Franck Ribery starred in his return from a thigh injury to help Bayern Munich reach the DFB Pokal semifinals with a comfortable 3-0 win over Schalke on Wednesday. The French winger made an immediate impact, setting up Robert Lewandowski to open the scoring with a chip over goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann in the third minute. Ribery was involved again for Bayern’s second, sending Lewandowski through, and the Pole drew Faehrmann away from goal and then crossed for Thiago Alcantara to head into the unguarded net in the 16th minute. It got worse for the visitors when Ribery pulled the ball back…
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John Terry has said he used transfer interest from Manchester City to wrangle a better contract out of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. City had a formal bid for Terry rejected in the summer of 2009 as they ramped up their spending, only for the Chelsea captain to sign a new five-year deal at Stamford Bridge worth a reported £150,000-a-week. The contract made the defender one of the highest earners at Chelsea and he has said that while he never intended to leave, City’s interest strengthened his hand over the new deal. Asked during an appearance on ITV panel show “Play…
England manager Gareth Southgate is considering allowing Marcus Rashford to be selected for the under-21 friendlies against Germany and Denmark this month, sources have said. The games come ahead of the Manchester United forward’s potential involvement in the European U21 Championships in Poland this summer. Southgate is assessing options for the senior team before naming his squad for the forthcoming friendly against Germany in Dortmund and the World Cup qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley. And sources said Rashford could yet be overlooked for the full team in order for him to be given guaranteed action with Aidy Boothroyd’s U21. Rashford,…
Josep Maria Bartomeu says Barcelona’s search for a new manager begins now after Luis Enrique confirmed he would leave the club in June. The Barca coach made the shock announcement after Wednesday’s 6-1 win over Sporting Gijon, explaining that he needed a rest from the pressure which comes with the job. It will bring to an end three years in the Camp Nou hot seat — which have seen the Catalan club win eight trophies so far — and thoughts will immediately turn to who could replace him. Blaugrana president Bartomeu has already suggested Barca will begin to look for…
Sergio Aguero struck twice as Manchester City came from behind to ease into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over Championship Huddersfield. A mistake by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo allowed former City youngster Harry Bunn to fire the Terriers into a surprise early lead at the Etihad Stadium, but the hosts roared back with three goals before half-time. Leroy Sane equalised before an Aguero penalty and Pablo Zabaleta effort put Pep Guardiola’s men firmly in command. Aguero and substitute Kelechi Iheanacho completed the job in the second half. City will now play Middlesbrough for a place in the semifinals…
Las Palmas held on for a thrilling 3-3 draw against 10-man Real Madrid that kept Barcelona at the top of La Liga after the Catalans’ 6-1 defeat of Sporting Gijon earlier on Wednesday. Luis Enrique’s side went two points clear with their win at Camp Nou, putting pressure on Los Blancos to win in order to reclaim their lead at the top of the table. And Isco looked to have set them on their way after eight minutes when he collected a through ball and calmly slotted his shot past Javi Varas. However, the visitors immediately struck back with a…
Faze, former member of the defunct pop R&B group Plantashun Boiz puts out a lovely song titled ”Perfect woman’. Faze asides showing he’s a brilliant vocalist shows great understanding of what makes a woman tick.
It was already a bad weekend before Liverpool’s abysmal 3-1 defeat at struggling Leicester on Monday night. The club lost sole ownership of its “most successful club in England” tag as Manchester United won their 41st major honour on Sunday. Ten years ago the trophy count was 40-32 in Liverpool’s favour. That was the year the club was taken over, first by Tom Hicks and George Gillett then by Fenway Sports Group. The spectre of how the owners operate and how much transfer money they’d given Jurgen Klopp so far arose again. The whole team’s performance at King Power on…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are reportedly meeting with former president Goodluck Jonathan. According to a tweet by Channels Television politics correspondent, Seun Okinbaloye, the meeting is ongoing and its agenda is the internal crisis rocking the party. Details such as the venue of the meeting, names and number of the PDP Governors present were not immediately determined. The prolonged leadership tussle involving the Ali Modu Sheriff faction and the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the party has deepened the animosity amongst its members. The PDP had been thrown into chaos following its shocking loss in the…
The National Chairman the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has promised that 30 per cent elective position in the party would be reserved for women. Sheriff made the promise on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing a delegation from Imo State chapter of the party, led by Sen. Hope Uzodima. He noted that reserving 30 per cent elective position to women was important because of the significant role they play and their contributions to the party. He reiterated his commitment to conduct credible national convention for the party as soon as possible. Sheriff, who resumed duty at Wadata…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum said it had resolved to adopt political, rather than legal approach, to seek lasting solution to the party’s leadership crisis. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the forum meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, late Tuesday night. Fayose said that the meeting was at the instance of Jonathan and that all interests in the party would be represented in the search for the needed solution to the impasse. “He, Jonathan, is genuinely concerned about what is…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba has rejected the results of the state’s local Government Election. On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, APC rejected the results of the Feb 25 local government elections in the state while calling on the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) to refund the monies that it collected from APC candidates for the election that never held. The State Chairman of the party Alhaji Sani Chul said this today at a news conference in Jalingo. Chul said that the commission deceived the party by its promise of a level playing ground for all political parties and…
Yemi Alade drops the music video for ‘Marry Me’ off her Mama Africa album. The pop star’s latino-themed love song’s video was directed by Paul Gambit.
Star actress, Funke Akindele is currently teaming up with Fathia Balogun, Ngozi Nwosu and Funsho Adeolu to create the ninth season of her hilarious television serial, Jenifa’s Diary. The award-winning actress made the announcement on her Instagram page a few days ago and now we bring you behind-the-scenes images from the set. Although still at principal photography stage, filming for the new season of Jenifa’s Diary began about three weeks ago. Popular sexy and stylish character – Kiki (played by Lota Chukwu) is also making her return in the upcoming season. A spin-off from the Jenifa movies, Jenifa’s Diary is…
We thought we’d seen it all from the Kardashians, but it looks like this family has a lot more shockers hiding in their closet. First born, Kourtney shared a seemingly innocent photo of herself and her four-year-old daughter who was fast asleep in bed beside her last night. But what got our attention was her caption: ‘Our Oscar Sunday. Yes, that’s a lip ring. Thanks @kimkardashian’. On close inspection, it becomes obvious that little Penelope does indeed have a lip ring on, the exact same type her aunt, Kim has been rocking for a while now. The whole world is…
Manchester United are still capable of winning the Premier League title this season, despite trailing Chelsea by 15 points with 12 games to go, according to former utility player Quinton Fortune. Man United are sixth on the table, but have built some impressive momentum over the past two months, culminating in Sunday’s League Cup success over Southampton. And ex-South African international Fortune, who played more than 100 games for the club between 1999 and 2006, says that United are certainties for the top four and will fight with Chelsea until the last day of the season for title honours. “One…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is the first player in the Premier League to complete 1,000 passes in the opposition half this season. Statistics from EA Sports show that Pogba, who is currently on 1,029 passes with a completion rate of 83.05 percent, is ahead of Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson (987), Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil (954), Manchester City’s David Silva (930) and Eden Hazard (875) of Chelsea, while Ander Herrera (871), in sixth place, is Pogba’s nearest competitor at Old Trafford. The France international moved to United from Juventus in a world-record £89.3 million transfer in the summer and has impressed in…
Manchester United are to cover the cost of Russian visas for fans travelling to their Europa League game against FC Rostov on March 9, according to reports. United will make the trip to Rostov, located almost 2,000 miles away just east of Ukraine, for the round of 16 clash and around 500 fans are planning to travel to the game. The club have reportedly offered to refund the £118.20 processing fee for the Russian visa as a gesture of goodwill given the three-week timeframe between the draw and the tie. United play Chelsea in the FA Cup quarterfinal on Monday,…
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna road which was given an emergency facelift with the sum of N1.1 billion. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, who inaugurated the road, commended the contractor for completing the project on schedule. He said the project was awarded on Jan. 7 with completion period of 50 days. The minister, who was represented by Mr Yemi Oguntominiyi, the Director of Highway Construction and Rehabilitation in the ministry, said the emergency repair was necessitated by the plan to close Abuja Airport. The Federal Government had in January announced the plan…
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged Northern State Governors’ Wives to consider the empowerment of women and youths. The First lady stressed that this is the best way to eradicate the increasing rate of drug addiction in the north. Buhari made the call when the governors’ wives paid her a visit at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday to brief her on the progress made in efforts to tackle drug addiction in Northern Nigeria. She said that drug addiction was a major challenge facing women and youths in the region. Buhari said she intended to…