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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 Centu

The winner of this year's Big Brother Naija, Mercy Eke has been named the first ever brand Ambassador of Nigeria's first ever indigenous Motor company, Inosson Motors. The Imo state born reality TV star was announced as the brand Ambassador at an event that have all the pepper Dem gang housemates in attendance. The 26 years-old was also handed the keys to her brand new SUV, which was part of her prize for winning the most watched reality TV show in Africa. The Queen of Highlights became the first female to emerge winner of Big Brother Naija since it's inception in 2006. Lambo as she is fondly called by her fans is the fourth winner of the Big Brother Naija series after Katung Aduwak, Efe Ejemba and Miracle Igbokwe won in 2006, 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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

The D-day of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assemblies elections has arrived and Nigerians are ready to vote for their preferred candidates.  Here is 6 facts you should know about the mouthwatering 2019 general Elections. 1. The 2019 general election will be the sixth Election since 1999 when the military head of state then General Abdulsalam Myhammed handed over to the civilian. 2. Independent National Electoral commission announced that the total number of registered voters is  84,004,084 that's an 18 percent increase to the numbers of registered Voters in 2015. Related News INEC Releases the Total numbers of PVCs collected in each states Seven steps of voting as released by INEC Breakdown of total numbers of registered voters in each States 3. 72 candidates are contesting for this year's presidential election that's the highest in the history of Nigeria's democracy. 4. Out of the 84,004,084 registered voters, 11,228,582 are ineligible t

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.

United States of America President Donald Trump has slammed Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging his on attack because he was dissatisfied with his $100,000 per episode salary with Fox Studio, where the empire was filmed. President Trump took to his official Twitter handle to weign in on smollett's case after the Chicago Superintendent of Police accused the Empire actor of staging his own assaults and that his claim of being a victim of racism and homophobic attack were false. "@jussiesmollet what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and Dangerous comments!?.#MAGA." Trump wrote.