Cristiano Ronaldo ex-girfriend Irina Shayk, in a an interview with Spanish magazine Hola, took a swipe at her former partner saying she felt 'ugly standing next to the wrong man’. Irina also said she believed in men who makes women unhappy are boys not men. “My ideal man is faithful, honest and a gentleman who knows how to treat women. I don’t believe in men who make us feel [...]
Angel Di Maria put up house for sale for £4.1million after burglary attack
Manchester United star Angel Di Maria's house is put up for sale for £4.1million because wife is too terrified to return there after burglary raid. According to Dailymail Di Maria and his family reportedly moved into a luxury hotel after the incident with round-the-clock security keeping them safe. They now look set to move away for good, with the luxury mansion up for [...]
Karim Benzema dreams of winning Ballon d’or
Real Madrid attacker Karim Benzema has revealed that he dreams of winning the Fifa Ballon d'Or at some point in the future, although he realises it would take some extraordinary performances to achieve his goal. Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi and Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the prestigious individual award in recent years, with the Argentine bagging the trophy [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo Named World Richest Footballer
Goal.com has named Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the wealthiest footballer in the world with a personal fortune of £152m, about £7m more than his rival, Lionel Messi (£145m). Neymar, comes third in the list with a fortune of £97.9m. Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden is worth £76.1m, while Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney is the highest-ranked [...]
Gerrard blackmailer jailed
A former policewoman has been jailed for 22 months after seizing CCTV footage of a street bust-up to be used as a “tool to blackmail” Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. Helen Jones, 32, a former PC with Merseyside Police, obtained the footage by “flashing her warrant card” to the manageress of a bank. The incident involved friends of Gerrard, the then-England captain, becoming [...]
Kano Pillars Bus attacked by robbers, shot 5 players
It has been confirmed that 5 members of the Kano Pillars Football Club have been hospitalized after their team bus was attacked driving through Abuja, as the League Champions traveled by road to Owerri. The Kano-based club who are also involved in the CAF Champions League were on their way to the Imo State capital, venue of their March 7 season- opener against Heartland FC in [...]
FIFA Task Force propose date shift for 2022 World Cup
FIFA’s Task Force for the International Match Calendar 2018-24 has proposed a new month of either late November or late December for the 2022 World Cup. The Task Force concluded its third and final meeting in Doha following a six-month consultation process according to the FIFA website. It identified the end-November/end-December as the most viable period for the 2022 FIFA [...]
Austin Okocha emerge Delta State Football Chairman
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha, has emerged the new Delta State Football Association Chairman, having won Friday’s polls. Okocha, 41, polled 26 out of 27 votes to win the seat and replace Amaju Pinnick who vacated the role after becoming president of the Nigeria Football Federation September 2014. The former PSG, Bolton Wanderers and Hull City player becomes one [...]
Luis Figo Unveils His Manifesto For FIFA Presidency
The former Ballon d'Or winner, Luis Figo released his manifesto at a Wembley press conference as he prepares to challenge Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Michael van Praag and incumbent Sepp Blatter for world football's top job. Among the Portugal great's eye-catching proposals was a promise to redistribute a chunk of FIFA's cash reserves and another to hold a "real and [...]
Chelsea vow action after fans racially abuse man in Paris
Amateur video captured footage of travelling supporters forcefully preventing a black man from boarding a train before the Blues' 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain. Chelsea have condemned a section of their supporters who chanted a racist song and pushed a black man off a Paris Metro prior to the Champions League match with PSG. The fans can then be heard singing a song that [...]
Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic handed four-match Europe ban
Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic has been suspended for their next four European matches following his Champions League sending-off against Basel in December. Liverpool opted not to appeal UEFA's decision and Markovic will miss both legs of the last-32 Europa League clash against Besiktas, the first of which is at Anfield on Thursday, as well as the home and away last-16 [...]
Brave runner crawls to get to the finish line at Austin Marathon
29-year-old Hyvon Ngetich of Kenya lost her bid to win the 2015 Austin Marathon in US after she collapsed with just two-tenths of a mile left to the finish line. Ngetich who led throughout the race, became weak but still determined not to give up and she started crawl with her both legs and hands in obvious pain, her eyes locked on the finish line and eventually she came [...]
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt plans to retire in 2017
Usain Bolt has set his sights on a winning swansong at the World Athletics Championships in London in 2017. The six-time Olympic sprint champion had suggested that the Games in Rio in 2016 would be his last but he now appears to have changed his mind, with a final competitive visit to the stadium where he won three golds in 2012 on the agenda. "That was the initial plan (to [...]
Kolo Toure confirms retirement from international football
Kolo Toure has confirmed his retirement from international football after helping Ivory Coast win the African Nations Cup earlier this month. The 33-year-old centre-back made the disclosure barely after a week after his team won the 2015 Africa Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea. “It is with great emotion that I inform you that I am going to step back. It is a very difficult [...]
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half year contract
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half year contract to keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2020. The Belgium international has been in talks with the Blues over a new contract for several months and reports in recent days suggested an announcement was close. Blues boss Jose Mourinho joked this week that the delay had been caused by the need for him to go [...]
Equatorial Guinea fined over violence by CAF
Africa Cup of Nations hosts Equatorial Guinea have been punished by the Confederation of African Football for the unruly behavior of their supporters on Thursday. The semi-final tie in Malabo was suspended for 30 minutes after crowd violence that resulted in 36 people being injured, 14 of whom were taken to hospital for treatment, with one person's condition declared [...]
Asisat Oshoala signs for Liverpool Ladies
The WSL champions Liverpool have completed the signing of the 20-year-old Nigerian forward this morning. Oshoala who won both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball - as Player of the Tournament - at last year's Under-20 World Cup Finals, and becomes the first player from Africa to compete in the Women's Super League. "We beat a number of top American and European clubs to Asisat's [...]
Guinea coach unhappy with draw against opponent
You can clearly see it written on the faces of Michel Dussuyer and his Guinea team after a 1-1 draw with the Ivorian team in AFCON group D on Tuesday. Without mincing words, he bares his frustrated mind this way: “In the end we’re a bit frustrated because we let the game go at a time when we were in control of events,” said Dussuyer, whose unfancied team took the lead through [...]
Keshi urged to take a refresher course abroad
Dr. Raufu Ladipo, the president general of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club, has advised the former handler of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi to take a step forward by enrolling in a refresher course with a top European club to have his skills polished up. Ladipo said that the out of contract coach would become a better coach with more experience after spending about [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo speech at the 2015 Ballon D’or Awards
Translation: I'm trying to see my son. My family, my mom. I wanna thank everyone who believed in me, my coach, my team mates, my president, the association of Real Madrid. It was an unforgettable year for me, collectively, personally. To win a trophy with this dimensions is unique. I am very happy. This gives me motivation to keep working the way I've been working until now. I [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to win Ballon D’or until someone outscore him
Platini says that a German player should win ballon d'or, not surprised most Barca fans are ok with the idea because they know Messi has almost no chance of winning. He said a player that won the world cup should win the ballon d'or, but at least he admitted that it was like that until Messi won in 2010. I have noticed that the criteria always changes when Messi has a chance [...]
Ronaldo wins 2014 ballon d’or award
Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2014 Fifa Ballon d'Or ahead of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, scooping up the prestigious individual award for the third time in his career. Ronaldo enjoyed a hugely successful 2014, in which he guided Madrid to Champions League glory by netting a record 17 goals in one campaign, and [...]
FIFA ranking: Nigeria remains in 43rd position
Nigeria failed to move up in the latest rankings released by FIFA on Thursday the super eagles still ranked 43rd in the world. The country didn't move up on the log and the team is still ranked the 10th best team in Africa , starting the year with 654 points. It was not only Nigeria which failed to make a move on the table most teams didn't because of the break that ensured [...]
Asisat Oshoala wins double at CAF Awards
Nigeria Asisat Oshoala has been named the African Women's Player of the Year at an awards ceremony in Lagos on Thursday night. The Nigeria forward, finished ahead fellow teammate Desire Oparanozie and Cameroon number one shot stopper Ngo Ndom to clinch her first ever African player of the year award. She enjoyed success with her country at the 9th African Women's Championship [...]
Yaya Toure named African player of the year
Manchester City's Yaya Toure has been named the African Player of the Year 2014 by the Confederation of African Football at an awards ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday evening. The Ivoirian won the title for a fourth straight time beating off competition from local favourite Vincent Enyeama and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the title. In the ceremony, Nigeria produced the [...]
Valencia ends Real Madrid 22 match winning streak
Champion Real Madrid have ended their 22 winning streak to Valencia after returning from winter break The defeat come days after they travelled to Dubai for a money-making friendly with AC Milan, a Match they lost to Milan by 4-2 Madrid prior to this game have won 22 matches in all competitions to set a new Spanish record but they lacked both quality and intensity at [...]
This is not my team, I’m only sitting in for my boss – Amokachi
It is true however that the Super Eagles assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi would be in charge of the team's preparations for the friendly against Sudan and Ivory Coast; but Amokachi still claims that the out-of-contract Super Eagles' coach, Stephen Keshi still remains the head coach. Daniel Amokachi is presently overseeing the team that will play Sudan and Ivory Coast in Abu [...]
Did Carlo Ancelotti say Juventus is better than Chelsea and Bayern Munich?
According to Goalcom, Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti suggested that Juventus will pose biggest threat to his clubs quest to retain the Champions League. But many people, especially Chelsea and Bayern Munich fans did not find the comment okay and called for Ancelotti's head while castigating Juventus. A Juventus fan responded and set the record straight. Below is what he [...]
Keshi is a bone of contention among the NFF
The super eagles coach Stephen Keshi, is now the major contention between the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation on whether to let go or keep him despite the fact that the Coach has over-stayed his welcome according to some within and outside the country's football governing body. Enough indications has been seen, that a section of the Nigeria Football Federation [...]
Rihanna enters into partnership with Puma
The USA/Caribbean icon, Rihanna, announces her latest partnership with Puma, representing the Women’s Training line as the Women’s Creative Director! In his congratulatory message on Facebook, Usain Bolt wrotes: Welcome to the PUMA family Rihanna . Its a Caribbean affair #ForeverFaster [...]
Stephen Keshi is hanging on as a beggar on Super Eagle’s job!
According to a sports website, SL 10.com, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation and former Super Eagles coach Amodu Shuaibu has posited that he has nothing personal against out-of-contract Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, despite asking the ‘Big Boss’ to stop ‘hanging around’ as the Super Eagles coach. 56-year old Amodu, who was Keshi’s boss when both men [...]
Real Madrid wins FIFA World Club Cup
Real Madrid won their fourth trophy of 2014 by defeating Argentina's South American champions San Lorenzo in the Club World Cup final in Morocco. The Champions League, Copa del Rey and European Super Cup holders took the lead through a Sergio Ramos header. A Goalkeeping error allowed Gareth Bale to add a second when the Welshman's shot squirmed under Sebastian Torrico. Real [...]
Emenike: I’m never selfish with the ball
The Fenerbachahce attacker Emmanuel Emenike, has insisted that he is not after personal glory, saying that he would pass to teammates, if they are in a better position to score. This he said in an interview with Turkish during the week. Recently, it was all over the place that the Nigerian international has been criticized by the Yellow Canaries supremo Aziz Yildirim for [...]
Keshi should have resigned earlier and leave a better record
For Joe Erico, a veteran football coach, it would have been a wise thing for Stephen Keshi to have resigned honorably at the end of AFCON championship, and save himself all the later embarrassments. He said that all what Keshi is facing presently, is his own making, adding that he should have candidly resigned his position as the Super Eagle' Head Coach when his triumph with [...]
National U-23 team sets for phase II camping
The national U-23 team gets set for the second phase camping in preparations for the 2015, 11th All African Games taking place in Brazzaville, Congo. This phase II is specifically meant for the foreign based football players ahead of the All African Games. Coach Siasia saw the need to invite the foreign-based professional into his team, after giving the local based [...]
The Champions League Second Round Draw is Here
The Champions League second round draw for the 2014/2015 season is finally here with some exciting features sure to entertain football fans the world over. Some coaches are fortunate to have their favorite features while some are not too fortunate with theirs. But whichever way, the games promises to be all entertaining when the champions league season resume by February -- [...]
No sacred players in my team, only the best fits in- Samson Siasia
The Dream Team VI chief coach, Samson Siasia has warned players who are invited to play for the team not to give money to anyone in a bid to to secure a place in the team. This warning was given by the coach while addressing his team after their training yesterday at the FIFA Goal Project. "Do not give money to either my assistants or any agent with the hope of making this [...]
Hat-trick: Messi and Ronaldo pushing for Ballon D’or
A night after Cristiano Ronaldo netted thrice to give Real Madrid overwhelming victory over Celta Vigo, Lionel Messi also scored three in a derby, against Espanyol, to keep the weekend of hat-tricks flying. The La liga duo are pressing for the number one footballer of the year, and have sharpened the boots to make every match count as the FIFA Gala night approaches. Ronaldo [...]
The super falcons drawn in group D, in the next year’s FIFA Women World Cup
The Nigeria national women team, the Super Falcons, have now known their group in the FIFA Women World cup 2015, billed to take place in Canada from June 6-July 5, 2015. The Super Falcons are said to be placed in the "Group of death." They are placed in Group D alongside the former champions, United State of America, Australia and Sweden. By ranking, the Nigerian women are [...]
Mourinho blames first loss of the season on ball boys
Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho, has slammed st. James park's Ball Boys for what he attributed to the reasons for his first loss of the season. 2-1 loss to Newcastle was Chelsea's first loss of the season, ending their 24 match unbeaten record. But Jose Mourinho felt the result could have been different, if only the Ball Boys did not hold to balls for so long, and fans didn't [...]