Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has defended his old adversary Sir Alex
Ferguson, after he was accused of putting additional pressure on his
successor David Moyes by attending a majority of recent Manchester
United games.
United’s recent slump in form has led some to suggest the presence of
retired United boss Ferguson in the director’s box is not helping the
beleaguered Moyes, yet an open minded Wenger begs to differ.
“Ferguson was there for 27 years and when he appears in the stand the
cameras are on him, but it is not his fault that United have lost games
recently,” insists Wenger. “It is what then players do on the pitch that
wins you the games not who is in the stand. It is good not to go
overboard about him being at games.
A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, on Friday,
burnt himself to death in Jalingo, after a disagreement with his father,
Tanko Mijinyawa, over marriage.
The Taraba Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph Kwaji, confirmed
the incident and said the Jalingo Division of the police had commenced
investigation into the matter.
Tanko, according to a witness, Jibrin Bala, set himself ablaze
because his family refused to approve his wedding with a girl, Blessing.
The witness told sympathisers that Tanko introduced Blessing to his
father as his proposed wife, but the father kicked against the union,
describing it as a bad choice.
Bala said efforts by the father to convince his son to look for
another girl failed, as he insisted that he could not survive without
Blessing. The witness added that Tanko suddenly left his father and went to a
corner in the compound, where he poured petrol on his body and set
himself ablaze.
Jose Mourinho again reiterated his desire to keep Eden Hazard at
Chelsea, after the Belgium midfielder turned in another man of the match
display as the Blues won 2-0 at Hull.
Hazard has been linked
with a summer move to Paris Saint-Germain in recent days, but Mourinho
has stressed he would not contemplate sanctioning the sale of the player
and it was clear to see why after his latest match-winning display.
Chelsea were struggling to unlock the door against a stubborn Hull side
until Hazard produced a fizzing finish after 56 minutes at the KC
Stadium, as he continued his rich vein of form.
Hazard has now scored three times in his last five appearances for
Chelsea, with Mourinho suggesting any talk that he may be set for a
Stamford Bridge exit are wide of the mark.
“The club does not want to sell him, the club wants to keep him,”
Mourinho told BT Sport when asked
The full winners at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards have been unveiled. "American Hustle" took three awards which included Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. The movie won the category after beating other strong nominees such as "Her", "Inside Llewyn Davis", "Nebraska" and "The Wolf of Wall Street". Producer Charles Roven went to the stage to receive the award.
Before the category was announced, Leonardo DiCaprio showed up on stage to receive a trophy for best actor in a film comedy or musical. He won the award for his role in "The Wolf of Wall Street". Thanking people for their support, DiCaprio who won his first Golden Globe trophy for "The Aviator"
said, "I never would have thought that I'd win Best Actor for a
comedy." He also mentioned Martin Scorcese, saying, "Thank you for your
mentorship."
The winner for Best Actress in a Movie Drama was then revealed. Cate Blanchett bagged the award for her
Saturday night could have been a moment for Sam Berns to celebrate --
standing in the middle of Gillette Stadium, flanked by some of his
beloved New England Patriots, and no doubt cheered heartily by the
nearly 70,000 fans surrounding him.
But it wasn't to be.
Instead of having Berns
as an honorary captain in their NFL playoff with the Indianapolis Colts,
the Patriots held a moment of silence for the young man who inspired
them and many others as he lived with progeria, which causes premature,
accelerated aging.
"Do it for Sammy!" one man yelled, piercing the quiet, in video of the ceremony on Boston.com.
Berns died Friday evening due to complications from the rare genetic disease, according to the Progeria Research Foundation.
Manchester United manager David Moyes believes critics of Sir Alex
Ferguson’s continuing involvement with the club don’t know what they are
talking about.
Ferguson retired from football at the end of last season and nominated Moyes as his successor.
But instead of moving away from the limelight, Ferguson has been a
constant presence at Old Trafford since recovering from a hip injury.
And the 72-year-old’s presence at the club has drawn its criticism with
some commentators wondering why
Madonna
is not dating a 26-year-old dancer after breaking up from Brahim
Zaibat. A representative for the 55-year-old singer has responded to a
report that she dated the dancer called Timor Steffens, telling Gossip
Cop, "It's all c**p."
The "Like a Virgin" singer was said taking Steffens, who has worked with stars such as Michael Jackson, Beyonce Knowles and Whitney Houston, to a new year party
which was held by designer Valentino
Kim Kardashian traveled back to the '90s and posted one of the most epic Throwback Thursday photos ever to Instagram yesterday, uploading a 20-year-old pic of herself and Nicole Richie as 13-year-olds.
Jose Mourinho has said there is “no chance” that Eden Hazard will leave
Chelsea for Paris Saint-Germain and refused to be drawn on the latest
rumours about Wayne Rooney.
RMC said the Ligue 1 champions have made their interest clear and Le Parisien
even reported that Hazard had told one of his Chelsea teammates he is
“almost certainly going to join Paris next summer,” but Mourinho has
insisted that is not the case.
Powerful star couple Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z
took their daughter Blue Ivy to a theme park in Miami for her second
birthday. According to various reports, the couple rented out a wildlife
park and botanical garden called Jungle Island in Miami on Tuesday, January 7.
The parents and their little girl enjoyed their day at the theme park, watching
animals such as lemurs, orangutans, kangaroos and penguins. The little
girl was seen wearing green outfit, matching sneakers and her
Jose Mourinho has not given up on signing Wayne Rooney despite the
Portuguese failing to secure the England international last summer. With
Manchester United struggling in the Premier League, Mourinho is
confident of capturing the forward come the end of the season.
Before the song hits the stream, Rihanna shared the artwork of her highly-anticipated collaboration with Shakira,
"Can't Remember to Forget You". Rihanna, dressed in sexy strapless
leotard lies her head on Shakira's lap. The "She Wolf" singer, wearing
Suboo's Rise and Fall Triangle Bikini, puts her hand on Rihanna's
shoulder.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has won the CAF African Footballer of the Year award for the third consecutive year.
The 30-year-old claimed the title after beating Galatasaray forward
Didier Drogba and Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel in a ceremony in Lagos,
Nigeria on Thursday.
The award, which is handed out by the Confederation of African Football
(CAF), is decided by a poll of African national team coaches and
technical directors.
The news: Hail Satan! The New York City-based Satanic Temple has unveiled their design for the monument that worshippers of the Dark One everywhere hope will soon grace the Oklahoma Statehouse.
It's got everything your Lucifer devotee could want. It's a
7-foot-tall stone carving of Baphomet, a prominent demonic member of the
hierarchy of hell, with a gigantic pentagram. The unholy throne is
flanked on either side by two smiling children, whose parents presumably
haven't told them not to speak with strange goat-headed monstrosities
from the underworld. And the finished design will include quotes from
Lord Byron and William Blake.
However, it will not be covered in dogs' blood or be the site of any virgin sacrifices.
"The monument has been designed to reflect the views of Satanists in
Oklahoma City and beyond. The statue
The Glo/CAF African Player of the Year Award 2014 will today
Thursday January 9th at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos and one of its
nominees, Super
Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, will be specially
flown into Lagos for the ceremony in a jet
provided by his club, Chelsea.
“I
am coming for the CAF awards, I will be flown in and out of Nigeria by
the Chelsea jet. I will arrive on the awards day and return immediately
after,” Mikel told MTNFootball.com “It is an honour to be selected and
nominated for the award. I am looking forward to winning it for my
country.” He also said
Mikel is up against Cote d'Ivoire and Man City player Yaya Toure and
Cote d'Ivoire and Galatasaray player, Didier Drogba. Yaya Toure won it
last year..you think Mikel deserves to win it this year?
It's revealed in a new interview that Tupac Shakur was eying a role in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" before he died. Death Row Records' former Chief Engineer Rick Clifford spilled to 2Pac-Forum that the late rapper auditioned for Jedi.
"It's sad because 'Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on '90210',
then he found out I was in some movies. So we always talked about his
film career and stuff," Clifford said. "He was telling me that he was
supposed to read for George Lucas and them."
"They wanted him to be a Jedi. Yes, I'm serious - Samuel L. [Jackson]
got Tupac's part," Clifford went on, before recalling a conversation
with the MC, "Yeah, he called me 'Old Man, keep your fingers crossed, I
got three movies coming up. One of them I gotta read for George Lucas.' "
It's unclear when Shakur did the audition,
but "The Phantom Menace" wasn't released until 1999 but started its
filming around June 1997, less than a year after the rapper passed away
on September 13, 1996 after he was shot multiple times in a drive-by
shooting. Samuel L. Jackson eventually played Mace Windu, a Jedi Master of the High Council,
in the fourth "Star Wars" movie. Shakur once shared screen with Jackson
in 1992's crime drama "Juice". His last movie, "Gang Related", was
released in 1997.
A Broadway musical inspired by
his work has been in the works. Titled after one of his songs, "Holler
If Ya Hear Me", it is set to premiere at the Palace Theater on May 26.
His songs like "Me Against the World", "California Love", and "Keep Ya
Head Up" will be featured in the $8 million-budgeted play along with the
title track.
Director Kenny Leon says the stage musical won't be biopic but will
explore an anti-violence, "unconditional love story" featuring the MC's
music. Producer explains it will tell the story of "friendship, family,
revenge, change and hope" as people struggle against challenges in their
lives. Shakur's mother is involved in the production.
His family is also supporting an official biopic, "Tupac", which is expected to start production in Atlanta in February. No cast has been announced, but the late rapper was previously portrayed by Anthony Mackie in "Notorious", a movie released in 2009 about another late rap icon Notorious B.I.G..
Customs and Border Protection officers foiled a smuggling attempt at
the U.S.-Mexico border when they discovered a woman contorted and hidden
inside a suitcase.
Officials released a
photo this week showing the woman tucked into a ball and laying inside
the luggage in the back of a vehicle.
The woman, a Thai
national named Pornkamol Mongkolsermsak, was charged with re-entry after
deportation, CBP spokesman Victor Brabble said.
She was discovered on
December 30, when inspectors at the border referred the driver of a
Honda SUV for a secondary inspection, CBP said in a statement.
When officers inspected
the vehicle, they opened up the suitcase and found the 48-year-old woman
hidden underneath some clothing.
Authorities did not release the name of the 56-year-old Phoenix man who was driving the SUV.
The case has been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP said.
Disgusted Venezuelans berated the government on social media and in
street protests Wednesday, while Maduro summoned the country’s governors
and big-city mayors to an emergency security meeting in this capital
city.
“This is a blow to all of us,” he said on state television.
“I share the pain, sadness and condolences that the nation feels,” he
added, warning that authorities would deal with the killers with “an
iron hand.”
Security, like almost everything else in Venezuela, is
heavily politicized. Although the government says crime is falling, an
independent group, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory, said killings
rose to 24,763 last year, leaving the oil-rich nation (population 30
million) with one of the world’s highest homicide rates.
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been named as the best in the world in the International Federation of Football History and Statistics' 27th poll.
Football writers and experts from 70 countries brought an end to the
five-year reign of Real Madrid's Iker Casillas to crown Germany
international Neuer, part of Bayern's Champions League and
Bundesliga-winning side last season, the best in the business.
Honey Boo Boo a.k.a. Alana Thompson and her family are recovering from injuries
they suffered after being involved in a car accident in McIntyre,
Georgia on Monday, January 6. At that time, Honey Boo Boo's father Sugar
Bear was behind the wheel, while
the young reality star as well as Mama June (June Shannon), Pumpkin
(Lauryn Shannon), and Chubbs (Jessica Shannon) were the passengers.
The other driver's headlights reportedly weren't on, causing the two
vehicles crashed. The other driver,
