Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United football club for 26 years, retires. Ferguson will step down from the club at the end of the season, following the club’s match against West Bromwich Albion, and will join the club’s board. Announcing his decision to retire, Sir Alex said: “The decision to retire is one that [...]
Interim Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has dropped a massive hint that Jose Mourinho will be returning to Stamford Bridge this summer. Benitez confirmed on Tuesday he would be leaving his temporary role with Chelsea at the end of the season by saying “the next year there will be another manager here.” The Spaniard then added [...]
Spectators at a Spanish air show looked on in horror as a historic jet fell from the sky and exploded into a giant fireball on Sunday. A spokesman for Spain’s Defense Ministry said pilot Ladislao Tejedor Romero died of his injuries after being transported to the series burns unit of Getafe hospital. Romero, 35, was [...]
A referee for a recreational soccer league who was punched in the face by a teenager has died, police in Salt Lake City said. Ricardo Portillo, 46, was refereeing a game in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville on April 27 when he cited a player for an infraction and issued him a “yellow [...]
Next time Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, South-South Nigeria, tells you he would do something, please don’t doubt him, no matter how difficult the task might appear to be. When the famous labour leader-turned politician registered to participate in the first ever road race in Nigeria certified by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), [...]
Superstar coach Jose Mourinho may be The Special One but someone appears to be more special than him in the reckoning of Chelsea of England owner Roman Abramovich and that person is ex-Nigerian international Michael Emenalo, the technical director at European champions Chelsea. Reports from England have it that Russian billionaire Abramovich has rejected a [...]
“Good morning, girls!” Igor Fuchs exclaimed as he greeted his students at the start of English class in this southeastern Brazilian city. But this is no ordinary crowd and the curriculum, for the most part, is focused on sex props. Fuchs teaches English to prostitutes so they can give a warmer welcome to tens of [...]
After months of negotiations the European champions have reached a breakthrough in their efforts to bring back the Special One and recruit the prolific Atletico Madrid striker Jose Mourinho has agreed a deal to re-join Chelsea as their manager this summer – and is poised to bring €59 million striker Radamel Falcao with him. Goal.com [...]
Having loss 4 goal to nothing in Germany last week, Barcelona has suffered their worst defeat in recent time as the German giants, Bayern Munich scores another 3 goals to compound the woes of Barca right in their home ground, Camp Nou. A wonderful strike from Robben, Muller’s effort and Pique’s unfortunate own goal sealed [...]
Many described it as a mission impossible and that was what it turned out to be. This evening, Real Madrid of Spain failed in their quest to advance to the final of this year’s European Champions League after finding visitors Borrusia Dortmund a hard nut to crack. It was a case of a late rally [...]
