Fifa’s ethics committee has often struggled to be taken seriously in the fight against corruption in soccer’s world body. While US and Swiss authorities have grabbed the headlines with dawn raids on a luxury Zurich hotel and the indictment of 27 soccer officials, Fifa’s own watchdog has had to fend off criticism that it is a weak lame duck. But, over the last year, the committee has flashed its teeth, culminating in Monday’s decision to hand eight-year bans to both Fifa President Sepp Blatter and European (Uefa) soccer chief Michel Platini. Sources close to world soccer’s ethics panel have told…
Author: David Folami
Stoke City boss has warned Manchester United coach Louis van gaal that he can’t expect his reputation to save his job should United keep up their nightmare fans as Jose Mourinho’s recent sack showed no one is indispensible. United boss van Gaal is teetering on the brink of losing his job after a dismal run of six matches without a win cost the Old Trafford club their place in the Champions League and their top-four spot in the Premier League. As Chelsea showed by sacking Jose Mourinho last week, just seven months after the Blues won the English title, managers…
Leicester City may be top of the elite league at Christmas for the first time in their 131-year history but manager Claudio Ranieri is still playing down title talk. Ahead of the festive matches against Liverpool and Manchester City, all the Italian would say was that if his team won both they would have 44 points, four more than the first objective he had set, to avoid relegation. Leicester, who avoided going down in May thanks to a late run of victories under Nigel Pearson, began the season at odds of 1 000-1 to be top of the Premier League…
Reality star, Kim Kardashian’s emoji named ‘kimoji on Monday, December 21, 2015 reportedly crashed apple store after devoted fans populated Apple app store upon hearing she launched her app. Kim’s Kimoji app is definitely a reflection of her life as it features her ugly cry, scandalous ‘break the internet’ paper magazine cover, yezzy boots, high profile baby bump, platinum blonde hair debut, trusted waist trainer etc. In as much we know this app surrounds her lifestyle, some of the kimoji’s we can’t explain, like the row of gummy bears and red solo cup. Just maybe she will explain someday. Kim…
British record breaking singer, Adele who got the world trying their vocal quality, has stated for the umpteenth that she loves Queen Bee, Beyoncé. She said this in an interview with TIME, when asked if she truly turned down a collaboration with the ‘Drunk in love’ pop star, Beyoncé. Adele went a little too far to prove her love for Queen Bee, she compared her love for the pop star as close to the love she has for her son, Angelo. “Whoever started that rumor must have been having a laugh because anyone who knows me knows that my main…
Yesterday (December 21) was the 38th birthday of top Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo. The movie star had a little party at her house which saw her friends and family celebrate with her. At the party were her top colleagues in the industry, Mercy Aigbe, Liz Da Silva and Dayo Amusa. The movie stars took a picture to commemorate the occasion. “Am Here! We r Here!! @iyaboojofespris @lizdasilvaa @mercyaigbegentry” read the caption of the picture.
Yesterday pop singer Mo’ Cheddah shared a video of her having vocal lessons with her producer Mosa. In the caption of the video she mistakenly tagged popular music video director Moe Musa. The honest mistake didn’t go down well with the video director as he blasted Mo’ Cheddah in the comment section. Mo’ Cheddah did not take kindly to his action. She shared a screenshot of his comments on her Instagram and captioned it “@mrmoemusa this is quite uncalled for, I was trying to refer to my producer @itsmosa.” On December 18, Mo’ Cheddah released a new single for the…
If there’s one thing Chris Brown is good at, it’s being a good dad. Now, the father-of-one is giving his friend, Scott Disick, 32, strong advice, telling the lord he could be a better dad to his kids. In an intense conversation, the R&B singer ripped into the reality star encouraging him to be the best dad he can be to his children. The two controversial stars have been hanging out like life-long friends after Scott made an appearance in Breezy’s ‘Picture Me Rollin’ music video. But, instead of partying, Chris has been counseling Scott on parenting. “Chris was honest…
In a recent Kylie Jenner Snapchat video posted by the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star on December 21, Kylie flashes a ‘Kyga’ picture montage on her large TV screen. It contained full photos of her and the rapper in some racy positions. It’s long been rumored that Kylie and Tyga broke up, as they haven’t been spotted together in quite some time. And Kylie recently sang Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself,’ which is a song about moving on. Tyga’s even been missing from Kylie’s Snapchat feed. But with this new video posted to Kylie’s account, does this mean they’re still…
Looks like Khloe Kardashian just scored an early Christmas present! The reality star has reached a major milestone on Instagram – she now has 38 million followers! The 31-year-old acknowledged the moment with a sweet snap of her and niece, North West, who is smiling ear to ear while Khloé holds her in the air. She captioned the pic, “My mood when I found out i have 38 million Instagram followers. I love you guys.” Khloe however still trails behind big sister Kim Kardashian who also celebrated an Instagram milestone yesterday, reaching 55 million followers! Instead of posting a photo…
Selena Gomez is turning a new leaf come 2016 and it all begins with one shocker for a new video – ‘Hands To Myself’. The singer premiered the steamy music video on Monday, December 21 and it’s already creating a lot of buzz on social media. Gomez first teased the video two weeks ago with a preview showcasing the singer strutting around a mansion in her underwear and seductively writhing around in bed until several police cars suddenly arrive. The clip cut off with one cop making his way into the luxury house. The full clip now shows that Gomez…
Top contemporary Highlife singer Flavour is wishing all his fans a Merry Christmas with his Christmas card. The talented singer shared a picture of his Christmas card on Twitter today (December 22), and wrote “who is ready for Christmas?” It is not surprising to see Flavour topless in his Christmas card. On Instagram he shared the same Christmas card and captioned it “Seasons Greetings.” In early December Flavour kissed Chidinma at Phyno Fest in Onitsha. They shared the kiss as they rounded up a performance of their collabo, ‘Ololufe’, just like in the music video.
Bayern Munich go into the winter break top of the Bundesliga despite their players missing a total of 828 days through injury in the first half of the season. This number was only beaten by Hertha Berlin and Schalke. Throughout 2015, Bayern Munich’s injury worries have been one of the main stories in Germany. The champions had to cope without several key players during the run-in last season — David Alaba, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben being among those unavailable. The injury crisis also led to a falling out between the club’s long-serving doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt and coach Pep Guardiola,…
Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville believes the club would be wrong to replace manager Louis van Gaal. United have now not won for over a month, losing their last three matches to drop out of both the Champions League and the top four of the Premier League. The pressure on Van Gaal has been increased by the availability of Jose Mourinho after he was sacked by Chelsea last week. Sources have told Theinfostride that Mourinho has already been spoken to about taking over. But Neville, who won six Premier League titles as a United first team player and is…
Arsenal will be without star Alexis Sanchez for another three weeks, manager Arsene Wenger said after Monday’s 2-1 win over Manchester City. Sanchez has been out since November with a hamstring injury, and though he recently returned to training he was left out of the squad at the Emirates on Monday night. And Wenger revealed after the game that the Chile international would remain out into the new year. “Sanchez will be back around Jan. 10. We can’t count on him around the Christmas period. He’s had a very slight setback,” Wenger said. “It was planned for him to be…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says his side have to improve defensively after losing 2-1 to Arsenal on Monday night. Theo Walcott and Oliver Giroud scored to hand Arsenal a 2-1 win, with City’s defenders culpable in the absence of injured captain Vincent Kompany. And the manager believes that the sooner the Belgian returns, the better, as the club have only kept two clean sheets in their last 12 Premier League games. “We must improve because we are conceding too many goals,” Pellegrini said. “We hope that Vincent will return soon. If we have Vincent, David [Silva] and Sergio [Aguero]…
Gunners manager has said that the win against Manchester City strengthened his sides belief that they can work hard to win the epl. The three points secured Arsenal’s hold on second place and brought them to within two points of leaders Leicester while also putting them four clear of City and the rest of the league. Wenger warily acknowledged his team’s title chances and said his players are growing in maturity.
Germany sensation and former Real madrid player has said that his current team can lift the epl title come May as he shook off a chest infection to ensure his side beat Manchester City yesternite. Ozil, 27, took his tally of league assists to 15 as he set up first-half goals for Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud and the midfielder insists that the Gunners can end their 12-year wait to regain the title this season. “We believe in ourselves,” Ozil told Sky Sports. “If you see the games against the big clubs, we won against them so we know our…
Current epl champions chelsea are in possession of enough quality to find their way back up in the english premier league table Thibaut Courtois has said. The Blues’ 3-1 league win over Sunderland on Saturday was their first game after Jose Mourinho, the club’s most successful manager, was let go last week following a dismal show of results that left Chelsea languishing in the bottom half of the table. “The first half was very good for us, we played really well. It was a good performance and we needed that,” Courtois told the club’s website (www.chelseafc.com). “Obviously when a manager…
Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho says he wants to celebrate his third year at Liverpool in 2016 by landing his first major trophy with the club. The five-time European champions are down in ninth spot in the Premier League but are through to the semifinals of the League Cup, where they face Stoke City in January, and have drawn German side Augsburg in the last 32 of the Europa League. Liverpool also meet fourth tier Exeter City in the third round of the FA Cup next month. “We’re all focused on fighting for trophies and I think we have a great…