Super Eagles Striker Gbolahan Salami End Barchelor Life

Nigeria Super eagles and Warri wolves striker Gbolahan Salami has exchange vow with his fiance on the 21 of Dec to become husband and wife.

Below are pictures showing the beautiful couple, click on the link

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Swiss-Nigeria Footballer Switches Allegiance to Nigerian Fully

World football governing body, FIFA, has cleared former Swiss U-20 international, Steven Archibong Effiong Ukoh, to play for the Super Eagles at senior level.
                       
The versatile midfielder, born on June 19, 1991 to Nigerian parents in Berne, Switzerland, currently plays for Biel-Bienne FC in the European country but has now switched his nationality to Nigerian, to enable him play for Super Eagles.

Nigeria's U-23 Team To Play Egypt

The Nigeria national Under 23 team, golden eaglet are scheduled to face their Egyptian counterparts in a four-legged friendly matches in January 2015 ahead of their All- Africa Games qualifier against Gabon on February 7, According to what Nigeria Football Federation said.

      

Google Image of Samson Siasia

The first two games will hold in Nigeria on January 15 and 17 respectively, while the other two games will be played in Egypt on January 20 and 22.  

The Under 23 head coach, Samson Siasia commended the work NFF for arranging the matches, stating that the games would put his team in the right shape and frame of mind before their crucial Tournaments.

Boss Saisia also said his team would be departing for Turkey, after the friendlies against Egypt for another round of  intensive training.

According to how the Sources reported that he (Saisia) wanted the team to embark on training tour of Turkey, Dubai and Malta before facing Gabon.

The gaffer has also proposed that Akwa Ibom Stadium will now be the home ground where they will play all there qualifying matches for the AAG and the 2016 Olympics.

Steven Gerrard has Urged Sterling to Renew His Contract

Former England International and current Liverpool player Steven Gerrard has come out to tell his team mate and rising star Raheem Sterling to sign a new contract extension at  the club stated that the Merseyside his the perfect place for him.

Image Sterling celebrating his goal with his captain Gerrard

The 34 year old Midfielder  also said that Sterling who just clocked 20 years old on the 8 of december can go on to fulfill his potential at Anfield after he show a great impact on Wednesday night in the Capital One Cup against Bournemouth scoring two goals to secure Liverpool a place in the Semi final, which they will be facing Chelsea.

Once Upon a Time in Holand League

So, this starting line-up actually happened, Wow! Some years back we have a squared like this playing top level football. below is a picture comprises of great Football legends
                            
We remember what you have all done in football, and wont stop to celebrate you for leaving a good legacy behind.

Balotelli Out of Arsenal Clash as he gets one Match Ban with Fine

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been given one-match ban, fined £25,000 and his also ordered by Football Association to attend an education course after making racist and anti-semitic comments on social media.

According to reports from this is Anfield news "The Italy international last week accepted a charge of an aggravated breach of Football Association rule E3, relating to references of ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality or religion or belief, after his posting of an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram which included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew".

Image@daily mail balotelli and his instagram post

 Balotelli 24, did not request a personal hearing but submitted written mitigation to an independent disciplinary panel.

The FA said in a statement: "Following an independent regulatory commission hearing today Mario Balotelli has been fined £25,000, suspended for one-match with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, and warned as to his future conduct after he admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media.

"The charge was that an image the Liverpool player posted on social media was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper, contrary to FA rule E3(1).

He has accepted the punishment and went to his Facebook page apologizing to his Fans and Liverpool, below is the letter he wrote.
                             
The striker will now miss Liverpool's match at home to Arsenal on Sunday, subject to any appeal. His expected to be back in action on boxing day the 26 of December when Liverpool lock horns with Burnley away from home. 

Djokovic and Williams Grabs ITF annual Honours

The World number one male and female Tennis player, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have been named 2014 World Champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).  According to reports (Reuters) 

Google image of Williams and Djokovic 

The annual award takes in performances on the regular Tour and grand slams.

Wimbledon champion Djokovic takes the men's prize for the fourth time having won seven titles this season and the year-end top ranking for the third time in four years.

Williams wins the award for the fifth time in a career which has brought her 18 grand slam singles titles -- the most recent at this year's U.S. Open.

"I'm so honoured to be named ITF World Champion for the fifth time. This was a year of challenges and triumphs, so to win another Grand Slam and retain my year-end No. 1 ranking is an accomplishment I'm very proud of," she said.

"I'm grateful to have the support of the tennis community in every way possible. I can't wait for 2015."

Americans Bob and Mike Bryan were named ITF men's doubles champions while Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy won the women's honour.

My GirlFriend Steals My Boxers - Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed his girlfriend Irina Shayk has a crazy obsession with his CR7 boxers and takes them all the time.

Image of Irina and Ronaldo

Culled from Complete Sports
The former Manchester United forward was asked, ‘What item in your wardrobe does your girlfriend steal’ by Vogue.

He replied: ‘She steals my boxers all the time. She wasn’t in the house and I opened her wardrobe and there were many CR7 boxers. It is funny.’

Madrid star Ronaldo admitted Irina’s obsession with his CR7 boxers was ‘funny’. The second time world best player Ronaldo, who launched his range of underwear in October 2013, was posing alongside his model girlfriend for a photoshoot with the fashion magazine.

Uche Glad to Remain with Villarreal by Extending his Contract

Super Eagles Striker Ikechukwu Uche has this morning took to his twitter page to express is happiness for renewing his contract with the submarine club Villarreal until 2017.

Image Uche on twitter

He also stated that he will do all his best to help the team achieve success.Uche who has been having issues recently with super eagles coach Stephen keshi concerning not been called up for national duty, it has now been solved when he was called back to the team.

The latter however responded back to the critics by getting a goal in his first match he took part against Guinea, it was a well taken penalty that gave Nigeria life line to qualify for the 2015 AFCON in guinea but they couldn't  progress to the tournament because South Africa drew them in Uyo national Stadium to deny Super eagles of Nigeria ticket after they came third in the group.        

Courtois' The first ever Belgian footballer to be named Sportsman of the Year

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been named Belgian Sportsman of the Year.
The 22-year-old became the first footballer to win the award, which has been running since 1967, after claiming the La Liga title during his loan spell with Atletico Madrid last season.

Image Courtois @football live

Courtois also played in goal during Belgium’s progression to the quarter-finals in Brazil, the country’s first World Cup appearance since 2002.

According to how Dailymail reported
The Blues keeper returned to Stamford Bridge this season and has kept five clean sheets in 14 Premier League games to leave Chelsea three points clear at the top of the table ahead of the festive fixtures.

Xizhe Zhang becomes fourth Chinese player to play in the Bundesliga

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This is just the picture of fourth Chinese player reported to be in the German Bundesliga, after joining
VfLWolfsburg.
                          

Former Super Eagles Gaffer Coach Amodu Shuiabu named NFF Technical Director

According to report from Brila Fm' coach Amodu shuiabu was formally announced as the director technical of the nff, he has taken out time to assess the state of the super eagles coach, Stephen keshi, as he revealed that he shares a lot of similarity as keshi, in how they have been unduly treated by the federation, although he is of the opinion that if Keshi has a reputation to uphold, he should forget about the Eagles' job as it would be setting a bad precedence that failure is condoned in Nigerian football.

Google Image of Amodu Shuiabu

Also addressing Keshi's contractual talks, president of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick has revealed that Stephen Keshi's contract is not that straight forward, as a lot of correspondence and negotiations have to go into it. He further revealed that the federation is under no pressure to employ Stephen Keshi, if he does not fit into their plan.

No Saurez, Di Maria, Falco as Zidane names ''dream'' Team

Zinedine Zidane a former France international and Real Madrid Player during a show for Canal+ was asked to choose a team with players that he would want and love to manage and he came up with this collection of stars list.

                               

Zidane’s Dream XI to manage:

Starting Line-up: Iker Casillas – Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Daniel Alves – Yaya Toure, Luka Modric – Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Karim Benzema.

The substitutes are, French youngsters Rafael Varane, Paul Pogba of Juventus this truly shows how magnificent he was during his playing days.

 

Real Madrid too Strong for Cruz Azul to Crush after the Galaticos Hit Four Goals

The Champions of Europe (UCL) Real Madrid at yesterday night played against Mexican side Cruz Azul in the ongoing FIFA World Club Cup beating them by 4-0 to reach final. The goals scorers are: Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos and Isco.

Ramos Celebrating his goal

Carlo Ancelotti's Man only have 90 minutes left from being crowned the best on the planet. They will be waiting to see who they play on Saturday final match, the second semi-final matches will be played on Wednesday night.

Madrid will be hoping to increase there unbeaten runs to Twenty-two come on Saturday after beating Cruz Azul makes it Twenty-one unbeaten in all Competitions for the Los Blancos.   

Manchester United Pair Badge Award at Dutsh Sports Gala Night

Manchester United Coach Louis Van Gaal has been named coach of the year at Dutch sports gala and his player who played under him at Holland in the last World Cup, Robin van Persie picks up award for stunning header again spain.

Image @daily: Van Persie header in the 5:1 win over spain

Van Persie center receive his award at the Dutch Gala

The Former Oranje's boss who is now Manchester United manager left his job with the national side to take over at Old Trafford.

Luis Van Gaal

According to Daily mail, Van Gaal Masterminded the Oranje's ru to the last four South America where they were defeated by Argentina on penalties. They then beat Brazil 3-0 to secure third place.

Arsenal Legend Thierry Henry Has retired From Football to Become Pundit

Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has confirmed his retirement from football and will return to London to take up a role as a media pundit.

Herny with all smiles in Redbull Jersey @henrytwitter

Henry, 37, left the New York Red Bulls at the start of the month after they were knocked out of the MLS playoffs, and the player himself helped fuel his return to the Gunners.

He has been arsenal highest goal scorer during his eight years at the club. However, the former France international and World Cup winner has instead called time on is career with catalogs of laurel.

Moreover the striker playing spells include Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona and the Red Bulls.
Henry will always be most closely associated with Arsenal, where he is the all-time goal scorer with 228 goals in 377 games across two different spells.

According to reports, He also added two La Liga titles, the Copa del Rey, Spanish Supercopa, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup to his honours list in three seasons at the Nou Camp.

His medal collection also includes a Ligue 1 title and Trophee des Champions with Monaco, his first professional club. He spent the final five years of his playing career with the Red Bulls, returning to Arsenal to make four appearances on loan in early 2012.

He was a member of the 1998 World Cup winning squad, while also being a runner up in 2006. Henry was a European champion in 2000 and was part of the team that won the Confederations Cup in 2003.

Thierry Henry message on Face book

Athlete · 8,069,107 Likes

· 1 hr ·

After 20 years in the game I have decided to retire from professional football. It has been an incredible journey and I would like to thank all the fans, team mates and individuals involved with AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and of course the French National Team that have made my time in the game so special.
It is now time for a different career path and I am pleased to say that I will be returning to London and joining Sky Sports. I will hopefully share some of the insights, observations and experiences I have learnt over the years with you guys.

I have had some amazing memories (mostly good!) and a wonderful experience.
I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.
See you on the other side...

Veteran Andrea Pirlo Has been named best Serie A player of the Year

Juventus and Italy playmaker has been voted best player of the 2013-2014 season in serie A.

Pirlo was on monday selected by his felloe players as well as coaches and journalists, and the results were revealed at a ceremony in Milan yesterday night.

Pirol(right) at the event with fellow team mate carlos tevez(left)/image daily

According to report daily mail, the 35 year old pirlo was one of seven Juventus players in the team of the year, including one man club ever faithful Gianluigi Buffon.

Image Veteran Buffon

Veteran italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon was all smiles during the gala ceremony in milan, while Antonio Conte former coach now Italy manager was chosen as the coach of the year.

Liverpool Should sell Balotelli in January - Legend Paul Ince

Former Liverpool Ace man Paul Ince has urge is old club to forget about retaining there current top nine man Mario Balotelli.

Balotelli image during Man United match

He as well stated that they should sell him in the next Transfer window, 'january' because since the Italian arrived at the summer he has failed to produce in front of goal in English Premier League, he only manage scoring two goals one in Champions league and the other in League Cup. And he (Ince)  feels his presence is having an adverse effect at Anfield.

Paul Ince image@ Daily mail 

Ince believes he will never be prolific goalscorer.But his point about the other players not trusting him is ­probably the most serious in terms of ­Liverpool’s immediate future.

Liverpool draw Besiktas as Everton get Young Boys in Uefa Europa League Round of 32

The Uefa Europa League Round of 32 Fixtures is out, English sides are been drawn with a fair fixtures only Tottenham may feel the heat a little see full draw below:

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Round of 16 Uefa Champions League Draw Out.

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The Round of 16 Uefa Champions League draw out. Above is the picture showing the fixtures of Champions League, Europa League draw to come soon..  

We did Enough to Win Against United - Rodgers

Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers has said his team did everything to win against united despite 3:0 lost at Old Trafford. We created chances enough to win the game but we also made defensive mistakes.

We are not prolific enough of goal scoring. And i think David De gea was man of the match, that doesn't surprises me. I have see him see have such performance in like four to five games like that.

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"The first half we were the better side but we can't concede the goals we did. We nearly went in front and they broke up the other end and got a goal, we lost a runner from midfield which you can't do."   

"It's easy, we know what the solutions are but we have to keep working and hopefully the confidence will return. 

"At least we created the opportunities and if we can cut out the mistakes we're going to be in with a chance of winning more games."

Ex Italian Football Legend, Giovanni Trapattoni Warns Balotelli Is Wasting His Career

Balotelli  24, joined Liverpool on Monday, August 25, 2014 from AC Milan in a €20 million return to the Premier League, after his exit from Manchester City in 2013.

Balotelli (left) at liverpool xmas party

The Italian  has striker failed to live up to his expectation in terms of goal scoring in his new club, just has he also failed to perform at San Siro, which necessitated his sudden transfer from Milan to Anfield.

Following recent poor runs of performances, Mario Balotelli, one of Italy’s football legend, Giovanni Trapattoni has warned fellow Italian that he might look back on his career and realize how much he has wasted his best times.

Since Balotelli’s arrival to Anfield, he has only scored twice; once in the Champions League and once in the Capital One Cup, a performance that lead many to question why Liverpool’s coach, Brendan Rodgers to give away Luis Suarez for Balotelli. According to The Trent

Legend Giovanni Trapattoni

Legend Trapattoni, having trained countless world-class talents during his 40-year coaching career, believes that Balotelli will eventually regret his misdemeanour on and off the field.

Speaking with La Nazione on Thursday, December 11, 2014 he said Balotelli’s future is uncertain of any progressive expectations
“I do not know how Balotelli’s career will pan out in the future,” the former Juventus and Bayern Munich boss noted.
“But I know that when he hangs up his boots he will realise the many opportunities he has wasted.” He added.
Recall that Balotelli has missed the last six games for Liverpool due to an injury he sustained in November, 2014, while he was training with Italy’s national squad for the first time since Antonio Conte became the coach.

Manchester United Toping The EPL Twitter Metions Table

THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE... OF TWITTER MENTIONS!

1. Manchester United (@ManUtd)

2. Arsenal (@Arsenal)

3. Liverpool (@lfc)

4. Chelsea (@chelseafc)

 

5. Manchester City (@MCFC)

6. Newcastle (@NUFC)

7. Tottenham (@SpursOfficial)

8. Everton (@Everton)

9. Southampton (@SouthamptonFC)

10. Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial)

11. Leicester (@OfficialFoxes)

12. Sunderland (@SunderlandAFC)

13. West Ham (@whufc-official)

14. QPR (@QPRFC)

15. Crystal Palace (@cpfc)

16. West Brom (@WBAFCOfficial)

17. Stoke (@stokecity)

 

18. Swansea (@SwansOfficial)

19. Hull (@HullCity)

20. Burnley (@BurnleyOfficial)

The 20 times English Premier League champions Manchester United has been emerge the leader in the latest ranking of  EPL teams who are most mention on social media through twitter plat form.

This making them most popular despite the fact that they have not been so great since Sir Alex Ferguson left some seasons back.

According to the report from daily mail, New data released showa united were mentioned more times than any other club - beating Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and there rivalry neighbors Man City to the twitter tittle.

MILAN Set to Terminate Fernando Torres Deal

AC Milan on-loan striker Fernando Torres could be set for a shock return to Chelsea in January as  the Rossineri club consider terminating his loan deal, according to reports.

His Coach Filippo Inzaghi has now grown frustrated with the Spaniard's inability to impress that he is already thinking of ending the loan deal and begin the search of replacement for the former Liverpool and Atletico Madrid striker, reports The Express.

Torres (right) in action during match against Inter Milan

Moreover, with the Blues having added Diego Costa, Loic Remy and Didier Drogba to their ranks, the likelihood of Torres having playing time is very slim, Chelsea will seek to find another club willing to take him on loan or most likely to find himself shipped out on temporary deal.

Mikel Obi Celebrate His First Ever Champions League Goal

Nigeria Super Eagles and Chelsea FC Midfielder John Mikel Obi, the catalyst yesterday celebrated his first ever chelsea goal in Uefa Champions League after he taps in a flick header from Cahill at 56th minute to increase there lead to 3:1 over Sporting Lisbon and secure them top spot in group G.

Mikel (right) tap in the ball / image Daily mail

Mikel goal of the night makes it fifth in 325 appearance for his club,  and first in 55th champions league appearance.   

Other Results in last night Uefa Champions League Matches

Bayern Munich 3-0 CSKA 

Roma 0-2 Man City

Ajax 4-0 Apoel Nic

Barcelona 3-1 Paris St G

Chelsea 3-1 Sporting

NK Maribor 0-1 Schalke

Ath Bilbao 2-0   BATE Bor

FC Porto 1-1 Shakt Donsk