FOOTBALL: 18yr old Man U. hero Marcus Rashford to get new salary increase from £500 to £15,000 per week

Marcus Rashford, Manchester United's star of the moment, who on his first match for the club, scored two goals in a must win Europa league clash and has scored important goals against Arsenal and Man-city while still going for his Chemistry and Biology exams in between training, is now set to receive a new contract worth £15,000 per week.

The boy who has been playing for Man U since he was 10, is currently on a meagre £500 per week salary despite scoring 5 goals in just 8 appearances, a good record seeing that just over a month ago he was playing for the club's academy and wouldn't have played if not for injury to Wayne Rooney.According to The Sun, Rashford could now put pen to paper on his new deal in the coming weeks as United bid to ease the growing hype around their young sensation.

The new deal would mean that the 18-year-old would earn over 30 times his current wage. Rashford's performances also mean that he has enjoyed a better start to his career than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney, no wonder the immense hype towards this talented player.

FOOTBALL: Manchester United FC worth $1billion less than when Louis van Gaal took over

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal took over management reins at the club in the summer of 2014, after leading Holland to third place at the World Cup. Since he joined Man U, the club's share price has dropped by $6.25. It went from $19.58 to $13.33, on the close of the New York Stock Exchange on March 23 2016. Over the same period, the US stock market has risen by 3 percent.

"Football clubs typically don’t present a particularly attractive investment proposition because their revenues are lumpy, and their employees are rather expensive," said stock market analyst Laith Khalaf.

"Mistakes on the pitch can be costly for shareholders too – in 2015 Manchester United’s broadcast revenues dropped by £30 million as it failed to qualify for the Champions League in that season. So far this year things seem to be picking up with a bounce in revenues, but if the club fails to qualify for the Champions League this season, next year could be a fallow one for investors."

Suspect comments on his own wanted poster asking why he's top of the list, "Wtf? Man y'all doing too much"

This is so hilarious! A suspect wanted by the police in connection with a possible offence trolled them on Facebook asking why he is top of the list. Lol. According to the UK Mirror, Roderick Hill wanted to know why his face was on top of the police's wanted list. 

 

The Linden Police Department police posted on March 20: "Roderick Hill of Linden and Mobile is wanted for Attempting to Elude, considered armed. Anyone caught helping him will be charged with Hindering Prosecution."

Hill replied in the comment section a day later, saying: "Wtf?? Man y'all doing too much... it's murderers out here and y'all worried bout lil ol' me? Wow...sad," 

 

Explaining further, he later added: "And it was not a high-speed chase I ran on foot so it's not even a felony"

When someone asked what his supposed offence was, Hill explained:

"I ran from them... I've never been caught or charged with a gun never robbed. So how is it fair to label me armed over a traffic offence."

He further explained, "And it was not a high-speed chase I ran on foot so it's not even a felony..."

A Facebook user pointed out that he should probably turn off his location on his phone.

"Bruh all I can say is to turn your location off on your phone."

SOURCE:LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM

FOOTBALL: Adam Johnson sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

Ex-Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison for having sexual relations with a 15 year old girl.
Judge Jonathan Rose, upon pronouncing judgement told Johnson: “All of this is entirely your own responsibility and fault."

The judge said the victim had been a Sunderland fan who would wait after matches to take pictures of her “favourite player”, Johnson, who had known her age.

“That was known to you - to put it another way she had only just turned 15 when you began grooming her, because as you were to admit you found her sexually attractive. You continued in your grooming of this girl even after you were engaged in sexual activity with her. You wanted no-one to know that you and she were exchanging messages. You asked her to find a place to meet that was private and secluded so no-one would see you in her company. You made a deliberate decision to engage in sexual activity with this young girl, no doubt in the expectation that you would get away with it. Your future as a professional footballer must be in doubt.”

FOOTBALL: Mikel Obi is the new Super Eagles' Captain

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

UK: Two students convicted of plotting terror attack in London...

The foiled attack targeted the Shepherds Bush Police Station and the Parachute Regiment Territorial Army Center in White City, in west London.

"They were planning to target police or military personnel before escaping on a moped, but members of the public also could have been victims had their plans not been thwarted," Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, said.

Majeed, Hamlet and Cuffy were arrested in September 2014 while Hassane was studying in Sudan. He was arrested a month later on his return to the UK.

Authorities said they seized five guns along with ammunition after they arrested the men. They also uncovered many graphic images of beheadings and material in support of ISIS.

A date for sentencing is yet to be set.

source:cnn

R.I.P: Johan Cruyff passes away AT 68

Netherlands and Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff has died aged 68 after a battle with cancer.
The former Ajax and Barcelona star had previously announced a period of ill-health in October 2015, indicating that he was set to undergo open heart surgey. 
And a statement on Cruyff's website on Thursday announced that the 68-year-old had died. 
"On March 24 2016 Johan Cruyff (68) died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer," the statement read.  
"It’s with great sadness that we ask you to respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief."
Cruyff initially made his name with Ajax, winning eight Eredivisie titles with the club over two spells and instituting a footballing philisophy that came to be known as 'Total Footall'. 

Alongside coach Rinus Michels, Cruyff also reached the 1974 World Cup final with a Netherlands side that many regard as the nation's greatest of all time. 
Following his first spell at Ajax, Dutch attacker then moved on to Barcelona in 1973, winning the league and cup during his time at the club, before moving to the United States and eventually back to Ajax. 
After his playing career, Cruyff continued in the game, leading Ajax but then establishing his true credentials as a coach at Barcelona, winning four league titles, a European Cup Winners' Cup and the Uefa Champions League from 1988-1996. 

But Cruyff's influence was not limited to his immediate achievments as a player and coach, many credit the Dutch legend with instituing the tiki-take style that Barcelona have become famous for, reinventing the club's youth system that eventually produced the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi. 

SOURCE: GOAL.COM

SANTA CLAUS: Retired talk show host David Letterman's getting his Santa's look on...

 It's been only 10 months since the late-night host did his farewell show on CBS, but he already looks quite ... different.

New photos of Letterman jogging on the Caribbean island of St. Barts show a bald, heavily bearded guy who's almost unrecognizable as the gap-toothed jester who spent 33 years smirking at guests on national TV. More than one commenter has noted his sudden resemblance to a certain red-suited Christmas icon. See new look after the cut

Letterman, 68, has kept mostly a low profile since retiring in May 2015. He made a cameo at the Indy 500, attended Michael J. Fox's benefit to fight Parkinson's disease in New York in November and then showed up a few weeks later for an onstage chat at his alma mater, Ball State.

Once active on Twitter, he hasn't tweeted since last July, when he made a surprise appearance at a San Antonio, Texas, show by fellow comedians Martin Short and Steve Martin. Letterman read aloud a special Top 10 list about Donald Trump (No. 10: "That thing on his head was the gopher in 'Caddyshack.'") and joked that in retiring only weeks before Trump entered the presidential race he had "made the biggest mistake of my life."

Letterman has appeared in public before with his silver, increasingly bushy beard. But the chrome dome is a more recent look.

Judging by the new photos, retirement may be agreeing with the notoriously cranky host, though. As people noted on Twitter, he looks happy.

source: cnn

NIGERIA: Apply death sentence on politicians who kidnap govt money- Ben Murray- Bruce

Ladies & Gentlemen, Ben Murray-Bruce. #commonsense

FOOTBALL: Uefa says no plans to play Euro 2016 games behind closed doors

Uefa insists there are "no plans to play matches at Euro 2016 behind closed doors" following the terror attack on Brussels on Tuesday, but European football's governing body added it is "working on contingency plans and on multiple scenarios around crisis situations".

The issue of matches being played without supporters in France was raised by Uefa's own executive committee vice-chairman Giancarlo Abete following the atrocities in the Belgian capital which killed 34 people and injured over a hundred more.

The Italian told Radio 24: "Euro 2016 is the kind of event we can't delay or postpone.

"We can't exclude the possibility of playing behind closed doors as we cannot exclude terrorism. If we talked about potentially cancellable games such as a friendly or a competitive match that could be moved to another date, obviously this would not be the case."

Uefa denies closed-doors matches are on the agenda, but confirmed it had retrained its focus on safety and security following recent events.

A statement read: "We are confident that all security measures will be in place for a safe and festive Euro and therefore there are no plans to play matches behind closed doors. 

"However, we are nevertheless working on contingency plans and on multiple scenarios around crisis situations since we take the security of all participants [players, fans, etc] very seriously."

The Euro 2016 final is scheduled for July 10 at the Stade de France, one of the venues targeted by terrorists in the Paris attacks in November 2015 on the night of France's game against world champions Germany.

Over 130 people were killed in a coordinated attack across the French capital with Germany's game against Netherlands in Hannover cancelled three days later over fears of further terrorist activity.

Those events, plus the situation in Brussels, are what prompted Abete to suggest there could be a shift in policy regarding the European Championship.

He added on Tuesday: "We are talking about events which have already had a negative impact on the Euros because the perception of risk is already there and there is less excitement about getting involved from those who wanted to join in a joyous mood.

"But we are talking about games which are staged for June, whereas today we are going through a very urgent emergency."

SOURCE: GOAL.COM