Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes 3rd highest goal scorer in Real Madrid history

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the third highest scorer in Real Madrid history with 290 goals as he
made his 281st appearance for the Spanish club. The three time Ballon d’Or winner and current holder of the World Player of the Year.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was formerly on 289 goals, is now level with the Galacticos legend, Carlos Santillana as he edges closer to the second and first on Madrid’s highest goal scorer’s list, the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano who has 307 goals with 392 appearances and former Real Madrid captain, Raúl González who has 323 goals from 741 appearances respectively.

Morocco Appeals against ban placed on the country by CAF

Morocco football authorities decided to appeal the sanctions placed against them by the

Confederation of African Football (CAF) following the country’s decision to withdraw from hosting the 2015 edition of AFCON.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FMRF) had announced in November 2014 that they will not be hosting the tournament due to fears that the rampaging Ebola could break out in the country if it opens its borders to visitors from across Africa.

With the tournament later held in Equatorial Guinea, based on the North African country’s withdrawal from hosting the tournament, CAF placed a ban on Morocco for the next two editions of the Africa Nations Cup and ordered the country to pay compensation amounting to almost £7m in additions.

A statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the registration of an appeal by Morocco over the sanction by CAF: ‘The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal filed by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation against the sanctions which were imposed on it by the African Football Confederation (CAF) following the decision of the FRMF not to organise the 2015 edition of the African Cup of Nations due to the Ebola virus epidemic.’... 

Source: Thenet

killing of 19 fans, Egypt suspends football league

A statement from Egyptian FA confirms the league suspension: ‘The Egyptian FA has decided to stop all soccer

activities at all league levels to mourn the victims of the unfortunate events which happened at the Zamalek-ENPPI match.’ According to reports, the last time the Egyptian Premier League was suspended was in 2012 after 74 fans were killed in a riot at a match in Port Said.

The deaths occurred on Sunday, February 8, 2015 when fans were crushed in a stampede after police fired tear gas at Zamalek supporters attempting to get into the stadium for the match against city rivals,‎ ENPPI in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. 

Yakubu Aiyegbeni signs new contract with Reading FC

  Yakubu Aiyegbeni signed a new short term deal with English professional football club,
Reading FC. Yakubu, until now played in Qatar. making his debut with Readingat this weekend’s Championship clash with Wolves. Congrats ...

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Nigeria inter­national Mikel Obi Becomes British Citizen

Nigeria inter­national and Chelsea of England mid­fielder, John Obi Mikel, is now a British citizen.

The Super Eagles’ A-list player had waited patiently since he applied for the prestigious British passport last year and was delighted to get a positive feedback from the relevant authori­ties last week.

Mikel became eligible for citizenship, having spent more than eight years in England following his transfer to Chelsea from Lyn Oslo of Norway in 2006.

Before the commence­ment of the current English Premier League season, speculations were rife that Chelsea’s manager, Jose Mourinho, wanted to sacri­fice him to free up a foreign quota spot, but this is now a thing of the past.

‘’Mikel was issued a Brit­ish passport last week, and he is very happy to be in the possession of the passport,’’ a representative of the Super Eagles’ star revealed.

‘’That’s very good news because he will no longer be counted as a foreign player in the Chelsea squad.

‘’All the obstacles that would have prevented him playing in Europe have been eliminated, especially in Italy.

‘’Mikel is not leaving Chelsea in the January transfer window. He will only think about his future at the end of this season,’’ the representative added.

Source:tiwasblog.com

Gunners Gun Down City

Goals from Santi Carzola and Olivier Giroud gave North London giants, Arsenal a two nil victory over defending champions, Manchester City, in the premier league.

A penalty in the 24th minute converted by Spanish midfielder, Carzola put the away side in front before the French striker, Giroud, put the game beyond the home side in the 66th minute.

Earlier, West Ham recorded a three nil victory over Hull City, reviving hopes of continental football for the first time since 2006.

Goals from two Liverpool misfits, Andy Carrol and Stewart Downing and a third Morgan Amalfitano from wrapped the game played at the Boleyn Ground.

Source: channelstv

Jose Mourinho Named Portugal’s Coach Of The Century

 He said: ‘Obviously the titles that I won with Porto in this context are the most important in my career because they were titles won with a Portuguese team for Portuguese soccer.

'With Porto it was a unique case because that was winning a Champions League final with nine Portuguese players. Would I like to see it happen again? Yes I would, yes.’
‘It represents a sensation of not only have reached so many goals in my career but also in some way have contributed to Portuguese soccer.
'I have not been here for 12 years, 12 years away, but even in being away I have always tried to dignify my country and Portuguese soccer.’

Wilfried Bony African Most Expensive Footballer Signs £28m With Manchester City

Wilfried Bony has become Africa’s most expensive footballer of all times.

 has made history as the most expensive soccer player in Africa after signing a whopping  £28m with Manchester City Football club.The Swansea City/Ivory Coast striker signed the 4.5-year deal with Man City at the Etihad Stadium.

Assigned shirt number 14.

According to BBC Sports. 

German fans celebrate their world cup winning heroes as they arrived back home from Brazil.

Thousands of German fans thronged the streets of Berlin to celebrate their world cup winning heroes as they arrived back home from Brazil.

The team arrived in an open-top bus emblazoned with the years they have won the competition – 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.

Nigeria Ranked 34th on FIFA ranking after World Cup outing

FIFA released the new list based on countries performance at
the just concluded World Cup in Brazil.
Nigeria went up 10
spots courtesy of the Super Eagles' second round finish at the World Cup.
The Super Eagles now rank third place in the African continent
after Algeria and Cote d'Ivoire who came 24th and 25th
respectively on the World list.
World champions Germany was ranked number one on the list
while Argentina was placed second and Netherlands 3rd.
Colombia came 4th, Belgium 5th, Uruguay 6th, Brazil 7th,
Spain 8th, Switzerland 9th and France 10th. Continue to see
Africa ranking...
Ranking In Africa
1. Algeria
2. Cote d'Ivoire
3. Nigeria
4. Egypt
5. Ghana
6. Tunisia
7. Guinea
8. Cameroon
9. Burkina Faso
10. Mali

Photos: President Jonathan and his Aides Celebrating Nigeria's 1-0 Victory against Bosnia

Nigerian's have finally gotten a sign for relief due to the 1-0 victory over Bosnia Herzegovina.
And sources confirm that the President and his aides watched the highly competitive match all the way. Check out pix below...