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2014 World Cup: Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana, Avicii and Alexandre Pires record official anthem.

FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment recently announced that the official anthem of the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be recorded by award-winning superstars; Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana Avicii and Alexandre Pires. Titled, “Dar um Jeito (We Will Find A Way)”, the song which will be released this month will be performed by the four artistes at the tournament’s closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on 13 July, 2014.
There are now four official songs for the tournament. The first was recorded by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte; there’s another Super-Song winning track to be recorded by Ricky Martin and the Official Mascot Song which was released in 2012 by Brazilian singer, Arlindo Cruz.
“It is an honour to take part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and have “Dar um Jeito (We Will Find A Way”) selected as the Anthem. Along with my brothers, Wyclef, Avicii and Alexandre Pires, we look forward to performing the song in Rio de Janeiro in July and sharing this message of light and hope on the FIFA World Cup stage.” Carlos Santana stated.
FIFA’s Marketing Director, Thierry Weil also noted that, “It is great to see another impressive group of artistes join the official music programme of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. FIFA and Sony have been working hard in developing an album that brings the sounds of Brazil to life through a variety of creative tracks. Santana, Wyclef, Avicii and Alexandre Pires are true musical icons and I am thrilled they will be part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony.”
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Photos: Ex-Super Eagles players wallop Nollywood stars 4-0 in awareness campaign match.

Forget it! Once a footballer, always a footballer. What were Nollywood stars thinking? That they could beat the African legends? Try harder! Albeit they hung their boots a long time ago, they are still effective.
An awareness campaign match hosted by the Human Rights Commission and aimed at promoting human and civil rights of individuals was held yesterday, Friday 28th March, 2014 at Abuja. The game which was between Nollywood stars and retired Super Eagles player ended in 4-0 in favour of the African legends.
Ex footballers who participated in the match include National team coach, Stephen Keshi; Taribo West, Peter Rufai, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Mutiu Adepoju, Emmanuel Amunike, Austin Eguavoen, Daniel Amokachi, Alloy Agu to mention a few. Nollywood stars Emeka Enyiocha, Okey Bakassi, AY, Zaaki Adzee, M.I, Moses Inwang to mention a few.
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Samuel Eto'o opens up on his relationship with former boss. "Pep Guardiola is a coward, he never had the courage to say things in front of me."

Chelsea striker and former Barcelona player, Samuel Eto’o has opened up on his relationship with his former boss, Pep Guardiola while at the spanish club. The Cameroonian revealed that during the 2008/2009 season, the incumbent Bayern Munich coach spoke to him on few occasions and used other players to communicate more.

“I first of all reminded Guardiola that he’d never been a great player. He was a good player, that’s true. I told him. As a coach, he had proven nothing. He came in and didn’t even know the story of the dressing room. Guardiola has never had the courage to say things in front of me. He passed by the players. Xavi told me they wanted me to stay but I had to talk to Pep. I say “never, if you do not respect me, I do not respect you. There were three occasions when he spoke to me that season.

One was when he wanted me to speak to Yaya Toure, who didn’t want to talk to him either. Another was when he told me how to move like a striker. I told him: “You’re not normal!” The true story is that Pep didn’t respect the things in football.

He shook hands with me when I was at Inter and I played against Barca, but this was just for the cameras and TV. Behind the scenes before the match, he did not greet me.’

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Arsenal Annihilation: Read Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger's post-match comments

The match between Chelsea FC and Arsenal FC which shockingly ended 6-0 few hours ago was Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th game in charge of the club. Sure most Arsenal fans had pictured a beautiful win to commemorate their Manager’s latest milestone in the club. But it turned out to be a disaster, a nightmare an embarrassing defeat on a day the whole Arsenal camp was supposed to be celebrating their iconic boss. The match unofficially ended at the 17th minute, after Chelsea had successfully netted in their 3rd goal. The rest they say is history.
Anyways, did anyone wonder why Jose Mourinho walked away at the 89th minute of the match? The general concensus is, he wanted to avoid a handshake with the Frenchman who he had been at loggerheads with of late (and all the time). But if you ask me, he probably went to have a good laugh somewhere. We know Mourinho, we know what he’s capable of doing.
Anyways, here are both coaches’ post-match comments.
 
 
No one else could blow Jose Mourinho’s trumpet better.
 
“We had 10 amazing minutes and with that you can win the game and show everybody that you won’t give a chance to any opponent. I was so happy with the approach, we came to kill and in 10 minutes we destroyed them. After that first 10 minutes, the job was easy. We pressed them high and well and attacked the space very quickly. We got the result with some numbers which are special for our fans, which makes it even more beautiful. ManCity have everything in their hands, Liverpool have everything in their hands. Nobody plays Champions League from the top four, they have just the Premier League matches to play and we have at least two big Champions League matches to play in between.”
Arsene Wenger on the other hand was devastated and he accepted “full responsibility for the defeat.
“This defeat is my fault, I take full responsibility for it. I don’t think there’s too much need to talk about the mistakes we made. We got a good hiding today. It’s how we respond now on Tuesday night against Swansea and the best way is not to explain too much the mistakes.Yes, of course it’s one of the worst days in my career. It’s over after 20 minutes and it’s a long game after that. You don’t prepare all week to experience that kind of experience.”
 
He also talked on the controversial handball incident that saw Kieran Gibbs mistakenly sent off and a penalty awarded to the Blues.
 
“I believe it was handball but the referee hasn’t seen it. The ball went out and I think it’s Chamberlain who touched the ball. I don’t know who gave indication to the referee that it was handball but he has certainly not seen it. Of course it’s a huge disappointment today but we want to win the next game now.”
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Video: “I’m hoping for a new talent to outshine Messi and Ronaldo". Jay Jay Okocha previews the World Cup.

African football legend, Jay Jay Okocha while speaking as the latest PASS ambassador after meeting with fans in Frankfurt talked about his anticipation of the forth-coming 2014 World Cup. The ex Super Eagles captain has been an ambassador for Western Union as a way to help vulnerable children get the education they deserve.
He gave the fans an exclusive opportunity to be pictured with the UEFA Europa League trophy in a specially designed photo booth. “This time Nigeria will make its people proud at the World Cup” and he is “hoping for a new talent to outshine Messi and Ronaldo in the World Cup.” He affirmed.
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Sad: Rashidi Yekini's sister dies in fatal accident

Such a tragic news! May God comfort the Yekinis! 21 months after Super Eagles forward and football legend, Rashidi Yekini died after a brief illness, his younger sister, Rofiat Yekini has also passed on; Barrister Mohammed Jubril, the Nigeria’s highest goal-scorer of all time’s lawyer confirmed via a statement.

According to him, the mother of three was heading to Offa after a business trip when an 18-seater vehicle she was in rammed into a lorry, leaving three occupants dead and others injured. The accident occurred along Okuku-Osogbo road on Wednesday 27th February 2013 at about 1pm.

May her soul find repose! Amen

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Mikel Obi makes Nollywood debut

Few weeks ago, I posted pictures of CAF award nominees/Nigerian midfielder and top actress, Genevieve Nnaji heading into a private jet in South Africa and I remember I stated that it’s either a TV commercial or they were on set of a high-budget film. Well, it’s a film.

Titled, “The Journey” and sponsored by Amstel Malta, The movie which centres on the challenges and success stories of the two Nigerian superstars will premiere at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards on the 8th of March, 2014.

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