Author: loladeville

His football career was almost unnoticeable. Usain Bolt has announced his retirement from football after a short-term attempt to make it professional. The Jamaican took a bow after playing two games and scoring twice in an eight-week trial with Australian side Central Coast Mariners which ended last November. “It was fun while it lasted, I don’t want to say it wasn’t dealt with properly, but I think we went about it not the way we should. And you learn your lesson, you live and you learn. It was a good experience. I really enjoyed just being in a team...

Ronaldo has officially pleaded guilty to tax fraud. The Juventus forward was accused of tax evasion by Spanish authorities in 2017 after failing to pay £13m from image rights to the Spanish Govt from 2011-2013. The Portuguese football legend has accepted a €18.8 million fine and a suspended 23-month jail term for tax fraud in Spain on Tuesday.  He arrived at the Madrid court after Juventus’ 3-0 Serie A win over Chievo, hand in hand with Georgina Rodriguez and dressed in an all-black outfit finished off neatly with white trainers and shades and gave a thumbs up and grin to...

Former Chelsea goalkeeper, Petr Cech has announced he will retire at the end of the season. “This is my 20th season as a professional player and it has been 20 years since I signed my first professional contract, so it feels like the right time to announce that I will retire at the end of this season. Having played 15 years in the Premier League and won every single trophy possible, I feel like I have achieved everything I set out to achieve. I will continue to work hard at Arsenal to hopefully win one more trophy this season,...

UEFA have announced the 11 players for its official 2018 Team of the Year. They include Ter Stegen; Ramos, Van Dijk; Marcelo, Modric, Kante, Hazard; Mbappe, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo. While Messi received 107326 votes, his rival Ronaldo garnered 108423. With 4 players included in the current Best XI, Madrid have now overtaken Barca for most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year. UEFA.com fans’ Team of the Year 2018 GK: Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona & Germany) DF: Raphael Varane (Real Madrid & France) DF: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain) DF: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands) DF: Marcelo...

Following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho as Manchester United manager yesterday, the Red Devils have gotten an interim coach. Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as the club’s caretaker manager until the end of the 2018/19 season..He told the club’s official website: “Manchester United is in my heart and it’s brilliant to be coming back in this role. I’m really looking forward to working with the very talented squad we have, the staff and everyone at the club.”  As Cardiff City’s manager, he won  9 times, lost 16 times, had 5 draws in 30 games....

Manchester United have announced that Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect. An interim manager will be appointed until the end of the season. A statement from the club confirmed that, ‘Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect. ‘The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future. ‘A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager.’ The 55...

Lionel Messi finished outside the Ballon d’Or top three for the first time since 2006 and football fans are having none of it. Check out some of the reactions. How can you name a whole LIONEL MESSI the 5th best player in the worldSuch DISRESPECT 🤦🏾🤦🏾Ballon D'or just bi some shit awards#Ballondor — 🇬🇭 Kwabena Shaggy 🇬🇭 (@KobbyShaggy) December 3, 2018 Lionel Messi was voted the 5th (yes, 5th) best player in the world for the Ballon d’Or award. And some people still think that FIFA isn’t corrupted. What a joke. — Ryan. 🔴 (@Vintage_Utd) December 3, 2018 I’m...

Real Madrid And Croatia midfielder, Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, ending the decade-long duopoly over the award held by soccer greats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He becomes the first football player in history to win: World Cup Golden Ball, FIFA Best Men’s Player, UEFA Men’s Player and the Ballon d’Or awards this year. He spoke of his intentions to remain with the Los Blancos shortly after winning the highly coveted prize on Monday evening: “I have two years left and hopefully one more [on my Madrid contract]. The club show me a lot of affection and I’d...

Super Falcons of Nigeria are the African female Champions for the 9th time. The victorious African Queens defeated South Africa’s Bayana Bayana 4-3  in a penalty shoot-out after the game ended 0-0 for full 120 minutes. They won the title in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 . With this latest feat, they consolidate their place as the most successful team in the...

  The Confederation of African Football has released the list of nominees for various categories of the CAF Awards 2018.  3 Super Eagles players have been nominated for 2018 Africa Player of the Year; they include Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi, and Odion Ighalo. Leicester City’s Winfred Ndidi has been nominated for 2018 Africa Youth Player of the Year. Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr also picked a nomination. For the women’s category, Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozia, Francisca Ordega, Onome Ebi were shortlisted in the Womenr African player of the year. The winners for the African Player of the Year and...