Joseph Yobo- I never sent my mother in law away

This is the reaction of joseph to the allegation of him sending his wife's mum packing....The Yobos and the Fashanus have a great relationship, a fantastic one at that and very good mutual respect for each other, and we thank God for that. 

'We have no problems at all.  We have two great houses next to each other in Istanbul, Turkey that is big enough to accommodate our families, without anyone invading on anyone's privacy. They are just trying to destroy the two families. 

Taiye Taiwo in Tax mess

Super Eagles defender Taiye Taiwo has been indicted in France on tax fraud charges. French authorities say the 28 year old player is owing them €1,025,000 in tax after failing to pay his income taxes in 2008, 2009 and his property taxes in 2011.
Taiwo owns a €600,000 mansion in Allauch, Marseille and the French authority say they plan to seize the home and auction it.
Taiwo, currently plays for Turkish football club Bursaspor but once played for French club, Olympique de Marseille from 2005 to 2011. He is yet to respond to the charges.

Photos of the Day-Oba goal shows off

The footballer shared this photos on his instagram page..Everybody seems to be showing off these days...

2013/2014 EPL Opening day Fixtures

PREMIER LEAGUE champions Manchester United kick off their 2013-14 campaign at League Cup winners Swansea. New United boss David Moyes will travel to Wales on August 17.Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea visit Old Trafford the following weekend in a mouth-watering fixture.The Special One’s side take on newly-promoted Hull at Stamford Bridge in their opening game.Manuel Pellegrini begins his Manchester City reign at home to Newcastle, while Arsenal host Aston Villa.The North-London clash is the start of a testing opening to the season for Villa, who have a home match against Liverpool and a trip to Chelsea in the following two games. Crystal Palace’s first game back in the top flight is against Tottenham at Selhurst Park. Cardiff — Championship winners last season — start their campaign at West Ham before home games against Manchester City and Everton.

AC Milan recalls hat-trick hero Oduamadi

Nnamdi Oduamadi described his hat-trick against Tahiti at the Fifa Confederations Cup as ‘massive’ and says it is the reward of hard work.
The goals have also earned him an immediate recall to his parent club AC Milan.
“I am very happy. I really worked hard and getting three goals in the Confederations Cup is massive for me,” he said  Oduamadi, on loan to Varese from Milan, was to find out just how massive it was indeed when he discovered that after his second goal, AC Milan president Adriano Galliani called up manager Massimilliano Allegri and directed him to bring the Nigerian back to Milan’s pre-season training camp.

 Oduamadi spent last season on loan at Varese, playing a very good second half of the season after returning from injury, which cost him a spot on Nigeria’s Nations Cup squad.

Super Eagles on Strike,Sports Minister consults Presidency

Apparently stung by the national embarrassment that reared its ugly head in far away Windhoek where the Super Eagles are locked in dispute over match bonus with Nigeria Football Federation, Sports Minister and Chairman of National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has stepped into the face-off to prevent the team from boycotting the Confederations Cup.
The bonus row between the Super Eagles players and the Nigeria Football Federation was amicably resolved after both parties agreed to bury the hatchet and let sleeping dogs lie till after the

The African Champions who forced the Brave Warriors of Namibia to a 1 -1 draw on Wednesday to remain on top of their group with nine points were scheduled to  fly out of Windhoek to Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon, and be on their way to Sao Paulo.  They were to  arrive Sao Paulo and connect  to Belo Horizonte, venue of their first match of the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament against Tahiti, which comes up on Monday.

Super Eagles to Qualify for World Cup 2014 if they defeat Namibia today

African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria  will be on the march again today as they square up to Namibia's Brave Warriors in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.Four-pointer Namibia are still mathematically in with a chance of  earning the lone ticket from Group F into the 10-team African final elimination round, and will give it a fight against the in-form Super Eagles.

Coach Stephen Keshi and his wards spent their fifth day in the Namibian capital on Tuesday evening perfecting strategies for the game, which also serves as the team's final preparatory session before the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil.
Six days ago, the travelling Nigerian troupe got the better of their Kenyan hosts in Nairobi, thanks to a late goal by Ahmed Musa. The Eagles are looking forward to a bigger scoreline as they have been emphasizing on accurate shooting.

Nigeria's Kenneth Omeruo to join Chelsea

Nigeria defender Kenneth Omeruo might be to joining Chelsea following a seal of approval by returning boss Jose Mourinho.

Representatives of Omeruo specially informed that the young central defender is now “95% certain” to join the English Premier League club after he earned the approval of Mourinho.


“It is now 95% certain that Kenneth will finally team up with Chelsea for the coming season. Mourinho has said he wants to work with Kenneth after watching him at the recent Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa,” disclosed a representative, who declined to have his name in print.

Serena Williams Wins French Open,defeats Sharapova

Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in a brief, but high-quality final.


It was the 31-year-old American’s 16th Grand Slam title win, taking her to within two of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova who are tied for fourth on the all-time list.

And it underscored her near total domination of the women’s game, having won three of the last four Grand Slam titles — at Wimbledon, the US and French Opens — and reaching the quarter-finals at the Australian Open. For Sharapova it was a 10th straight loss to her American nemesis dating back to 2004 when she defeated her in the Wimbledon final and the WTA Championships when she was just 17-years-old.

Super Eagles List for confederation's cup

All eight participating nations have now confirmed their squad lists for the FIFA Confederations Cup holding in Brazil this month.

Nigeria is not left out. After  much anticipation and excitement, Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has unveiled his 23-man squad. They are:
Goalkeeper: Chigozie Agbim (Warri Wolves), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Beer Sheva), Vincent Enyeama (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Justin Gatlin defeats Usain Bolts in Rome

US sprinter Justin Gatlin beat six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt in the men's 100 metres race at the Rome Golden Gala, Diamond League, which took place today. Justin beat Usain by one-hundredth of a second, that's like 1% of a second. Justin actually had to dip his head over the line to win in 9.94 seconds. Usain came in 9.95.

Usain was making his first appearance in the Diamond League this season since his recent recovery from a hamstring injury. Usain explained what happened to him:

"I got the perfect start that I wanted, then about five steps in I stumbled a bit and that kind of threw my game off. My legs didn't feel like my legs coming into the straight. I guess I need to do more strength work. I think I just need time to get it back together but the fact I got a good start threw me off. At least I got under 10 seconds. 

 "It is always a good thing to lose. You can figure how to step it up. I knew I wasn't in great shape but I'm not worried. It takes time to get back into shape and I didn't expect much from this race."

World Cup Qualifiers-Super Eagles Defeat Kenya

Nigeria winger Ahmed Musa scored a late goal to dim Kenya’s hopes of reaching the 2014 World Cup final to be held in Brazil after the Super Eagles won 1-0 at Kasarani on Wednesday .

Musa latched onto a through ball from John Obi Mikel to beat his marker David ‘Cheche’ Ochieng’ before beautiful chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Duncan Ochieng’ in Kenyan goal.The win now takes Nigeria back to the top of Group F with 8 points while Malawi are second on six after battling to a 0-0 draw with Namibia in a match played in Blantyre earlier on Wednesday.
Kenya, who had win to keep alive their hopes of gracing the World Cup final, started the match badly with defender Brian Mandela almost handing the visitors a quick goal in the 1st minute of the match.
The South African-based defender failed to deal with a loose ball after restart allowing Nigerian striker Brian Ideye to charge forward but the Super Eagles' star could not find the back of the net with keeper Ochieng’ to beat.

Mourinho Re- Joins Chelsea

Chelsea FC confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in European football on Monday when they revealed that charismatic and controversial former manager Jose Mourinho has returned to the club on a four-year contract.
The 50-year-old Portuguese, who led Chelsea to unprecedented success between 2004 and 2007, succeeds interim coach Rafael Benitez.
His Stamford Bridge comeback had been widely anticipated, with weeks of media speculation culminating in his admission on Spanish television late on Sunday that he had agreed to move back to west London

Photos: Footballer John Chukwudi Utaka weds in France

The Former Super Eagles striker got married this weekend in France. Kanu Nwankwo and his wife pictured with the newly married couple

Cute Pics-Joseph Yobo and Family

Money Good joor. See more photos after the cut...

Manchester United Coach,Sir Alex Ferguson retires after 26 years

Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United boss at the end of the season, the Premier League champions announced Wednesday, ending the career of the most successful manager English football has known.

Ferguson, 71, guided United to 13 Premier League titles and two European Champions League crowns in 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.It was not until Tuesday that rumours of Ferguson's shock retirement started circulating, but he said it was a decision he had been considering for some time.
"The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time," Ferguson said in a statement.

Suarez banned for 10 games for biting Ivanovic

Its no longer news that Liverpool Striker bite Chelsea's Ivanovic during there EPL Match on Sunday 21th April. English FA last night Handed the striker a 10 match ban for the bite.

The FA released a statement last night saying

'A three person independent regulatory commission today upheld the FA's claim that a suspension of three matches was clearly insufficient and the player will serve a further seven team matches in addition to the standard three. The suspension begins with immediate effect' 

Suarez has till Friday April 26th to Appeal.

 

Champions League Semi-Final:Bayern Trash Barcelonaa 4 Nil

 

If you didn't watch last night European Champions League match between Bayern and Barca then just know you missed a lot. It was one of the greatest semi final match ever. Bayern demolished all mighty Barca 4 nil.

It was the Spanish giants worst European defeat since the 1997 group stage 4-0 loss to Dynamo Kiev.
Germany star Thomas Mueller was Barca’s chief tormentor with goals in each half while striker Mario Gomez and Dutch wing Arjen Robben also netted to give Bayern a huge advantage for the return leg at the Camp Nou on May 1.

The stunning performance came at the end of a remarkable day even by Bayern’s standards.

 After they announced they had signed young German star Mario Goetze from arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund for a reported 37 million euros.

Jose Mourinho Accepts Chelsea Job

Rumors has it that Jose Mourinho has agreed to return to Chelsea next Season according to various international tabloids. They even claim that Mr. Mourinho has already drawn up a list of transfer targets to help Chelsea return to the top of EPL headlined by Strikers such as Hulk and Radamel Falcao

According to the Reports, Mourinho will return at the end of the season with on a salary package that more than matches his current  £12 million-a-year package at Madrid.

NFF Angry with Eagles Coach Keshi,Faces Sack

Emeka Inyama, a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, has stated that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, has travelled to the US without permission and must return from his California base by Monday.

The former Mali and Togo boss left the country and failed to attend the meeting of the technicak committee and the NFF have asked him to return and answer a query.

"Keshi has been recalled and he must be in Abuja on Monday if he still cares about his job," Inyama said.
He also noted that Keshi was notified about the meeting, but still chose to leave.