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Former three lions of England striker, John Fashanu has revealed why Tammy Abraham chosed to play for England ahead of Nigeria. The former Wimbledon star disclosed that the Chelsea striker dumped Nigeria for England because of the former lack of support for those who gave their all for the country. Fashanu, who only won two caps for England disclosed to Daily Trust that he still earn monthly pension of 5 million naira from Football Association of England for the service he rendered years ago. "Till today I still get my benefits, my pension. I get N5m monthly as pension for being an ex-footballer in England and now I am in my 50s. "Tammy knows why he hasn't play for the Super Eagles and it's because there is more financial benefits, there is more glory and less wahala. Why do we want the boy to play for Nigeria and torture him? "We need to step up. Tammy is massive for Nigeria. Nobody went to London to talk to him and explain the benefits of playin...

The youngster played the best game of his life last night, he scored a hat-trick at the Santiago Bernabeu, in the champions league group A clash between Real Madrid and Galatasary. Such magnificent performance will further endeared the young Brazilian in the heart of the Bernabeu faithfuls, who had been starved of such an amazing performance since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Juventus in 2018. Rodrygo, who only made his first team debut in September has now scored five goals in six appearances for Los Blancos . Here are the seven facts you probably don't know about football's rave of the moment. 1. He was a product of the famous Santos Academy in Brazil He was born in Osasco, Brazil on the 9th of January, 2001. He started as a futsal player before he made it into the famous Santos Academy, the same academy that produced the likes of Pele, Neymar and Robinho. 2. First Player Born in 21st Century to score in UCL  He is the first player born in the 21st Cent...

The Board of Directors of Real Madrid, meeting today, Monday, March 11, 2019, has decided to terminate the contract that linked Santiago Solari with the club as coach of the first team and, at the same time, Real Madrid has offered to continue belonging to the club .    Real Madrid appreciates the work done by Santiago Solari and the commitment and loyalty he has always shown to this house.    The Board of Directors has also agreed the appointment of Zinedine Zidane as the new coach of Real Madrid with immediate incorporation for the remainder of the season and the next three, until June 30, 2022.     The president of Real Madrid will appear today with Zinedine Zidane before the media at 8:00 pm in the press room of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

Napoli manager, Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that Real Madrid President Florentino Perez sacked him because of his decision to substitute Gareth Bale in the 2-1 league defeat to Valencia at the Mestalla stadium in 2015. The former Chelsea gaffer explained that he substituted Gareth Bale because the Welshman failed to set up Karim Benzema for a goal that could have put Real Madrid ahead in the game.  The incident did not go down well with Florentino Perez, who questioned the manager's decision to substituted the former Tottenham player. Ancelotti and Bale shake hands  "Not all players have it, of course, but selflessness  is an important quality in the team," the italian told Napolista. "If there is one thing that drives me crazy, it is selfishness on the pitch, when a player has to pass but he doesn't. I have also paid for it at Real Madrid. "The reason for the row with Florentino Perez was because i substituted Gareth Bale in a ...

Arsenal Boss Unai Emery will lead his team to France to play against Rennes, who defeated Real Betis, while the competion's most successful team sevilla plays against Slavia Praha in the Europa league round of 16. Arsenal goalkeeper, Petr Cech, who enjoyed two seasons in France with Rennes will reunite with his former club but Maurizio Sarri will have to wait for his reunion with his former team, as Chelsea are drawn against Dynamo Kiev and Napoli will play Red Bull Salzburg. Bundesliga Side Eintracht Frankfurt will take on Italian Seria A side Internazionale, while Benfica takes on Dinamo Zagreb, who eliminated Viktoria Plzen in the round of 32. Laliga Santander side, Valencia, who ended Brendan Rodgers' dream of winning an European cup with Celtic will play Krasnodar while Zenith Plays Villarreal. The first leg will be played on Thursday March 7th,2019 while the second leg will be played on Thursday March 14, 2019.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been fined for his comments on Referee Kelvin Friend's performance in the 1-1 draw with West Ham at the London Stadium earlier this month. The German has been fined 45,000 pounds by the Football Association after he accepted an FA charge for claiming Friend was affected by the decision to allow Mane's goal stand despite being an offside. Klopp chatting with Kelvin Friend An FA statement released on Thursday said "Jurgen Klopp had been fined 45,000 pounds, after accepting an FA charge for comments made following Liverpool's league game against West Ham on February 04, 2019." 'His comments made during a post-match interview breached FA Rule E3(1), as they questioned the integrity of the match referee and/or implied bias.' Klopp was also fined 8,000 pounds in December for running onto the pitch to hug his goalkeeper, Allison Becker following Divock Origi's last-minute goal in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. ...

Liverpool striker, Saido Mane's home was broken into while he was playing for the Reds against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night. The Senegalese returned to his home after playing the full 90 minutes in the 0-0 draw with the German side and found out that his properties has been stolen. Burglars raided the 26 year-old striker's home in Allerton in south Liverpool between 6pm - 11:45 pm when the former Southampton striker was on champions league duty with Liverpool at Anfield. Kelvin Prince Boateng's house robbed while he was playing for Barcelona Sane's items including Wrist watches, mobile phones and car keys were stolen. This is the Second time the African has been targeted by raiders, his home was also burgled in November 2017 while he was away playing also in the Champions league for Liverpool against Maribor.

Cristiano Ronaldo continued to taunt Atletico Madrid supporters after Juventus lost 2-0 against the Spanish team, he raised five fingers indicating that he have five champions league titles and  Atletico have none. The Portuguese superstar was jeered throughout the match by the home fans at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday night and he responded by showing five fingers to indicate the amount of Champions league he has. The 34 year-old was still furious with the Spanish side fans reactions yesterday and he continue to taunt them at the mixed zone when he was leaving the stadium. He didn't speak directly with any journalist but he held a five- finger gesture and made a zero gesture with his hand and declared "I won five champions league and this guy none" When asked if his team can overturned the 2-0 deficit at the Allianz Stadium in Turin he said "we will see in the second leg".

Ahead of Juventus' champions league round of 16 tie with Ateletico de Madrid, Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has stated that Real Madrid and spanish national team captain Sergio Ramos is the best defender in the world. The Italian, who has been labeled the best center defender in the world, believes Sergio Ramos is head and shoulder above other center defenders in the sport including himself. "I already said it before our tie last year." He said when asked about Ramos. "Now he even takes penalties, he is the best defender at this time and he is deservedly so" "He rarely made mistakes and if he does its because we are all wrong, "He is a leader both on and of the pitch. he is one of those players that can influenced both teams. "last season the nninety-something it was 3-0 to our favor but I think with Ramos it would not have  happened". Sergio Ramos has been in great form for Real Madrid this season scoring 11 goals in...

Angel Di Maria has revealed that his stint with Manchester United was short because of his argument with coach Louis Van Gaal . Manchester United signed the Argentine super star from Real Madrid for a British record of 60 million pounds in 2014 after winning the champions league with the Spanish giant. Di Maria's early performances were promising as he scored vital goals in his first few games for the Red Devils, he won Manchester united's player of the month for September after  netting two goals and provided two assists in his first four games for United . His strike in the 5-3 loss against Leicester city was voted Manchester united's goal of the month for the month of September . But he loses form in the business end of the season and he ended up leaving for Paris Saint Germain after playing just 32 games and scored just four goal for the Red Devils.  "I was at Manchester and everything was fine with Van Gaal during the first two months and af...

Pep Guardiola Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that his players at Barcelona helped him to win two UEFA Champions league titles. Nigerian Journalist Oma Akatugba quizzed Guardiola at a press conference ahead of Manchester city's Champions league round of 16 tie with Schalke O4. The journalist wanted to know Guardiola's stance to a disagreement that has splits his countrymen. "You are extremely popular in Nigeria after your achivement with Barcelona" the journalist began. "And you caused a massive Argument on Nigeria's Twitter space. Those who are for Pep believed that Pep is the greatest manager in the world. And those who are against Pep argued that Pep has not been able to win the Champions league since he left Barcelona and their argument is because you don't have players like Messi, Iniesta and Xavi that is why you have been unable to win the champions league." Oma concluded. "I completely agree with them...

Saturday night started on a good note for Barcelona's midfielder Kelvin Prince-Boateng as he made his Laliga Santander debut against Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou, but he returned home to find out that his house as been robbed by some hoodlums.  The Ghanaian returned to his home in the northern part of Sarria district after the match and found out that his jewelries, watches as well as money worth 300,000 to 400,000 euros has stolen while he was away playing for Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Marca reported that same thing happened to Boateng's teammate Jordi Alba last year when the Spainard was playing for Barcelona against Inter Millan in Italy. The 31 years old joined Barcelona on loan from Sasuolo in this January transfer window. 

Former Arsenal gaffer, Arsene Wenger has revealed the reasons why he snubbed Real Madrid on more than one occasion. The experienced manager had been linked with Real Madrid in recent years but he insisted on completing his project with Arsenal before leaving in 2018. " For me, the coach's work has to have an impact on three different levels,. "Mr Wenger said in Monaco ahead of the Laureus World Sports Award. " First, in the careers of the players that you work with. Secondly, in the style of the team. And, thirdly, in the structure of the club for which he works. For me, the aspect is very important as I felt that it was not the time to leave Arsenal because we were still developing the structure." The 69 years old, who is currently available after he left Arsenal in the summer of 2018, was asked if he will consider managing Real Madrid in the future. "I can't answer you because I don't know what's going to happen in the future. M...

photo credit: UEFA The knockout stages of this season's UEFA champions league has begun, with loads of mouthwatering clashes set to take place. Players has already thrilled us to loads of goals in the group stages of this year's edition and it certain they will be willing to add to their tallies as the business end of the season approaches. Bayern Munich and Poland forward, Robert Lewandowski is currently leading the goal scoring chart with eight goals with Barcelona and Argentina talisman, Lionel Messi next on the list with six goals to his name. Juve's Paulo Dybala, Roma's Edin Dzeko, Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramric, Moussa Marega, PSG's Neymar and Ajax Dusan Tadic are all on 5 goals each. They are followed closely by Karim Benzema, Mauro Icardi, Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane and Rapheal Guerriero who has 4 goals each to their names. Meanwhile Juventus talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the competition's all time top scorer h...

Israel Adesanya is fast becoming a household name in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is popularly known as UFC234. He has receives numerous Awards and people loves him for his skills. He won the UFC Breakthrough of the year award in 2018. Here are some unknown fact of Adesanya which many people do not know. We have compiled  5 of those facts for the mixed martial art fighter. HE WAS BORN IN LAGOS Israel was born in Lagos, Nigeria on the 22nd of July 1989, his heritage has been traced to Yoruba tribe. He was a pupil of Chrisland school in Opebi, Ikeja, he also attended Bells Secondary school in Ota, Ogun state. He moved to Rotorua in New Zealand at the age of 13, he finished his college education at the Rotorua High School. HIS CAREER When he was in Nigeria, he trained taekwondo briefly but his mother stopped him after he broke his arm during the training. After his high school education, he moved to Auckland, where he began kick-boxing training at the...

Portuguese forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has been offered a reunion with Real Madrid after the Spanish giant invited his new club Juventus to the 2019 Trofeo de Bernabeu . Cristiano, who scored more than 400 goals for Real, left the Spanish capital to join the Turin based club after nine huge successful years. The easiest way to make money: click to learn how to earn money by reading news online   Real Madrid has planned to use the 2019 Bernabeu trophy to appreciate and honour the club's all-time highest goalscorer. Madrid did the same for Gonzales Raul in 2013, when the Spaniard played at the Santiago Bernabeu for the last time with his team Al Saad. Raul played for both Real and Al Saad in that match.  The European champions will play this year 's Bernabeu trophy against AC Milan at the El Stadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Spanish champions, Barcelona has officially announced the signing of Chile combative midfielder Arturo Vidal from Bayern Munche. The former Juventus midfielder was said to have rejected offer from Internazionale in other for him to join Messi and co in Camp Nou. Vidal will be tasked to fill the hole left by Xavi and Iniesta in the Barcelona midfield. The fee is said to be in the region of 20 million euros, Vidal who has missed out on winning the champions league in the past will hope his move to the Catalan side will help him lift the coveted trophy. The 31 year-old spent three successful seasons with Bayern Munche, winning three Bundesliga titles, one DFB Pokal and one DFL super cup. He played 132 games and scored 22 goals.

The former internazionale and juventus striker will not form part of Janne Anderson's 23-man squad for the world cup in Russia, Sweden football association has revealed. The president of Sweden Football Association, Lars Richt  has ended any hope of the LA Galaxy forward playing in at the World Cup scheduled to take place in Russia later this year despite claims he will be at the mundial.  The 36 years old former Paris Saint -Germain goal poacher, who last featured for the Swedish national team in 2016, recently claimed that if he want to go to the world cup nobody could stop him from not participating at the tournament. "i talked to Zlatan on Tuesday.He announced he did not change his mind about the national team- it is a no." said Lars Richt The ex Manchester United striker told Jimmy Kemmel Live that he would go to the world cup at his own accord, but he was careful with his choice of words. He said "Am going to the World Cup, yes. if i say more, t...

Real Madrid left-back, Marcelo has responded to the claim that he defrauded the Spanish tax authorities of almost half a million euros in 2013. Marcelo was said to have defrauded the Spanish authorities of £437,000 by allowing foreign companies to handle his image rights.  "My lawyers are looking into the matter," he explained in his post match interview. "I hope they will find a resolution and that the matter will be sorted as soon as possible." Mauricio Pochettino earned many plaudits for his own coaching performance at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, so impressive were the visitors that the 29-year-old feels Los Blancos won a point. "Pochettino's approach has been bad news for Real Madrid," he admitted. "We have not won the match, but in my opinion we won a point. "It has been a very tough match, Tottenham read the game really well." Karim Benzema failed to find the net on what was a frustrating night for...

Real Madrid left-back Marcelo Vieira has been accused of defrauding the Spanish government of £437,000 by Spain tax authorities, according to Sportmail. The Spanish tax authorities said the Brazilian defrauded them of almost half a million euros in 2013. They accused the 29 year-old of using foreign companies to handle his image right four years ago. Marcelo, who has spent 10 years in Spain, has joined the long list of footballers targeted by the Spanish tax authorities. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Javier Masherano, Angel Di Maria, Fabio Coentrao, Radamel Falcao and Ricardo Carvalho are other players that has been accused by the Spanish tax authorities.