Liverpool’s injury-plagued forward Daniel Sturridge has sustained a hamstring problem likely to keep him out for a few weeks, according to widespread British media reports on Wednesday. The 26-year-old has only recently recovered from knee and foot injuries and has made only three appearances for new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who was appointed in October, as a result. The last of those, a substitute appearance in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United, is thought to have resulted in a hamstring strain. But media outlets said Sturridge would be unfit for “weeks rather than months”. Speaking last month, Klopp said that…
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Barcelona forward Neymar was named La Liga’s “Player of the Month” for November on Tuesday, making IT the very first time anyone from the club has won the award since its introduction in September 2013. The Brazil forward scored five goals in three games during the month, including doubles against Villarreal and Real Sociedad and one against Real Madrid in the ‘Clasico’, and leads the overall scoring chart with 14 goals in 13 appearances. Shockingly, Barca’s four-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has never won the award, while his great rival, three-time World Player Cristiano Ronaldo of Real,…
Barcelona forward Neymar was named La Liga’s “Player of the Month” for November on Tuesday, making IT the very first time anyone from the club has won the award since its introduction in September 2013. The Brazil forward scored five goals in three games during the month, including doubles against Villarreal and Real Sociedad and one against Real Madrid in the ‘Clasico’, and leads the overall scoring chart with 14 goals in 13 appearances. Shockingly, Barca’s four-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has never won the award, while his great rival, three-time World Player Cristiano Ronaldo of Real,…
Bayern Munich will be missing their goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for Wednesday’s Champions League clash at Dinamo Zagreb with Pep Guardiola’s Bavarian giants already in the knockout phase. Bayern already won their group weeks ago and Guardiola has opted to rest Neuer, with former Stuttgart goalkeeper Sven Ulreich due to play only his second competitive game for the German champions. “Manu has played all the games this season, not only for Bayern Munich, but also for the national team,” said Guardiola ahead of the flight to Zagreb. “We are already through, so I want to see Sven play and give Manu…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted his team have a big hurdle to overcome on Wednesday if they want to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, but the Frenchman is confident. The English Premier League side have to beat hosts Olympiakos by at least two clear goals — or beat them by one but by scoring at least three times — to go through. But the in-form hosts are unbeaten in their domestic league and beat Arsenal 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium in September. “If you want to jump a hurdle, you do not think what happens if…
Current UCL holders Barcelona suffered an injury blow on Tuesday as Brazil star Neymar limped out of training ahead of his team’s Champions League clash at Bayer Leverkusen. “During training this evening, Neymar suffered a small muscle injury in the abductor of his left leg,” Barcelona said in a statement ahead of Wednesday’s match. “The development of the injury will determine his availability for the upcoming games.” The 23-year-old is expected to be absent against Leverkusen, but of more concern for Barca is whether he will be ready for the Club World Cup with the Catalans set to play their…
Bayern Munich’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has criticised Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal over comments he made about the Bastian Schweinsteiger’s current form. “I’m a bit disappointed with Louis, he should leave Bastian alone. He was the one who definitely wanted to sign him,” Rummenigge told German magazine Sport Bild. “Bastian needs a bit of time (to adjust). “You can’t just give a veridct on him already.” Before the start of the season, Schweinsteiger left Bayern after 14 years to join United, where his ex-Munich coach Van Gaal is the manager and he wanted Germany’s captain in the Red Devils’…
Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy wants to discuss his future with manager Arsene Wenger before the January transfer window as he looks to earn his place in the France squad for Euro 2016. Debuchy has played just seven times for his club this season due to a series of injuries and the emergence of youngster Hector Bellerin. The 30-year-old was not included in the France squad which played Germany and England last month and Debuchy is concerned by his lack of first-team action. “We talked about my situation in pre-season, I haven’t talked to him recently, but we’ll talk before the…
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg, who made club history by reaching the knock-out stages. German Cup holders Wolfsburg advanced to the last 16 for the first time as Group B winners thanks to their come-back win at the sold-out Volkswagen Arena. The defeat puts United manager Louis van Gaal under pressure with his side now winless in their last four games. PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1 win at home to CSKA Moscow allowed the Dutch to claim second place at Manchester’s expense as third-placed United now drop into the Europa League.…
Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal needs to be given more time so that the club can see good changes as a result of allowing him to develop his own ideas, former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade, Schmeichel defended Van Gaal’s style, which has been called boring by many fans and pundits. “When we picked someone like Louis Van Gaal, who has a very big ego and personality, we also picked his way of playing football,” said the popular Dane, who won five Premier League titles, three FA Cups and the…
Cristiano Ronaldo did not stop his record-breaking form in the Champions League by becoming the first player to score 11 goals in a single season of the group stages. The World Player of the Year broke the previous record of nine held by himself in 2013/14 and Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar Donetsk last season by scoring four against Swedish champions Malmo on Tuesday. Ronaldo now has 88 Champions League goals to his name, nine more than Barcelona rival Lionel Messi. The Portuguese scored all 11 of his goals in just four games after netting a hat-trick at home to Shakhtar…
Singer Timaya shared a photo on his Instagram page this morning with the caption “Early start. But I still thank God I don’t do 9 to 5, or 8 to 6 job. LMFAO… Bless”. This comes after Timaya posted yesterday that he was glad he doesn’t have a 9-5 job as he was chilling with his guys on a Monday morning. Some of his followers felt he was mocking those who have a regular job and took no chill in expressing their feelings.
King Sunny Ade, actress Bukky Wright and others visited the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Rick Ross has linked his album release run to an explosion of creativity and ideas. Between March 2014 and now, Ross has released six projects which includes three albums and three mixtapes, the most recent being his eighth studio LP, Black Market. ‘Over the last two years it was just like an explosion of creativity, music and ideas’, Rick Ross said during a recently published interview with Rolling Stone. ‘It’s just a lot of things, creatively, just fell in place. ‘Music-wise I was able to put out Mastermind and seven months later put out another project that could be perceived…
AKA’s daughter Kairo attended her bestie Madison’s pool party. Madison, the daughter of South African, rapper Da L.E.S, celebrated her second birthday last week. Kairo looked super cute in a black Lullaby Rock romper. AKA shared a picture of the two girls on his Instagram. He captioned the picture: ‘Look at these two rascals!!! Missing Madison’s 2nd birthday pool party because I’m working.’
Ed Sheeran has revealed he will undergo an operation next month after he ruptured his eardrum while holidaying in Spain with a sect of friends earlier this year. The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker will need to have an operation early next year to repair his perforated eardrum. Ed reportedly leaped from a yacht into the sea during his trip to Spain with a group of thrill-seeking friends which lead to the injury. Speaking on Australian radio station Nova FM, he said: ‘I have to have an operation in January on my ear because I stupidly jumped off a yacht really…
The 58th edition of annual Grammy Awards will hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, February 15, 2016. The news of the nominations sent social media on fire with comments and reactions from fans and nominees. While many of the nominees showed surprise at being nominated (we don’t believe you are surprised Ed Sheeran!), they were all appreciative of the honour and recognition. Ed Sheeran had this to say .
The 58th edition of annual Grammy Awards will hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, February 15, 2016. The news of the nominations sent social media on fire with comments and reactions from fans and nominees. While many of the nominees showed surprise at being nominated, they were all appreciative of the honour and recognition. John Legend had this to say ’4 grammy nominations. thank you’…
Did you miss the marvellous show last month, where Falz Tha Bahd Guy and Waka Queen, Salawa Abeni thrilled the audience? Here is your chance to experience it. Fans of the monthly Afropolitan Vibes will get to see a legend perform at this month’s edition, as Sir Shina Peters will be performing at the event, the last edition of the gig for the year. Scheduled to hold on Friday December 18, 2015, fans of the monthly gig will be treated to the best of ‘Afro-Juju’ songs and energetic performance from Sir Shina Peters, who is set to bring nostalgic excitement…
Brad Pitt has reportedly purchased a £5 million watch from an auction in Geneva. The 51-year-old actor is believed to have bid for the collector’s item when he attended the Only Watch auction in Geneva and came away with the rare Patek Philippe wristwatch, which sold for a record-breaking price. The Swiss-made timepiece was originally listed with an asking price of roughly £460,000 but after an intense bidding war it was purchased for just under £5 million. The auction house said in a statement: ‘It’s the highest price ever paid for a wristwatch at auction.’ It’s not the first time…