Luis Suarez tops Bloomberg's list of most influential footballers. See top 20

Liverpool’s Luis Suarez has topped Bloomberg Sports list of most influential players. The Uruguayan who scored 31 goals and assisted 12 in 33 Premier League matches piped out the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the rankings.

Bloomberg’s criteria include: Effectiveness and efficiency when performing specific attacking tasks, including goals, shots, creativity etc.

Top 20 most influential players

(1) Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

(2) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

(3) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)

(4) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

(5) Kevin Strootman (Roma)

(6) Diego Costa (Athletico Madrid)

(7) Mehdi Benatia (Roma)

(8) Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)

(9) Tiago (Athletico Madrid)

(10) David Silva (Manchester City)

(11) Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

(12) Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)

(13) Miranda (Athletico Madrid)

(14) Yaya Toure (Manchester city)

(15) Carlos Tevez (Juventus)

(16) Leandro Castan (Roma)

(17) Martin Demichelis (Manchester City)

(18) Diego Godin (Athletico Madrid)

(19) Gervinho (Roma)

(20) Thiago Silva Club- (PSG)

Photo: Wizkid's son hangs out with celebrities

It isn’t easy to have a celebrity as a Dad. Boluwatife Balogun, son of Nigerian A-list singer, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun who turned three few days back is pictured hanging out with celebrities like Ice Prince, May D, Wande Coal, Sound Sultan.

Photo: What would you do if you saw this in your drink?

Trying hard to picture the scenario, I empty a bottle of malt in a cup and suddenly this picture appears. A picture of a cat. Like seriously, a cat? What would I do? Smash the cup on the floor and run for my life. Mind you, that wasn’t photoshopped. It happened for real.

Not Again! Samuel Eto'o fires another parting shot at Jose Mourinho

Let’s face it! Jose Mourinho’s “age” comment about Samuel Eto’o really hit the striker below the belt. Less than a week after branding the Portuguese a fool, the Cameroonian has fired another parting shot at Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho. The message isn’t really different from the previous one, the four-time African Player of the Year has just decided to change the superlative.
“Contrary to what a puppet says about my age, I am still physically fit. At 33, I feel really good. I have proven that I can do better than the younger players. And I wish to also say that I am not going to the United States or to the Middle East. I will continue at the top level. I will continue to play the Champions League.
The ex-Inter Milan player continued, “My romance with this competition is far from over. I will not tell you where, but I will be at the top level. I am 33 and I have two World Cups to play. There are other players who went on until the age of 41 so there is no reason why I cannot continue.”

Check out 15 richest footballers in Britain

Britain’s 15 richest footballers for the year 2014 stars mostly Chelsea and Manchester United players. Chelsea has the highest with 5 players occupying the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th. England’s Wayne Rooney sits at the top spot.

1) Wayne Rooney – £60m

2) Rio Ferdinand – £44m

3) Frank Lampard – £37m

3) Steven Gerrard – £37m

5) Ryan Giggs – £39m

6) John Terry – £31m

7) Fernando Torres – £31m

8) Yaya Toure – £23m

9) Petr Cech – £22m

10) Ashley Cole – £21m

11) Joe Cole – £21m

12) Sergio Aguero – £20m

13) David Silva – £20m

14) Damien Duff – £18m

15) Robin van Persie – £17m

Photos from the private screening of October 1 movie.

On May 18th, 2014, renowned actor/filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan hosted friends and colleagues to the private screening of his anticipated flick, October 1. The event which was held at the at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos was attended by Richard Mofe-Damijo, Tunde Kelani, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mo Abudu, Sadiq Daba, Kenneth Okonkwo, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Segun Awolowo to mention a few.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Usain Bolt, others make 50 most marketable athletes in the world 2014 list

The list was compiled by SportsPro magazine, criteria includes their marketing potential over the next three years based on value for money, age, home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.Topping the list is 29 year Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.
50 most marketable athletes in the world 2014
(1) Lewis Hamilton – motorsport, Great Britain
(2) Virat Kohli – cricket, India
(3) Robert Griffin III – NFL, USA
(4) Cristiano Ronaldo – football, Portugal
(5) Grigor Dimitrov – tennis, Bulgaria
(6) Usain Bolt – athletics, Jamaica
(7) Neymar – football, Brazil
(8) Missy Franklin – swimming, USA
(9) Blake Griffin – NBA, USA
(10) Sloane Stephens – tennis, USA
(11) Lionel Messi- football, Argentina
(12) Adam Scott- golf, Australia
(13) Eugenie Bouchard- tennis, Canada,
(14) Alex Morgan- soccer, US
(15) Novak Djokovic- tennis, Serbia
(16) Marc Marquez- motorsport, Spain,
(17) Mike Trout- baseball, US
(18) Ronda Rousey- MMA, US
(19) Jordan Spieth- golf, US
(20) Alan Oliveira- para-athletics
Brazil,
(21) Andy Murray- tennis, Scotland
(22) Saul Alvarez, 23, Mexico, boxing
(23) Mikaela Shiffrin- skiing, US
(24) Rory McIlroy- golf, Northern Ireland
(25) Austin Dillon- motorsport, US
(26) Stephen Curry- basketball, US
(27) Sebastian Vettel- motorsport, Germany
(28) Katarina Johnson-Thompson- athletics, England
(29) Anthony Davis- basketball, US, basketball
(30) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain- soccer, England
(31) Victoria Azarenka- tennis, Belarus
(32) Steven Stamkos- Canada, ice hockey, Canada,
(33) Johnny Manziel- football, America
(34) Mami Sato- para-athletics, Japan
(35) Kevin Pietersen- cricket, England
(36) Brittney Griner- basketball, US
(37) James Harden- basketball, US
(38) Fabiana Claudino- volleyball, Brazil
(39) Taylor Phinney- cycling, US
(40) Daniil Kyvat- motorsport, Russia
(41) Sonny Bill Williams- rugby, New Zealand
(42) Sir Ben Ainslie- sailing, England
(43) Gabriel Medina- surfing, Brazil
(44) Julian Green- soccer, US
(45) Masahiro Tanaka- baseball, Japan
(46) Carmelo Anthony- basketball, US
(47) Youxue Mo- athletics, China, athletics
(48) Caroline Wozniacki- tennis, Denmark
(49) Martin Fourcade- biathlon, France
(50) Simona de Silvestro- motorsport, Switzerland

Burglary incident: "I feel empty, no emotions"- Mario Balotelli

Few days back, thieves broke into the house of AC milan star, Mario Balotelli and carted some of his treasured items away; a car (which has been recovered), BB Porsch, gold and watches. The incident happened shortly after he chased a thief who tried to steal his phone down a street. The Italian went out with his brother Enoch and returned home to find his apartment in Limido Comasco burgled.

I feel empty! No emotions … But always fighting for the few people I love. They deserve it.” He wrote on his twitter page.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2014: Top 10 richest people in fashion

Galen and George Weston; owners of Selfridges and Primark are the richest people in fashion; according to Sunday Times Rich List 2014. The couple’s combined fortune is put at £7.3 billion.
Below is the top-ten richest people in fashion list.
Richest People in Fashion:
(1). The Weston Family- £7.3 billion (Selfridges and Primark)
(2.) Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay- £6 billion (Shop direct)
(3.) Sir Philip and Lady Green- £3.88 billion (Arcadia)
(4.) Mike Ashley- £3.75 billion (Sports direct)
(5.) Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek- £2.38 billion (Kering)
(6.) Bernard Lewis and family- £1.25 billion (River Island)
(7.) Stephen Rubin- £1 billion (Pentland)
(8.) John Hargreaves- £1 billion (Matalan)
(9.) Lord Alliance and family- £650 million
(10.) Peter Simon and family, £610 million

This divorce settlement is the most expensive in history.

So much for going their separate ways!
A Russian billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev has been asked by a Swiss Court to pay a “super-whooping” sum of $4.5 billion to his ex-wife, Elena Rybolovleva. I just tried to calculate that in naira and honestly the result is really deceiving me.
Ranked 147th on Forbes list of billionaires and with a fortune of $8.8 billion, Fertilizer king as he’s fondly called also owns French soccer club, AS Monaco. Well, he is expected to make an appeal within 30 days. The couple got married for 27 years, have two daughters, the ex-wife also gets custody of their 13-year-old.
Marc Bonnant, Elena’s lawyer called it “the most expensive divorce in history”. Two other lawyers in the case, Corinne Corminboeuf Harari and Caroline Schumacher, termed it “a complete victory” for her, adding that under Swiss law she’s entitled to half the fortune he made during their marriage.
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