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Ashley Young has warned the naysayers not to write off Manchester United as they attempt to rekindle their Champions League hopes in one of world football’s toughest venues. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men head to Paris Saint-Germain for the second leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday evening trailing 2-0 after a humbling experience at Old Trafford last month in what remains the only defeat they have suffered to date under their interim manager. PSG will run out as hot favourites to progress to the quarter-finals, but 33-year-old Young has advised them to take nothing for granted after seeing his team-mates revive their season since the Norwegian’s arrival. He said: “We know what we’re capable of. People can write us off. People were writing us off at the start of the season and people are writing us off now. It’s no different. “Obviously it’s going to be tough. It’s not going to be easy. We’ve got to go over there, win the ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate at the coming 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that ballot-box snatchers will pay with their lives. Atiku, in a statement on Monday released by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, said Buhari’s statement was incitement to electoral violence and an offence. Nigeria’s former vice president added that the incumbent President’s statement shows that the “retired general” is only showing his true colours and “complete” disregard for the country’s law. The statement read: “We were shocked to hear General Buhari live on national television threatening to kill people for an offence where no such proscription exists under law. The last time we looked the death-penalty was not a sanction of the 2010 election. In fact, threatening people with death in the context of an election is incitement to electoral violence, which ...

The list of the 25 best penalty takers in Europe’s top 5 leagues has a conspicuous absentee as Lionel Messi doesn’t make the cut, with Cristiano Ronaldo barely scraping by as well. Statistics as complied from Transfermarkt show that Lionel Messi is not present in the top 25 most efficient penalty takers in Europe’s top 5 leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga). Cristiano Ronaldo, who has a stellar record from spot kicks, himself weighs in only in the 23rd spot. The list was compiled across all the players from the aforementioned leagues, with the player having to had taken at least 14 penalties across all competitions to qualify being on it. It also only featured players who are currently active. The player topping the list is Algerian attacking midfielder Ryad Boudebouz from Celta Vigo, who has converted 21 penalties out of 21 attempts to give him perfect 100% efficiency. Following him in the second and third spots are Cristhian Stuani o...

A court has ordered the arrest of former Super Eagles star,  Austin Okocha , over tax evasion charges. This was ordered by the Lagos Division of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere. Jay Jay Okocha has repeatedly failed to appear before the court to answer why he allegedly failed to pay his income taxes. Premiumtimes reports that Adedayo Akintoye, the judge, issued the warrant for the arrest of the former Eagles captain on January 29 and thereafter adjourned until February 19. However, on February 19, the prosecution had not effected the arrest forcing the judge to, again, adjourn till April 15 and ordered that the warrant is executed by then.

Manchester United attacking duo Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard could return early from injury to face Liverpool this weekend, according to reports. The pair came off injured in United’s 2-0 home defeat against PSG in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie last Tuesday. United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had predicted his forwards would be sidelined for “two to three weeks”. However, The Mirror report the pair could make swifter returns to the side and play in the crunch clash against Liverpool on Sunday. Martial is sidelined with a groin problem which forced him to be taken off at half-time against PSG. While Lingard suffered a hamstring problem that also saw him miss the second half. Both men will miss tonight’s FA Cup fifth round clash against holders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The injuries could allow out of sorts Alexis Sanchez and out of favour Romelu Lukaku to get a start – while Marcus Rashford could also shift wid...

Between October 2017 and January 2018, and I really can’t believe that was more than a year ago, I did videos looking at the 7 greatest footballers of all time in every position, which culminated in our own HITC Sevens all time 23 man squad and starting XI. Of all those videos, including the final XI, by far the most viewed was the goalkeepers seven. So today we wanted to do a video on the seven best goalkeepers in world football right now, and depending on how many people watch it and what kind of response we get in the comments and on Twitter, we may do a similar format to the one we did over a year ago, going through every position before ending up with our own current world XI. That’s if it’s a roaring success though, today we’re just interested in goalkeepers, who are arguably the most important players on the pitch. To clarify, our seven is based on current ability. That isn’t current form, so we’re not going to discount a ‘keeper who ...

Juliet Ibrahim is beautiful, famous and rich. However, it appears the Ghanaian actress is having challenges finding the right man. Juliet publicly dated rapper, Iceberg Slim before their shocking split last year. However, she hinted she had moved on to another lover. She was even posting suggestive photos hinting he was a romantic. Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer, singer and humanitarian of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in 4 Play. According to the actress, ‘beautiful girls are mostly single because no one ever believes they’re actually single’. However, she seems to be singing a different song as she revealed she is just trying to date in a world full of taken men who pretend to be single. She wrote on her Instagram page recently: “Just a girl trying to date in a world filled with “Single guys” and their secret girlfriends. #AToastToLife #StoryOfMyLife #LO...