Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Teams that have surprisingly never met in Europe.

Teams that have surprisingly never met in Europe.





The news that Porto and Borussia Dortmund have never before met in UEFA club competition got us thinking: which other big European names' paths have never crossed?

 The news that UEFA Europa League round of 32 opponents Porto and Borussia Dortmund have never before met in UEFA competition got us thinking: which other big European names' paths have never crossed? Here is what we discovered.

 Top ten fixtures that have never happened
1 Atlético Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain
2 Chelsea v Dortmund
= Arsenal v Atlético Madrid
4 Barcelona v Zenit
5 Chelsea v Zenit
6 Barcelona v Napoli
= Atlético Madrid v Manchester City
= Paris Saint-Germain v Zenit
= Juventus v Schalke.
 10 Benfica v Manchester City.

See Nollywood Actress Who Wants To Marry Pastor Chris

See Nollywood Actress Who Wants To Marry Pastor Chris.

 Nollywood actress Sapphire Adaobi Obi is a fast rising actress.

 Nollywood actress Sapphire Adaobi Obi is a fast rising actress.

 The Girls Next Door star who is a single mother of two wants to give marriage a second chance but this time around with a man of God.

 

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You have tasted affection, what do you think is the major problem faced in marriages that makes them hit the rocks in a short while?
 


If you have to be in marriage you must play by the rules, it’s that simple. Allow yourself to be hypnotized don’t allow yourself to be deceived as long as you wanna remain there. There is no make shift, you have to take the decision to love your partner beyond their faults. It’s a decision. A decision based on reality and not emotions. You must have a deep rooted communication, understand yourselves and forgive easily. Enter the person’s spirit and moods all the time and try to decipher how to overcome any temptation that comes. Staying in marriage takes the strong and you have to be really tolerant to stay I must say.
 
Pastor Chris Okotie

Are you ready to give marriage another chance and can you marry an entertainer?

 I can never settle with an entertainer. I will prefer to marry a pastor. Pastors are my crush and I’m currently crushing on Chris Okotie (Laughs).


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 Are you saying you are ready to marry a pastor if the opportunity comes?
 Yes, why not, that’s my fantasy. In a world full of chaos and discontentment, being in the arms of one who loves God and prophesies, will be more than soothing.

 But do you think pastors are romantic or are good in bed then the regular guy?

 (Laughs) chai, it depends on how you see it. Well that’s suspense for me. I mustn’t tell you if I have had a pastor as a lover.



Garry Monk: Swansea's Ashley Williams feels like he 'let him down,

Garry Monk: Swansea's Ashley Williams feels like he 'let him down.

 Swansea defender Ashley Williams says he has "lost a mate" after Garry Monk's sacking as manager. 

 Monk left the Swans after a run of only one win in 11 Premier League games.

 Williams and Monk had been together at Swansea since 2008, first as team-mates and latterly as captain and manager. 

 

 "It's been even more difficult than a normal kind of situation because he's a mate - you feel like you have let him down," Williams told BBC Radio 5 live's Wednesday Night Club programme.

 "Then he goes so you have lost a mate that you see every day. It's just tough really. 

 "No football player likes to go through this situation - it's even worse because we haven't found ourselves like this for such a long time. 

 "You get used to doing well and it's a shock at times like this."

 Swansea are one place above the relegation zone, with first-team coach Alan Curtis in temporary charge as chairman Huw Jenkins searches for a replacement for Monk. 

 Jenkins is in South America, with Argentina's Marcelo Bielsa the odds-on favourite. 

 Bielsa, 60, a former Argentina and Chile boss, resigned from French club Marseille in August and is unattached. 

 Garry Monk (left) and Ashley Williams show off the League Cup in 2013.

Chelsea: Cesc Fabregas says players must justify 'big wages'

Chelsea: Cesc Fabregas says players must justify 'big wages'

 Chelsea's players need to justify their "big wages" and start playing like "big players", says Cesc Fabregas. 

 The Premier League champions are only one point above the relegation zone after Monday's defeat at Leicester, their ninth loss of the season.

 After the game, boss Jose Mourinho said his "work was betrayed" by his players. 

 "If you are a big player and paid like a big player, you must play like a big player and behave like a big player," said Blues midfielder Fabregas. 

 "I am not saying you can't have a bad season and bad games but the attitude must be spot on.

 "We must always be at the top of our games and the behaviour has to be better than what we are seeing right now from every single Chelsea player." 

 Chelsea are 16th with only 15 points from 16 games following Monday's defeat by table-topping Leicester. 

 In Premier League history, when teams have had 15 points from 16 games, they have finished, on average, in 17th position - one place above the drop zone.

 Mourinho says he does not believe the Stamford Bridge club are in a relegation battle. 

 However, former Blues winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 live that the Portuguese should not "ignore the concept" of going down.

Cameroon launch search for new national team coach

Cameroon launch search for new national team coach.

 

  
 
Cameroon's Football Federation (Fecafoot) officially launched its search for a new national team coach on Sunday, following the sacking of
Volker Finke on 30 October.  

Fecafoot, who placed Alexandre Belinga (pictured) in temporary charge of the Indomitable Lions following Finke's dismissal, advertised for applications   on their website.

As interim coach, Belinga helped Cameroon reach the next round of 2018 World Cup qualifying, beating Niger 3-0 away and drawing 0-0 at home.

 Fecafoot says it is open to looking at applications from a foreign coach - not just native Cameroonians - and has given a deadline of 15 December for applications to be submitted.

 The Federation also outlines an intriguing list of requirements for anyone hoping to become the next Cameroon coach.

 On a professional level, knowledge of African football is required as well as football coaching certificates and experience in coaching elite football clubs.

 The advertisement also asks applicants to "have won trophies", speak French and or English and "be willing to permanently reside in Cameroon." 

 Since Finke's sacking, speculation has been rife in Cameroonian and international media about who his replacement may be.

 67-year-old Claude Le Roy, who recently resigned from the Congolese national team, is a former Cameroon coach and has previously indicated a desire to end his career with the Indomitable Lions.

 He is a favourite of Cameroonian legend Roger Milla who is thought to support the idea of having Le Roy back with Cameroon. 

 Another Frenchman, Herve Renard, has also been linked to the job. Renard is available after he was sacked from French club Lille last month.

 He has a good African football record having won the Africa Cup of Nations with Zambia in 2012 and Ivory Coast in 2015. 

 After the 15 December deadline passes, a Fecafoot committee will scrutinise the applications and then create a shortlist of five from where the new Cameroon coach will be selected.

Tim Peake begins stay on international space station.

 UK astronaut Tim Peake has boarded the International Space Station, which will be his home for the next six months.

 Mr Peake and fellow crew members, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Tim Kopra, floated through the hatch from their Soyuz space capsule to be greeted by the resident ISS astronauts.

 The three new passengers arrived at the space platform following a six-hour journey after launch from Kazakhstan.

 

Monday, 14 December 2015

The United States has sent troops to Cameroon to help with intelligence and other operations against Boko Haram.

Forces armed with guns and arrows kill girl bombers in Cameroon:

 DOUALA (Reuters) - Security forces armed with guns and arrows killed two young women wearing explosive vests in a north Cameroon town on Monday, the second raid there in days by suspected Boko Haram militants from neighbouring Nigeria, witnesses said.

  The would-be suicide bombers, described as adolescent girls, entered Kolofata just before dawn, residents and officials told Reuters.

 "The first kamikaze (suicide bomber) exploded near my house ... When she entered, the local vigilance committee fired an arrow at her head and she set off her bomb," said resident Bahoua, who declined to give his full name.

 Self-defence groups have sprung up across north Cameroon and are overseen by the army.

 The other young woman was shot by special forces, known by their French initials BIR, one of the sources said. There were no reports of anyone else being killed or wounded in the town about 10 km (6 miles) from the Nigerian border, said locals.

 Suicide attacks have become an almost daily occurrence in Cameroon's Far North Region despite a military operation late last month to flush out the militants who are seeking to cave out an Islamist state in Nigeria.

 No one claimed responsibility for the attempted bomb attack but officials blamed Boko Haram for an assault that killed 10 people in the same town on Friday.

 Boko Haram fighters are mostly based in northeast Nigeria but have expanded their campaign, setting up camps and launching attacks in neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

 These countries along with Nigeria and Benin have formed a 8,700-strong regional task force to combat the group, although joint operations have yet to begin and national armies are increasingly tackling the militants alone.

 Cameroon's army says it killed 100 Boko Haram members and rescued 900 hostages late November, although some security sources have questioned the scale of the operation.

 The United States has sent troops to Cameroon to help with intelligence and other operations against Boko Haram.