Arsenal fan in Malaysia does Arsenal-themed wedding (photos)

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You know your partner really loves you when she lets you do this on her wedding day! A Malaysian Die-hard Arsenal fan last weekend hosted an extravagant Arsenal themed wedding where the dance floor was hilariously replaced by a mini football pitch whilst the couple used the Arsenal emblem on their menu. All the guests at the wedding wore Arsenal jerseys. Lol! See more photos after the cut...

Photos from Super Eagles Moses Simon's traditional wedding

20 year old Super Eagles winger Moses Daddy Ajala Simon had his traditional wedding to Ibukun Sarah Adenuga in Ibadan on Tuesday December 29th. Continue to see more photos...

"I won't coach when I retire, I want to live like a king" - C. Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo says he has no desire to go into coaching when he retires from active football like former teammates Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs. The 30 year old Real Madrid and Portugal star player says he has much more interests outside of football and does not foresee a coaching, management or presidential role when he hangs up his boots.

Photos of Super Eagles players training in SA ahead of CHAN 2016

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have arrived Pretoria, South Africa as the final phase of preparation for the 2016 African Nations Championships in Rwanda begins. They commenced full training yesterday January 3rd. South African football legend Jomo Sono paid the team a surprise visit at their training ground. The team will play two friendly matches against Angola and Cote d’Ivoire on January 6th and 11th. See more photos after the cut...

More photos from Super Eagles player Onazi Ogenyi's wedding

Super Eagles player, Ogenyi Onazi had his court wedding to Sandra Ogunsuyi at the Ikoyi Marriage registry last week Tuesday December 26th. Congrats to them. Continue to see more photos...

Mikel sparkles in Chelsea win

Life is certainly looking better for Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi who put in another stellar perfor-mance for the Cham-pions who ran an away with a 3-0 win against city rivals Crystal Palace yesterday. The 28-year-old Nigeria international played the duration of the game at Selhurst Park and was effective sitting in front of the Chelsea back four.

It   was   Mikel’s   2nd consecutive 90 minutes in the League since Guus Hiddink took charge of the Blues and the once out-of-favour midfielder is finding his confidence back with the Manager who gave him an FA Cup final full appearance and a title back in 2009. ‘ It was a great result for the team, we’ve been training hard and I think the result is becoming evident on the pitch.

‘ We’re not where we should be now in the table but if we keep getting this sort of wins, we will move up and be where we are supposed to be in the table,’ he told Skysports after the game.

Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea: Defending champions get back on track (EPL Round-up)

Chelsea got back to winning ways with an emphatic victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday after hitting three past Crystal Palace. With this 3-0 win, Chealsea recorded their biggest win of the season after Oscar, Willian and Diego Costa delivered the goods with an all round impressive team performance over their London Neighbours.

Photos: Cristiano Ronaldo attends Miami Heats game..

The Real Madrid star fresh from a 10-2 bashing of Rayo Vallecano in the weekend, traveled to Miami to watch the basket ball game between Miami Heats and Detroit Pistons and took some pictures with Heats player Luol Deng. The club even announced his presence to the crowd, saying: "Soccer superstar Ronaldo is in the crowd tonight!" The Portuguese wore a tie and suit jacket alongside a pair of designer jeans and took a few selfies with fans. See more photos after the jump...

Embattled Van Gaal storms out of United press conference

Embattled Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal showed signs of cracking under pressure as he stormed out of a media briefing on Wednesday after becoming annoyed by questions about his future.

Van Gaal has reportedly been given two games to save his job after United’s miserable six-match winless run cost his side their place in the Champions League and saw them drop out of the Premier League’s top four.

Rumours have been rife this week that the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss is about to be sacked and replaced by Jose Mourinho, who was dismissed by Chelsea last Thursday.

Quizzed about the speculation by reporters ahead his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s trip to Stoke, van Gaal quickly became irritated and it was less than five minutes before he decided he had had enough

Refusing to take any more questions, the Dutchman walked out, saying as he passed a table of mince pies and wine that had been laid on for the media: “I wish you a merry Christmas and also maybe a happy new year when I see you.

US investors to buy Everton Football Club for £200 million

A consortium led by two US technology investors is negotiating to buy Everton Football Club for an estimated £200 million (272 million euros, $297 million), The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The report said the group had signed a preliminary agreement with owner and chairman Bill Kenwright and was checking the club’s accounts with the aim of completing a takeover within the next six weeks.

The agreement means the investors have been given time for exclusive talks on the deal. The consortium is led by John J. Moores and Charles Noell, co-founders of venture capital firm JMI Equity. The 71-year-old Moores, who is also the founder of business software firm BMC, bought the San Diego Padres baseball team in 1994 and sold it in 2012.

Sunday Oliseh, Benzema, Petr Cech top Google's 2015 most searched sports personalities

Nigeria's Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh is among the top ten most searched sports personalities by Nigerians in 2015, according to listings released by Google. The search engine annually releases a list of what people were interested in searching for or the trending topics searched by Nigerians every year. Karim Benzema, Petr Cech, Sunday Oliseh and a host of others made the top ten cut. See it after the cut..

Photo: Nigerian referee dies during Fitness test in Ibadan

Nigerian referee Basil Giwa collapsed and died during south west fitness test in Ibadan. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

'My children know they are lucky to have the life they have' - David Beckham

David Beckham feels his children know how lucky they are to have the kind of life they have. The Former Manchester United, Real Madrid, Ac Milan and PSG player is a UNICEF ambassador and recently undertook a task of playing in all 7 continents of the world while returning to Old Trafford in October to stage a charity match for UNICEF.

BREAKING: FIFA Bans Blatter, Platini For Eight Years

A FIFA court on Monday banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years after finding them guilty of abusing their positions over a $2 million payment that was made to the suspended head of European football.

Both were “immediately” banned from all football activity. Blatter, FIFA’s president since 1998, was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,000). Platini was fined 80,000 Swiss francs.

A statement by the court said both showed “abusive execution” of their powers. In the case of Platini, the court said he “failed to act with complete credibility and integrity, showing unawareness of the importance of his duties.”

Mikel Obi, Kanu Nwankwo & Okocha make Africa's top 10 richest footballers of all time

Nigeria's Mikel Obi alongside retired players Jay Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwankwo are among the top 10 highest earning African players of all time according to a study conducted & published by French publication, Footendirect. With a cumulative take-home of $50 million, John Mikel Obi is now the best paid among the current generation of Nigerian players.

According to Footendirect, Mikel who earns about £75,000 per week at Chelsea has a total earnings estimate of $50m while Kanu Nwankwo and Jay Jay Okocha who have since retired made $100m and $150m respectively from their career. See the full list after the jump.

England to clash with Wales at Euro 2016

The Euro 2016 draw on Saturday pitted England against Wales and Germany against Poland in the two toughest groups.

The British nations will clash in Group B while World Cup winners Germany head Group C.

Defending champions Spain will have to take on Czech Republic in Group D, while hosts France will start the tournament on June 10 against Group A opponents Romania.

The final is on July 10 at the Stade de France in Paris.

Nigeria gets Africa’s first football pitch lit by players

Africa’s first football pitch lit solely by the players’ movements has been inaugurated in Lagos, the economic hub of power-starved Nigeria, at a ceremony attended by US-Senegalese rapper Akon.

The technology, invented by a young British engineer, consists of placing electronic tiles under the artificial turf, which is converted into power by kinetic energy.

Each time a player steps on a tile, seven watts of electricity are generated and sent to a battery.

The stored power helps to feed six powerful but low consumption LED floodlights that shine on the pitch. Solar panels around the pitch complement the technology, stocking electricity throughout the day.

The system has already been installed at a football pitch in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, in football-mad Brazil, which hosted the 2014 World Cup.

“It’s brilliant,” said Kusagba Oluwadamilola, an 18-year-old sports student, who plays for the football team at the Federal College of Education (Technical), where the pitch has been set up.

“It’s going to be really useful. Until now we couldn’t play at night,” he told AFP.

The man behind the technology, Laurence Kemball-Cook, 30, launched his own company, Pavegen, four years ago.

Since then, the invention has been installed in 150 locations across the globe from parks and airports to shops and even dance floors.

Photos: Sports Minister pays unscheduled visit to Abuja stadium, discovers serious wastage

Minister of Sport, Solomon Dalung paid an unscheduled visit to the Abuja stadium earlier today where he discovered equipment worth more than N270m, imported 16 months ago had been lying unused in storage at the stadium. They were left in the cartons and cases in which they were supplied by three different contractors few years ago. A check on the equipment showed that the warranty expires 2 years after importation and they've already spent 16 months in the casing in storage. See more photos after the cut...

Chelsea loses to Bournemouth at home & Twitter refuses to chill..lol

It was meant to be the end. End to talk about Mourinho being sacked, end to in-house problems between Mourinho and his players. After all they had won their last two matches against Norwich and Maccabi Tel Aviv. But now at home, the blues' London bridge fell down. 

Whilst they may not win the Premier League, a top four finish did not look out the question prior to this match. But, Bournemouth played very well at Stamford Bridge. Artur Boruc made some key saves and once again Chelsea looked toothless up front and social media went nuts. Mind you,  Bournemouth is just coming from the championship. See the funny tweets after the jump... lol!

Nigeria Vs Algeria CAF U23 Championship Saturday 5 December 2015

CAF U23 Championship

Nigeria v Algeria 

Date: Saturday 5 December 2015

venue: Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor Dakar

Time: 6pm (Nigerian time)