Idris is such a tease! Yesterday the Mandela actor
sent his Twitter female
sent his Twitter female
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Acid victim Naomi Oni's alleged attacker finallynabbed. It was her friend!
21 year old acid victim Naomi Oni was disfiguredfor life after an unknown person wearing a Niqāb
threw acid in her face as she walked home from
work on Sunday December 30th 2012 in Lodge
Avenue Dagenham, east London, (If you missed
qit, read about it HERE)
Naomi only described her attacker as a woman
wearing an Islamic veil. Over a year later, police
has been able to identify the person behind the
veil. It was her jealous 21 year old friend, Mary
Konye.
Rihanna sets eyes on another hot dude that lookslike Chris Brown
Rihanna has her eyes on another hot dude. She
posted a pic of NFL player Mychal Kendricks on
her instagram page today and admitted that he's
her #MCM. #ManCrushMonday.
Mychal is 23 years old and looks like a healthy
version of Chris Brown. Someone should hook
them up fast fast!
posted a pic of NFL player Mychal Kendricks on
her instagram page today and admitted that he's
her #MCM. #ManCrushMonday.
Mychal is 23 years old and looks like a healthy
version of Chris Brown. Someone should hook
them up fast fast!
Injured Walcott out of World Cup
Arsenal's Theo Walcott will miss the World Cup after
being ruled out for at least six months with a knee
injury.
being ruled out for at least six months with a knee
injury.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal as Real Madrid laboured to victory over Celta Vigo and reduced the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona.
Celta had wasted a number of chances before
Karim Benzema capitalised on shoddy defending by
prodding home.
Ronaldo, who had been largely anonymous, then
made sure of victory by converting Daniel
Carvajal's cross.
And in the dying seconds of the match, Ronaldo
added gloss to the scoreline after being put through
by Gareth Bale.
Bale, a 65th minute substitute, found the former
Manchester United man with a fine cross and Celta
were helpless to prevent Ronaldo thumping into the
roof of the net.
Ronaldo's brace, which saw him become the fourth
highest scorer in Real Madrid La Liga history,
masked what had been a pedestrian performance
by a Real side who are now five points adrift of
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in third.
The Portugal captain has now scored 400 goals in
653 games for his club - taking his season's tally to
28 - and it could be a memorable seven days for
the Real forward as the Ballon d'Or award, for which
he is favourite to win, is announced on 13 January.
A minute's silence was held before kick-off in
memory of Portuguese great Eusebio. who died
aged 71 from a heart attack at the weekend.
Ronaldo seemed to pay his own tribute to his much-
loved compatriot by raising his arms to the sky
after his second landmark goal.
It was not Ronaldo's most polished performance,
but he still managed to help Real clinch a handsome
win.
Celta will look back and regret a number of missed
opportunities, with Brazilian Charles the main
culprit.
The striker hit the side netting early on and fluffed
another chance after the break, shooting wide with
just Diego Lopez to beat.
Moments later the visitors paid the price for their
profligacy when Benzema took advantage of a mix
up in the Celta defence to stab the ball home.
The goal lifted Real's spirits with Ronaldo dragging a
shot across goal before he found the target
moments later with a toe-poke at the far post.
Celta's threat diminished from there on and once
again they failed to contain Ronaldo as he struck for
the 400th time in a Real shirt.
Bale, who returned to training last week after
recovering from a calf injury, was the provider with
Welshman making another telling contribution for his
new club.
Walcott blow hurts Hodgson and Wenger
Theo Walcott hardly looked like a man being carried
towards one of the lowest points in his career - and
another chapter in his cursed World Cup history - as
he was taken off on a stretcher at Emirates Stadium
on Saturday.
Walcott collapsed in agony as he attempted to
tackle Danny Rose in the closing minutes of
Arsenal's 2-0 FA Cup third-round victory against
Tottenham.
As he departed, however, he was in high enough
spirits to remind Spurs fans of the score after being
pelted with objects from the away section - and
also to acknowledge the acclaim of Gunners
supporters who tossed scarves in his direction with
smiles and waves.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, perhaps burying
bad news or simply unaware of the seriousness of
the incident, only offered up the possibility of a
stretched ligament or ever the lesser problem of a
kick on the knee.
So there was widespread shock when it was
announced Walcott had sustained an injury any
player dreads, especially those with pace, by
rupturing an anterior cruciate knee ligament which
will keep him out for at least six months.
At a stroke, it ruled him out of the rest of Arsenal's
season and England's World Cup campaign in Brazil
this summer. And it counts as a devastating
setback for the 24-year-old.
The Football Association decided not to punish
Walcott for his gesture towards Spurs fans,
but what followed later meant this counted as no
form of consolation to this popular, likeable
individual.
Arsenal will feel the pain as they lead the Premier
League with their best opportunity to claim the title
in years while England manager Roy Hodgson has
lost a player who can serve him on the flanks or
through the middle.
Even before the ramifications for Arsenal and
England are explored, it is another tale of World Cup
woe for Walcott as he continues to endure an
unfulfilling relationship with the sport's biggest
showpiece.
Walcott was a shock inclusion in Sven-Goran
Eriksson's squad for the 2006 World Cup in
Germany as a 17-year-old even before he had
played a Premier League game. It was a farcical
selection. He was reduced to resembling a tourist
without ever coming near the team.
In 2010, he was the surprise omission from Fabio
Capello's squad for South Africa
- so he will be 29 before he gets the chance to have
a crack at a World Cup finals.
Over and above the desolation Walcott will have
been feeling on Monday evening, there are serious
consequences for Arsenal, arguably even more so
than for England.
The numbers and quality of Arsenal's attacking
resources were already under scrutiny even before
Walcott was removed from the equation.
Now Wenger, understandably very cautious about
investing in January anyway, will be considering his
transfer options with his usual rider - is there
anyone out there who can actually be bought who is
better than what he has got?
Arsenal's boss would want players of a standard to
make an instant impact in the Premier League and
also, preferably, when they face Bayern Munich in
the Champions League.
Individuals of that stature are usually found in the
Champions League already at this stage of the
season and cannot be moved.
There is no doubt, however, that Walcott's injury
hits Arsenal two-fold. He was able to use his pace
on the flanks for Arsenal but he showed his quality
through the centre as a constant threat against
Spurs on Saturday, his performance drawing great
praise from his manager.
Wenger has relied heavily on Olivier Giroud this
season, although he missed out against Spurs
through illness. Lukas Podolski has only just
returned from months on the sidelines with a
serious hamstring injury, while Nicklas Bendtner is
out for a month with ankle trouble.
The good news is that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is
close to a return to training after being out since the
opening day of the season with a knee injury. This
will receive an even warmer welcome from Wenger
and Hodgson after the severity of Walcott's injury
was revealed.
At the back of his mind, though, Wenger will be
weighing up whether to move into the market with
the possibility of winning the title such an enticing
prospect after their fine season to date.
Arsenal have been linked with Bayern Munich's
Mario Mandzukic but Wenger appears to have
accepted he will not be sold in January while the
prospect of putting together a deal for Atletico
Madrid's brilliant striker Diego Costa also looks out
of bounds as they challenge for La Liga and remain
in the Champions League - and that is even before
the cost of such a deal is considered.
Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata has also been
mentioned as a loan target but coach Carlo Ancelotti
insists the window remains firmly closed, in and
out, at the Bernabeu - so Wenger may have to throw
his scouting net even wider.
Wenger also appeared to close the door on
speculation linking him with Fulham's Dimitar
Berbatov. Will this change his mind?
As for Hodgson, this will be the sort of news he
feared ahead of a tough group stage in Brazil,
having been robbed of Frank Lampard, Gary Cahill
and Gareth Barry in the final days before Euro 2012,
where he also had to do without a suspended
Wayne Rooney for the first two games.
He will already be working potential contenders to
replace Walcott - although one who emerged with
such credit in England's final two World Cup
qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland,
Tottenham winger Andros Townsend, is also
currently sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Oxlade-Chamberlain's progress will be closely
examined by an England manager who holds him in
high regard, while Spurs winger Aaron Lennon may
see Walcott's absence as a chance to revive his
international career.
Southampton's Adam Lallana showed enough, even
as England lost their two Wembley friendlies against
Chile and Germany in November,
to place himself in Hodgson's thoughts. His
chances of travelling to Brazil will have improved
with Walcott now out of all calculations.
Liverpool's 19-year-old Raheem Sterling has
shown improved form recently after a poor spell but
he will surely have to improve further - and over a
longer period - to be seriously considered.
All this will now be deep in the thinking of Wenger
and Hodgson as Walcott contemplates another
England World Cup campaign as a spectator.
West Ham have signed Wolves defender Roger Johnson on loan until the end of the season.
The former Cardiff City and Birmingham City player
had a spell with Sheffield Wednesday earlier in
2013-14 campaign.
Johnson, 30, moved to Molineux from St Andrew's
in July 2011.
Hammers manager Sam Allardyce has been backed
by the club's owners despite seeing the side slip to
19th in the Premier League and losing 5-0 to
Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.
Central defenders James Collins and James
Tomkins were injured in the Boxing Day defeat by
Arsenal and the draw with West Brom two days
later respectively.
Fellow centre-back Winston Reid is still recovering
from ankle surgery in November, while striker Andy
Carroll has yet to play this season because of a foot
injury.
Everton's Johnny Heitinga rejected a move to West
Ham despite the two clubs agreeing terms over the
Dutch defender earlier this month.
Wolves manager Kenny Jackett transfer-listed
Johnson and three other players in June following
the club's relegation to League One, 12 months after
they dropped into the Championship.
"It's a really good opportunity for him because he's
going to a Premier League club," Jackett(external)
told the Birmingham Express and Star.
Brazilian playmaker Kaka surpassed 100 goals for AC Milan with two goals in a victory against Atalanta.
The 31-year-old, who last summer returned to the
club for a second spell after joining Real Madrid in
2009, reached the landmark when he scored the
opener following a counter attack.
Kaka got his and Milan's second with a close-range
finish just after the hour, before teenager Bryan
Cristante added a third with a low shot.
It was Milan's fifth win of the season.
Kaka has scored six goals since returning to AC
Milan, who move up to 10th with 22 points following
the win.
It was a positive start to the year for manager
Massimiliano Allegri, who will leave the club when
his contract expires at the end of the season.
Moyes right boss for Man Utd - Poyet
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet believes David
Moyes is "still the right man" for Manchester United
- but says he needs time to get things right.
The Black Cats host United in Tuesday's Capital
One Cup semi-final first leg.
Moyes has had a difficult first season in charge
with his team seventh in the Premier League and
knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by
Swansea.
Poyet said: "He needs time and I hope he gets it to
prove he was and is still the right man for
Manchester United."
Moyes, whose side are 11 points adrift of league
leaders Arsenal, has come in for criticism after the
Swans became the fifth visiting side to win at Old
Trafford this season, with West Brom, Everton,
Newcastle and Tottenham having previously done
so.
The Sunderland manager continued: "It's difficult to
feel it (the pressure Moyes is under), but you can
see it and I don't think it's nice, I don't.
"But I am sure that David first is strong enough and
good enough to do the job, and secondly, everybody
knew that after Alex Ferguson, it would be very
difficult, very difficult."
Yet Adam Johnson believes United's current
problems could work to the Black Cats' advantage.
Sunderland's former Manchester City winger said:
"Hopefully we can try to catch them when it is
probably the most difficult time they have had in 15
years.
"If there's any time to play them, it's probably now,
so we can try to make the most of that.
"But they are still a top-quality team with top quality
players and the key is to go to Old Trafford not
down."
Poyet, meanwhile, has urged his bottom-of-the-
table side to put a "nightmare" season to one side
and relish the opportunity to reach a final.
The 46-year-old, who will be able to call on fit-
again defender John O'Shea to face his former club,
said: "It's the nice part, the nicest. It's nice to come
here and talk about a semi-final and not talk about
points and relegation.
"I would like to say it's the nicest part of the season
because the rest has been a nightmare with the
position in the table, so let's try to enjoy this one
and go on and do something important for the club."
No FA action on Walcott '2-0' gesture
The Football Association will take no further action
against Arsenal's Theo Walcott over his gesture to
Tottenham fans during Saturday's FA Cup tie.
England forward Walcott, 24, signalled the Gunners'
2-0 lead to Spurs' fans as he was being taken off on
a stretcher with a knee injury that will rule him out
of the World Cup this summer.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said he was reacting
to having coins thrown at him.
The FA said(external) the player had been
"reminded of his responsibilities".
Both clubs have also been contacted by the FA
about objects thrown onto the pitch from fans in
both a home and an away section at Emirates
Stadium, at different times during the game.
"The FA condemns any such acts and will liaise
with both clubs and the Metropolitan Police to
identify those responsible and support the strongest
sanctions available, including life bans," said the
governing body in a statement.
Wenger insisted Walcott, who was pelted with
objects from supporters in the Spurs end after he
made the gesture, did not deserve to be punished.
Walcott was carried off the pitch in the 83rd minute,
and Arsenal announced on Monday he would be out
for at least six months after rupturing the anterior
cruciate ligament of his left knee.
The former Southampton player missed two months
of the season with a stomach injury and has scored
five Premier League goals since returning in
November.
Wenger is already expected to be without Denmark
striker Nicklas Bendtner for all of January with an
ankle injury, while France forward Olivier Giroud
has missed Arsenal's past two games through a
combination of illness and an ankle knock.
West Ham owners back boss Allardyce
West Ham co-owners David Gold and David
Sullivan have issued an open letter to fans in
support of boss Sam Allardyce.
The struggling Hammers lost 5-0 to Championship
side Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup
on Sunday.
The Upton Park club are second from bottom of the
Premier League after just one win in 13 top-flight
games.
"We know Sam has not lost his ambition or desire
and is committed to making West Ham United a
great Premier League club," read the letter.
Gold and Sullivan also revealed the club are "close
to securing one of our key striking targets".
With record signing Andy Carroll yet to play this
season because of a foot injury, BBC Sport's Ben
Smith reports Monaco's 6ft 8in forward Lacina
Traore could join the club on loan if he gets a work
permit.
Wolves defender Roger Johnson has already signed
on loan after the Hammers failed to bring in
Everton's Johnny Heitinga.
"January is not an easy time to do business but we
are pleased to confirm we are close to securing one
of our key striking targets," continued the letter.
Allardyce, 59, fielded a youthful side at Forest as he
made nine changes from the team beaten 2-1 in the
Premier League at Fulham on New Year's Day.
The Hammers boss said he had informed Gold and
Sullivan of his plans to prioritise the club's top-flight
campaign and the Capital One Cup semi-final
against Manchester City.
"It is never enjoyable being knocked out of a cup
competition and losing by such a large scoreline to
a lower division side is hard to take for us all,"
added the letter.
"We thought the youngsters gave their all and did
not stop trying, but in the end Nottingham Forest's
experience proved too much for us.
"I know Sam would have loved to have put out a
more varied side, with our talented youngsters
accompanied by more senior players in the starting
XI.
"But many key players are out injured and Sam has
been handed a near impossible task of coming
through three crucial games in the space of six
days with a squad of only 14 fit and available senior
players.
"This is not an excuse, it is a fact."
Graeme Howlett, editor of West Ham online fanzine
Knees Up Mother Brown, feels the statement is
"essentially a vote of confidence" in Allardyce.
He said: "It ties in with a poll we ran last week
where a small majority of supporters voted to stick
with him.
"It's injuries and suspensions that are costing us
dearly at present. Any manager would have his
work cut out. Replacing him won't make the likes of
Andy Carroll, Winston Reid or Mark Noble fit again."
West Ham visit Manchester City on Wednesday for
the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final
before a league trip to fellow relegation battlers
Cardiff on Saturday.
They are currently without Carroll, Reid, Noble,
Ricardo Vaz Te, James Tomkins and James Collins
because of injury, while captain Kevin Nolan is
suspended.
"We are under no illusions as to the seriousness of
our current predicament in the Premier League,"
added the letter.
"But on the board we have a combined talent of
running football clubs and we will draw on all of our
nous to get West Ham United out of this situation.
"We are all working round the clock to do everything
in our powers to help arrest our slump in form."
Schumacher condition remains 'stable but critical'
The hospital treating Michael Schumacher for head
injuries says his condition remains stable but
critical.
injuries says his condition remains stable but
critical.
Wizkid Reacts To Not Being Nominated For The Headies
Many were stunned to see Wizkid's name absent
from the 2013 Headies nomination list.But the
superstar doesn't care about that.NotjustOk
published a story on it and Wizkid retweeted the
post and said "My fans see and appreciate all the
work,,that's enough awards to last me a life time!"
See tweets below...
Vincent Enyeama Has Been Named Europe’s Best Goalkeeper
Super Eagles Vice captain and Lille of France safe
hands, Vincent Enyeama, has been picked as the
best goalkeeper in the major leagues across Europe
in the 2013/14 football season.
Research by supersport.com showed that the ratio
of saves made to goals conceded by the Nigerian is
by far and away the most impressive, compared to
any goalkeeper at any football club in any of
Europe’s top leagues this season.
The 31-year-old conceded eight goals in 19 league
appearances for Lille OSC this season and was
voted best player in Ligue 1 on two consecutive
occasions ahead of stellar individuals like Thiago
Silva, Edinson Cavani, Mathieu Valbuena, Radamel
Falcao and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Enyeama’s saves made to goals conceded ratio
stands at seven, well ahead those of established
goalkeepers like Victor Valdés (FC Barcelona),
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Gianluigi Buffon
(Juventus) and Morgan de Sanctis (AS Roma).
Valdés’ saves made to goals conceded ratio in the
13 league games he played for FC Barcelona this
season stands at 4.4 while Neuer’s in his 16
Bundesliga games this season was pegged at 3.9.
Italy, the land famous for tight defences, catenaccio
and legendary goalkeepers produced the fourth and
fifth best stoppers using statistics in the first half of
the 2013/13 season as the yardstick.
Veteran Juventus man, Buffon’s figures as far as
the ratio of goals conceded to saves made stood at
2.3 while De Sanctis who has been in supreme
form for AS Roma managed 2.2.
Buffon has made 16 league appearances for La
Vecchia Signora this season while De Sanctis has
made 17 Serie A appearances for the Giallorossi
this term.
Enyeama’s recent accomplishments have attracted
words of adulation from Nigeria’s goalkeeper
trainer, Ike Shorunmu who believes the former
Enyimba star has had a barnstorming season. “I
work with (Enyeama) whenever he’s back on
international duty so this news brings a smile to my
face.
He is making us proud and more importantly the
fact that these things are happening during the
season leading to the World Cup is fantastic,”
Shorunmu said yesterday. Enyeama made his debut
for Nigeria in 2002 and has been capped 88 times
by the Super Eagles.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Kunle Afolayan’s “October 1″ movie wins award for‘Best Fiction Trailer’
Award-winning Nollywood director has added yet
another award to his bag of laurels,
another award to his bag of laurels,
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