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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Beverly Naya's advice to single ladies


Nigerian actress, Beverly Naya is a screen diva who delivers her roles convincingly. She made a name for herself alongside Majid Michel when the duo emerged joint winners in the Best Kiss in a Movie at the 2014 edition of BON awards. The graduate of psychology and sociology from Brunnel University recently took to her Twitter page to advice single ladies on letting God choose for them. “Why do I always choose the wrong men? That’s part of the problem ladies. We are always choosing. Sometimes let go and let God choose”.
Beverly Naya in the past has been romantically linked with Uti Nwachukwu, which has denied vehemently.

England, perpetual under achievers, disgrace by tiny Iceland!




England were dealt a humiliating 2-1 defeat by minnows Iceland on Monday as Roy Hodgson's side crashed out of Euro 2016 in one of the most stunning upsets in the history of the game.
Ragnar Sigurdsson cancelled out Wayne Rooney's fourth-minute opener before Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's tame shot squirmed past England goalkeeper Joe Hart for an 18th-minute winner.
Three days on from Britain's vote to leave the European Union, England followed the country's lead by exiting Europe, their quest for a first title since the 1966 World Cup doomed to continue.
It ranked alongside their 1-0 loss to the part-timers of the United States at the 1950 World Cup and sent Iceland, appearing at their first major tournament, into a glamour quarter-final with hosts France.
England manager Roy Hodgson is now almost certain to lose his job, with Football Association chairman Greg Dyke having said recently that the team would have to "do well" in France for him to be offered a new contract.
Ironically, Hodgson's fate was sealed by his former protege Lars Lagerback -- Iceland's joint coach alongside Heimir Hallgrimsson -- who began his coaching career under the Englishman's tutelage in Sweden in the late 1970s.
As expected, Hodgson made six changes to his starting XI at a muggy Stade de Nice, which included a recall for Raheem Sterling.
The Manchester City forward was criticised for some insipid group-stage displays, but he made an excellent start, racing onto Daniel Sturridge's fine pass and drawing a foul from Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson.
Rooney planted the penalty into the bottom-left corner to crown his 115th England appearance -- which tied David Beckham's record for an outfield player -- with a 53rd international goal.
- Attacking changes -
Remarkably, his side's lead was to last only 34 seconds.
Hodgson had warned of the dangers of Aron Gunnarsson's long throw-ins prior to the game, but from the Iceland captain's right-wing missile, Kari Arnason headed the ball on and Sigurdsson charged in behind a dosing Kyle Walker to volley home from close range.
It drew a roar from the blue-shirted fans in the Iceland end and after Dele Alli and Harry Kane had fired narrowly over for England, they were screaming with disbelief in the 18th minute.
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson worked the ball to Sigthorsson and with England's defenders standing off, the Nantes striker rolled a shot goal-wards that Hart could only palm into his bottom-left corner.
Having also allowed a Gareth Bale free-kick to squirm past him in the 2-1 win over Wales, it was the City goalkeeper's second major blunder of the tournament.
Kane threatened to provide an immediate riposte with a stinging volley that was brilliantly palmed over by Halldorsson, but in the main Hodgson's men were reduced to long-range potshots.
Hodgson made two attacking changes -- Jack Wilshere replacing Eric Dier at half-time, Jamie Vardy taking Sterling's place on the hour -- but despite their firepower, there was no craft whatsoever to England's approach play.
Had Ragnar Sigurdsson's overhead bicycle kick not flown straight at Hart early in the second half, meanwhile, England would have had a mountain to climb.
But Sigthorsson's goal was to prove enough, with Alli hooking over and Kane heading straight at Halldorsson before the final whistle brought England's players to their knees and sent the Iceland bench tearing onto the pitch in celebration.

Ronaldo now the richest Athlete in the world!




Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's highest-paid athletes on Wednesday in the wake of boxer Floyd Mayweather's retirement and back surgery for golfer Tiger Woods.
The annual list of total revenues for top sports stars had been topped 12 times by Woods and in three of the last four by Mayweather, who retired unbeaten last year.
This year, 31-year-old Portugal forward Ronaldo topped the list at $88 million (77.2 million euros) with $56 million in salary and $32 million more from endorsement deals.
The three-time FIFA player of the year is a marketing juggernaut with a new Nike deal worth $13 million annually plus endorsement partners such as Tag Heuer and Herbalife plus his own lines of suits, cologne, shirts, shoes, underwear and hotels.
Messi, who sat out Argentina's opening victory at the Copa America Centenario this week, was next at $81.4 million, with $28 million of that from sponsorships.
LeBron James, who leads the Cleveland Cavaliers against defending champion Golden State in the ongoing NBA Finals, was third on the list and tops among Americans with $77.2 million. He has endorsement deals of $54 million, including a lifetime pact with Nike that could pay off to the tune of $1 billion, and $23.2 million in club salary.
James made his movie debut in "Trainwreck" last year and is set to star in the sequel to the 1996 Michael Jordan film "Space Jam" as well as take a huge salary boost next year when the NBA's new $24 billion television deal starts.
Golden State's Stephen Curry, the NBA Most Valuable Player and scoring champion, shared 69th on $23.6 million with world number one golfer Jason Day of Australia.
Roger Federer, the Swiss tennis star with a record 17 men's Grand Slam singles titles, was fourth on $67.8 million. He set the pace in sponsor income at $60 million.
- Top 100 make $3.15 billion -
Television rights fee hikes helped fuel team sport stars, boosting the top-100 cutoff to $20.8 million, $2 million more than last year. The study time frame runs for the 12 months ending one week ago.
The top 100 include 65 Americans and athletes from 22 other nations encompassing 10 sports, with the most from baseball at 26. Together the top 100 took home a combined $3.15 billion, 29 percent of it from endorsements and appearances.
The 2015 leaders, Mayweather and Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, both sank with the end of their ring careers. Mayweather dipped to 16th with $44 million in earnings while Pacquiao was 63rd at $24 million.
World number one Serena Williams, runner-up at this years French and Australian Opens, was the highest earning woman at $28.9 million, 40th overall, with doping-banned Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova 88th on $21.9 million.
Sixth overall on the list was Serbian Novak Djokovic, who cracked the top 10 for the first time at $55.8 million, with $34 million in endorsements. Djokovic won the French Open last Sunday to claim his fourth consecutive men's Grand Slam singles title and complete a career Grand Slam.
Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers star who retired after this past season, was 10th on $50 million, evenly split between salary and sponsorships.
British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton was 11th on $46 million, only $4 million from endorsements.
Former world number one Woods, a 14-time major golf champion, was 12th on $45.3 million, all but about $274,000 of it from sponsorship deals.
Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy was 17th at $42.6 million, Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal and Brazilian footballer Neymar shared 21st at $37.5 million.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who seeks more Olympic athletics sprint gold in two months at Rio, was 32nd at $32.5 million.

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