relationships with players alongside you when you change the players all the time,” Murphy told The Straits Times in Singapore where he was promoting a masters’ football tournament. “The goalkeeper’s changing, centre-halves are changing, [Nathaniel] Clyne’s been injured so all those things mean it’s difficult to get an understanding and…
Arsene Wenger says Jack Wilshere had an “ideal” return to full action in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup win over Doncaster Rovers, but still needs to be featured gradually back into the first team. Wilshere was one of Arsenal’s bright players in the 1-0 win at the Emirates and completed 90 minutes for the Gunners for the first time since September 2014 — a three-year period interrupted by injuries and last season’s loan spell at Bournemouth. “I wanted to leave him on to give him 90 minutes, and overall I think it was an ideal game for him tonight to gain confidence…
Sadio Mane has said that he is prepared to call Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson to discuss the incident which led to the Liverpool forward seeing red, earning him a three-match suspension, during the 5-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month. Mane, who served the second game of his ban as Liverpool were sent out of the Carabao Cup in a 2-0 third-round defeat at Leicester City on Tuesday, also said that he expected a yellow card, rather than a red, for the challenge on Ederson, which left the Brazilian ‘keeper with facial injuries. “No, but I posted something…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said “there were no reasons to be worried” after his team’s surprising 1-0 home loss to Real Betis in La Liga at the Bernabeu on Wednesday. The loss has seen the Spanish giant drop seven points adrift of Barcelona in the table with just five games played, snap a 73-game scoring streak in all completions and go winless in three straight home La Liga games for the first time since April 2011. “Today the ball did not want to go in,” Zidane said. “We had 26 or 27 chances, this is football. It was not…
Jose Mourinho has said English clubs could profit in Europe if the League Cup was cancelled. Mourinho watched his Manchester United team begin their defence of the trophy with a comfortable 4-1 win over Championship side Burton Albion at Old Trafford. Mourinho told the BBC: “You know, if the competition is an official competition, it is important for Manchester United and for me as a manager and I want the players to think the same way. “If you ask me could the English football survive or even be better without this competition? Maybe. “Maybe we would be fresher for European…
Arsene Wenger handed out a perfect welcome to former rival Alex Ferguson at the Emirates on Wednesday, before offering great words of encouragementto son Darren Ferguson about his Doncaster Rovers. The former Manchester United boss watched Arsenal’s 1-0 win in the Carabao Cup from the executive seats after being invited by Wenger, and the two shared a friendly exchange before the match. Wenger and Ferguson engaged in some bitter fights when Arsenal and Man United were annual title rivals, but this was another example of how their relationship has improved after the Scotsman’s retirement. “I invited him tonight,” Wenger said.…
During the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and Irma in Texas and Florida, a number of rappers stepped up to assist with relief efforts. Now, Eminem is doing his part to help the victims. According to a report from Crain’s Detroit Business, the Marshall Mathers LP 2 rapper has teamed up with the Detroit-based StockX to help those in need. Starting today, the public can make donations of $10 or more to the StockX-Eminem Hurricane Relief fund. Eminem, along with his Marshal Mathers Foundation and metro Detroiter’s non-profit, has pledged to match the first $250,000 donated. All proceeds from the campaign…
Surprised social media users have just realized that Fenty is Rihanna’s last name, and they can’t believe the fact flew over their heads for years. The 29-year-old singer has used her own name to designate her beauty and fashion ranges, and it received renewed attention earlier this month with the launch of Fenty Beauty’s first range of products. That led plenty of people to discover that Rihanna’s real name is actually Robyn Rihanna Fenty, which left them stunned. In addition to Fenty Beauty, Rihanna has also used her last name in her fashion range with Puma, Fenty x Puma, since…
Reports suggest that the pair will ‘meet face-to-face soon’ Kanye West and Jay-Z could be set to meet in hope of settling their ongoing legal dispute, according to new reports. West parted ways with Jay’s streaming service Tidal this summer due to a dispute over money. Sources close to Tidal revealed at the time that West was unhappy with the service, claiming they owe him over $3 million. A letter was reportedly sent by West’s lawyers to Tidal, stating that the company was in breach of their contract, and that it would be terminated. After a two-week back-and-forth, no resolution…
Jamie Foxx will be playing the legendary boxer, Mike Tyson in a new biopic. Will that not be perfect? According to the Jasmine Brand, Mike Tyson was quoted saying: “It’s on, as of right now. Jamie Foxx has signed on for it. Filming hasn’t started yet but it’s going to happen. A lot of people aren’t going to like the things I’ve done in my life.” Foxx also confirmed the news himself during an interview on Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club.” He said: “I just went in with Paramount with Mike Tyson. So I’m going to do the Mike Tyson…
Simi’s second album “Simisola” has debuted at number 5 on the Billboard World Albums chart. The album marks the first time Simi is making it on to the Billboard chart. The singer shared her excitement on Instagram. “I think I’m gonna cry…but before then, I gotta say Thank You #SIMIARMY! This is OUR album. But most of alllll, THANK YOU JESUS. Rahhhh!,” she wrote. The album is delivering after weeks of promotion for the project which marks time as the first project from Simi since she broke out as a pop artist. “Simisola” contains 12 tracks, with three bonus records…
Sultan, who has been in the thick of the music industry evolution for two decades, says at this stage in his career, he can swing whichever way the times demand. In defence of the increasingly popular upbeat tempo, club-ready sound coined as ‘pon pon’, Sultan says it all boils down to the demand from the fans. According to the ‘Jagbajantis’ icon, artistes would not be recording ‘pon pon’ music if the audience do not crave, enjoy and request for it. “It’s not about the artiste alone, It’s about the demand. If the demand is not there, people will not supply…
Yemi Alade has dragged Togolese activist, Farida Nabourema for her alleged role in starting the political oppression of the people of Togo. Farida Nabourema recently talked about how African celebrities unlike their counterparts from another part of the world, use their position to endorse political oppression from dictators. This statement was made due to the recent events in the West Africa country. Togo has been in distress for the last few months because its people are protesting against its president, Faure Gnassingbe, who has been in power since 2005, after the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled for…
Kevin Hart, and wife, Eniko were seen together recently. This is the first time the pair have been seen together since Kevin Hart’s apology video on Saturday. In the video Kevin apologized to his wife and kids for cheating. Eniko Hart was seen wearing her engagement ring and wedding ring. Kevin and Eniko both strolled into the restaurant side by side showing that they are still standing. To avoid being exploited and blackmailed, Kevin Hart had to confess to an allegation of him possibly cheating on his wife. The actor took to his Instagram page to confess about what is…
Psquare’s beef might be real as Paul Okoye seems to be subbing someone on social media. Paul Okoye on February 20, 2017, took to his Instagram page to send another message to an unknown person. This comes just a day after Lola Okoye took to her Instagram page to break her silence over the feud going on in the Okoye household. “Good evening my lovelies….please leave footprints of kindness and love wherever you go. Love is the only way and peace of mind is the ultimate goal in this life of ours. Hate has no place in my world, never…
Bisola enjoyed herself, as she met Will.I.Am, and it was part of the highlights of her day. The Former BBA housemate and first runner-up from the TV show shared a photo slide of the highlights from her day via her Instagram page and we can tell that she doing bits. Bisola shared a selfie with the legendary Will.i.am of popular American band, Black Eyes Peas. She also shared photos from her sit-in at the Organisation of African first ladies, then a global goals Awards dinner, before meeting up with Veteran Nollywood star, Stephanie Linus. She captioned her post: “My Day…
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has highlighted the need for the citizens to regularly praise God as they had so much to praise Him for. “As you know, scripture says that God inhabits the praises of His people and our belief is that praising God attracts God’s attention and He comes into our praying.” “What is more anyway is that we have so much to praise God for.” “We have so much to thank Him for, and all of what we want to thank Him for all of those various things we can’t even do it in 400 hours.” “So this continuous…