Diego Simeone has been the driving force behind Atletico Madrid’s resurgence in recent years, sporting director Jose Luis Caminero believes. An Atletico legend after captaining the club to a famous La Liga and Copa del Rey double in 1995-96, Simeone’s hero status at the Vicente Calderon has grown further thanks to his achievements since taking over as coach in December 2011. The Argentinian has guided Atletico to Europa League and Copa glory, as well as the league title and Champions League final in 2013-14. Simeone signed a new long-term contract with Atletico last year, but is consistently linked with managerial…
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Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane accepted that Cristiano Ronaldo’s desire to play every game can be an issue and only rates the forward as “day-to-day” to play Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Portugal international will miss Saturday’s La Liga encounter at Rayo Vallecano due to a thigh problem, but the prolific attacker would have played had the decision been up to him. Zidane revealed Madrid would not have allowed him to take the field even if the Rayo game had been the Champions League final, but feels the 31-year-old’s hunger remains mainly a good thing…
Luis Enrique has dismissed any concerns over the fitness of Lionel Messi ahead of Barcelona’s clash with Sporting Gijon on Saturday. The Argentina star is reported to have been limited in first-team training since the 8-0 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday. There had been fears Messi could be forced to sit out some of the Liga title run-in, but Luis Enrique says he is fully fit to face Abelardo’s side. “Messi is in perfect condition. He took a knock against Depor. He trained well and is ready for tomorrow,” the Barca boss said on Friday. Looking ahead to…
Jamie Vardy’s absence for Premier League leaders Leicester City could have a big impact, says Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino, although he prefers to focus on his side’s Monday night clash with West Bromwich Albion. Tottenham reduced Leicester’s lead to five points with a 4-0 victory at Stoke City on Monday, and will hope the Foxes struggle without Vardy when they host Swansea City on Sunday. “I think that it’s a big impact for Leicester because Vardy is one of the best players in the Premier League. “Sure, it’s a big impact for them,” Pochettino said at his Friday news…
Goal drought of Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo is a source of worry for Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores ahead of their Premier League clash with West Brom. Ighalo has scored 14 league goals this season while his strike partner Troy Deeney has scored nine. These goals have helped solidified Watford’s league status this season in 15th position in the table. “It is clear. The second half of the season we have problems to score – I try to support the strikers because Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo are amazing players and have a lot of responsibility,” the coach said. “In…
Three Super Eagles star, John Obi Mikel, Odion Ighalo and Ahmed Musa have named in Samson Siasia’s provisional list for the football tournament of the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Each country are allowed to invite three players over 23 for the tournament. For the Dream Team VI, rumours have it that Saisia has named Mikel, Ighalo and Musa. Mikel according to Siasia has expressed his desire to play in the tournament after the coach dropped him from the squad for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Watford striker, Ighalo has been permission by his coach, to play in Brazil and…
Bukky Wright has shared some very happy news, revealing that her second son, Wilson Amu-Wright, has just completed the process of becoming an American Air Force official. The Nollywood actress shared the news via several posts on her Instagram page, today, April 22, 2016. Wright shared cute and sharp photos of her son rocking the complete Air Force regalia, gushing about how proud she was of him. The mother-of-two shared a close up photo of her son, commenting: “Am so proud of my son as an American air force officer.” Big congrats to her.
Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade remembers her late dad today, Friday, April 22, 2016. The ‘Mama Africa’ who revealed her dad passed on one year ago took to Instagram to share a lovely throwback of herself and her dad with the caption, “Happy birthday Papa #daddy’sLittleGirl # we miss you #imissyou #heavenNeededYouMore #papaafrica #mamaafrica #myinspiration #April22nd #continueToRestPapa #oneYearAlready.” Yemi Alade came to become a star after emerging as the winner of the 2009 Peak Talent Show. Her album, “Mama Africa” is also doing well. In March 2016, the album became the most pre-ordered African album on iTunes.
Embattled Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu has had enough of the name calling by ex-lover, Seun Egbegbe and fans. The actress in a post shared on her Instagram page, Monday, April 18, 2016 reached out to Nigerians to share her pain. The star who recently separated from her husband Adeniyi Johnson as well as rebound Seun Egbegbe is crying out about the psychological abuse she’s suffered. Aimakhu also admits to making mistakes in the two relationships and begs for time to let her heal. She wrote, “Permit me to use this medium to address a particular issue that has always affected…
Cool FM On Air-Personality shared his thoughts today, Thursday, April 21, 2016 on the broken relationship between Seun Egbegbe and actress Toyin Aimakhu. Toyin who has been embroiled in a lot of social media brouhaha following her breakup with Seun Egbegbe is finally having people speak up for her. Freeze in an Instagram post defended the actress and praised her for staying strong even though her ex dragged her name in the mud angrily. “Seun, what you did to her would drown most women but not Toyin, as she personifies the strength of a woman, under pressure she didn’t crack!…
Following popular Yoruba actress, Toyin Aimakhu’s latest saga with ex-lover, Seun Egbegbe and social media criticism, OAP Toke Makinwa has come to her defence. The OAP who is also estranged from her husband, Maje Ayida took to Instagram today, Friday, April 22, 2016 to share a photo of Aimakhu telling her she celebrates her fearless nature. “People think being vulnerable is a sign of weakness but it takes a lot of courage to wear your pain on your sleeve. I celebrate your fearless nature, keep rising thru it all cc @aimakhutoyin,” she wrote. Toke Makinwa joins other Nigerian stars like…
Nigerian singer, Orezi was almost pummeled on Sunday,April 17, 2016 by an enraged husband who accused the singer for allegedly sleeping with his wife. His management has however cleared the air surrounding the accusations. According to them, “‘We have seen a video that is being circulated about a man who accosted Orezi after his performance in Surulere and accused him of sleeping with his wife. We implore all Orezi’s fans to ignore the video as that incident was a mischievous attempt by the man. Orezi neither knows the man nor his wife. Orezi is dedicated to his career at this…
Did you know Prince, who passed on April 21 at age 57, once kicked off his fan, Kim Kardashian off his stage when she couldn’t do what he asked her to do? A recent video released April 22 shows Kardashian had a notable run-in with the late music icon during his 2011 concert at Madison Square Garden. Prince brought the reality star on stage and then kicked her off because she wouldn’t dance! In the clip, Prince, in a glamorous all gold outfit, started showing off his moves in front of Kim. That was Prince’s way of saying it’s cool…
He has battled many athletes in his career so far and will face more, but NBA star LeBron James is facing a unique one. The Cleveland Cavaliers star is currently in an arena battle with Pop star Justin Bieber. According to TMZ, the two stars have booked the same arena for the same day. Bieber is scheduled to play at the Quicken Loans Arena on Tuesday April 26 in his Cleveland leg of his Purpose World Tour. On that same day, the Cavs will have a home game on the same day. The scheduled game is however a game 5…
Justin Bieber has landed himself into a little trouble with music lovers after he expressed disappointment that Prince was labelled ‘the last great living performer’… instead of him. After iconic musician Prince was announced dead on Thursday, April 21, an Instagram user posted a lengthy message via the photo site paying tribute to the fallen music hero. In his post, rock star @andrew50watt wrote: “This past Tuesday night, before my show, I was picking out an outfit…I was so tired from the past week of endless traveling and gigging that I grabbed my Prince shirt and said fuck it I’m…
As the tributes to late music icon, Prince, continue to pour in following his death, yesterday, April 21, 2016, Mike Tyson joins in with the weirdest so far. The boxing Legend took to Twitter to mourn as well as celebrate the late singer with a weird photo earlier today, April 22, 2016. The photo is an obvious if bizarre combination of Tyson’s face with Prince’s body, which as you can imagine, just doesn’t sit well. Tyson shared the photo along with the words: “#supertribute to #Prince #RIP Like the world, i mourn but celebrate your spirit with your music.” As…
Common sense Senator, Ben Murray Bruce’s comment about late Gen. Sani Abacha’s loot, has sparked the fury of Nigerians on Twitter. The Senator, on April 19, 2016.tweeted saying “Thank God for Sani Abacha. In some way he was a visionary. In this time of scarcity, his money being returned to us is now our saving grace!” The number of angry replies that followed Senator Murray-Bruce’s tweet is alarming. Senator Murray-Bruce has also vowed not to take any Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) given to him by the Senate.
Muhammad Musa Bello, Minister of the FCT gave the assurance while receiving the participants of Course 38 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru-Jos, who were in Abuja for a study tour on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. A statement issued by Muhammad Hazat Sule, Deputy Director / Chief Press Secretary, quoted the minister during the visit as saying that that a lot has been achieved in the development of FCT. He said even though a lot has been achieved, a lot more needs to be done to fast track the development of the entire Federal Capital Territory…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said it would visit depots across the country to monitor challenges in the distribution and supply of petroleum products. Information on the visit is contained in a statement issued by Mr Lawson Ngoa, the Secretary, IPMAN Reconciliation Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. The statement quoted Ngoa as saying “the Committee in carrying out its task as scheduled and will visit all NNPC depots and other private depots in the country. “This is part of its efforts to address some of the challenges in the petroleum product distribution and supply in the country.”…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has said that all the elected chairmen in the six Area Councils must work with the residents to achieve rapid growth. On Wednesday, April 21, 2016, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented certificates of return to the newly elected FCT Area Councils Chairmen and Councilors, the minister made this admonition. The Minister, who also used the occasion and commended INEC for the successful exercise devoid of rancor, stressed the administration’s commitment towards free and fair election. “I hereby enjoin each and every chairman to work with all…