Nigeria to play Ethiopia in final round The Super Eagles will have the onerous task of facing the Walya Antelopes in the play-off on the road to Brazil 2014 Sep 16, 2013 11:20:00 AM Nigeria Team

Nigeria have been drawn to face Ethiopiain the play-off for Brazil
2014 World Cup on Monday.
The first leg matches will be played between October 11-15 while the
second leg will be played between 15-19 November.
The Super Eagles will travel to Addis Ababa for the first leg while
the return leg will be played in Nigeria in November.
Other draws made on in Cairo will see Cote D'Ivoire face Senegal while
Ghana will face Egypt and Tunisia are drawn against Cameroon. The last
draw will see Burkina Faso play against Algeria.
The matches will be played on a knockout basis with the winning five
teams going on to represent Africa in Brazil
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Cristiano Ronaldo salary

Cristiano Ronaldo salary
Football fans around the World usually ask how much doesCristiano
Ronaldoearn from hissalary. We collected and researched some data on
this matter and provided you with all the informations and stats
below.
Last update: September 15, 2013.
Current Cristiano Ronaldo monthly salary in 2013-2014:
1.41 Million Euros= €1.416.666 (EUR) ~ $1.880.000 (USD) ~ £1.190.000 (GBP)
Current Cristiano Ronaldo annual salary in 2013-2014:
17 Million Euros= 17.000.000€ (EUR) ~ $22.620.000 (USD) ~ £14.250.000 (GBP)
Exchange rates (spot rate on Sep 15, 2013): EUR/USD = 1.33, EUR/GBB = 0.84
Source: financenews24.com
On September 15 of 2013,Cristiano Ronaldosigned anew contractwithReal
Madrid, which will link him with the club until 2018. The deal
extended his previous 2009contractfor 3 more years, since it was set
to expire on 2015. Under this new contract,Cristiano Ronaldo new
salarywas set at17 million euros(net) per season/year and instantly
made ofRonaldothehighest paid footballerin Spain (Lionel Messi most
recent contractallows him to earn 16 million euros and he's currently
number 2 on that list).
After having signed withReal Madridin 2009,Cristiano Ronaldobecame one
of the highest paid soccer players in the World, with a transfer
buyout clause of 1 billion euros (release clause). We researched on
several publications regarding football players wages and overall
earnings (including sponsorships deals). The data is unequivocal
asCristiano Ronaldois clearly one of the richest football players in
the World.
According to a Portuguese source named "Futebol Finance", who
publishes a list of the highest paid football players every
year,Cristiano Ronaldowas ranked #1 in 2011, with amonthly salaryof 1
million euros (1.000.000 euros ~ 1.430.000 US dollars ~ 882.000
British pounds). In terms of monthly salaries, thePortugueseplayer is
followed by Barcelona'sLionel Messi("La Pulga") who earns amonthly
salaryof 875.000 euros (~ 1.251.000 US dollars ~ 772.000 British
pounds) and Chelsea'sFernando Torres("El Niño") who gets amonthly
salaryof 833.000 euros (~ 1.191.000 US dollars ~ 735.000 British
pounds). AnotherReal Madridplayer who makes it to the top 10 list
isKaká, FIFA Player of The Year in 2007, who is currently ranked 6th,
with a monthlysalaryclose to 750.000 euros (~ 1.073.000 US dollars ~
662.000 British pounds).
* Exchange rates used for conversion: EUR/USD = 1.430 ; EUR/GBP = 0.882
As you may see below, Barcelona is the only club in the World which
puts 5 players in the top 20 highest paid football players list. If we
sum those 5 players wages (Lionel Messi,Xavi,Andres Iniesta,David
VillaandDaniel Alves), we notice that Barcelona is spending around
3.250.000 euros monthly (3 million and 250 million euros ~ 4.647.500
US Dollars ~ 2.867.000 British pounds), in wages for those 5 key
players. That's an interesting curiosity as there seems to be a myth
that the big spenders are always Real Madrid, Chelsea or Manchester
City, but it turns out to be that Barcelona is actually leading in the
aggregated analysis, when considering exclusively the top 20 list.

Mourinho baffled by defeat

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was left baffled by his side's failure
to make their dominance count as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat to
Everton at Goodison Park.
The Stamford Bridge side had missed a host of chances, with Samuel
Eto'o and Andre Schurrle particularly culpable, when Steven Naismith
headed home the only goal of the game in the 45th minute.
Chelsea pushed Everton back for the vast majority of the second period
but could not find a way beyond Tim Howard, despite their possession
and the opportunities they created.
Mourinho told Sky Sports: "I don't know if I have to say we didn't
deserve to lose, or if I should say we deserved to lose.
"We didn't deserve it (to lose) because we were the best team, because
we play the best football, because we dominate the whole game, because
we had 21 shots, because we risk everything we could...
"In that sense it is fair to say we deserved to win the game.
"But the other way, a team that has 21 shots, some of them easy shots
and easy situations to score and we don't score and we have a mistake
in the last minute of the first half...
"Maybe with that I should say we deserve to lose."
Mourinho would not pin the blame on Eto'o, who was making his Premier
League debut following his summer switch from Anzhi Makhachkala.
"It was not just him. I think Schurrle has missed three big chances to
score, other players also had chances, but I don't like to be
critical," he added.
"I prefer to analyse the game with the two perspectives I told you before."
And the Blues boss refused to be drawn on Chelsea's penalty appeal in
the second half when Oscar went down following a challenge from
Sylvain Distin and Leon Osman.
He said: "If I comment I am punished, if I comment I am criticised, so
I prefer not to comment."

Ronaldo extends Real deal

Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed an extension to his contract with Real
Madrid, the La Liga giants have confirmed.
The Portugal forward will appear alongside Real president Florentino
Perez at a press conference later today at the Santiago Bernabeu,
where details of Ronaldo's new deal are expected to be announced.
Reports in the Spanish media suggest that the former Manchester United
ace has agreed terms on a new three-year extension to his deal, which
would commit him to the club until the summer of 2018.
It has also been reported that Ronaldo's salary has been increased to
around 17m euros per year.
The 28-year-old had been linked with a move away from the Bernabeu
following the arrival of Gareth Bale during the summer transfer
window.
The 100m-euro fee Real paid to Tottenham for the Wales winger eclipsed
the previous world-record of 94m euros they splashed out to lure
Ronaldo away from Manchester United in 2009.
Ronaldo has scored a remarkable 203 goals in 203 appearances for the
Spaniards, helping them secure the King's Cup in 2011 and the La Liga
title in the 2011/12 season.
Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Guillem Balague says that Ronaldo
had agreed the extension in the summer, but wanted to wait before
signing the deal.
When asked if the deal was a reaction to Real's world record signing
of Bale, Balague told Sky Sports News: "Not exactly.
"He will renew his contract until 2018 and he will be the best-paid
player in Spain, above Messi, on €17m (£14.2m) net, so we are entering
a new phase of wage structures here.
"Obviously, there were one or two things that Cristiano Ronaldo had to
make sure before he actually signed the contract, a contract that was
agreed in the summer around mid-July.
"Florentino Perez said in L'Equipe that Ronaldo was going to stay at
Real Madrid forever and he knew it because everything had been agreed,
just not signed.
"Ronaldo wanted to see two things. No.1, the submission of the club to
him in the sense that he wanted to feel as important as possible as
the No.1, and I think he's felt that in the last few months.
"No.2, he wanted to see Bale coming and if he was going to earn more
money than him, and if Real Madrid were going to pay more money for
Bale than they paid for Cristiano.
"Well, Bale will earn less than €17m for sure, but this is where it
gets funny as Real have always said they paid €91m for Bale, which is
less than the €96m they paid for Cristiano, but in fact they paid
€101m, so they were trying to twist the truth a little so that
Cristiano didn't get upset."

"we were a bit lucky"Wenger Admit after 3 - 1 over Sunderland

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, has admitted that his team were probably
lucky to have defeated Sunderland 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.
The Gunners took the lead in the 11th minute, after debutant Mesut
Ozil slipped in a fine pass for Olivier Giroud to score. Sunderland
equalised through Craig Gardener, before Aaron Ramsey grabbed a brace
to settle matters.
However, Martin Atkinson disallowed a Jozy Altidore's goal, shortly
before Ramsey wrapped up the win.
Wenger said: "We were a bit lucky at 2-1 maybe, but we found the
mental resources to win.
"It could have been a foul for us as well because Altidore took Sagna
as well but the referee blew before the goal, I was sure of that
because I saw him."

EX-ONDO GOVERNOR IS DEAD, OLUSEGUN AGAGU

by kentob
There are unconfirmed reports that the former governor of Ondo State,
Olusegun Agagu is dead.
Dr. Agagureportedly slumped on Friday evening in Oyo but could not be revived.
The former Governor's death was confirmed by Ayo Fadaka, the Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State. He was 65.
Dr. Olusegun Agagu, an erudite scholar, was born on 16th February
,1948. He was governor of Ondo State from 29 May, 2003 until February,
2009.
Agagu attended the University of Texas between 1973 and 1974 for his
Masters degree in Geology. He later returned to Nigeria where he
obtained a Ph.D degree in Petroleum Geology from the University of
Ibadan in 1978.
Details of his death could not be ascertained as at press time but we
shall bring you more as soon as we get them.
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J. Martins Blasts Wizkid Over “Broke” Fan Comment (You have no business in music)

J.martins in a recent interview on Hot Fm 98.3 Abuja reacted to
Wizkid's outburst after he (Wizkid) was told by a fan he needed to go
back to school for his poor use of tenses. Wizkid had lashed back
calling the writer a 'broke fan'.
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J Martins on the show said 'I'm not taking any side, don't mean no
beef, no disrespect, and no hate but let the truth be told. I don't
believe because you feel you have a few change you didn't have a few
years ago and which you cannot guarantee having in a few years to come
then you wake up and look at those people who have cheered you up,
loved you, supported your music, bought your CD's, prayed for you,
just because you can lay your hands on some phone and you call them
'poor'. Am not in and will never be in support of anyone who has such
bad attitude.
"It needs to be corrected, we owe our fans the duty of being good
examples that's why they hold us in high esteem, that's why you are a
role model and if you know you cannot be a good role model you have no
business in Music. You don't know if it's that person that might help
you tomorrow, whoever does that should be checked.
"You have to decide why you are in the music industry. If you know you
cannot be a role model then you have no business being there"
Wizkid had written "Broke people always think they have an opinion" to
a fan on his instagram page, after erroneously typing 'i have an
hangover' just as he was about to perform at a wedding ceremony,
leading to this fan to reply 'you see why you have to go back to
school'
Wizkid had been immediately immersed in retaliatory tweets from angry
fans as soon the instagram exchange went viral. J.Martins is the first
celebrity to make his comments on the issue.
Source: Vanguard