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Robin Van Persie allays fears over horrific eye injury

Saw pictures of the injured eye and almost cringed.

Former Arsenal player, Robin Van Persie has allayed fears over his horrific eye injury which he suffered during Fenerbahce’s clash with Akhisar Belediyespor in the Turkish Super league on Sunday evening.Fenerbahce team doctor, John Kunduracioglu earlier on dismissed reports making rounds that the injury had damaged his eye.

“Van Persie received a blow to his eye, it was torn and bleeding. After investigating, we sent him to an ophthalmologist at the hospital for further checks. We learned that nothing serious has happened, so the situation is good.” He said

The ex-Manchester United forward who opened the scoring for his side in the 3-1 encounter has however posted a positive update about the situation.

 

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Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi has not been paid for 8 months

8 months after taking the reins as Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi is yet to receive any payment from her employers; the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The organization confirmed they are going through some financial crisis and are working to resolve the situation.

 “It’s been a challenging year for the federation financially but we’re working hard to resolve this before the team depart for Cameroon. Omagbemi has been very calm about it and it has to be sorted out as soon as possible.”

NFF’s Chris Green told BBC Sport. The 41 year-old is reportedly not the only one affected by the situation, some players are also yet to receive wages and camp allowances.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores 25,000th goal of EPL

 
Manchester United striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has just achieved a significant goal scoring milestone.
The Swede’s goal drought came to an end in dramatic fashion today as his brace and Paul Pogba’s strike saw the Red Devils defeat Swansea City 3-1 in their premier league clash. Interestingly the former PSG star’s goals were historic. While the first was the 25,000th goal in the English Premier League (EPL) football history, the second was his 400th club career goal..
 “I thought that was only me who had scored 25,000”. The 35 year-old reacted.

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Osinbajo, Ambode, others present as Aregbesola's son weds

 
Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State, hosted a number of dignitaries and guests at his son, Rauf Aregbesola junior and Sekint’s wedding today.



 
Present at the ceremony were Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo, Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode and his wife Bolanle, Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi and many others.





Photo Credit: Akinwunmi Ambode

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Guardiola accepts Yaya Toure's apology, rubbishes Messi/Arteta bust-up claims

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has acknowledged Yaya Toure’s apology letter but admitted it makes no difference.  Recall that the Ivorian wrote an open letter to the team apologising on behalf of himself and his agent for misunderstandings from the past and chiefly hoping he can be recalled to the first team but going by the look of things the Spaniard might be done with him.

 Speaking at a news conference, Guardiola said, “I spoke with Yaya this morning and of course it is a private conversation so I know what happened, what he said, of course. ’It’s so important for Manchester City, that’s the most important thing. And of course for Yaya, who I appreciate. I have known him for a long time,”“I read what he wrote and that’s all. Of course it’s good news for Manchester City but it’s most important for Yaya as well. “Yaya was in all our meetings and training sessions. You knew the situation. Nothing changed.”

The former Bayern Manabger also rubbished bust-up rumours between his assistant, Mikel Arteta and Messi which surfaced this week.

“I spoke to Arteta. It’s impossible that incident happened. He admires Barcelona players. He admires Messi a lot.” He added.

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Sade Okoya Covers Wedding Planner Magazine's Maiden E-edition

Deputy Managing Director of Eleganza Industrial City Limited and wife of Razak Okoya, billionaire businessman a Sade Okoya is the cover girl for Wedding Planner Magazine’s Maiden E-edition

Many will say there is no newness to any idea, while this may be true, every page of this issue will no doubt prove that the material of art is never quite the same generation to generation.

From the luxury range Ayaba aso oke that a bride will love to splurge on,  to the newness of the language and fabric of Gele and the dramatic ways to tie it, plus the generational aso ebi world of SAS.

These sartorial risk takers are saying welcome to a fresh perspective of the wedding world in this e-edition of Wedding planner that is just a click away. Read More Here..

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Yaya Toure apologises to Manchester City. His agent is still on his high horse.

You must had read/heard about the squabble between Pep Guardiola and Yaya Toure and then his agent, Dimitri Seluk’s personal vendetta against the coach. (Read it here, here and here ) Here’s an update on the situation.

Recall Guardiola mentioned that the only condition for accepting the player into the team is if his agent tenders an apology for his foul-mouthed rants against him. The Ivorian who has not made any appearance for the squad this season released an apology statement today. The 33 year-old said. Read more

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Wayne Rooney equals Van Nistelrooy's European goals record.

 
Manchester United might have had a bad outing tonight but for Red Devils star, Wayne Rooney, it was a memorable night.
The Red Devil star who scored United’s only goal in their 2-1 defeat to Fenerbahce has equalled Ruud Van Nistelrooy as Manchester United’s all-time top scorer in UEFA competition with 38 goals.

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Mikel Arteta revealed as the man who provoked Messi in the tunnel

Remember the tunnel incident involving Messi and an unnamed man few days ago? Read it here

The unnamed man has been identified. It was Guardiola’s assistant, Mikel Arteta who irked and insulted the Argentine at the tunnel shortly after their clash with Barcelona on Tuesday.

Spanish radio station, La Cope learnt that immediately the former Arsenal player sighted Messi waiting outside the referee’s room, he said: ‘Anda tontorrón, vete y métete en tu vestuario,’ meaning: ‘Move along stupid, get yourself in your dressing room.’
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Ozil, Bale, De Bruyne named in Champions League players of the week list.

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne have made The UEFA Champions League players of the week list.

The duo are the only EPL players to be named in the list.

Ozil’s spectacular goal in Arsenal’s 3-2 comeback win against Ludogorets is still a hot topic in football circles.

The German sent the world into a frenzy after he humiliated the keeper before netting a sensational late winner in Bulgaria. De Bruyne put up an overwhelming performance, scoring a sublime free kick as Man City beat Barcelona 3-1 at the Etihad few days ago.

Others included in the list include; Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Monaco’s Radamel Falcao, Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuain, Atletico’s Antoine Griezmann, Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale and BVB’s Adrian Ramos.

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