Louis van Gaal has said he has no doubts about his ability to manage Manchester United despite their Champions League exit and has to meet “very high” expectations at Old Trafford. United dropped into the Europa League after a 3-2 loss to Wolfsburg on Tuesday meant they finished third in Group B behind the Bundesliga club and PSV Eindhoven. But while that brought negative reactions of Van Gaal, whose team are fourth in the Premier League, he is adamant that he should stay in charge. “No, I don’t have any doubts,” he said. “You can lose and you can win…
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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he misses Carlo Ancelotti and would love to play under the Italian once more during his career. Ronaldo, 30, scored 48 goals in 35 games in the 2013-14 season and won the Champions League under Ancelotti before the manager was sacked and Rafa Benitez brought in this summer. Ancelotti, who has taken a year out of the game, has been linked with a move to Manchester United to replace Louis van Gaal, while Ronaldo’s future has also been subject of speculation with his former club top of the agenda. And the Portugal…
Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri heads into this weekend’s fixtures with his Leicester team at the top of the table and also leading the form guide standings for the last six matches, with five wins in that period a testament to the staying power of a team that is being driven by a number of factors. Leicester’s headline grabbers may have been the free-scoring Jamie Vardy and his creator-in-chief Riyad Mahrez, but this Fox is biting their rivals from a variety of angles. French midfielder N’Golo Kante is catching the eye, as is keeper Kasper Schmeichel, with the collective spirit…
Former Nigeria national team coach Stephen Keshi says he is in “shock” following the death of his wife on Wednesday. Kate Keshi died after a three-year battle with cancer. The former Nigeria national team captain struggled to not cry as he extolled the qualities of his late wife. “I am in shock. She was quite ill a while ago but recently she seemed better, so this is coming as quite a shock to me. “She was my best friend, so this is hard to take. “I want to thank everyone that has sent in their condolences to the family,” Keshi…
While his girlfriend Cassie is in South Africa filming Honey 3, looks like Diddy is hooking up with his baby mama, Kim Porter. The two were spotted together on Sunset Blvd on Wednesday night shopping at the Hustlers Hollywood adult store. There are rumors that the exes started hooking up since Diddy’s birthday bash in Nov.
New pics of Jay Z and Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy, who is said to be a young genius! She made cameo vocals on Coldplay’s new album and will appear on stage with the band at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7th 2016.
The singer showed off his new ink – a pair of angel wings – on instagram yesterday. Now he has 52 tattoos on his young body.
Prolific Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has suffered another injury, having just returned from nine months out with an ankle problem. The 32-year-old Frenchman scored on his comeback as a late substitute against Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, but only lasted 45 minutes against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday. He strained a muscle and will miss all three games before the winter break. Defender Medhi Benatia picked up a similar injury in Zagreb. “We have lost two important players,” said boss Pep Guardiola.
Toure has been voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2015. The 32-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder becomes only the third player, after Nigerians Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, to receive the honour twice. Football fans voted for Manchester City’s Toure, who first won in 2013, ahead of Yacine Brahimi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew and Sadio Mane. “I am very proud. To receive this dedication from the fans is unbelievable,” Toure told BBC Sport. “Also I want to pay tribute to the other nominees. African football is growing up, becoming much better and we have fantastic young players coming through…
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he has “no doubts” about his position and that his side must now try to win the Europa League. United’s 3-2 defeat by Wolfsburg on Tuesday saw them drop out of the Champions League. They are fourth in the Premier League, three points behind leaders Leicester, but have been criticised for their lack of flair and goals this season. “I am working very hard to do what we can do,” said Van Gaal, 64. When asked by if he felt any uncertainty about his role, he said: “No doubts. I don’t have any.…
Liverpool went straight to the knockout stages as winners of their group after a 0-0 draw with Sion in the bitter chill of Switzerland. Jurgen Klopp’s team had already progressed so the German handed starts to the likes of Kolo Toure, Divock Origi and young left-back Brad Smith against opponents who required a point to confirm their own qualification for the last 32. Smith’s performance was one of the biggest plusses in a game of few chances played in freezing temperatures and it was a result that suited both teams in the end. Liverpool finish top of Group B after…
Enjoying an excellent run in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur got top spot in Group J by outclassing Monaco with a 4-1 win at White Hart Lane. Erik Lamela was the hero for Spurs, the Argentine netting a first-half hat-trick to put Mauricio Pochettino’s side out of sight before Stephan El Shaarawy got one back for the visitors. Tom Carroll added the fourth goal for Tottenham late on, and they go through with Anderlecht, who beat Qarabag 2-1 in Brussels in the night’s other game. Meanwhile, last season’s Champions League quarterfinalists Monaco are out of Europe altogether.
Barcelona are aiming to become the world’s highest earning club in the next six years and are determined to compete with England’s Premier League on that front, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said in an interview published Friday. The Spanish giants will make about 600 million euros ($658 million) in 2015 but Bartomeu told the Financial Times newspaper he was aiming to lift this to one billion euros ($1.1 billion) by 2021. “We want to be the first club to reach one billion euros in revenues,” said Bartomeu, who won an election for a six-year term in July after Barcelona…
Louis van Gaal played down the scale of the misery gathering around Manchester United and claimed that expectations of the Old Trafford club need to be re-assessed. Van Gaal’s management of United has come under closer look following his team’s exit from the Champions League at the group stage following their 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg on Tuesday night. The former European champions are now heading for the Europa League but van Gaal insists that winning that competition will not be straight-forward with the status of United, and the level of European competition, much changed in recent years. Van Gaal said:…
Swansea City players are targetting a win in Saturday’s Premier League game against Manchester City for former manager Garry Monk because they feel responsible for his departure, caretaker manager Alan Curtis said on Friday. Monk’s 12-year association with the club as a player and manager ended when he was sacked on Wednesday following a trend of one win in 11 league games, a run that left the Swans one point above the relegation zone. “It’s been a difficult few days for everyone. We are all used to managers leaving because sadly that has always been part of the game,” Curtis…
Stitches has released a new single titled ‘Don’t Fear Death’ on December 9 which was targetted at The Game. The song was released via WorldStarHipHop. In the song, Stitches rapped about how his friends betrayed him. Stitches also went ahead to explain what happened when he was confronted The Game and his team in Miami. In his raps he said: ‘I walked up to The Game then I got sucker-punched ‘You was with 30 niggas and you could run either one. ‘I walked up by myself and I ain’t even bring a gun ‘You a stupid nigga if you think…
Kim k has found a givable way to make use of her time during midnight feeds. The Reality TV star, who gave birth to son Saint last weekend, donated 1,000 shoes to charity on a whim last night while she was awake breastfeeding. Kim wrote on Twitter how she had been moved by the story of a little girl who was trying to collect shoes for charity. The mum explained to her followers: ‘I’m up breastfeeding & watching this show Dish Nation.’ Launching a late-night bid to track down the girl, she continued: ‘Kanye and I would love to donate…
Radio damsel, Toke Makinwa, who recently stepped out with her hubby Maje Ayida after news of infidelity almost crashed her marriage, is back with a new episode of her Vlog. In the new Vlog titled ‘Can You Tell?’, Toke explains how to watch out for the signs and pointers that’ll show you if your boo is cheating on you.
Davido’s 7-month-old daughter might be getting a sibling soon. 5 months after welcoming his first child, pop star Davido might be on his way to becoming a father again. According to news reports coming in from East Africa, Tanzanian model, Agnes Masogange has hinted at being pregnant for the HKN lead act. Agnes Masogange seems to claim she is pregnant for Davido. The bootylicious socialite yesterday took to Instagram to share a photo of Davido’s customized HKN pendant stating how much she missed him. Moments later she shared a result of a pregnancy test which indicated positive, sending tongues wagging…
Muma Gee’s hubby, Prince Eke has been kidnapped, according to reports. The Nollywood actor was said to have been abducted on Owerri-Port Harcourt road, while returning from a movie location on Saturday, and the kidnappers have contacted the popular singer requesting for N15 million ransom. The abductors have also reportedly threatened to bury him alive if they don’t get the sum of money on or before December 10, which was yesterday. Muma Gee, we learnt, has been pleading with the captors to release her husband saying the family cannot get such amount of money within the short period. Today is…