Man City on guard for Barcelona baptism

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Barcelona appear to have hit form with ominous timing for Champions League knockout-phase debutants Manchester City ahead of Tuesday's last 16 first leg between the sides at the Etihad Stadium.
After a run of one win in four Liga games, including a rare home defeat against Valencia, the Catalan giants have won their last two matches in emphatic style, scoring 10 goals in the process.
Following a 4-1 success at Sevilla last weekend, Saturday's 6-0 demolition of Rayo Vallecano further strengthened their position at the top of the table on goal difference from Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.
The game featured a goal-scoring return from injury for Neymar, while the team's fourth goal, a dizzying passing move finished by Pedro Rodriguez, bore the hallmarks of Barcelona's Pep Guardiola-era pomp.

Arsenal to face Everton in quarters

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Arsenal set up an FA Cup quarterfinal meeting with Everton after overcoming Liverpool 2-1 in a feisty and gripping fifth-round match at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Liverpool had trounced Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield in the Premier League last weekend, but the London club took revenge through goals in each half by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski.
Steven Gerrard halved Arsenal's advantage with a 59th-minute penalty after Podolski was adjudged to have tripped Luis Suarez.
The visitors felt they should have been awarded a second spot-kick moments later after Oxlade-Chamberlain appeared to foul Suarez, but their appeals were dismissed by referee Howard Webb.
Victory in a game splattered with yellow cards means that Arsenal will host Everton in the last eight, but they will have bruises to nurse ahead of Wednesday's meeting with Bayern Munich in the Uefa Champions League last 16.

Gareth Bale Revealed That Cristiano Ronaldo Is His Idol

Gareth Bale who is currently in Spain after his transfer from Tottenham to join Real Madrid has said Cristiano Ronaldo, his teammate is his idol and is helping him with the transition especially the language barrier , he is already finding his feet in the Spanish league and cannot be thankful enough to Ronaldo who has been of tremendous support to him
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Bale said Ronaldo is a great teammate and friend. He always gives him lots of advice and is helping him a great deal. He claims Ronaldo was his idol before he met him and that’s even more the case now. He has made everything a lot easier for him. They can strike up a great partnership on the pitch.

Christina Aguilera Is Engaged To Boyfriend, Matt Rutler

It was a memorial Valentine’s Day that Christina Aguilera is not going to forget in her life, while people like Timi Dakolo had to buy multi million naira mansion for his wife, Tonto Dikeh spolit lavishly with gold and lovers jumping from one fast food location to another, Matt Rutler had to take a knee on the ground and propose to Christina, this is going to be the second marriage for Christina, who was previously married to Jordan Bratman.
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The couple met on set of a movie and they have been too close to deny that they will not get far, Christina and her ex-man, Jordan are sharing custody of their six-year-old son Max. Christina announced the news to her Twitter fans that she is now ready to walk down the aisle with Matt

Femi Kuti Admits He Lost At The Grammy Because Of Poor Publicity In The States

For the first time since he lost out at the Grammy Awards last month, Femi Kuti have explain the reasons why he was unable to win the World Best Music Category after four nominations. Femi Kuti says his last album “No place for my Dream” is worth winning the most coveted price but because of the high level of politics that was involved and the financial implications attached, the album could not win.
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He says even though he have no intention of playing along with the politics, but if the politics was well played the album could have won. Femi lamented that pushing the album in the United States is also one of the major problem. He says aggressive publicity for the album on all radio stations for the voting audience to listen is very expensive for his management and music company.

Buzz Around Hollywood… Drake Gave Rihanna A Special Treat

This week, Drake gave Chris Brown the ‘heartbutt’ by treating Rihanna like his Caribbean queen, leaving Mychal Kendricks to salivate in his smitten and love trance with Rihanna, however he went beyond his border when he lashed out at Rolling Stone for replacing him on the cover with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, he has apologized. With a lot of troubles still peeping out like demons around Justin Bieber, fans added more pain to his head when his wax figure at Hollywood’s Madame Tussauds museum in Time Square has had to go into early retirement due to damage from excessive fondling from his fan while they allowed Sandra Bullock wax model to solidify.

Cavani out of PSG's trip to Leverkusen

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Paris St Germain's Edinson Cavani is out of next week's Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen as he recovers from a thigh problem, coach Laurent Blanc said on Thursday.
Cavani suffered the injury in a Ligue 1 game on January 31 and was set to be out of action for three weeks, the club said at the time.
Blanc made it clear that although the striker's recovery was going well, he would not be ready for the last-16 first-leg match in Germany on Tuesday.
"It has never been considered that he could be available for Leverkusen," Blanc told a news conference. "But we will see him back very soon, all signs are very good."
Cavani has scored 20 goals in 30 matches in all competitions since joining the Ligue 1 leaders from Napoli last year for a French record fee of €64 million.
PSG host Leverkusen in the return leg on March 12.

Ribery out until March

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France winger Franck Ribery is not expected to return for Bayern Munich until March at the earliest after recovering from a buttocks operation, according to reports.
German daily Bild say the 30-year-old is set to miss Bayern's next three matches after surgery last Thursday to repair a burst blood vessel.
With runaway leaders Bayern 13 points clear in the league, Ribery will miss two Bundesliga matches, as well as Wednesday's Champions League match last 16, first leg match at Arsenal,
Ribery is not expected to return until the home match against Schalke 04 on March 1 and only then if the injury heals according to plan.
Any complications would see Ribery face a race against time to be fit for the Champions League second-leg at home to the Gunners on March 11.
Ribery is due to start his rehabilitation at the end of the week, then start running the week after.

Bruce Jenner Tells Lamar Odom He Can Do Whatever He Wants With His Body

Bruce Jenner has been on the spotlight lately not because he is separated from Kris Jenner, but because he is alleged to have a second thought of being a man, the rumours that he is preparing to transition into becoming a woman is hitting up day by day that Kim Kardashian have to hurry her wedding if she will have a father who will walk with Nori during her wedding, Bruce has told Lamar Odom that he is free to do whatever he wants with his body and he doesn’t pay attention to what is said about him.

Rihanna Says She Was Bankrupt In 2009 Because Of Her Accountants

 

There was a time Rihanna couldn’t afford the good things of life, this was in 2009 when she claimed she was bankrupt and is blaming her accountants’ poor decision making for her fortune dwindling away from $11 million in cash at the beginning of the year to $2 million several months later, Rihanna who is romantically associated with Drake lately said that her accountants even gave her the go ahead to buy a mansion that was worth around $7 which sold for a $2 million loss.

Vidic decision was mutual - Moyes

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Manchester United manager David Moyes has revealed that the departure of captain Nemanja Vidic at the end of the season was a mutual decision.
The Serbian defender will be out of contract at the end of June and will walk away from the club after eight years at Old Trafford.
Vidic, who made his United debut shortly after he joined from Spartak Moscow in 2006, has already confirmed he will not move to another Premier League club.
And Moyes admitted that the decision to allow the 32-year-old to leave the club was in the interest of both parties.
"It was something that we all mutually agreed together," Moyes said. "Nemanja and I think it was the right decision for club and player.

No quick return for Aguero, Fernandinho

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Manchester City will be without the injured Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho for at least another two weeks meaning both players will miss City's FA Cup clash with Chelsea and the Champions League game against Barcelona.
Coach Manuel Pellegrini confirmed the South American pair's absences on Friday at his pre-match media conference before City take on Norwich City at Carrow Road in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Chilean, named Manager of the Month for January, told reporters: "Fernandinho is working with the physiotherapist but I think he will be out for at least 15 more days. It will be difficult for him to ready for Barcelona.
"Aguero is the same. He is working with the physiotherapist and has started running but will not be available for Barcelona."

Mourinho wants Cole to stay

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants Ashley Cole to stay at the club, but believes the defender could be persuaded to move to the United States.
The England international is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season and has been linked with a move to the New York Red Bulls to link up with former Arsenal teammate Thierry Henry.
Mourinho says the 33-year-old Cole has a future at Chelsea "but maybe Thierry has a better proposal."

General Pype Working On Relocating To The US To Stay With His Baby Mama

Popular dancehall singer, General Pype has remain the most sort after dancehall singer Nigeria has ever produced. Cool and calm, General Pype have not only up his game, but has reinvented his craft in the last few years. And now, the gist in town has it that the singer is currently working on relocating permanently to the United States to stay with his baby mama.

Lami Philips Insist On Not Compromising Her Standards…

Singer Lami Philips is the only major soul singer around. She is also one of the female Nigerian singers that is hardly seen in every social circle nor gathering. She has not signed any major endorsement deal and her album is not regarded as one of the bestselling album yet, but Lami is one promising soul singer that is ready to wait for things to begin to happen in her career. But since her debut in 2010, Lami has not fallen below standards.

Chita Agwu Prefer To Act Half Nude Or Sexy Than Acting Nude

Actress and Television presenter Chita Agwu is beautiful and brainy. Chita has been around for a while and she is one adventurous creative mind that has kept exploring every new opportunity that cross her way. While acting and attending social gathering nude has worked for some celebrities, some thinks half nude can simply do the magic and Chita Agwu is one of them.

United 'must win all matches' to reach Europe

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Manchester United must win their 14 remaining Premier League matches to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, according to defender Chris Smalling.
The champions remain marooned in seventh place, seven points off fourth-placed Liverpool and England's final spot for Europe's premier club competition, following Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Stoke City.
Their first league loss to Stoke since 1984 was their eighth of the season and came despite United being able to start Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata together for the first time.
The Old Trafford club last missed out on Champions League qualification 19 years ago.
"Each point that we drop makes it difficult for ourselves," Smalling told the club's website (www.manutd.com) on Monday.

City should have won more - Jose

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has continued his criticism of Manchester City ahead of Monday's Premier League showdown by saying their opponents should have won more silverware.
Having already claimed that City have enjoyed the rub of the green from referees in recent weeks and taken aim at the financial backing received from the club's Abu Dhabi owners, the Portuguese said they have not won enough since Sheikh Mansour took over the club in 2008.
They won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League the following season, but the current Champions League campaign is the first they have progressed past the group stage.
"They won one title, won a couple of cups," Mourinho, in his second spell at the west London club, told reporters.

Taylor Swift Says Prince William Is A Good Singer

Little Prince George will grow up to hear the story that his dad, Prince William the Duke of Cambridge sang with Taylor Swift on stage for a rendition of Livin’ On A Prayer at a charity function last year, the former girlfriend of Harry Style who recently celebrated his birthday with Kendall Kardashian is living her life with adventures and unbelievable feats…This collaboration happened at the Kensington Palace and she confessed that William is a very good singer, if Ronaldinho could sing with a rapper, William can even produce an album…

David Beckham Says Playing With Kids Toys Relieves His Stress

David Beckham may seem like a tough guy on the outside with all those toned muscles that lots of guys would die to have, when he poses on his briefs, ladies hearts melt but this guy may not be too strong when it comes to handling anxiety, instead of doing tough tasks like most men do to relief stress like punching the wall, Beckham said he plays with the children’s toy because it helps to calm him down, this toy is simply building LEGO models and he has spent £210 on a Tower Bridge replica which comprises a whopping 4,287 pieces.

Naija Entertainment, Sex And Nudity… Celebrities Dared To Bare It All On Camera

 

Just like money makes the world go round, nudity sells image faster than anything. Nudity is one way of seeking and getting attention from unsuspecting fans in the entertainment industry world over and Nigeria is not left out. The message is simple, take the mind, keep the body and the consciousness will trigger loyalty to any lady