Louis van Gaal has repeated his criticism that Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is not the player he was at Bayern Munich after Manchester United’s Champions League exit. United crashed out of Europe’s top domestic competition on Tuesday with a 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg, which left them third in the group to drop into the Europa League. In the wake of the defeat, Van Gaal repeated his pre-match comments that Schweinsteiger, 31, is not playing as well as he did during his 14 years at Bayern, who he left for Old Trafford before the start of the season. Schweinsteiger was taken…
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Gary Monk’s reign as Swansea boss came to a painful end this afternoon as both parties parted ways after a string of poor results for the Welsh club. Swansea City Chairman Huw Jenkins confirmed the decision in a statement issued on the club’s website: “The decision has been made very reluctantly and with a heavy heart. “To find ourselves in our current situation from where we were in the first week of September, and considering the drop of performance levels and run of results over the last three months, it has brought us to this unfortunate decision today. “Garry took…
A Javier Hernandez strike gave Bayer Leverkusen a 1-1 draw against Group E winners Barcelona but it was not enough for them to reach the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday. In-form Hernandez netted his 12th goal in 11 games just three minutes after Lionel Messi had given a weakened Barca side the lead after 20 minutes. Leverkusen were guilty of missing several good openings in the second half especially by Hakan Calhanoglu when a win would have seen them qualify for the next round. However, the draw meant they finished third in Group E level on six points with…
Bayern Munich eased into the Champions League’s last 16 after a second-half double by top scorer Robert Lewandowski gave them a 2-0 victory at Dinamo Zagreb in their Group F match on Wednesday. Bayern, who had already secured top spot in the group, finished with 15 points from six games, six ahead of Arsenal, who booked their berth with a 3-0 win at Olympiakos Piraeus. After a drab first half, Bayern coach Pep Guardiola brought on Thomas Mueller into his makeshift side at the interval and Germany’s 2014 World Cup winner made a telling impact despite missing a 90th-minute penalty.…
Unlike Manchester united players Olivier Giroud grabbed a fantastic hat-trick as Arsenal crushed Olympiakos Piraeus 3-0 to seal their place in the Champions League’s last 16 with an inspiring demolition job that ended the hopes of their Greek opponents on Wednesday. With Arsenal needing a victory like that to make it out of Group F, France forward Giroud produced a classy display of finishing to ensure the English club finished second, level on nine points with Olympiakos, but ahead by virtue of their better head-to-head record. Giroud opened the scoring with a powerful header in the first half, doubled Arsenal’s…
Manchester City’s comeback 4-2 win in Tuesday’s Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach will be a great motivation ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against Swansea City, winger Raheem Sterling has said. Having won just one of their last four league games, third-placed City will immediately turn their attention to climbing up the table and Sterling is certain they can pick up the three points if they implement their brand of football. m “The results have not been going our way in the last few games and we were really trying to make it right,” Sterling told the club’s website…
Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo has undergone surgery on the shoulder he dislocated in training last week, the Argentina international confirmed via his Instagram account. “My operation was a success. Thank you to my beautiful wife, always with me. Thank you everyone for your messages of love and support,” Rojo wrote on Instagram. Rojo dislocated his left shoulder after a fall in training – the same injury he suffered in a 1-0 defeat at Manchester City last season. It is not known how long the 25-year-old will be on the sidelines, but British media said the defender was expected to…
Unlike Manchester United Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea got himelf some relief from their domestic woes on Wednesday, beating his former club Porto 2-0 to top Champions League Group G. An 12th minute own goal which rebounded off Ivan Marcano under pressure from Diego Costa and a well-worked second half strike from Brazilian winger Willian ensured victory for the struggling English champions and sent Porto into the Europa League. Chelsea, cheered by a smiling owner Roman Abramovich, looked a different side from the one that have slumped to eight domestic defeats in 15 league games, including four at home. The result takes…
Kim K, hubby, Kanye and baby Saint have left the hospital and are all at home now, doing well. The couple left the Los Angeles hospital after welcoming their second child, Saint West, on Saturday. “They are home now. She is recovering and doing well,” they updated on Kim K’s website. They said they don’t intend to give Saint a middle name just like North didn’t get a middle name. Looking forward to his photos.
The former Paralympian who has officially been charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Appeal but granted bail is said to be studying for a law degree through a London university course. This was known after Oscar submitted an affidavit to court during his bail hearing on Tuesday morning that he required daily internet access to continue his studies. In his affidavit, he said; “I have enrolled at the London School of Economics for a B.Sc business with law degree. I study by way of correspondence and need daily access to the internet for this purpose.” He also told…
Seriously? Rapper Tyga wants to be given money before he talks about his teenage girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. He sat down over the weekend with Yahoo for an interview and refused to answer any questions about her. During the interview, he kept saying ‘Next question.’ when asked about Kylie. When the interviewer pressed on, Tyga finally responded, ‘Not unless you’re willing to pay for it.’ and the Kylie questions stopped.
He recently shared an Adorable photo of himself and his family.
50 Cent got on Instagram on yesterday December 8, 2015, to say that he would give the Grammy Award for ‘Best New Artist’ to Fetty Wap. ‘My Best New Artist Award go’s to, Fetty Wap’, the G-Unit rapper writes. ‘He put some real hits out this year. There over looking (sic) him, they did the same thing to me. Get Rich Or Die trying, 13 million copy’s Sold’. Fetty Wap made history with his first four singles, ‘Trap Queen’, ‘Again’, ‘My Way’ and ‘679’ charted in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 list. The Paterson, New Jersey singer was…
About 30 days ago, it seemed as though Rick Ross and Lira Galore/Mercer’s relationship has ended, as rumours went around that Rozay had called off their engagement. Whatever went down there, it seems they’re now ready to get married. The Maybach Music Group boss is all loved up with fiancé Lira Mercer popularly known as Lira Galore. To further seal their relationship, the couple appear in the new cover of Paper magazine. The two take part in a luxurious spread, photographed at Ricky Rozay’s Atlanta estate. Looking at the photos from ‘The Duke and The Duchess’ inspired shoot, one can…
In the spirit of the season, MTV Base has announced that it will host fans to a free Christmas party tagged, ‘The White Christmas Party’. The event will hold at Ikeja City Mall, Lagos on Friday, December 18, 2015 and it’ll feature performances from Nigerian top acts including Olamide, Lil Kesh, Niniola, May D, CDQ, Reminisce, Phyno, Kiss Daniel, Orezi and Ycee. Speaking on the concert, Head of Marketing and Events for MTV, Colette Otusheso says, ‘This year has been a memorable one for all of us at MTVan reward our fans with the biggest Christmas party ever – and…
Following Drake and Meek Mill’s highly entertaining beef, Drake got a Grammy nomination for his diss track to Meek in the Best Rap Performance category. It appears Meek is not feeling the idea of his rival being up for an award on Grammy night at his expense. The Dreamchaser rapper posted an ‘eye opening’ message on his Instagram page that seems to be addressing Drake’s nomination, saying ‘ They tipping the scale for them suckas 2 win… #push’ A lot fans have since been directing the words to Drake – by saying Meek meant those words to the ‘Back To…
Every single year after the Grammy Award nominations are revealed, the debate about which acts got ignored always begins. This year’s list of nominees in the rap categories had some observers questioning why artistes like Future, Lupe Fiasco, and Vince Staples were ignored. Maybach Music Group’s Wale went to Twitter to express his own issues about his own name being left out of the Grammy conversation. That led to a fan suggesting he and Kendrick Lamar should go on tour together. Wale responded by claiming Kendrick stopped taking his calls after the TDE emcee received his previous Grammy nominations. Kendrick’s…
Nigerian music Legend, Don Jazzy has quickly reacted to a message that has gone viral online, which says that Mavin records is about to unveil new acts in 2016 and interested artistes should pay a sum of 45,000 naira into a bank account. The message was sent using a parody account of popular blogger, Linda Ikeji. Reacting to the viral message, Don Jazzy took to Instagram saying, ‘SCAM ALERT. That’s a fake Linda and Mavin is not aware of this too. Guys pls be careful. Thanks and GOD watch over us’.
ollywood actor, Femi Branch has taken to Instagram to share the photos of his adorable family. The crossover actor posted several pictures of his wife, Ibitola Owosanoye, and two kids Nuella and Nathan Branch. The proud father and husband captions one of the images with, ‘These are the ones that make my life meaningful. The ones for whom it’s all worth it.’.
A short historical adaptation, ‘The Encounter’ was screened over the weekend with a many top celebrities showed up at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema venue. Mavin chairman, Don Jazzy was one of the guests who turned up as well as OC Ukeje, Lamide Akintobi, Bolanle Austen-Peters, First Bank Chairman, Ibukun Awosika, Betty Irabor and Jimi Agbaje amongst others. ‘The Encounter’ which chronicles an imaginary meeting between Biafran warlord, Emeka Ojukwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna is a short film which stars Amara Onoh and Gregory Ojefua.