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Manchester United visit Stamford Bridge on Sunday hoping to secure a victory that would put a significant dent in Chelsea's Premier League title defence after only 11 games. In the eyes of many, however, Jose Mourinho had already defeated his former club twice before a ball had been kicked this season. Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic, the two signings that have transformed United from Europe's most expensively incoherent squad into title contenders, could easily have been wearing blue rather than red now if last summer had played out differently. Antonio Conte no doubt wishes it had -- particularly in the case of Matic. The Italian pointedly described the midfielder's departure as a "great loss" on the eve of the season, indicating that he had intended to ease £40 million Monaco signing Tiemoue Bakayoko into Premier League life as understudy to the experienced Serb rather than immediately saddling him with the responsibility of being N'Golo Kante's pri...

Big Brother Naija 2017 ex housemate and a father, Thin Tall Tony once again gushes on his adorable daughter in a new Instagram post he made. Recall back in the Big brother house, TTT once denied his family, for what reason? Well many felt it's all for the game. TTT is now the most proud father of of his lovely kids and wife and he can't do a day without posting about them. See what Tony shared below:

The former Red Devils defender feels the problems being endured by the reigning Premier League champions stem from the departure of a key midfielder Phil Neville believes whoever decided to sell midfielder Nemanja Matic to Manchester United should be sacked after Chelsea crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy scored a first-half brace as Roma – who held Chelsea to a thrilling 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago – accounted for the Premier League champions. Chelsea's Premier League title defence has already resulted in three defeats in 10 matches, leaving Conte's men fourth and nine points behind leaders Manchester City, and former United man Neville said the club's problems stem from Matic's departure in July. "What's gone wrong for Chelsea? One word. Matic," Neville told BBC 5Live . "It's as simple as that. The minute they sold Nemanja Matic was a mistake. "When you had Matic sat in front of you, alongside [...

Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich advanced to the Champions League knockout stage with wins on Tuesday night, while Chelsea suffered a shock defeat. Roma went top of Group C after a comprehensive 3-0 dismantling of Chelsea at the Stadio Olimpico courtesy of a Stephan El Shaarawy brace. The hosts got off to a dream start when a cross into the area glanced off Edin Dzeko's shoulder and bounced right to an onrushing El Shaarawy, who blasted a right-footed shot past Thibaut Courtois for the early lead. Chelsea saw three good chances go begging in the opening half hour, Cesc Fabregas firing wide from 18 yards, before Eden Hazard shot right at Allison in the Roma goal and Alvaro Morata skied one over the crossbar when left alone at very close range. Roma would be two ahead at half-time after the Chelsea defence made a mess of handling a Roma ball into the penalty area and El Shaarawy ghosted in and neatly tucked a shot past Courtois for his second. The game was effectively ov...

Davido has fired a new shot to rekindle his beef with Wizkid who once called him frog voice. This came in form of a shade in reaction to an interview that featured Nollywood Actor, Jim Iyke. Jim Iyke was asked by The Net to choose between Davido and Wizkid. The Actor pick Davido and gave his reason as seen below. It's not easy to be a rich kid and still go and work. I'm not sure I'll be this hardworking if my dad was a billionaire. An excited Davido quickly posted a video as seen on @ngtrends Instagram page. He said: Take that! Don't be angry at the messenger but the message... common sense media... Laughs. The Actor was also asked to pick between Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage to which he picked Yemi Alade.

A notorious hoodlum identified as Godwin Alamingo of lobia town in Southern Ijaw LGA, Bayelsa State who made himself a big time kidnapper - has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria police force in Bayelsa state. The infamous kidnapper a.k.a 'Abuja Daddy' reportedly abducted Nancy Dickson, a younger sister to Governor Dickson in 2015... According to reports, the suspect also kidnapped a local renowned musician Pereama Freetown, Amaebi Efere aka double Snake on his way to negotiate the release of one of his kidnapped victims. He also kidnapped Pena Mogu on his way to pay ransom and several others, according to police reports. He was arrested along with a lady earlier today in Bayelsa.

A corp member who got a job with a company in Lagos for her service year, which made her enroll her baby in a crèche whose name was given as 'Easy landers' at 3A Benson Anorue street Ajao Estate, reportedly lost that baby. However the mind boggling aftermath was that the school's management are reportedly yet to explain what really happened, or visit the little's family. Blogger Amanda Chisom who shared the story, wrote; "From my inbox The incident happened at Ajao estate of recent. A baby of 7months old was registered in the crèche just last September. And the care taker in the crèche suffocated the baby with pap to the point of death This is how the stories goes. A woman registered her 7months old baby in a crèche called easy landers at 3A Benson Anorue street Ajao estate just last September cos she is currently running her NYSC program in a company here in Lagos. So on that faithful day been 26th of October,she dropped her baby at the school with the so call...

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MANCHESTER -- Eric Bailly has pressed home the importance of qualifying for the Champions League round of 16 as quickly as possible ahead of Manchester United's clash with Benfica. Jose Mourinho's side have a perfect record in Group A after victories over Basel, CSKA Moscow and Benfica. They will guarantee qualification for the knockouts rounds if they defeat Benfica at Old Trafford on Tuesday and CSKA do not beat Basel in Switzerland. And Bailly, who is fit again after a groin problem, wants United to get out of the group as early as they can. He told a news conference on Monday: "It's something very important -- first that we win. It's an important game, this is our fourth in the Champions League and it's at home, and since we started we've not lost a single game at home and this is important for your confidence. "I hope everything goes well and we win and qualify. This would be very important for us." Mourinho will be without injured d...

The England international has struggled to stay off the treatment table in recent years, but he is feeling good and looking for regular game time Daniel Sturridge is “feeling good” and believes he is “healthy” enough to lead from the front for Liverpool. A succession of injury problems have prevented the England international from making the impact expected of him at Anfield. Despite enjoying a positive start to life on Merseyside, as he worked alongside Luis Suarez, the 28-year-old has struggled to keep himself off the treatment table. He has been able to make 11 appearances for Liverpool this season, though, and with Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana and Philippe Coutinho having been nursing knocks of late, Sturridge is determined to take his chance to shine . He told the Liverpool Echo ahead of another potential run-out against Maribor in the Champions League on Wednesday: “We've been in the Champions League two times since I've been at the club. “Obviously I missed out th...

Alvaro Morata insisted he is happy with life in London and claimed he would sign a 10-year contract at Chelsea if given the chance. Quotes attributed to the Spain international by Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday suggested that he does not see himself living in London for long because it is "too big, too much stress, too much of a metropolis." The comments prompted fears that Chelsea may have another unsettled star striker on their hands after granting Diego Costa his long-desired move back to Atletico Madrid last month, but Morata was quick to dismiss the concerns in a news conference to preview Chelsea's Champions League clash with Roma on Tuesday. "We had a problem of understanding in this interview," Morata insisted when asked if he is committed to the Premier League champions. "If Chelsea proposed me 10 years [contract] I'd probably sign that too. I'm happy with this club, in this city, with everything in London. "I really like London ...

Germany's first self-driving public bus has made its maiden journey on the roads of a rural town in Bavaria, taking locals from the train station to the town centre. German transport company Deutsche Bahn trialled the self-driving vehicle on Wednesday 25/10/2017 , delivering townspeople on a 700-metre route between the train station, the town centre, and the Birnbacher baths. Designed by French startup company EasyMile, the electric vehicle,called EasyTen autonomously navigated its way through the municipality of Bad Birnbach by way of sensors, lasers and GPS systems which can detect obstacles and activate brakes. The vehicle moves along a pre-programmed route with its speed initially limited to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) per hour on a road with a 30 kph speed limit. Also, the bus is not yet capable of avoiding obstacles on its own. In case of an emergency, such as a car wrongly parked on the route, a human can take control of the bus by using a joystick. Deutsche B...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus meeting held on Monday night at the New Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the meeting. The former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar was conspicuously absent as at press time. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was conspicuously absent at the All Progressives Congress’ caucus meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the new Banquet Hall, Aso Rock, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, gathered that the Turakin Adamawa might have travelled out of the country. NAN reports that the meeting which started at about 8.45p.m. was being attended by the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. NAN also observed that some participants at the meeting were seen “struggling’’ for photo opportunity with the new SGF. Others attending the meeting include Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, the APC national Chairman, John Odigie Oyegun, ...

Russia has signed agreements with Nigeria to build and operate a nuclear power plant in the oil-rich West African nation that has a deficit of reliable power and faces security challenges by Islamist militants in the far northeast. Feasibility studies for the plant and a research center construction will include site screening, capacity, financing, and time frames of the projects, state-owned Russian nuclear company Rosatom said in an emailed statement. The nations in 2009 signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies. Nigeria in 2015 was in talks with Rosatom to build as many as four nuclear power plants costing about $20 billion, the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission said at the time. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, distributes an average of 4,500 megawatts of electricity. Half the output of the Egbin power plant, the nation’s biggest, is lost because of inadequate transmission infrastructure, its chief offic...

Youngsters Francis Uzoho and Chidiebere Nwakali have been called up for Nigeria's upcoming fixtures against Algeria and Argentina as Gernot Rohr assesses some new options with one eye on next summer's World Cup. Uzoho, 19, has played two La Liga games so far for Deportivo La Coruna and has acquitted himself admirably, notably in the 0-0 draw at Eibar. 20-year-old Nwakali is a Manchester City loanee who has scored three goals from 25 appearances as a midfielder with Sogndal Fotball in Norway. The 2013 U-17 world champion is expected to provide cover in his natural position of right-back. Nigeria's qualification for the World Cup with one game to spare has allowed Rohr the luxury of trying out new faces in the final group game against Algeria. With an eye on maintaining Nigeria's unbeaten streak in World Cup qualifying and a high-profile friendly against Argentina, the Super Eagles coach has named a strong squad for the two games in Algeria and Russia. However, these...

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Nigerian gospel star, Benita Okojie and her husband, Adeyina have developed new stealth skills to help ease their new found parental duties, as they get hit with the reality of how much attention a new baby demands. The popular child star and her husband have had to learn how to moon walk, however, whenever these evasive tactics fail, the young couple take turns in nursing their little charm. See photos below...

Antonio Conte has been away from Italy for over a year now, but at times it feels like he never left. In part, that's because of how closely his work at Chelsea is followed back home. There were times last season when Chelsea games drew higher audience figures than some Serie A matches on Sky Italia. Maybe it was the job Conte did with Italy at Euro 2016? Maybe it's because he is no longer stopping other teams winning the Scudetto . But appreciation for Conte extends far beyond the cult hero personality he established among Juventus fans. The mark he left was so profound it's rare to have a conversation about football in Italy without mentioning Conte. Look at the title race at the moment: Napoli won their first eight games of the season and look unstoppable. But that's what they said about Rudi Garcia's Roma who set a record to win their first 10 in 2013, only for Conte's Juventus to overtake them and become the first team to break the 100 point barrier. Int...

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Jose Mourinho has once again insisted he has "no idea'' when Paul Pogba is likely to return to action. Pogba's hamstring problem sustained on Sept. 12 has seen the France midfielder miss Manchester United's last 10 matches in all competitions. United boss Mourinho described the injury as a "long-term'' issue towards the end of last month. And since then, while social media posts from Pogba have suggested he is making good progress, Mourinho has stressed on a number of occasions he does not know when the player is set to be available again. The Portuguese was asked after Saturday's 1-0 home win over Tottenham if Pogba, who has been undergoing rehabilitation in the United States, had any chance of returning before the forthcoming international break. And Mourinho said: "Again, I have no idea. Honestly. "I am not in control of his recovery process. He is not training with me. He is on individual work. "For example, Marcos Rojo is...