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Adam Lallana has been named England Player of the Year 2016.

Liverpool midfielder, Adam Lallana voted English Player of the Year for 2016 ahead of Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney. Nathan Redmond was named Under-21 Player of the Year. He made 10 appearances for England last year and netted thrice.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy finished second in the vote among the England Supporters’ Club, Wayne Rooney coming in third.

The excited recipient told the TheFA.com, “This award is a huge honour. The last three winners were Rooney (2015), Rooney (2014) and Steven Gerrard (2012) so that just goes to show what a great achievement this is. Things have been going well this season for my club so that always helps.

He continued, When you’re playing well for your club then hopefully you can transmit your form into the national team and help out. That’s what has been happening but I don’t want that to be for just one season – I want to continue that for as long as possible. Off the back of a disappointing year for England as a whole, I’ll be looking to definitely improve in 2017 and hopefully we can build on how it has started under Gareth Southgate, as there have been plenty of positives.”

 

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It's A Girl! Joseph and Adaeze Yobo welcome baby no 3!

There’s a new addition to the Yobo family!
The ex-beauty queen, Adaeze Yobo and her husband, the former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo have welcomed a baby girl. The  couple already have two handsome boys, Joey and Jayden Yobo, who are 7 and 2 respectively.

The ex Everton defender and his wife got married in 2010 in a midnight ceremony held in Jos.

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Dimitri Payet completes Marseille move

France Forward, Dimitri Payet has completed his £25m move to Marseille from West Ham.

Recall that Payet, who left Marseille in 2015 to join the Premier league club, refused to play against Crystal Palace two weeks ago and told West Ham he wished to return to his former club. The English club were initially not going to allow him go but they made a u-turn after accepting a fee or more than they paid for him, they however expressed disappointment at his decision.

“The club would like to place on record its sincere disappointment that Dimitri Payet did not show the same commitment and respect to West Ham United that the club and fans showed him, particularly when it rewarded him with a lucrative new five-and-half-year deal only last year. “I would like to make it clear that we have no financial need to sell our best players and that the decision to allow Payet to leave was in accordance with the wishes of the manager and the interests of squad unity.
To be frank, my board and I would have preferred for him to have stayed in order to make an example of him, as no player is bigger than the club.” David Sullivan, club Chairman said on their website.

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Wayne Rooney presented with a golden boot to mark his record-breaking 250th Manchester United goal

Before kick-off of the game between Manchester United and Wigan which ended 4-0 in favour of the Red Devils, Old Trafford Legend, Sir Bobby Charlton presented Wayne Rooney with an award for becoming Man Unite’s all-time leading scorer. Rooney wrote his name into more history books a week ago after netting a sublime freekick against Stoke City, breaking Sir Charlton’s record in the process.


Manchester United’s all-time top scorers:
1. Wayne Rooney (250)
2. Sir Bobby Charlton (249)
3. Denis Law (237)

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Laura Ikeji is a stunning bride! (Photos)

Fashion blogger, Laura Ikeji looked pretty and radiant in her traditional wedding attires. The entrepreneur got married to Ogbonna Kanu, an ex footballer and a brother to legendary footballer, Kanu Nwankwo. She got  engaged to the ex footballer on 17th December.
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How to feel good during menstrual cramps | By Tope Ijaola

 
Menstruation and cramps are signs that you are complete lady and that you rightly produce an egg which is meant to meet a sperm and produce an offspring (baby).
Why do you menstruate?
Menstruation is an episode of blood flow through the vagina from the uterus owing from the destruction of an unfertilized egg released from the ovaries.
Signs that accompany menstruation
When this egg is unfertilized, it leads to development of stomach or abdominal pains, dizziness, pale, insomnia, anorexia or loss of appetite, leg pains, and high temperature.
How to walk tall during menstruation

  1. Reduce sweet foods. Taking sweets, chocolates, drinks can exacerbate cramps because ordinarily too much intake can cause stomach pains and make menstruation “hell on earth”.This could be accompanied with excess stools and general body discomfort.
  1. Don’t mistake with Ulcer. If you are a known Ulcer patient ensure you visit a Doctor, Pharmacist or other qualified health professionals for proper identification of whether it is ulcer or menstrual cramps.
  2. Use Vitamin B6 supplements. The use of Pyridoxine (VitaminB6) helps to stabilize pre menstrual symptoms and neuronal functioning in the body. Staying on foods rich in pyridoxine also makes provisions for the supplement at anytime.
  3. Eat well. Because of cramps some women skip meals and this can complicate the condition and make you lean. Eat good food like vegetable, fruits, fish and other nutritional natural foods.
  4. Avoid taking coffee and cola. They can increase discomfort and make the intestine irritated at any time you having menstrual cramps.
  5. Avoid or reduce alcohol. This can also increase discomfort at anytime, therefore be careful to take any form of alcohol when you develop cramps.
  6. Have some sex. Having sex to orgasm helps to also relieve pains as blood moves out of organs and around the body.
  7.  Engage in slight exercise. Exercise relieves pains; as muscles get to work.
  8. Use of analgesics. Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) are good over-the-counter drugs that can help to relieve pains in cramps.

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Tope Ijaola is a health practitioner. He blogs at Vetbest Health Network (www.vbhealth.com.ng)

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Serena Williams wins Australian Open with victory over Venus Williams

Serena Williams claimed her 23rd Grand Slam today after victory over her older sister, Venus Williams in the Australian Open final 6-4 6-4.  She becomes the oldest woman (35 years, 124 days) to win a Grand Slam in the open era.

Most women’s singles Grand Slam titles [Open Era]:
23: Serena Williams 
22: Steffi Graf
18: Chris Evert
18: Martina Navratilova
Serena will be looking to beat all-time leader Margaret Court by one major later in 2017.
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Chelsea lack identity – Avram Grant

Former Chelsea manager, Avram Grant reckons that Chelsea’s habit of changing coaches has made them lack identity. Now the current coach of the Ghanaian national team, Grant led Chelsea to the Champions League final after replacing Jose Mourinho in 2007 but was fired by the club afterwards. The Blues have however appointed 11 players after he left.
He told ESPN FC, “I think the problem is that Chelsea don’t have an identity of how they play. Arsenal have, Pep Guardiola has; they don’t. They want to buy players and win titles but they cannot have an identity because they change coach every year or two. On the other hand they have the director of football Michael Emenalo doing a good job, buying good young players, so the squad is fantastic — the most balanced in England. The one thing that is stable there is the owner Roman Abramovich, Marina Granovskaia, a club director and the director of football. If they changed Marina and Michael every year, they couldn’t do well.”
Grant also praised Chelsea’s current coach, Antonio Conte, adding that he came at the right time, at the time when the players were ready for change.
“It was so bad the year before, the football, the relationships, The players are good players — Eden Hazard didn’t forget how to play at 24, none of them did. So Conte came at the right time; the players were ready for the change and wanted the change.
“With a lot of respect to Jose, I didn’t like that the media said he was the king of the world and a genius — he was not, and nor is he as useless as they say about him now . He’s a good coach, with problems like any other person.
“I think Conte started out trying to please the supporters. He played 4-4-2 and he’d never played like this in his life, I’ve followed his whole career. I think the best thing to happen to Chelsea was losing 3-0 to Arsenal, then he came back to his roots and they now play a system that is also good for their players.
“They are doing great and I can only respect Conte. He’s not stubborn like others, and said ‘OK, it’s not going well, let’s change it’. I know the players were not happy at the beginning but this is what leadership is about. He’s doing a really good job and Chelsea are playing very well.”
 
 
Source: ESPNFC.com

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Features

Archiving Lagos: Telling The Story Of Lagos In Pictures

Archiving Lagos was borne out of the need to catalogue present day Lagos as it expands, preserve the people, the culture, the commerce and every aspect of Lagos in photos.
Lagos is constantly expanding, growing into the Mega city it should be. It’s very important we have past and present photos for future generations about it. catalogue this story as it unfolds…
We need your help to make this happen. Got pictures of Lagos that are worth sharing? Click on www.archivinglagos.com and upload those shots.
We desire to capture everything that makes Lagos, Lagos… The club scenes on the island, the amala joints in shitta, the gated streets almost everywhere, the crazy bus drivers that don’t look before entering the roads, lastma and VIO that torment some Lagos road users, the malls that sell things most people can’t afford … Everything is important in this history making project.
Go through your phones, select and upload those pictures you know happened in Lagos or even visit our site for starters.
Lagos is already grateful to you.
www.archivinglagos.com

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