Welcome To Dipo Liadi's blog: November 2015

30 November 2015

NBA: Jahlil Okafor Caught Over Reckless Driving

Jahlil Okafor seems to be facing several problems at the same time. Reports have revealed that the basketball star was arrested early this month for reckless driving. Okafor was recently accused of a street fight some days ago but the Igbo Nigerian has come out to appologise.

Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor is currently being investigated for allegedly assaulting a man in Boston late on Wednesday night. This was not Okafor's first run-in with the law. In October, a gun was pointed at the Sixers rookie outside of a Philadelphia night club. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey, Okafor had a third incident involving police in early November.

From Pompey reports four sources independently confirmed to the The Inquirer the 76ers center was pulled over on the Ben Franklin Bridge around three weeks ago for 108 miles-per-hour. Anything over 40MPH is considered reckless driving.

Fanendo Adi can't stop scoring for Portland Timbers has he ensured that his club qualified for the MLS Cup final for the first time ever. The Nigerian scored in the encounter where he helped to push out FC Dallas.

Nigerian striker Fanendo Adi was among the goals for Portland Timbers as they drew 2-2 at FC Dallas to reach the MLS Cup final for the first time in their history.

Adi won the Western Conference title with Portland Timber on 5-3 aggregate win over Tesho Akindele's FC Dallas.

According to Goal this beautiful lady beside Odion in the picture above is the reason for Ighalo's recent scoring form. Sonia has been married to Ighalo for over six years and they have three issues.

Odion Ighalo scored his eighth goal of the season for Watford in Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Aston Villa.

As the ball hit the inside of the net, Ighalo turned, with hands up and fingers pointed towards the heavens, in acknowledgement of the divine in his now familiar celebration style.

The final chapter of the NBA career of Kobe Bryant, or the final section of the last chapter, or the final subheading of the final section of the final chapter, or whatever, began.

The Los Angeles Lakers star announced his retirement in an op-ed in The Players' Tribune Sunday evening before the Lakers' loss to the Indiana Pacers, and after the game, the Black Mamba held a lengthy and reflective press conference where he looked back on the process behind his decision and how he's feeling about it. Bryant said that once he came to that realization that the drive wasn't there anymore, it became a question of "why not" tell everyone, and "just get it off (his) shoulders."

Bryant shot 4 of 20 from the field, 2 of 7 from 3-point range in the loss to the Pacers. He drained a fadeaway catch-and-shoot 3-pointer to pull the Lakers within one, but after two Paul George free throws, air-balled his next one. The dream ending was not to be, but after the game, Bryant seemed downright happy in the press conference, content with his decision.

Mali 2-3 Nigeria: Dream Team VI Survive Late Come Back Scare

The Dream team started on a high scoring path but was fast to concede two goals in what ended like a shaky start for Siasia's boys.

After a scoring three unreplied goals in the first half, Nigeria had to hang on to beat Mali 3-2 in their opening U23 AFCON Group B match in Mbour, Senegal, Sunday night.

This was the classic game of two halves - Nigeria cruised in the first 45 minutes to score three goals, but they were bested by Mali after the interval and had to hold out till the very last minute to stop a remarkable comeback by the boys from Bamako.

FIFA Presidency: Gianni Infantino Promises Reforms

Gianni Infantino seems like a puppet of Platini and Blatter. Some football pundits have argued that he was pushed to contest after it was perceived that the FIFA ethic committee who had suspended Michel Platini ahead of the election might rule Platini out of the election. Most potential votes for the suspended Platini are believed to go in the favour of Infantino.

Uefa's Gianni Infantino said he would work to clean up Fifa from "day one" if elected leader after an evening of close discussions with his Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.

Infantino told AFP that he would instigate reforms immediately if he is elected on February 26 to succeed the suspended and deeply controversial Sepp Blatter.

Chelsea: John Obi Mikel Might Land In Trouble After Cameras Caught Him Making Mockery Of Mourinho

One of Chelsea's most unused substitute John Obi Mikel might be in trouble after cameras caught him laughing against his coaching. Mikel has not played for the blues in the last four games.

The gist here is simple an uncultured player Diego Costa who refused to warm at half time was asked to warm up during the second half. Has the game moved to added time Costa moved back to the bench and threw his bib backwards which in turn landed on Mourinho's back then Mikel was the only one caught laughing.

For Costa it might signal the end of his Chelsea career has we all no Mourinho is a no nonsense man who has dealt with bigger players than Costa.

British No.1 Andy Murray had earlier said that Great Britain has a chance to claim the Davis cup now. Magical Murray lived up to his words by helping Great Britain to a first Davis cup win since 1936.

The Scottish ace claimed a straight sets victory over the Belgian to ensure a 3-1 win for the British team in Ghent

Great Britain have won a first Davis Cup since 1936 after Andy Murray's straight sets win over David Goffin.

Pochettino has helped Tottenham extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to a club record 13 games with a 0-0 draw against Chelsea at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

Mauricio Pochettino's side controlled possession for much of Sunday's match but were unable to turn it into goals in a contest which starkly contrasted Tottenham's 5-3 win in last season's corresponding fixture.

Jose Mourinho's decision to drop Diego Costa left his side lacking in attack, with an interchangeable front four - spearheaded by Eden Hazard - only threatening on the break.

Jose Mourinho has dropped Diego Costa to the bench for the clash against Tottenham after the club's top goal scorer in last season has become goal shy.

Jose Mourinho tells Des Kelly that Diego Costa is low on confidence as he names the Spaniard among his substitutes at White Hart Lane.

Costa has started every premier league match for the blues except when injured. The Spain striker has struggled for form this season, with Eden Hazard replacing him as a central striker while John Terry misses out through injury. See the line up graphic after the cut..

Super Eagles media officer and TV presenter Mr Toyin Ibitoye was filled with joy 28th of November 2015 which marked the 12th year of his marriage.

Toyin posted a family picture of himself, wife, daughters and son. Toyin captioned the picture with this exact words "Exactly 12 years ago,we started our home.It feels like yesterday.If I could roll back time,I would go same route"

We are happy for Toyin and we wish him more celebrations in life. We think his kids are adorable, congrats again.. See the family picture after the cut...

There are still lots of matches to be played in Serie A and Faouzi Ghoulam anticipates chaotic scenes if Napoli win Serie A, but doesn't think their clash with Inter will be pivotal in the title race.

Faouzi Ghoulam does not believe Napoli's meeting with Inter will play a decisive role in the Serie A title race. Roberto Mancini's side sit top of Serie A, two points clear of the Naples club, who they travel to face on Monday.

However, the Algerian considers it too early for the fixture to be integral in determining the 2015-16 champions, though he expects jubilant scenes should Napoli claim the Scudetto.

Boxing: Tyson Fury Defeats Wladimir Klitschko To Become New Heavyweight World Champion

Tyson Fury proved he wasn't about boasting alone, he had a plan and a style of play, he had earlier beaten Klitschko on mind games and he eventually beat him on the field of play giving the travelling British fans a great reason to be in Germany. Fury won with total points and if you are still wandering, the 27 years old is the new World Heavyweight Champion. Stand up for the champion..

For the first time since 2004, Wladimir Klitschko has suffered a loss. Tyson Fury claimed the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBA heavyweight championship belts with a unanimous decision (115-112, 115-112, 116-111) over Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany on Saturday.

The fight lacked action for the first 10 rounds, with Fury accumulating points with more activity than a lethargic Klitschko. The 6-foot-9 Fury seemed to frustrate Klitschko, who was tentative from the start and rarely threw punches, landing even fewer.

Odion Ighalo Hits Target For Watford Against Aston Villa

Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo scored for Watford in the Barclays English Premier League on Saturday as the Hornets beat Aston Villa 3-2. Ighalo scored in 17th minute to temporarily give the visitors the lead at Villa Park.

The forward displayed predatory instincts of the highest quality to get off the mark as he reacted in lightening fashion to poke home after Ben Watson’s shot rebounded off Ciarian Clark and fell fortuitously towards his path.

Micah Richards levelled for Villa four minutes from half time to deny Watford a chance to claim maximum points.

Jamie Vardy Breaks Van Nistelrooy's Premier League Goal Record

Premier league top striker Jamie Vardy has earned a new premier league goal scoring record after scoring his 11th consecutive goal against Manchester United. Vardy has been the revelation of the season so far.

Jamie Vardy has broken Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Premier League record by scoring in an 11th consecutive top-flight game.

Vardy broke the record in the 24th minute of Leicester City’s match against Van Nistelrooy’s former club Manchester United to put his side 1-0 up in a top of the table clash.

Nigerian-American Igbo blooded basketball player, Jalil Okafor has expressed his disappointment at himself after he was caught fighting a fan on the street. He has apologised and expects that the case won't get to the court of law.

Philadelphia 76ers big man Jahlil Okafor spoke to reporters on Friday for the first time since he was allegedly involved in a street fight late Wednesday. While there are no plans for a criminal investigation on the incident, he said he was ashamed of the way he handled himself.

According to Goal.com a token of 600,000 naira has been paid by Siasia's family to the captors of Samson Siasia's mother for her freedom. The release will certainly send easing waves to the coach and his team at large who are already set to take on Mali tomorrow in the AFCON U-23 championship in Senegal.

Goal has learnt that Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, mother of Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia, has been released by her abductors 12 days after she was kidnapped.

The coach had cried out that he wasn’t a rich man and there was no way he could have raised the initial N150 million naira asked for, which was later cut to N50 million then N32 million before they finally agreed to take whatever the Siasia family could offer, an amount which is said to be around N600,000.

The last time Arsenal won the title i was just a boy.. lol. Wenger looks more real now with a chase of the league title and he has backed his boys to mount up a challenge. Arsenal are the late favorites battling Man City for the title in the absence of the lost Chelsea.

Arene Wenger remains confident Arsenal can shake off their inconsistent form and mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title.

Wenger's side will attempt to bounce back from last weekend's surprise loss at West Bromwich Albion when they travel to Norwich City on Sunday, five days after keeping alive their hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages with vital victory over Dinamo Zagreb.

Chile 2015 Golden ball winner Victor Osimhen who was lately called to replace Isaac Success for AFCON U-23 in Senegal will wear jersey no.9. Osimhen wore the same no.9 jersey in the cadet world cup and lived up to the expectation of the number. So many fans were excited to see him get a call up from Siasia and they are hopeful that the goal machine will help the goal shy team improve their scoring chances.

As a result of his late registration for the U23 AFCON, U17 World Cup hotshot Victor Osimhen will wear the Number 9 shirt the player he has replaced would have won.

Osimhen also wore No 9 shirt to score record-breaking 10 goals at the recent U17 World Cup in Chile.

Fury has boasted so much about this fight but Klitschko believes its all mind games and that he will do the damage on Fury in the ring but Fury has predicted that he will knock Klitschko out. Klitschko has been unbeaten since 2004 while Fury has never lost a professional fight before. One thing is certain the fight will be more than entertaining.

Tyson Fury claimed he is Wladimir Klitschko's "worst nightmare" on the eve of Saturday's heavyweight world title showdown in Dusseldorf.

Klitschko, 39, is defending his WBA, IBF and WBO belts against Fury, 27, at the 50,000-capacity Esprit Arena.

Stephen Curry can stop getting the points for Warriors has they keep extending their record. The Golden State Warriors have been unbeaten since the start of the season and have also equaled and set the unbeaten record from the start of the season and all thanks to the MVP Stephen Curry. its now 17-0 for the warriors.

Throughout their franchise history the Phoenix Suns have stopped win streaks of 15 or more games six times. However they couldn't stop the historically streaking Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

Led by Stephen Curry, the Warriors cruised to a 135-116 victory over the Suns to remain undefeated. Golden State is now the first team in the history of the NBA to start a season 17-0. Dating back to last season, the Warriors have now won 21 straight regular-season games and are only the fourth team in NBA history to win 21 or more straight games.

Manchester City Set To Offer Messi €1.1m Per Week In Crazy Mega Deal

The SUN claims Manchester City are willing to enter a crazy deal to sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona in a deal that might See him earn €1.1m in a week. If this deal breaks through it will change the story of football forever.

Manchester City would be willing to offer Barcelona 170 million euros for Lionel Messi, who they would offer 1.1m euros a week in wages. The move would see the Argentine link up with his former coach Pep Guardiola at the Premier League club.

According to 'The Sun', City will offer Messi a deal worth 56.8 million euros a year. Representatives from the English club have met with the player's agent several times and they believe that the Argentine, who is out of contract at Barcelona in June 2018, would be willing to move to the Premier League next season.

Jalil Okafor plays for the sixers in the NBA league and has been displeased with the recent woes of his team. Okafor has a Nigerian dad. Jalil got trending for the wrong reason on thanksgiving day after being involved in a street fight.

Philadelphia 76ers big man Jahlil Okafor allegedly got in a fight in Boston on Wednesday following his team's 84-80 loss to the Boston Celtics, as first reported by TMZ.

ESPN's Jeff Goodman confirmed the story, and quoted a source close to Okafor saying, "Apparently, they said, 'The 76ers suck and you guys are all losers. You'll never win a game.'"

It follows conflict of interest claims over the 2021 World Championships going to Eugene, Oregon, where Nike is based.

Athletics' governing body said Coe could remain in the role but he said it was "a distraction to the 18-hour days we are working to steady the ship". It comes amid a recent wider doping and corruption scandal in the sport, which Coe has vowed to clean up.

Speaking at a news conference in Monaco following an IAAF council meeting, Coe said of his Nike role: "The current noise level around it is not good for Nike or the IAAF."

This group seems like the group of death in the tournament but Nigerian fans trust the abilities of Samson Siasia when it comes to youth football. Popular sports analyst Wale Scott backed Siasia to deliver the Rio 2016 ticket for Nigeria.

The two top teams in the U23 AFCON Group B, Nigeria and Mali, will slug it out on Sunday evening in the tourists’ resort of Mbour in Senegal in what many believe could determine the winners of this group.

Nigeria U23 team, Dream Team VI, will begin their campaign at the U23 AFCON on the artificial pitch of Caroline Faye Stadium by 5pm after they rounded up their training camp in The Gambia with a big 5-0 win over Gambia U20 team after both teams first drew 1-1 in another warm-up game.

Boxing: Fury Sings For Klitschko Ahead Of Heavyweight World Title Fight

Tyson Fury serenaded Wladimir Klitschko at a public workout on Wednesday, before Saturday's heavyweight world title fight in Dusseldorf. Briton Fury, 27, will challenge WBA, IBF and WBO champion Klitschko, 39, at the 50,000 capacity Esprit Arena.

Fury dedicated his version of the Bette Midler ballad Wind Beneath My Wings to the Ukrainian, who was ringside.

"I'm not coming to Germany to win on points, I'm going to do a demolition job on Wladimir," said Fury earlier.

Great Britain must grab their chance when they take on Belgium in their first Davis Cup final for 37 years, says Andy Murray.

Britain will try to win the competition for the first time since 1936 when they face Belgium in Ghent from Friday. The draw for the best-of-five format will take place at Flanders Expo at 13:00 GMT on Thursday.

"It means a lot to everyone to be in this position," the British number one told BBC Sport.

Juventus 1-0 Manchester City: Watch The Goal & Highlights

Shakhtar Donetsk 3-4 Real Madrid: Watch The Goals & Highlights

Manchester United 0-0 PSV: Wasteful Red Devils Qualification Hopes In Hanging Air

The Red Devils were wasteful at goal tonight against PSV which leaves them below the qualification point. United has 8 points and will certainly face Wolfsburg who needs only a draw to qualify. Most football pundits will expect PSV to beat CSKA Moscow which will leave Man United with the only option of beating Wolfsburg in Germany to qualify to the last 16 stage.

Manchester United's hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages were severely dented by a goalless draw with PSV at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils headed into their penultimate Group B fixture knowing three points would secure a last-16 spot, yet now likely need a win away to leaders Wolfsburg on December 8 to progress following Wednesday's disappointing stalemate.

Pep Guardiola Is Not A Man - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Ibrahimovic was signed by Guardiola from Inter Milan to Barcelona but the top player and coach had a major fall out which made the big money move last for only one season. Since that fall out Zlatan hasn't hidden his dislike for Pep and it seems the hatred is still on.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent further barbs in Pep Guardiola's direction during a wide-ranging interview with CNN.

Ibrahimovic has claimed numerous major honours across the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France since leaving Sweden 14 years ago, although he does not reserve much affection for his former Barcelona boss Guardiola.

Injured Al Ain striker Emmanuel Emenike is back from injury and fit to play again. Emenike has already won the league with Al Ain in Dubai.

Al Ain of UAE hitman Emmanuel Emenike has announced his return to action for his team after he was sidelined by injury for a week.

"Starting with the team today (Wednesday) after one week injury. Ready to be back " Emenike wrote on Instagram.

Formula 1: International Automobile Federation Rejects Alternative Engine Proposal

Formula One manufacturers have agreed to come up with a plan to reduce the cost of power units and ensure no team is left without one after rejecting a proposal to introduce an alternative engine.

The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that there had been four credible expressions of interest from companies interested in supplying a cheaper alternative engine from 2017.

The proposal had, however, failed to win approval at meetings at the FIA's Paris headquarters on Tuesday.

So much for Pat Riley's “disease of more.” The defending champion Golden State Warriors have started better than any team in NBA history, winning their first 16 games in dominant fashion. The latest: a 111-77 victory over the lowly Los Angeles Lakers at Oracle Arena on Tuesday.

This was a typical Warriors blowout. They outscored Los Angeles 30-11 in the first quarter and ended the third up 89-55. No Golden State starter even saw the floor in the final frame. Stephen Curry scored a game-high 24 points on 10-for-21 shooting, including 4 for 12 from 3-point range, which is an off night for him. Curry added nine assists, four rebounds and two steals, though, and didn't turn the ball over in his 30 minutes.

Kobe Bryant scored four points on 1-for-14 shooting for the Lakers, and the Warriors' defense prevented them from even passing the ball cleanly, let alone getting open shots. Golden State, meanwhile, was able to push the pace, share the ball and seemingly find easy looks whenever it wanted to.

Coach Samson Siasia and his selected players for AFCON U-23 championship in Dakar, Senegal will leave Gambia where the team has camped for about 10 days to jet to Senegal where the championship is set to kick off. Siasia has a target of reaching the last 3 to ensure a ticket to the olympic games in Rio In Brazil.

U-23 National team, Dream Team VI will depart Banjul Gambia, on Wednesday where it has been camping for the past 10 days in preparation for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations billed for Senegal.

A statement issued by Ademola Olajire, Assistant Director, Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) quoted the team’s secretary Sirajo Hassan as saying that the delegation includes 23 players.

Kano Pillars who finished with 55 points and 8th position in the NPFL has taken a huge decision to reinforce its squad by sacking some players and signing 10 new players.

Glo Premier League side, Kano Pillars, will beef up their squad with 10 new players ahead of the 2015/2016 campaign according to Completesportsnigeria.com.

The Sai Masu Gida, Completesportsnigeria.com further scooped, will retain 20 players from the squad that took part in the recently concluded season.

Wenger shocked so many people when he said that he likes spending money. Most people in football and fans of Arsenal FC believes Arsene Wenger is always reluctant in signing big names that requires splashing of big cash.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims he likes to spend money as he jokingly invited a reporter to a night out.

The Frenchman's lack of spending has been criticised in the past, having not added a single outfield player to his first-team squad in the off-season.

Barcelona 6-1 Roma: Watch The Goals & Highlights

Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-4 Chelsea: Watch The Goals & Highlights

Martial, Rooney Fit To Face PSV - Louis Van Gaal

After getting involved in training today, Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial have been confirmed fit to face PSV in the UEFA champions league clash tonight. The news will be a real delight to Manchester United fans.

Louis van Gaal has confirmed Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial are fit to face PSV in Wednesday's Champions League clash.

Tyson Fury believes that there is doping in boxing. Issues in doping is currently affecting IAAF with Russia has the country pulled out as the scapegoat.

Fury, 27, will fight for the world title against Wladimir Klitschko in Germany on Saturday.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, Fury said: "I can look at a man and tell you if he's full of drugs by one glance at his body with his top off.

Defending champions Barcelona will look to tie up qualification for the Uefa Champions League last 16 for the 12th season running when they host Roma on matchday five.

Form guide (all competitions, most recent first)
Barcelona: WWWWDW
Roma: DWWLWW

Barcelona will advance as Group E winners with a draw, and will still qualify if they lose and Bayer 04 Leverkusen drop points against FC BATE Borisov in the section's other game.

Some days back Oma Akatugba told his followers on twitter that he was on is way to Turkey and he spoke about the heavy security presence at the Airport during his trip. Well, it's mission completed has it seems like the African International project by Oma Akatugba is taking shape and progressing day by day.

After interviewing a lot of African football stars it was the turn of Kenneth Omeruo at Kasimpasa FC in Turkey. If Oma doesn't interview you has a new generation Nigerian player it seems like you haven't completed your media assignment.

Durant had 27 points and six rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Utah Jazz 111-89 on Monday night.

It was Durant's first game since he strained his left hamstring in the second quarter of a 125-101 victory at Washington on Nov. 10. The All-Star forward played the whole first quarter against Utah and scored 11 points.

''When I was ready to get back on the court physically, I was there putting my work in making sure my body was ready, my fundamentals were right,'' Durant said. ''I just have the mindset that, no matter what, I just pick up where I left off. I think that is what separates good players from great players, is that mindset.''

Victor Osimhen has finally been invited to join the U-23 team ahead of the AFCON championship. Most pundits are of the opinion that the team needs a real scoring striker.

FIFA U17 goal king Victor Osimhen has been made a late replacement for Granada striker Isaac Success on Nigeria squad to the U23 AFCON in Senegal.

Success was originally listed on the final squad submitted and Nigeria may now have to pay a fine to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for this late change.

Perez has claimed there is a conspiracy against him, fans have been on his neck and calling for his head over the recent woeful performance of the team.

Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, appeared before the press to confirm his support for Rafa Benítez which has been called into question in the wake of the team's defeat against Barcelona.

"Real Madrid coach, Rafa Benítez, has our full support and trust".

The hosting of Imo state Golden Eaglets indigenes has been postponed by the state Governor due to an emergency meeting in Abuja.

Victorious Golden Eaglets from Imo State will be hosted by Governor Rochas Okorocha on a later date after the Governor had to leave to Abuja on an emergency.

The Eaglets who hail from Imo State are Ikwu Ejike, Udochukwu Anumudu, Kelechi Nwakali and Christian Ebere.

With days counting it look seems as if Platini will not be allowed to contest for the FIFA presidency as it looks like some powers in FIFA are set to deal with his errors. A life ban from football will certainly make Platini go weird.

Fifa's ethics watchdog wants Michel Platini to be banned for life over a suspect payment, the European football chief's lawyer declared on Tuesday.

Platini is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges over a $2 million payment he received from Fifa president Sepp Blatter who is also suspended.

With just few days to the historic heavyweight fight Fury has threatened to boycott the fight due to the option of the gloves. Fury is 27 years old while Klitschko is 39 years old. Klitschko has had 64 wins in 67 fights while Fury has had 24 fights and 24 wins. Klitschko is the present heavyweight champion and has been reigning for 11 years but Fury has promised to end his dominance.

Tyson Fury will pull the plug on Saturday night's world heavyweight spectacular here if he is denied his preferred boxing gloves.

A dispute over the hand-wear will go to the brink at the pre-fight rules meeting on Friday afternoon with Fury saying: 'If they don't produce the gloves I have picked the fight is off. Simple as that.
'Unless, of course, he wants to fight bare-knuckle, gypsy style!'

After conquering the world in Chile goodness seems to be following most of the members of the team as a high number of scouts have been running around to sign most of the players.

The 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup MVP Kelechi Nwakali and his Eaglets team mates Samuel Chukwueze, David Enogena and Joel Osikel have joined the stable of Stellar Group, arguably the world's leading football agency who manage the careers of the world's most expensive player Gareth Bale among others.

Others in the Stellar Group are England international stars Joe Hart, Luke Shaw,Connor Wickham and Jonjo Shelvey. They also handle ex- England internationals Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Nigerian-born Nedum Onuoha and Carlton Cole and many other big stars in football.

23 November 2015

Real Madrid Crisis: Perez To Address Media Today

Florentino Perez will address the Spanish press this evening in what many believes to be a move to pour out support to Benitez. Facts show that Perez is not to pleased with Benitez but he is opposed to sacking him now though that might happen at the end of the season. Perez has employed 13 coaches within 15 seasons and the fans are already calling for his head.

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has called an urgent press conference to be held in the presidential box at the Bernabéu at 19:30, presumably to address the crisis surrounding the club following the 4-0 'Clásico' shellacking at the hands of Barça. The media event, which was announced through a club statement, will take place after a board meeting.

The first information doing the rounds suggests Pérez will speak out in support of Rafa Benítez, who has come under fire following Saturday's result, which in turn has led to speculation about the coach having lost the dressing room.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most sought after person in football on the social media and even some of his arch enemies now believe the 3 times world footballer of the year has a very big personality and that he over gets media attention.

Dani Alves discussed the thrashing of Real Madrid at the press conference building up to the game against Roma.

"Our spirits are soaring after winning the 'Clásico'. It's always a very tough match. When you win it, you come away with the feeling that you're doing a good job. We played incredibly in every department", the Brazilian full-back noted.

Kobe Bryant has never lacked confidence. With the Los Angeles Lakers about to face the undefeated Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Bryant told reporters on Sunday that he believes in his team.

From ESPN's Baxter Holmes:

"I've seen stranger things happen," Bryant said Sunday after his team's 107-93 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center here. "We've been playing like s---. We might go up there and we might play like gangbusters up there. You never know. "

The judgement arm of Fifa's ethics committee on Monday opened a case against the body's suspended president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, with a verdict in the corruption allegations surrounding both men due next month.

The panel of judges, known as the adjudicatory chamber, received the final report from the ethics committee's investigative branch on Saturday, which called for sanctions to be levelled against both men.

A guilty verdict would almost certainly crush Uefa president Platini's hopes of succeeding Blatter at the top of world football's governing body.

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