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                                     On first glance it looks like Limerick have pulled off the transfer of the century and signed Barcelona striker Neymar.  But on closer inspection, it turns out the Barcelona striker has not swapped La Liga for the League of Ireland.  It is in fact 16-year-old Barry Cotter, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Brazil World Cup star.  While Neymar will line up in the Champions League, former Avenue United and Ennis Town forward Cotter will play in the under-17 National League after signing for Limerick.     But he shares his doppelganger's confidence telling the club website: "I'm looking to score at least one or two goals in each game for the rest of the season."

                                                                                   Mayweather’s Incredible Fleet  Lauded as one of the greatest pound for pound fighters in the history of the sport, Mayweather Jr has earned well over $400million throughout his career, and is no stranger to showing it off. After beating fierce rival Manny Pacquiao in the match dubbed ‘Fight of the Century’, Mayweather took home an eye-watering sum of £116,554,424 in prize money as he took his undefeated run to a supremely impressive tally of 48. The 38-year arrived the Mayweather Boxing Club to prepare for what could be his final fight against Andre Berto on September 12th, and did so in typical Mayweather style by driving in his brand new £3.1million silver Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita. And he wasn’t about to stop showing off there either. Money Mayweather parked up next to his three Bugatti Veyrons and a white Ferrari before heading inside the gym.           

Bolt claimed his second gold medal of the Beijing World Championships by winning the 200m, with the Jamaican blowing away the competition to win the final with a world leading time of 19.57seconds. He even had time to slow down and celebrate over the last 20 metres, which clearly left one cameraman so perturbed that he felt he had to do something to stop him.                       But he was back up and celebrating in no time

Arsenal are probably the biggest losers following the Champions League group stage draw – after landing Bayern Munich. Manchester City also face a tough task to qualify but Manchester United and Chelsea will be delighted with how the balls were pulled out. Overall, it must be said that all the English clubs will expect to qualify for the next round. The Gunners were handed a tricky draw in group F against European giants Bayern Munich as well as Greece’s Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb. Man United drew arguably the best top seed in PSV Eindhoven in a fixture that will see Memphis Depay return against his former club in group B. They also face an awkward trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow and a trick tie against Wolfsburg. Chelsea will be satisfied with their opponents in group G as they landed Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel-aviv. City will face last season’s finalists Juventus in group D along with Europa League winners Sevilla. The new draw system saw the

Nigerian Striker Taiwo Awoniyi Leaves For England To Under Go Medical Before Signing For Liverpool This Weekend                               The forward, 17, a product of Imperial Soccer Academy has been strongly linked with a switch to the Reds in recent weeks. And now the deal has been confirmed by a spokesman for the Nigeria FA, who says Awoniyi will miss next month’s All African Games, where he was set to star for the Under-23 team. Awoniyi will leave this week for England to sign his contract with Liverpool,’ Timi Ebikagboro said. That is why he is not here training with us for the All Africa Games. Awoniyi is the most promising striker who chas been watched by Monaco and Porto in th e past.

               The Olumide Oyedeji led National Basketball Team of Nigeria D'tigers has been in blistering form at the on-going Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia. After recording great feats over Central Africa Republic and Uganda respectively, D'Tigers unbeating runs came to an end by the Tunisian National Team in the group stage. The Nigerian team found them selves under intense pressure while playing against the host team who enjoyed maximum home support. The defense of D'Tiger was suspect as Sala Mejri star player of the Tunisian side took advantage of the lapses created to score 22 points and 7 rebounds. D'Tiger in group A came out second place behind Tunisia rebouncing on Mozambique whom they defeated with a wooping 83-47 points to advance to the quater final stage. However, Nigeria has been ceded against Gabon in the quater final stage of the tournament.   D’Tigers’ unbeaten run in Group A of the ongoing 2015 Afro

                       Reports reaching us from the camp of the National Athletics Team recently competing for honours at the World Championship events in Beijin confirms that the Nigerian Team is ill equipped hence, they are sparingly dressed in what ever they can lay their hands on unlike other teams who are seen in uniformity. A statement picked from Okagbare's Blog states: None of the team member competing here wears any semblance of Nigeria's Green and White while the foreign based athletes also wears variouse colours. We are so disorganised here that one would think we are in a local Competition. This has not really motivated us said one of the athletes who begged not to be mentioned. Team Nigeria athletes competing at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics are the worst dressed athletes here in Beijing. When Complete Sports visited the athletes’ Conference Hotel abode Tuesday afternoon, the athletes were seen dressed in vario

                                     A hamstring injury prevented Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare from competing at the women’s 200m race at the World Athletics Championship in Beijing. After a disappointing last finish at the finals of the women’s 100m, all hopes of a medal for Blessing in Beijing were hinged on the 200m. Okagbare, who was listed in the startlist of Heat 3, was however missing for the race. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria ( AFN ) has released a statement revealing that she was injured during the pre-race warm-up. “ A hamstring injury during warm up on Wednesday prevented Blessing Okagbare from participating in the heats of the 200m ,” the statement read. “ Okagbare, who went for surgery shortly before the All Nigeria Athletics Championships held in Warri, Delta State, was certified fit for the World Championships. The injury probably re-occurred because of rounds she did in the 100m. ” A report forwarded by the med

                              Spencer Stone (from left), Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos helped tackle a gunman aboard a high-speed train. Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler were traveling together when they heard shattering glass and saw people running, Skarlatos' brother Peter said. Sadler, on his first trip to Europe, said they acted right away.                       "My friend Alek Skarlatos yells, 'Get him!,' so my friend Spencer Stone immediately gets up to charge the guy, followed by Alek, then myself," Sadler said. "The three of us beat up the guy," Sadler said. "In the process, Spencer gets slashed multiple times by the box cutter, and Alek takes the AK away." Spencer suffered cuts to his head and neck, and his thumb was almost cut off, Norman said. Skarlatos, who joined his friends on vacation after returning from Afghanistan, seized the rifle and hit the suspect in the head with the muzzle. Norman and S

Bolt Has Now won 9 World Titles. Three Golds In The 100M, Three In 200M, Three In Sprint Relays Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest performance of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat two-time doper and clear favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title.  The controversial Gatlin came into the final on a 28-race unbeaten run and apparently relishing his role as the sport's bad guy. But at the same Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing where Bolt announced himself to the world with two Olympic golds and two world records in 2008, the Jamaican superstar came past a faltering Gatlin at the death to snatch victory by one hundredth of a second.  Bolt's 9.79 seconds was more than two tenths off his world record, but this was a night for athletics to celebrate victories rather than times.  Canada's Andre de Grasse and young American Trayvon Bromell were

If  Mario Balotelli  wants to play senior football this season then he must find leave  Liverpool ,  Brendan Rodgers  has warned. The striker has been told he is surplus to requirements at Anfield and Rodgers has insisted he will not change his mind after the controversial striker's poor first season with Liverpool. The unwanted trio of players - which also includes Fabio Borini and Jose Enrique - have been told to train with Liverpool's youth team, prompting the defender to claim last week that Rodgers has "alienated" them. But Rodgers shifted the blame right back on the players on Sunday, arguing Liverpool will not stand in the way of a transfer, telling reporters: "He [Balotelli] clearly knows his situation and where he's at. "There's nothing to add. All of the players understand where they're at.

The Valencia centre-back arrived in England on Monday to seal his switch to the Etihad Stadium. The Premier League club are closing in on a £25 million deal for the Argentina international center-back, and Otamendi has now joined agent Jorge Mendes in Manchester for talks . The move will not, however, include Eliaquim Mangala heading in the opposite direction, with City having abandoned plans to offload the Frenchman, who gave arguably his strongest performance for the club in Sunday's 3-0 win over Chelsea.

Florentino Perez believes that  Real Madrid  and  Sergio Ramos  are "united forever", after the defender penned a new five-year deal with the club. Ramos was heavily linked with a summer switch to Manchester United but, on Monday, the Centre-half committed his future to Los Blancos until 2020. Consequently, Perez now believes that the World Cup winner will finish his career at the Santiago Bernabeu. "Today is a great day," the Blancos supremo told reporters. "Real Madrid has satisfaction that Sergio will be with us for five more years. "Ramos is a symbol of Madridisma, which has made us love him for many years with his character, desire and huge heart. "That's why Real Madrid and Ramos are united forever."

Nigerian popular actress, Tonto Dikeh, is finally set to say ‘I do,’ as on Monday, she released stunning photos of her introduction ceremony with her boo, Churchill Olakunle Oladunni Obasanjo, held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Nollywood actress has since changed her name to Mrs Tonto Obasanjo,

An 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant as the result of a rape, just gave birth in Paraguay because the government did not allow her to have an abortion, according to Amnesty International. The girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather when she was 10. He was arrested, and the girl's mother has been charged with negligence, the Associated Press reported.  According to the girl's mother's lawyer, the child gave birth to a baby girl via cesarean and both are healthy and resting.  Paraguayan authorities had come under fire earlier this year after many human rights organizations had called on them to allow the child to have an abortion. The girl's mother had asked for her daughter to have an abortion, but the government in Paraguay refused to allow it. 

  At a recent show in Sapele, while 2face was performing, a girl jumped unto the stage, pulled 2face Idibia from behind, took off her clothes and began to strip off 2Face's clothes in the full glare of everyone including his wife. -

                         

Fans are back, lots of them are back in their droves to the Nigerian Professional League venues. The magic wand is not far fetched. The league is looking more professional, as match officiating improves by the day. As you may recall, about 4 referees have been sacked for poor officiating this season and few coaches sacked by their clubs for poor services in this 2015/16 professional league season. Men, women and kids have returned to the venues in support of their teams at the expense of the European league season. 

Lionel Messi threw an aggressive headbutt at Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa when the pair squared up after an altercation A melee then ensued as the Argentine grabbed the French defender by the neck and pushed him away They were both separated by Roma's Leandro Castan and referee Javier Estrada Fernandez before being booked Messi then scored seven minutes later in the 41st minute after Neymar had opened the scoring in the 27th Champions League final goalscorer Ivan Rakitic then netted the final goal at the Nou Camp in the 66th minute Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi (right) launched an astonishing headbutt at Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa The 28-year-old then grabbed the towering 26-year-old France international by the neck with his left hand and pushed him Alessandro Florenzi was then booked for going cynically through the back of Neymar and Radja Nainggolan made it a hat-trick of cautions for the visitors in the first half when he went into the book for compla

The Amaju Pinnick led Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation will record another first on Monday, August 17, when Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, will perform the significant ringing of the bell at the closing of business at the Nigeria Stock Exchange. Thenff.com can report that Oliseh will attend the symbolic event at the Nigeria Stock Exchange house in Lagos in company with NFF president, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and vice presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko. “The ringing of the bell at the closing of business at the Nigeria Stock Exchange floor is a very significant event. It means that Corporate Nigeria is warming up to Nigeria football as a result of extensive consultations that we have been making over the past months,” Pinnick said on Wednesday. It is the first time in history that the Nigeria Stock Exchange would offer a Nigeria football figure such a gesture, and Pinnick says it is the beginning of what would turn out to be a wonderful rel

Rapper 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy on Monday as it was revealed he spends $72,000 a MONTH to live in his lavish Connecticut mansion which has its own private casino, basketball court and nine kitchens. The entertainer has followed in the footsteps of Mike Tyson and two other former owners of the huge property, one of the biggest private residences in America, that none of them could afford to keep. Court papers revealed the star, real name Curtis Jackson, spends a whopping $108,000 on his expenses each month, including $5,000 on gardening alone. Broke 50 cent despite making £185,000 a month from royalties and investments, he still owes his barber, stylist and personal trainer money Get rich of die trying: 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy on Monday, with court papers revealing he spent $72,000 a month on his mansion in Connecticut, including $5,000 a month on gardening  This extravagant home, boasts a number of features including a swimming pool, private cas

                        World Footballer of the year and the highest paid football player with an estimated earning of $159.2m, Real Madrid star forward Cristiano Ronaldo can afford virtually anything money can buy- yes, go ahead name it- and he showed it when he gave his agent Jorge Mendes a Greek island as a wedding present, media reports say. As for Ronaldo, its been a way of saying thank you to an ever loyal supportive agent. The Island has not been named but the price goes for around 50 million Euros, reports say. Spain’s Mundo Deportivo website says Ronaldo knows the Greek islands well from holidays. Mr Mendes married his partner Sandra in Portugal on Sunday.                                         Ronaldo acted as best man for Mr Mendes, 49, who is one of football’s most successful agents and runs a business called Gestifute for developing top football talent. At least a dozen Greek islands are up for sale. On the website Private Islands Online one island is g

                                 Every Arsenal player came in my direction which was the easiest thing to do because I was just there and if other people didn’t come in my direction that is not a problem, not a story and not the end of the world and I gave no more problem on that. I did my job, the job that my club deserves me to do and the status as a manager when I lose a charity shield or any trophy. The warring duo also blanked each other at the full-time whistle but Wenger said: “I shook a few hands after the game but there’s nothing special there.” Mourinho tossed his runners-up medal into the crowd and said: “I threw it to a kid, an Arsenal (supporting) kid. I don’t keep the one (medal) when I win, imagine the ones when I lose. “I think this is a good memory for him. He wins and takes a medal from the loser.”

Mourinho was in typically scathing form when talking about another rival Manuel Pellegrini, the Manchester City boss. On the one hand Mourinho appeared to issue an apology of sorts to the Chilean for getting his name wrong and calling him 'Pellegrino' last season. The reason, explained the Chelsea boss, was that he once worked with a player called Mauricio Pellegrino. I always made a mistake by calling one the other. The last thing I’d do is show a lack of respect, he said. Having presented the olive branch he then withdrew it and accused Pellegrini of being "obsessed" with him. The City boss aimed several digs at Chelsea over the summer, and Mourinho's response was typically haughty. I am always thinking about football but in my holidays I did zero interviews, he said.  You are free of everything, questions, answers, controversy, interpretation, overreaction. Is he obsessed with me? I don’t know. When a manager is on holidays and still thinks about

Jose Mourinho has signalled the start of hostilities ahead of the new football season, with a brace of warning shots across the bows of two of his main rivals in this year's title race. In an interview with several national newspapers, the Portuguese manager was back to his prickly best, taking issue with Arsene Wenger's complaints over transfer spending and responding to criticism from Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini. "Jose Mourinho has not changed," writes Matt Hughes of The Times. "What you see on the television and the touchline is what you get in the flesh. Mourinho is amusing, scathing, driven and intense, but never mellow." The theme of the interview is the manager's "soaring expectations and intolerance of those who fall short", but his most eye-catching comments relate to his old adversary Wenger, who is poised to mount Arsenal's biggest title push for a decade. Mourinho has shown little respect for Wenger ove

It's a Medal for the "Looser" says Jose This Lucky Lad Went Home With The Medal Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho threw away his Community Shield medal following his side's defeat to Arsenal at Wembley, Goal reports. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain goal was enough to give the Gunners victory. The Blues boss reportedly threw his medal into the crowd before walking down the Wembley tunnel with Bobby Gill, aged 10, catching it. The defeat is the first time Arsene Wenger has beaten the Portuguese and speaking after the game, Mourinho explained his actions. "It's the medal for the loser... it's a good memory for him," Mourinho told the Press. "Chelsea was the best team, had the more initiative, had good control, good ball possession. But you know it is that moment of the season where everyone is behind - the energy, the intensity to turn results is more difficult because people is not sharp, and don&

A week after Bobby Kristina daughter of late singer  Whitney Houston  and Bobby Brown passed on. She was laid to rest Sarturday in Atlanta Georgia in the presence of family and friends. Not suprising that her boy friend Nick Gordon was notably absent at the funeral as he remains the prime suspect leading to her death. 22-year-old Bobbi died last Sunday at an area hospice, six months after suffering irreversible brain damage in a still unexplained incident at her Roswell, Georgia, home.  She was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub by her partner and a friend in January in an eerie echo of the Beverly Hills hotel bathtub drowning of her famous mother in 2012. An initial autopsy this week found no obvious underlying cause for her death but the investigation is ongoing. The case is under review by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office but no-one has been criminally charged over her death. A $10m (€9.08m) civil lawsuit filed in June accused Bobbi'

Joan Laporta has reiterated that he will not give up his bid to reclaim control of  Barcelona , stating that he cannot stand by and allow the club to be "sold to Qatar". The former Blaugrana president failed to usurp current incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu in last month's elections but says that he remains determined to oust his fellow Catalan. Laporta explained that he has numerous issues with Laporta's administration, including the ongoing association with Qatar Sports Investments, as well as the fact that Barca have yet to launch an appeal against Uefa's decision to fine the club €30,000 for supporters being in possession of pro-Catalan independence flags at May's Champions League final. "We will not give up," the 53-year-old told reporters. "And for many reasons, such as having a board that complies with penalties for having Catalan flags in Berlin. "I will continue fighting. Because of this president, the clu