Manchester United draw Rostov in Europa League last 16

Manchester United have been drawn against Russian club Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League.
Jose Mourinho's men reached the knockout stage with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Saint-Etienne, having finished runners up in their group, and they are the only Premier League club remaining in the competition after Tottenham were eliminated on Thursday.
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Lionel Messi wins 2015 Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d'Or ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at Monday's ceremony in Zurich.

Messi received 41.33 per cent of the votes, with Ronaldo (27.76%) in second place and Neymar (7.86%) third.

How Barcelona hired and fired player on the same day over old tweets

In a shocking twist of fate,a soccer player's old tweets came back to haunt him when Spanish champions Barcelona hired and fired him on the same day.
Spanish national daily sport newspaper Marca reports that Sergi Guardiola, 24, made the dream move Monday from AD Alcorcon to the Catalan club's B side which is renowned for cultivating future international stars .
But tweets posted from his account during the 2013 El Clásico clash between Barcelona and arch rivals Real Madrid were soon dug up..
They included insults to his new team, its star player Lionel Messi and the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain as a whole.The tweets read

Forbes releases list of 10 Most Valuable Athletes: Cristiano Ronaldo in, Lionel Messi doesn't even make Top 10.

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is no longer among the top 10 most valuable athletes in the world, according to American finance publication Forbes.

Messi previously occupied ninth position in 2014 with an estimated worth of $12 million - a drop of one million from the previous year - but does not feature at all in the athletes' top 10 for 2015.

Rory McIlroy and Floyd Mayweather Jr instead enter the top 10 with the undefeated boxing champion having signed several lucrative endorsements before his July fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Memphis jersey biggest seller in Premier League

Memphis Depay‘s name has been printed on more Premier League jerseys than anybody else
According to Kitbag.com, the Manchester United winger is the biggest climber on their top 10 list and fans have flocked to have “Memphis” printed on the back of their United jerseys.
The Dutch winger, 21, has had an up-and-down start to life at Old Trafford but that is not detracting fans from having Memphis, the name he prefers, emblazoned on the back of their shirts. Folks from an unnamed city in Tennessee, have you been buying lots of jerseys on the internet? No doubt the number of United fans in that region has sky-rocketed in the last few months. No doubt.

Messi to face two years in prison over tax evasion

Messi and his father have been suspected by a Spanish court of evading taxes worth up to 4 million euros, a crime that could result in 2 years of prison for the football super star.

Cristiano Ronaldo Isn't The Greatest Player Alive, And That's Insane

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo won Europe’s Golden Shoe yesterday, which recognizes the top scorer across the continent’s top five leagues. It’s the fourth time he’s won the award, and it comes after last season, when he scored 48 goals in 35 La Liga games. No one else in the history of the award has won it four times. Ronaldo said he wants to win it twice more. The Portuguese forward is 30, coming off his best domestic campaign ever, and is seemingly indestructible, and so there’s really no reason why he won’t.

There are a lot of athletes in the world out there doing hilarious, seemingly unachievable things that would be literally unbelievable if there weren’t things like cameras and satellites and optical fiber and the like, with which to beam photographic evidence to televisions and laptops and cell phones and so on. Ronaldo is one of the two most famous athletes in the world along with his rival, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Millions and millions and millions of people watch him every week. Still, Ronaldo does literally unbelievable things.

Liverpool sack Rodgers

The 42-year-old, who joined Anfield in 2012, nearly guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in his second season at the club but eventually finished two points behind champions Manchester City.

Luis Suarez's departure and Daniel Sturridge's injury problems contributed to Liverpool's inconsistent form as they finished in sixth place last term, while Rodgers has now left Anfield with the team registering just three wins from their opening eight games.

Jurgen Klopp, who left Borussia Dortmund at the end of last season, is the early front runner to replace Rodgers, while Carlo Ancelotti is also being considered

Pedro is set for chelsea Medicals

Manchester united target Pedro will undergo Medical at Chelsea today or tomorrow as sources claim
The 28 years old was hijacked by Chelsea after been advised not to join man united by
Fabregas and wife's plot Pedro is set to be unveiled after he passes his medicals at Chelsea. 
Chelsea are yet to win a game this season after a hard kick with Swansea which ended 2-2 and  another trailing defeat from their enemy Man city , Chelsea are looking to tightening their squad before the end of the transfer market September 1st.

Louis van Gaal wanted to 'kiss' Memphis Depay after Man Utd win

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said he felt like kissing Memphis Depay after seeing him hit a double in a 3-1 Champions League play-off win at home to Club Brugge.

Memphis was brilliant last night against club brugge, hitting twice to score two astonishing finish, after club brugge took the lead from an own-goal from mid-fielder Michael Carrick.
United were in control from beginning to end , they created lots of chances, Depay missed a one on one finish from a one touch from Wayne Rooney, and united had to bring in chicarito to help bring the goal they wanted. it was fellaini's last header that got man united the delight and all three points, and an edge to second leg tie.

No more tears as 5 years old was made to meet his favorite player..Robin van persie

A video went viral on twitter and other social medias, about a 5 years old kid who is said to be Robin van persie's fan.
The little kid cried because van persie was leaving Manchester united for fernabache,
he thought he'd never see his favorite football star again.
But tears turned joy when fernabache arranged money and brought the kid to a live match in Greece where he watched his favorite star.. 

SPORTS-Djokovic beats Federer in 4 sets for 3rd Wimbledon title

LONDON (AP) -- Novak Djokovic got the better of Roger Federer at Wimbledon again.
The defending champion outplayed Federer in four sets Sunday to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam championship, cementing his status as the dominant player in the game.
In a repeat of last year's final, won by Djokovic in five sets, the top-ranked Serb overcame the loss of seven set points in the second set and pulled away to beat the seven-time champion 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3.

NFF confirms Oliseh as Super Eagles Coach, approves Dutch assistant

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh will coach the Super Eagles with a team that will include a Dutch as an assistant.

A manager close to Oliseh in Europe, who has full knowledge of the talks between the NFF and Oliseh in London, confirmed to The PUNCH on Wednesday that the former Eagles captain had accepted the job offer and would work with an assistant from Europe.

He said,

Keshi Begs Nigerians To Leave Him Alone

Lol, sacked Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has come out to beg Nigerians to leave him alone after he was sacked over the weekend. Shortly after Keshi’s sack a lot of Nigerians have been condemning the former coach saying he deserves it while some said he was sacked based on the politics playing out at NFF. Whichever way you think, Keshi just wants all football fans to leave him alone and let him have a peaceful time with his family in America. Here’s how he begged for peace;

“Please, I want Nigerians to leave me alone and allow me spend time with my family. The only thing on my mind now is to be with my family and I don’t want to be bothered with any matter associated with the Super Eagles.

FIFA hands Falcons defender Njoku 3-match ban

Super Falcons defender Ugo Njoku, has been handed a three-match suspension by FIFA for dangerous play.
The player was also handed a CHF 3,000 fine, after she was found guilty of breaching Article. 48 par. 1 d) of the FIFA disciplinary code.
FIFA disciplinary committee reached the decision, after reviewing an elbow incident, involving Njoku during the match between Australia and Nigeria, at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup

The 20 highest-paid athletes in the world

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxing): $300 million
2. Manny Pacquiao (boxing): $160 million
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer): $79.6 million

Cristiano Ronaldo's mother is detained at the Madrid airport with €55,000

Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother took a page from Mario Balotelli’s handbook (something nobody should ever do) when she was caught carrying €55,000 at the Barajas Airport in Madrid.

WE WILL CRUSH JUVENTUS - BARCELONA

With messi,suarez and neymar fully fit, Barcelona believe they can contain juventus threats, and crush juventus.
the match will be a cracker, but when you have an extra ordinary genius like Messi everything is possible for Barcelona. whoever wins..makes a treble for the season..

DIDIER DROGBA ENDS CAREER WITH CHELSEA FC

Didier DROGBA ended his chelsea career today, he was later substituted by Diego costa, who came up to score an equalizer against struggling Sunderland.

PHILANTHROPISM; Nepal earthquake, Cristiano Ronaldo donates £5million to the humanitarian cause

The Real Madrid star man donated a huge sum of money to help people suffering from the aftermath of the Nepal Earthquake
Cristiano Ronaldo has donated €7million (£5million) to the Nepal earthquake relief fund.