Kelechi Iheanacho says it would be a “dream come true” to play for Manchester City against Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League. The striker scored twice in the 4-0 victory over Stoke City on Saturday as Manchester City strengthened their grip on a Champions League place for next season. Now the 19-year-old, who has 11 goals in 29 appearances in his debut season with the first team, is hoping he gets a chance to make an impact in the first leg against Madrid on Tuesday. Iheanacho told reporters: “I think I should dream about that because it’s…
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Louis van Gaal hailed Manchester United’s “unbelievable” spirit after they beat Everton 2-1 to reach the FA Cup final — before admitting his continued uncertainty about his chances of still being with the club next season. Anthony Martial struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner at Wembley after Marouane Fellaini’s 34th-minute opener was cancelled out by a Chris Smalling own-goal 15 minutes from time. United had dominated the first half, with Everton then mounting a comeback during which Toffees striker Romelu Lukaku had a 57th-minute penalty brilliantly saved by David de Gea. The semi-final looked certain to head into extra time, but…
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has said nobody at Stamford Bridge wants Tottenham Hotspur to beat Leicester City to the Premier League title. Having recovered from a hip injury, Hazard scored his first Premier League goals of a difficult campaign as Chelsea beat Bournemouth 4-1 on Saturday to move up to ninth in the table. A disastrous first half of the season under former manager Jose Mourinho ended Chelsea’s hopes of retaining the title — but they can still have a huge impact on who wins it, with Tottenham and Leicester both to come in their final four fixtures. Spurs visit…
Wayne Rooney believes winning the FA Cup could be “the start of something special” for Manchester United. Anthony Martial scored an injury-time winner as United beat Everton 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday to reach the final, where they will play the winner of the second semifinal between Crystal Palace and Watford on May 21. Rooney has yet to win the FA Cup, with United lifting the last of their 11 cups in 2004. Since then they have been overtaken by Arsenal as the most successful club, the Gunners winning for a 12th time last year “I’ve played in two FA…
Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has told Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Mauricio Pochettino he will have to wait to win the Premier League title. Ranieri leads his side into Sunday’s game against Swansea at the King Power Stadium with a five-point advantage over Spurs, who host West Bromwich Albion on Monday night. The pressure is starting to build on the leaders, who are without suspended top scorer Jamie Vardy and then travel to FA Cup finalists Manchester United next weekend. But when asked if he had a message for Pochettino, Ranieri’s reply was clear. “Mauricio, you can wait,” Ranieri told reporters.…
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri expects a difficult match when the Serie A leaders travel to Fiorentina on Sunday. The reigning champions can take an important step toward the title at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, but Allegri believes Fiorentina will be desperate to spring a surprise. “We need to get a positive result against Fiorentina. They’ll be pumped up for it and we can expect a tough match,” Allegri said. “It will be a very intense match. They’re the side that has scored most often in the first 30 minutes. “But we go to Florence looking to bring three points back…
Manchester City thrashed Stoke City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to leapfrog Arsenal into third place in the Premier League. City’s 19-year-old Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice, in the 64th and 74th minutes, and was brought down for the penalty in the 43rd minute from which Sergio Aguero scored has 16th goal in as many games this year. Fernando headed City’s opener from Jesus Navas’s 35th-minute corner. Stoke have now conceded four goals in each of their last three games. Iheanacho will be hoping to retain his starting slot for City’s Champions League semi-final first-leg game against…
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi reassured coach Laurent Blanc that will remain in charge of the French champions next season. PSG remain on track for another domestic treble after triumphing in Saturday’s Coupe de la Ligue final but Blanc’s future still remains uncertain despite four successive Ligue 1 titles and a new contract only signed in February. Jose Mourinho has been linked with a move to the French capital after Blanc was unable to prevent a fourth consecutive quarter-final exit in the Champions League. However, Al-Khelaifi insisted Blanc, 50, is going nowhere. “It [contract] was extended for two years, he…
Thierry Henry has warned Manchester City not to be “hypnotised” by Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in their Champions League semi-final. City host Madrid in Tuesday’s first leg at the Etihad Stadium, which will mark the Premier League club’s first semi-final appearance in the Champions League. Madrid’s presence in the final four alone is down to the heroics of Ronaldo, who scored a second-leg hat-trick in his team’s quarter-final against Wolfsburg, who lost 3-2 on aggregate, having won 2-0 in Germany. And while Ronaldo proved his match-winning capabilities once again on the big stage, former Arsenal and France international forward Henry…
Liverpool are in sparkling form ahead of their Europa League semi-final against Villarreal and already, manager Jurgen Klopp feels silverware is within the club’s reach. Klopp has only been at Anfield since October but he is confident he can establish the sort of title-winning prowess he had at Borussia Dortmund, who his side knocked out of the Europa League in the quarter-finals. “I feel there is a power at this club,” he said. “I felt it when we played Dortmund at Anfield and I saw it in the streets before the game. I believe that there are some clubs who…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said he has no grudge to bear against former club Real Madrid ahead of their Champions League semi-final clash. But Pellegrini admitted he was not happy with being sacked by the La Liga club after just one season at the helm in 2010. Pellegrini was plucked from Villarreal to lead a Madrid side that had just acquired Cristiano Ronaldo for a world record fee from Manchester United but could only finish second behind Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona at the end of the 2009-10 season. “I was upset at the time because we played so well and…
The highly anticipated record of Dem Mama Record’s Timaya and 2nite Entertainment’s act, Flavour finally surfaces as promised. The Young D produced tune is titled ‘M.O.N.E.Y’ and the record is obviously a potential hit.
Popular Juju musician and chairman Lagos chapter of Juju Musicians Association of Nigeria(AJUMN), Segun Nabi is ready to set a new record in the Juju music industry. The prolific musician, will on April 24, 2016, launch three albums- Grip, Amin (Amen) and Appreciation 5 – at a go, a feat that has not been accomplished before in the Juju music terrain. Slated to hold at Glass House Events Centre, New Oko Oba, Lagos, the albums unveiling event, will see notable Juju artistes like Sir Shina Peters, Yinka Ayefele, Mega 9’9, Femi Solar, Dele Gold, among others perform. Popular Yoruba actors,…
On April 12, 2016, HKN lead act, Davido was unveiled as the latest Pepsi ambassador, joining fellow music stars like Wizkid, Seyi Shay and Tiwa Savage as the face of the brand. Then, yesterday while he was ranting on Snapchat, he revealed that the deal is worth N100 million and he had plans of buying cars for everyone on his label. Now that he’s angry with a family member in his crew, he may just be tempted to keep all the money to himself.
In times past, countless Nigerians have fallen victim to scammers who send text messages to their mobile phones proclaiming that they won a gift which they should pay to collect. One of their latest target is Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson. Here’s the message she got recently: ‘hi Mercy Johnson, you just won a new laptop on Mercy Johnson giveaway. Pay money so we can send it to you’. According to her, ‘I quickly cleaned my make up and went to check if my face was still on my head, and asked my hubby to assure me that am actually the…
Nollywood actress and UN Ambassador, Chika Ike is bereaved. The University of Lagos graduate revealed she lost her mother yesterday, Monday April 18, 2016 via an Instagram post, while also recounting the role she played in her life. “RIP Mum. Saying I am going to miss you is an understatement, I can’t still believe you are gone , I sit here wondering if I’m in a dream and waiting for someone to pinch me . You thought me how to be strong, giving, loyal, compassionate and driven. You told me that there is nothing impossible to do. You made me…
On Tuesday, April 18, 2016 Nigerian pop star and Five Star Music lead act, Kcee was a year older. On that day, the Limpopo singer released some really dapper pictures to celebrate his birthday as he also hit the 1m follower mark on Instagram. He’s however not held a party to celebrate it because it was a week-day. Now Kcee and his label mates, Harrysong and Skiibii have arrived in South Africa where he’ll hold a birthday party at Harem Night Club on Friday, April 22, 2016.
Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon has admitted she could invite her perceived rival, Stella Damasus to a movie shoot if need be. The two Nollywood darlings have reportedly been involved in a face-off over Doris’ ex-husband, Daniel Ademinokan. While speaking with Vanguard on her present stand with Stella, Doris said, ‘I have no business with her’, before going on to comment on whether she could invite the latter for a shoot. ‘Yes, I can, after all, she is an actress and money is involved. I can do business with an enemy provided it is strictly business. Why her when I can…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has confirmed his part in the remake of 1995 hit movie, Jumanji. “It’s official,” he wrote. “We’ll produce and deliver to a whole new generation a title that I love and is one of my all time favs. There’s games you play for fun… then there’s games that change your life. JUMANJI.” The original film, made in 1995, was based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 picture book and starred the late Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst. The story portrayed two children who played a magical board game in order to save a man who had been…
Rumours of a reconciliation between the Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz have been rife in recent times. This is coming following Brooklyn’s split from former girlfriend Sonia Ben Ammar. It now seems all but confirmed now that Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz are back together, following their romantic stroll in London on Friday. The romance between the pair is thought to have been reignited earlier this month, when Chloe and Brooklyn dined with the Beckhams, and Chloe’s mother, Terri, at Soho House in Los Angeles. A source told The Sun UK that; “Chloe and Brooklyn are very much…