“I feel like my body is finally healed up from the (back) surgery from last year. “You know, they say it takes you about four-to-six months to get back, but I’ve heard a lot of guys on tour who have had the surgery and other athletes say it takes over a year to get back.

“How can you not appreciate Iker?” Xavi added. “For me he is the most decisive goalkeeper in history.” Casillas, 34, announced his decision to leave for Portuguese side FC Porto after 25 years with his boyhood club in a tearful solitary press conference on Sunday, following a brief statement by Real Madrid.

“I was just trying to make the cut on Friday, and hopefully something was going my way. I think it all changed around with the eagle on the first when I turned, and played pretty decent from there on in, making the cut.

THE tragedy of our socio-political reality is that clowns and pretenders now see themselves as the new agents of history. This sad commentary is further exacerbated by our convoluted socio economic quagmire which affords these persons and visionless lackeys the opportunity to pontificate and perhaps enjoy a joke or two at our expense.

MAVIN First Lady and the Star boy have both renewed their ambassadorial contract with premium soft drink brand Pepsi.

Nigeria’s screen diva Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and the nation’s king of comedy, Ali Baba will be honoured at the Prestigious African Achievers Awards, AAA, which is scheduled to hold in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 25, 2015.

He calls himself 50 Cent, but the hip-hop mogul says he may not be worth even that.
The rapper known for the album and movie “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” filed for bankruptcy protection Monday as he faced a hefty payout in a lawsuit related to a sex tape.

THE seeming insensitivity being shown by the President Muhammadu Buhari over the unconstitutional appointment of Amina Zakari is too early an indication of impunity, for a popularly elected government that promised to stop impunity in the conduct of the affairs of state.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja urged the newly appointed Service Chiefs to help him rebuild the reputation of the Armed Forces and the nation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a nuclear deal concluded between major powers and Iran on Tuesday was “a historic mistake for the world.”

The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced Tuesday it had dismissed the Italian Fabio Capello as the head coach of the country’s national team.

The head of the UN atomic watchdog said Tuesday that he has signed with Iran a “roadmap” for probing suspected efforts to develop nuclear weapons, a key part of an overall accord with major powers

Curtis Jackson, better known as rapper 50 Cent, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Who says an Ebola vaccine has to be injected? Certainly not.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston have discovered an inhalable vaccine that can protect rhesus macaque monkeys against severe illness and death when they were exposed to the Ebola virus.

President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday said that his government will not totally discard the amnesty programme for Niger-Delta region but will build on the good aspects of the Programme.