Antonio Conte has come out to talk about Chelsea’s pressing need for squad reinforcements before the transfer deadline despite a 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday, and revealed that he will allow Eden Hazard to join up with the Belgium squad over the international break. “For sure, we must be pleased with the performance,” Conte said of the Everton win. “We dominated the game, we created many chances to score. I saw a lot of positive things, great concentration and focus, the will to finish this game with a clean sheet. I think it was very important for us. “If…
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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side’s worrisome finishing was to blame as they dropped two points in Sunday evening’s 2-2 La Liga draw at home to Valencia — but he supprteded both Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale after both were jeered by the ever-demanding Bernabeu crowd. After Benzema and Bale were booed for fluffing chances, Valencia debutant Geoffrey Kondogbia put his side 2-1 up from the edge of the box after a Madrid defence missing suspended Sergio Ramos and injured Raphael Varane was destroyed again.# The Los Blancos coach told the postgame news conference at the Bernabeu: “I…
Ross Barkley might not join Tottenham or Chelsea in the final days of this transfer window because Everton are yet to see any bid for him, manager Ronald Koeman has said. Goals from Cesc Fabregas and Alvaro Morata caused Evertons’ 2-0 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday without Barkley, whose plans to leave Goodison Park this summer were disrupted by a torn hamstring picked up in training that will keep him sidelined for up to three months. Asked if there has been any movement on the issue of Barkley’s future, Koeman replied: “No, no. At this moment [he…
Real Madrid and Valencia played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Bernabeu as Marcelino’s work in progress brought the heat to the champions. Marco Asensio scored a wonderful solo goal and a late free kick to earn Madrid a point after Carlos Soler and Geoffrey Kondogbia had given the visitors a brief second-half lead. 8 — Zidane switched Asensio and Gareth Bale around to provide Dani Carvajal with more cover against the marauding Toni Lato and Jose Luis Gaya. Recognizing the need for a more solid defensive screen, he sacrificed Isco for Mateo Kovacic at half-time and deserved credit…
Mesut Ozil tendered an apology to Arsenal fans on social media on Sunday after the Gunners’ awful 4-0 loss at Liverpool. Ozil was one of several Arsenal players who were blasted for a lack of effort at Anfield, as they endured a bashing that sparked renewed outrage among a fan base who grew increasingly worried about the team last season. Ozil said “Blame us, shout at us, criticize us, but I’m also very disappointed about today’s game,” Ozil wrote. “We wanted to achieve a positive result before the international break but we were simply not good enough during the 90…
Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Arsenal proves they possess the ability to put in commanding attacking performances after only just a few days’ rest and even without a number of influential players. Despite playing without the wantaway Philippe Coutinho and injured Adam Lallana, Liverpool netted four at Anfield for the second time in a week as they demolished Arsene Wenger’s side on Sunday afternoon. Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and second-half substitute Daniel Sturridge all scored to ensure Liverpool would go into the international break still unbeaten this season. “All that we are doing must have…
Empire’s Taraji P Henson – aka Cookie Lyon, the matriarch of Fox’s hip-hop drama series – has revealed that fans can expect to see a different side to her character when the show returns in a couple of weeks. Season three saw Cookie finally get what she’d been fighting for since the pilot: a position of power at Empire Entertainment, the record company she built with husband Lucious. Heading into season four, that means we’re about to see Cookie the CEO – and it’s going to change things. “You will see a very different Cookie this season. More reserved,” Taraji…
Fashion can be a powerful tool of change, especially when boasting a stigma-shattering message. Zooey Deschanel recently used style to do just this, wearing a simple T-shirt to spread an important message. The New Girl actor and singer wore a feminist shirt with the phrase “Hysterical Female” boldly printed on it. Deschanel posted a black-and-white selfie on Instagram wearing the Rachel Antonoff-designed shirt. The tee nods to an outdated, outmoded, and downright ridiculous medical diagnosis that was historically reserved for women, characterizing them as irrational and emotionally unstable. But we all know those stereotypes still persist today, even if not…
Chocolate City Boss, MI Abaga recently revealed why it took him ages to drop a new album and being compared to some heavy-weights in the Nigerian music industry. The rapper said; “The truth about it is that the CEO work has been harder than I thought and it has taken a lot of time from me. Also, when you become a brand, you have brand commitments as well. My contract with Glo expired this year even though I have been working with them for seven years and I had been their ambassador for five years. We had to go for…
At last, D’banj has revealed details about his meeting with US superstar, Kanye West. The singer who was once signed to West’s GOOD Music record label – a move which led to the breakup of Mo’Hits Records – has come out to say how he met Kanye West in a Dubai airport in 2010. “I’ll tell you that right now. Everyone is on Afrobeat, AfroPop, African Sound, but the first person to ever take notice of that and do something about it was Kanye. I was in Dubai in 2010. I had a concert in Dubai and on my way…
Just when a lot of viewers thought that “The Last #Man On Earth” would be canceled because of the previous season’s poor ratings, Fox renewed the television show for a fourth season. Although there are fears that the television show’s fans will stop supporting the series, the network and the people behind the show are willing to take a risk. #Will Forte returns to reprise his role as the average guy Phil Miller. Aside from the returning cast members, there are two stars coming to join the remaining “The #Last Man on Earth” Season 4’s survivors. Chris Elliott joins “The…
He broke up with his superstar fiance last year. But Taylor Kinney was spotted at his ex Lady Gaga’s concert for her Joanne World Tour on Friday night. The 35-year-old actor was snapped by attendees at the Chicago show as they posted pics on social media. A young fan tweeted: ‘Taylor Kinney, Gaga’s ex-Fiancé, is in the audience tonight!’ along with a selfie as Taylor gives a thumbs up in the background. Another little monster posted: ‘I met @taylorkinney111 last night and he’s such a cool guy. Best selfie I’ve ever taken.’ Lady Gaga, 31, got in on the Twitter…
Versatile musician, sports enthusiast and businessman, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, has bragged of being a source of inspiration and motivation to many Nigerian artistes who are big in the music industry today. The talented singer said this in a recent chat that before the likes of Wizkid, D’banj, Timaya, Asa, P-Square among others hit the limelight, he mentored, inspired and moulded them into what they are today, which makes them his children in the Nigerian music industry. “So many artistes that are big now, when they were budding artistes I inspired and motivated them. From P-Square to…
Popular artiste Davido may have recently welcomed his second child Hailey; this hasn’t stopped him from announcing his want for have another child. Taking to his Snapchat account, Davido shared a photo of Hailey with the caption “My last born, for now sha.” Meanwhile, Davido has been accused of pilfering the beat of his recent song Pere. Unkwown producer HOD also accused of being the one who gave Davido his own version of Pere that was released in 2015. Davido is yet to respond to the allegation.
Taylor Swift returned on Friday (Aug. 25) with her new, highly-anticipated single “Look What You Made Me Do”, a fiery message to everyone on her “list,” promising them that “you’ll all get yours.” Shortly after Swift’s single released, Nicki Minaj sent out a cryptic tweet that many believe is a shot at the pop star. Using a line from Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble,” Minaj wrote, “N—-a sit down. Be humble,” in the wee hours of the morning, an hour after Swift’s midnight release. On “Look What You Made Me Do,” Swift sings about seeking revenge, singing lines like, “I’ve got a…
Retired baller LaVar Ball is making bank with his LA Lakers star son Lonzo as the 19-year-old’s first shoe is starting to fly off the shelves at $495 a piece. One patron who didn’t seem to have his order fulfilled is rapper The Game who took to Instagram to put LaVar on blast for dropping the ball. Determined to get an answer for his problem, The Game took to Instagram where he explained the situation in the comments section under one of LaVar Ball’s recent posts with him and his son pictured, together. “Ordered shoes for my son & his…
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President, Dangote Group on Monday revealed that the company would invest 450 million dollars in agriculture development in Niger State over the next three years. He said that a state-of-the-art fully integrated sugar refining industry would also be established. “The Dangote Group is committed to invest around 450million dollars over the three next years to establish a large scale rice processing mill for out growers.” “Our company is also establishing a state of the art fully integrated sugar industry involving the development of over 30,000 hectares of sugar cane plantation and the production of about 500,…
Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that the Federal Government will begin taxing first class and business class air tickets in the country. During the broadcast, she said, “We signed something yesterday on luxury goods; champagne, brandy, whiskey, wine, jewelry, high-end jewelry. “We’ve signed something that will be a surcharge on first class and business class tickets, we are just doing the final parts of the implementation and we also want to try and amend the tax payer book on high end cars, and an additional surcharge on luxury cars. She said, “If we move our tax-to-GDP ratio up, it means two…
The Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has taken back its threat to stop the conduct of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State. Kanu agreed to make peace at a meeting organised by the Ala-Igbo International Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, held in Owerri, Imo State. With deliberations still continuing, leader of the foundation, Professor Uzodinma Nwala, said Kanu has promised Igbo leaders that IPOB will not disturb the November 18 governorship election. Eligible voters have been told to to go out and exercise their civic duty without fear of violence.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to abide by electoral guidelines and party principles in the manner of conduct of their primaries for the Anambra Governorship election scheduled for Nov. 28, 2017. Prof. Antonia Okoosi-Simbine, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Elections and Party Monitoring Committee, made the statement recently. She said part of INEC job was to register and regulate political parties. “The only way we can regulate political party is to make sure that they follow the contents of the law they themselves brought forward to us as the guiding principles for all their activities.…