Cristiano Ronaldo Gets Emotional As He's Honoured By Former Ballon d'Or Winners.

Real Madrid fans turned the Santiago Bernabeu gold before Saturday's LaLiga match against Granada as Cristiano Ronaldo was honoured for his fourth Ballon d'Or triumph. Ronaldo scooped the most coveted individual gong in world football last month on the back of Madrid's march to Champions League glory and Portugal's Euro 2016 triumph. Supporters held up sheets of gold...

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FIFA Invites NFF President To Best Football Awards Ceremony In Switzerland....

World football governing body, FIFA has invited NFF President Amaju Pinnick to Monday’s The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 ceremony taking place in Zurich, Switzerland. The invitation letter dated 7th November 2016 and signed by FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samoura read, inter alia: “The Best FIFA Football Awards are all about football. They recognize those who truly...

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Homosexuality In Football; Three Top Footballers Poised To Come Out As Gay..

Three big-name footballers are on the brink of revealing that they’re gay. That’s according to SNP MP John Nicolson, who is a member of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. He claims the trio are in talks with the FA to come out publicly, thus becoming the first current players to do so. File Photo He said: “I understand there are three players in talks...

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Dalung Kicks Against Nigeria's World Cup Participation

Attention President Muhammadu Buhari: This is what the man you appointed the general overseer of our sports told an international media organisation,Voice of America, Hausa Service: Nigeria does not need to attend the next World Cup holding in Russia.The World Cup is not just a football competition. It also represents a bigger avenue for nations to showcase their football artistry to a global audience, with players getting to secure new and...

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Gerard Pique Reveals How He Wooed Shakira. Checkout The Chat Up Line He Used

Barcelona star Gerard Pique has revealed the lame chat-up line which he used in winning Shakira over -as he gave hope to single men around the world...The Barcelona and Spain star has been with the Colombian pop princess for six years after they met ahead of the World Cup in 2010. The pair who have two children together -met during the filming of her video for her...

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Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez And Gerard Pique's Kids Begin Careers With Barcelona Football School

The children of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique took the first steps in their own football careers with FC Barcelona's football school this week. Thiago Messi and Milan Pique, who are both three years old, joined Benjamin Suarez, who turns three next week, attended their first day at the FCB Escola on Monday. All employees have the option of sending their...

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"Why I Changed My Look" -- Lionel Messi Reveals. See His Reason

Barcelona’s blonde bombshell Lionel Messi has revealed the reason behind his drastic change of hairstyle over the summer. The Argentina captain caused ripples throughout the world of football when he appeared with a platinum blonde do while on holiday with his family. And when quizzed about the dye-job, he affirmed that it was part of a time of soul-searching following...

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2017AFCON Qualifier; Photos Of Mikel Obi, Victor Moses And Other Players In Uyo.

Franco-German Gernot Rohr took charge of the Nigeria senior men’s squad, Super Eagles, for the first time on Tuesday as the team began training sessions ahead of Saturday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania. Rohr and a number of players could not fly to Uyo from Lagos on Monday as ARIK airline eventually cancelled their flight after many hours....

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Siasia reveals drama with Dalung- Olympics

Despite the no love lost relationship between Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and bronze-wining U-23 Olympic football coach, Samson Siasia, the coach has said that he was yet to come to terms with the tantrums of the Minister before the Games that just ended in Rio. “The whole thing surprised me”, Siasia said in Johannesburg while on a stopover to connect the final leg of the flight from São Paulo to Johannesburg and to Lagos. Siasia drew the ire...

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Nigerians react: Poor performance at Rio 2016 Olympics

Nigeria was obviously not prepared – Barr. Azuka Okubor The Nigerian government and all the various sports federations were obviously not prepared and need to do better, taking a cue from South Africa and Kenya. Sporting activities and programmes must be well thought out. Let people of proven integrity and passion be at the helm of affairs. We must evaluate results on time...

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FIFA ethics probe calls for ban against ex-S. Africa chief

FIFA ethics committee investigators have called for a six-year ban against the former head of the South African Football Association Kirsten Nematandani over his alleged role in 2010 match-fixing, a statement said Wednesday. The committee was also seeking lifetime bans over the same offence against a former official from the Zimbabwe Football Association, Jonathan Musavengana, and the ex-coach of Togo’s national team, Banna Tchanile. The possible...

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FIFA Cancels Mikel's Yellow Card And Two Others Against Denmark

Three Nigerian players have been given the all clear by FIFA ahead of Nigeria’s semi final game against Germany, after it was confirmed that the cautioned they picked up against Denmark has been wiped out. The trio of Muenfuh Sincere, Usman Muhammed and team captain Mikel Obi had their caution wiped out, hence will approach the tie against Germany without any fear of a possible...

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CAF Confederation Cup results

Updated CAF Confederation Cup matchday 5 results Saturday: Group A At Dar es Salaam Young Africans (TAN) 1 (Tambwe 3) Mouloudia Bejaia (ALG) 0 Playing Sunday At Sekondi, Ghana Medeama (GHA) v TP Mazembe (COD) 1500 GMT Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) Mazembe 4 3 1 0 5 1 10 – qualified Medeama 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 Bejaia 5 1 2 2 1 2 5 Y. Africans 5 1 1 3 3 6 4 Group B At Tunis Al Ahly Tripoli (LBA) 1 (Allafi 74) FUS...

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United training ground ‘buzzing’ as Mourinho stamps out Van Gaal’s methods

New Manchester United manager, has made his mark at the club’s training ground, just one week into his reign. The Portuguese has been nicknamed ‘Mr Meticulous’, as he begins to implement his methods at the Aon Training Complex. One of the things Mourinho has done, is to remove the training-pitch cameras installed on the order of former boss, Louis van Gaal. The...

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Serena, Venus win 14th Grand Slam doubles title

Serena and Venus Williams defeated fifth seeds, Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslavia Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 on Saturday, to claim their sixth doubles title at Wimbledon. It was also their 14th doubles triumph as a team at the majors and their 22nd in 23 finals overall. The only time the American sisters lost a doubles final in 1999, was in San Diego. “It’s...

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Portugal defeat France to win Euro 2016

Portugal overcame an early injury blow to Cristiano Ronaldo, to beat hosts France and win the 2016 European Championship. Ronaldo lasted only 25 minutes of the game in Saint-Denis, before he succumbed to injury and was replaced by Ricardo Quaresma. Although Didier Deschamps men controlled most of the match, they failed to score in 90 minutes, with goalkeeper Rui...

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26 Ways Couples Say ‘I Love You’ Without Saying A Word

here’s no denying that saying “I love you” is hugely important in any happy, healthy relationship. But finding ways to show your partner just how much you care means even more than those three little words ever could. We asked HuffPost readers to share the thoughtful gestures and everyday acts of love that reaffirm their romantic bond. Read on to see what they had...

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