Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Monday, 31 August 2015
Now check out this cute football field cake...
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Drogba mobbed by fans after touching down in Canada to start new chapter in MLS
The Chelsea legend was mobbed by
hundreds of fans as he arrived the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International
Airport in Montreal, Canada yesterday Wednesday July 29 after agreeing
to join Major League Soccer side, Montreal Impact, believed to be 18-months in length.
The
37 year-old Ivorian star left Chelsea in May after playing 381 games for the
Blues and winning four Premier League titles with the
London club. See the photos after the cut...
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Victor Moses returns to Chelsea line up after injury lay off
Victor Moses | Returned to the Chelsea line up against New York Red Bulls in a 4-2 loss on Wednesday. It was his first game for the Blues since being shipped off on loan to Stoke City
Don Jazzy and Davido bet N5m on a Game of Fifa, winner takes all
The two music stars bet over a game of Fifa
15. Davido first struck by making a bet of $10,000 but Don Jazzy upped
the game by raising the bar to N5million. See the rest of the tweets after the cut
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Luis Enrique: Pedro can go - but only if release clause is met
The 27-year-old is no longer an undisputed starter at Barcelona following the arrival of Neymar and Luis Suarez in the past two years and has been heavily linked with a summer exit.
His buyout clause recently dropped from €150 million to €30m and clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester United are keeping a close eye on the versatile attacker's situation.
Luis Enrique stressed earlier this month that he is hopeful Pedro will stay put and he has now made it clear Barca will not allow the forward to leave on the cheap.
"Pedro? If he wants to go, a club will have to meet his release clause," Luis Enrique was quoted as saying by Sport.
"I have talked with Pedro to discuss his situation. I have told him how I think about it and he told me how he feels about it.
"I obviously won't reveal the exact content of the conversation we had."
Luis Enrique also had his say on the situation of Adriano - who has been heavily linked with a move to Roma - and stressed that, even though the Brazilian's situation is different to that of Pedro, he will not be granted an exit on the cheap, either.
"I have not talked with Adriano, because this are all rumours. Pedro's case is different.
"But I have already said before that we cannot prevent players from leaving if a club meets someone's exit clause."
The 30-year-old has a contract with Barcelona until June 2017.
Ronaldo's angry response to Benitez
Cristiano Ronaldo reacted angrily to Rafa Benitez's decision to rule out one of his goals during training on Wednesday.The 30-year-old was caught gesticulating on camera by television station Cuatro and shouting 'Vai Caralho!' in the direction of the Real Madrid coach.
The term is a Portuguese insult used to express disappointment and was followed by Ronaldo complaining that Benitez "gives everything against the Portuguese".
Later on he could also be seen displaying his frustration towards team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa as the team took part in a game where they were required to try and hit the crossbar.
Ronaldo said: "We're supposed to be putting the ball in there, the net, not this ****".
Benitez was recently asked who he thought was the best player in the world but resisted the opportunity to back the Portugal captain, leading to speculation about their relationship.
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Photos: Footballer Omeruo signs new deal with Turkish club
Monday, 20 July 2015
FIFA president Sepp Blatter sprayed with fake dollar bills during press conference
Disgraced
FIFA president Sepp Blatter was sensationally sprayed with fake dollar
notes by British comedian Simon Brodkin who gatecrashed his press
conference in
Zurich this afternoon.
Simon, who also goes by the name, Jason
Bent & Lee Nelson, who is a well known prankster, walked up to
Blatter's position behind a table at the front of the
stage and placed a sum of money on the table and said: ‘This is for
North Korea 2026’, before throwing the money into the air, which rained down on Blatter. Simon was later taken away by Swiss police. See the photos after the cut...
Thursday, 16 July 2015
I am not a messiah, says Oliseh
New Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh, has warned Nigerian football fans against seeing him as the messiah that would single-handedly resuscitate the country’s football. This, he said, is because the Super Eagles, as currently constituted, does not boast any individual playmaker, who can singularly win matches for the country.
Speaking after signing a three-year contract to coach the national team, Oliseh, however, assured that he would be over 100 per cent committed to his job, adding that he had already started compiling a list of Nigerian players that have the potential to make his team.
The former Super Eagles’ captain said only players at the first cadre on the Nigerian league and those playing at renowned championships in the world would make his team. He also took time to explain his choice of assistants, saying he would
ensure his team has a cordial relationship with the NFF technical department and executive committee.
“Personally it is a great honour to be a coach of this great nation. My acceptance by the federation and Nigerians touches the heart and we are more than motivated to give our best for Nigeria. First of all, I am not coming as a messiah, or the man who knows it all. I cannot singularly turn Nigeria into Germany. But I am coming as a man who has come to serve his country and I will give a 150 per cent to it.
“I think I owe it to you to explain why my assistants are carefully chosen by me. When we had to bring in an expatriate to serve in Nigerian football, I told the NFF president that I would not be party to the bringing in an expatriate who will come with a better than thou attitude here.
“We need an expatriate who will be ready to work and who is hungry for victory. We need one who knows Africa and does not need time to acclimatize. That was how we arrived at Jean Francoise Luiscuito.
“For Salisu, we needed him very seriously because he knows in and out of the league. Alloy Agu we also need because when you are talking of calmness and giving tactical advises to the coaches and goalkeepers, he fits in very well. That is why we are what we are as a team. It is obvious that the days are gone when we have individual players that can win matches for us out of their own individual efforts. That was what stood my own generation of Nigerian
footballers apart.
“The way it goes is that if you don’t have great individual players, you need a great coaching crew to compensate for what you don’t have. But we have potential to be the best in the world. That is what the coaching crew honestly believes. They were meticulously chosen for this job.”
He explained that the coaching crew has “set up certain criterion for those who will play in our new Super Eagles from now on. One of them is that if you are not playing in the first division of the Nigerian league or any credible league in the world, you will not play for the Super Eagles.”
There is an exception, he said, for those being promoted from the age grade teams.
He added: “We need players who are only hungry and motivated. No player is doing Nigeria a favour by playing for the national team, just like I am not doing Nigeria a favour by coaching the Super Eagles. It is an honour to play for or coach Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, has described Oliseh as the Guardiola of African football.
Explaining why the NFF chose Oliseh as Super Eagles’ coach, Amaju said he consulted both FIFA and CAF on the quality of the coach that could revive Nigerian football.
He said: “We are very excited because we know as a federation that Mr. Sunday Oliseh will deliver. The federation has been working as a team; it was not until 5.00 p.m. this morning (yesterday) that we arrived at an agreement hence the unveiling that took place today.
“After meeting with Oliseh, it became obvious that both the members of the technical committee and the NFF executive board agreed that we did not have any choice but to unveil him before the world. CAF and FIFA have always told us that if we needed glory in our football, we did not need to go somewhere else. That we have it at the back of our house in the person of Sunday Oliseh. And we have seen it him in so many ways. He is technologically advanced; he has a degree in Economics, he is so very vast when it comes to the game both on the field and other areas where I think we are yet to get a replacement for him since he left the national team over 13 years ago.
“As a member of the highly revered FIFA technical study group, Oliseh has continued to impact knowledge to coaches all over the world. He has promised us that he wants to redefine his playing pattern through teamwork. In Oliseh, I can assure you that we are going to have one of the best coaches in the history of Nigeria.”
He announced that the NFF has begun to prove that it was ready to accommodate the new coach and his technical crew by paying into his account, three months of his salary in advance.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Photos: Sunday Oliseh arrives Nigeria ahead of his swearing-in as new Super Eagles coach
Monday, 13 July 2015
Van Persie gets hero's welcome as he lands in Turkey ahead of his move to Fenerbahce
Robin van
Persie is getting ready to leave Manchester United and move to Turkey club, Fenerbahce.
He arrived in Turkey yesterday afternoon July 12th and was greeted by a
fanfare
of Fenerbahce supporters who were eager to meet him. The fans arrived in
their numbers to have a glance at the Holland international as he
arrived in private jet with his wife and two children. RVP, 31, is set
to sign a 3-year
deal worth about £240,000-a-week at Fenerbahce. More photos after the
cut...
Saturday, 11 July 2015
Serena Williams is officially a sports legend (see tweet)
Friday, 10 July 2015
C.O.D United and Bolton Wanderers Host Summer Soccer Camp!
Registration has already commenced and costs only 55,000 per child. This
will cover provision of:
1. Two sets of training kits
2. One pair of shin pads
3. Kit bag
4. Pen & Note Pad
5. Daily Lunch Pack
6. Water Bottle
There is no better way for your child to
spend his summer holidays than the C.O.D United Summer Camp!
Registration and payment details
Date: July 19 - 25
Age Range: 7-16
Registration Fee: 55,000
Bank: Access Bank.
Account Name: C.O.D United Soccer School
Account Number: 0007311291
For further enquiries:
Victor: va@codunitedfc.com, 07062039395
Bridget: ba@codunitedfc.com, 08034775667
You can also register online at
A Liverpool fan feels enough is enough and puts Raheem Sterling up for sale on eBay lol
Steph Catley to be on FIFA 16 cover as Aussie becomes first female footballer to appear on front of EA Sports game
Australia
defender Steph Catley has written her name in the history books by
becoming the first female player to appear on the front cover of video
game series FIFA.
Catley,
who featured at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, will be on the
Australian cover of FIFA 16 alongside Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
In
a new initiative by video game developers EA Sports, fans of the
popular series are able to vote for who they want to appear next to
Messi on the front cover in their particular region.
Australia defender Steph Catley will feature on the front cover alongside Barcelona star Lionel Messi
The 21-year-old Australia defender has said 'it's a dream come true' to feature on the front cover of FIFA
England take on France - who was the Three Lionesses' first World Cup opponent - during a game of FIFA 16
FIFA 16 will also feature 12 women's national teams - including England and Catley's Australia - for the first time.
Catley,
who beat off competition from team-mates Kyah Simon and Katrina Gorry,
said of featuring on the front cover: 'Words can’t describe the
excitement I’m feeling about being on the cover of FIFA 16, it’s a dream
come true.
'It’s
been a huge year for the Westfield Matildas and getting this
recognition from EA Sports and FIFA fans for all our hard work is a
great step forward for women’s football on both a local and global
scale.
'I’ve
always been a huge FIFA fan and knowing that I will be playable in the
game, as well as being on the cover alongside Lionel Messi, is a career
highlight for me.'
The
21-year-old defender, who plies her trade at American professional
women's side Portland Thorns and Australian outfit Melbourne Victory,
was shocked to see the superb level of graphics on the latest
installment of the popular game.
Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado wins race to appear on FIFA 16 cover with Lionel Messi
It
is fair to say that Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado has struggled to
acclimatise to life at Chelsea since joining the Premier League
champions in January, but it has not prevented him from being voted onto
the front cover of FIFA 16.
The
popular video game has allowed its many worldwide fans to pick three
players to adorn its front cover in each of the five global
participating regions.
In
the United Kingdom's edition, obvious choices such as Harry Kane,
Jordan Henderson and Thibaut Courtois are currently vying to join
Barcelona's footballing behemoth, with gamers able to vote for their
favourite both online and via their consoles.
Juan Cuadrado will be pictured on the front cover of the various FIFA 16 video games across Latin America
Cuadrado (left) is determined to stay at Chelsea and prove his worth to the first-team, his agent claims
Latin
America's candidates included Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero,
Edinson Cavani, Claudio Bravo and Jose Rondon but it was Cuadrado who
came out on top to rub shoulder to shoulder with Messi.
The
former Fiorentina player, who last month competed at the Copa America
in Chile with his national team, failed to register a goal or an assist
in 14 appearances for the Blues last term.
Manchester United signing Memphis Depay is unveiled at Old Trafford and says he can help new club win the Premier League
New
Manchester United signing Memphis Depay believes his new club can
challenge for the Barclays Premier League title this season.
Depay, a £25million signing from PSV Eindhoven, was introduced at an Old Trafford press conference on Friday afternoon.
His
United manager Louis van Gaal has already warned Depay that he will
find life in the Premier League tough, despite believing he has signed
one of the top players of his age in Europe.
Memphis Depay has been pictured at Old Trafford for the first time as he hosts his first press conference
The £25million winger holds up a Manchester United scarf on his first visit to Old Trafford as a United player
Depay and Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hold up his shirt with 'Memphis' printed on the back
Depay and Van Gaal spoke at a press conference after the photoshoot out on the pitch at Old Trafford
But
a player tipped by many to be a sensation in England did not appear
short of confidence. Asked if United can win the title, Depay said: 'Oh
yes, for sure.
'We
have a lot of quality, we just have to find our way. The team has all
the quality to win the title. All the trophies are possible.'
Depay
was snared by United under competition from other clubs at the end of
last season and the transfer formally went through when the summer
trading window opened earlier this month.
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