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                    Wayne Rooney has become England’s most-capped outfield player in history . Rooney made his debut for England in a friendly against Australia in 2003, and at the time was the youngest player in the nation’s history to make his bow before Theo Walcott made his first international appearance in 2006. The United forward also holds the record for the most goals scored for England (53) and the most appearances in competitive matches (70). The England captain makes his 116th appearance for England as their World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign begins against Slovakia. Rooney has moved one ahead of David Beckham, who played 115 games for the Three Lions while Peter Shilton, still holds the most appearance record at 125 caps for England. The 30-year-old was given his record start against Slovakia by new manager Sam Allardyce. England won the match 0-1. Thanks to Lalana's late minute goal.

"It was all down to the start," said Rosberg. "I had an awesome start and that made the win." Referring to the championship, in which there are seven races remaining, Rosberg said: "The race is on. It's always going to be a great battle and I look forward to what is to come." Hamilton said: "It was the start. I knew my engineers would be worried and nervous of how the start went. "I don't really know what happened. I will try to understand later. It's hard to overtake here. Live to fight another day."                                 Jubilant Nico

Lionel Messi marked his return from international retirement, with the winner as Argentina beat Uruguay 1-0 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in Mendoza. The Barcelona forward announced he was done with the national team in June, but has since reversed his decision. Coach Edgardo Bauza was making his first appearance of the senior National team of Argentina with Messi hands on to ensure he had a good start scoring in the 56 th minute. Despite having Paulo Dybala sent off on the stroke of half-time, Argentina held on to win the match. The victory moved Argentina to top the group of the qualifying standings ahead of Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador 

 Bastian Schweinsteiger given emotional farewell by Borussia Park crowd Manchester United player was making his last international appearance World Cup winner bows out after making 121 appearances for his country Germany beat Finland 2-0, but it was an afterthought on 'Schweini's' night           Bastian Schweinsteiger was presented with a collage hailing the 'Team Player. Leader. Idol.'                                Bastien Receive's a warm embrace from manager Joachim Low                                                         Tribute to Bastian Schweinsteiger

 Bastian Schweinsteiger given emotional farewell by Borussia Park crowd Manchester United player was making his last international appearance World Cup winner bows out after making 121 appearances for his country Germany beat Finland 2-0, but it was an afterthought on 'Schweini's' night           Bastian Schweinsteiger was presented with a collage hailing the 'Team Player. Leader. Idol.'                                Bastien Receive's a warm embrace from manager Joachim Low                                                         Tribute to Bastian Schweinsteiger

The experienced quartet had been deemed surplus to requirements by Pep Guardiola, who has overseen a rapid overhaul of the ageing squad he inherited from Manuel Pellegrini. Pep Guardiola’s determination to reshape Manchester City was laid bare in a ruthless transfer deadline day clear-out in which four players left the Etihad Stadium. In the space of 24 hours, Joe Hart, Samir Nasri, Eliaquim Mangala and Wilfried Bony were all shipped out of the Etihad Stadium. Hart's Deal Completed In Torino                   Samir Nasri has joined Hart in leaving Manchester City with a loan move to Sevilla               French centre-back Eliaquim Mangala joined La Liga side Valencia on another loan deal                  Striker Wilfried Bony joined Stoke on a season-long deal on transfer deadline day

Paris Saint-Germain centre-back David Luiz has completed a sensational transfer back to Chelsea, the club confirmed on Wednesday. The club's official website announced Luiz's return to Stamford Bridge on transfer deadline day as manager Antonio Conte found the centre-back reinforcement he's been seeking. The Brazil international left west London for the Parc des Princes in 2014 for a sum of £50 million, still to this day the highest fee ever paid for a defender in world football. Two years later and the former fan favourite has made an unexpected move back to the Blues for $40 million Luiz scored eight goals in 89 appearances for PSG, winning the Ligue 1 title on two occasions, as well as the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue twice each.

Joe Hart recent transfer deal to lowly rated Italian club sideTorino FC is a done deal.  The England National team Goal keeper fell out of choice with the new coach of former club Manchester City Pep Guardiola who told him he could leave the club. The Former City man has just completed a season long lone move to Torino. Hart, who has made the most Premier League appearances for the club he has been with for a decade, completed a season-long loan move to Torino. The England goalkeeper, 29, plunged from undisputed No 1 to third-choice outcast and was left on the bench for all of City’s Premier League matches this season, with Guardiola favouring understudy Willy Caballero. When the new manager swooped for Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, the Englishman’s fate was sealed. ‘Torino’s offer came at the right moment for me, in the right manner, and I’m very excited to test myself in an important and beautiful league such as Serie A,’ Hart told the...

             Mark Takes Time Out With Nigerian Entrepreneurs Across Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge In Lagos Mark Zuckerberg visit to Nigeria yesterday will become memorable for a lot of reasons.  The Social Media Mogul came in to teach our oligarchs and elites why investing in the youths is essential for creating the tomorrow we desire.  This tech wizard even walked the streets of Yaba from CCHUB to Andela after meeting entrepreneurs and young coders. Rare humility.He controls the day to day activities of half the world's population via his exponential platforms; Facebook, Instagram and What's App. Mark Makes New Friends On The Street Of Lagos                                              Mark Sure Loves With People Of All Level                       ...

Gene Wilder 82, spotted looking frail while walking hand in hand with his wife on their last outing in            New York. The 82-year-old actor looked frail during a recent outing in New York while making his way to the men's final match for the US Open grand slam tennis tournament. He was not alone for the occasion as he sweetly walked hand in hand with his wife Karen Boyer while getting ready to take in the athletic competition between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.                       He was married to Gilda Radner until her passing from ovarion cancer in 1989

Former France International Thiery Henry has agreed to join the Belgian National Team as an Assistant Coach to Roberto Martinez.  The former Barcelona star who was the head coach of arsenal U18 side would team up with Roberto to propel the FIFA 2nd best National team to a fresh start after their dismal performance in the last European cup tournament where they where beaten 3-1 by Wales in the quarter finals. The two must be having mutual respect for each other as Thiery Henry is expected to have positive impact on the players with his cult figure. Henry won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, and Martinez, who was appointed earlier this month, feels that his experience can help improve the mentality of the current generation of Belgian players. He's someone that has been in the situation of having to develop a mentality as a team to chase the dream of winning something special," the Spaniard said. He did that with his country back in '96 leading up ...

According to the Fc Barcelona official web site, the transfer fee is a guaranteed 13 million euros plus a further two million in variables. Cillessen’s buyout clause has been set at 60 million euros. The player arrived in Barcelona this morning and after taking a medical examination, he signed his new contract in private. He will be officially presented as an FC Barcelona tomorrow Friday. The schedule of events is as follows (all times CET): 11.00 am: Private welcome for the player by president Josep Maria Bartomeu in the presidential box at Camp Nou. 11.30 am: Photo session on the Camp Nou pitch. The general public will be allowed into the stadium to view the session from the terraces, from 11.00 to 12.00. 12.30pm: Media conference in Ricard Maxenchs press room, where the player will be joined by vice-president for sport Jordi Mestre, director of professional sports Albert Soler and technical secretary Robert Fernández.

Leicester City FC's 2014/16 EPL season result as league leaders ensure's that they make their first appearance in the European Champion's League but whether or not they are freshers would mean that they are seeded against more experienced club sides. Seeded in what could be regarded as the weakest group on the table, they could still face an uphill task against former European Champion Fc Porto and Belgian League giants Club Brugge. Porto won't be easy to beat, especially at the 50,000-capacity Estadio do Dragao. They aren't the same side that won the Champions League under Jose Mourinho in 2004, but still boast veteran keeper Iker Casillas, no-nonsense Brazilian defender Alex Telles, talented Spanish midfielder Oliver Torres and Riyad Mahrez's international teammate Yacine Brahimi a pacy poacher who Leicester have scouted in the past. Porto have a lot of European know-how and are just as devastating on the counterattack as the Foxes, who wil...

                                Remarkable CR7 Stand's Out Christian Ronaldo carefully edge two of Europe's finest footballers Gareth Bale and Athletico Madrid Star Antoine Griezmann to win the Best Player Award in Europe a second time. He first won the same award in 2013-14 season. Ronaldo  "It's a great honour. My team-mates are the key – they are the key every year. I work hard myself but without their help this would not be possible. Thanks to my team-mates from Real Madrid and Portugal. [Winning EURO] was different because I've won the Champions League three times now. To win something with Portugal was the highlight of my career."                                          

Seemingly uninterested, struggling, flat footed, confused............ All these are words that could be used to describe the defending champion Serena Williams as she gets ousted by a lucky Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the women's single round of 16 at 6-4, 6-3 in a swift 72 minutes game. “Obviously I’m disappointed,” said Williams, who is also out of the doubles draw after she and her sister, Venus, lost in the first round. “The better player won. It was a great opportunity that didn’t work out the way I wanted it to. At least I was able to make Rio, which was one of my goals. It was awesome, but it’s over now.”

Seemingly uninterested, struggling, flat footed, confused............ All these are words that could be used to describe the defending champion Serena Williams as she gets ousted by a lucky Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the women's single round of 16 at 6-4, 6-3 in a swift 72 minutes game. “Obviously I’m disappointed,” said Williams, who is also out of the doubles draw after she and her sister, Venus, lost in the first round. “The better player won. It was a great opportunity that didn’t work out the way I wanted it to. At least I was able to make Rio, which was one of my goals. It was awesome, but it’s over now.”

Seemingly uninterested, struggling, flat footed, confused............ All these are words that could be used to describe the defending champion Serena Williams as she gets ousted by a lucky Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the women's single round of 16 at 6-4, 6-3 in a swift 72 minutes game. “Obviously I’m disappointed,” said Williams, who is also out of the doubles draw after she and her sister, Venus, lost in the first round. “The better player won. It was a great opportunity that didn’t work out the way I wanted it to. At least I was able to make Rio, which was one of my goals. It was awesome, but it’s over now.”

                                Dani Carvajal  119 minute Goal was the decider  The EUFA Super Cup Final held today in Norway lived up to its expectations as the two best Club sides in Europe last season were on parade to vie for one of  Europe's most glamorous Cup Finals. Real Madrid playing without the likes of top rated stars in CR7 and Bale put up one of their best performances in recent times. The European Champions League Champions were put to test by Sevilla FC another La liga Club side and also the UEFA cup champions. Anchored by Captain Sergio Ramos who made up for conceding made sure he put the champions back to   level as he headed in the equalizer in the dying minutes of the 2nd half. Goals from  Asensio (21'), Ramos (90'+3),  Vázquez (41'), Konoplyanka (72' pen), 2-2 at full time was enough to set up the game on a pulsating 30 mins extra time...

A Saudi judo competitor forfeited her first round match at the Olympic Games to avoid going up against a rival from Israel, it has been claimed. Joud Fahmy was supposed to have taken on Christianne Legentil from Mauritius for the right to take on Israel's Gili Cohen in the next round. But before the clash, Saudi officials tweeted that she had injured her arm and leg during training and that medics had told her to pull out. Saudi Arabia and Israel have no official relations and the kingdom prohibits its citizens from travelling to Israel. It also does not grant visas to Israelis. In the end, five-time Israeli champion Cohen, 25, was beaten by Christianne Legentil. Fahmy was one of four women Saudi Arabia sent to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women.

                                                                                            Will Smith and Son Jaden  In recent times news of sudden demise of Hollywood stars have been reported. Some fake, some real while the news of Actor Jaden's death seems to be one of the latest in a string of celebrity false death report. Renowned for his role in movies like "Karate Kid, After Death, The Pursuit of Happyness", the false report of the American actor's death on Friday quickly went viral on social media platforms especially on Facebook where his official page attracted nearly one million likes.   An account was given that Jaden only just got engaged to his girl friend on Friday 5th of August as both love beds were spotted shopping ...

                                                              Ani Iyoyo In Hospital Bed    A Promising Actor Ani Iyoyo was badly burnt on thursday while trying a fire stunt in aNollywood movie set.  In a poorly managed movie under the production of Stanlee Ohikhuare, there was only one fire extinguisher on set which could not work as a crew member tried hard to extinguish the fire that was already consuming the young actor                                                                                                               ...

                          Thursday July 28th, Zlatan Train's For The First Time In Manchester United Fc New Signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic took part in a light training session with his Manchester United team mates on thursday. The 34 years old Swedish International who took a long break after the 2016 European cup tournament has just arrived in his new club where he signed as a free agent. The striker was mobbed by fans as he stepped out of his Radisson Hotel apartment in Manchester. Ibra could make his debut in a club friendly against Turkish top side Galatasaray fc in Sweden his home land on sarturday

Pep Guardiola in a bid to keep his players in top shape for the EPL 2016/17 season's challenged has warned Kelechi and team mates to stop eating pizza in other to stay within his weight limit requirement. In an interview with the Super Eagles star striker, he say's he is confident of enjoying quality playing time under new manager given the coach's antecedents. In his words "He Guardiola has a good record working with young stars. He is going to prepare the young players and we are going to improve. every one know they should work hard, work to make the team". Iheanacho, 19, scored 14 goals in all competitions for City last season.

2014 International Table Tennis Federattion Star Player, Aruna Quadiri maintains his status as Africa's best following the July rankings by the World Table Tennis ruling body. Despite dropping by a step to 38, Aruna Quadiri who featured at the last Japan Open garnered 2,337 points to beat Egypt's Omar Assar to second place in the continent. for dropping from 91 to 98in the world, Egypt's Dina Meshref tops African ranking in the female category.

                                        JayJay Okocha There Is No Better Time Than This Few weeks ago esportainment was privileged to honour the invitation of the young and amiable Mega Football Star's media pally where he announced his intention to launch the JayJay Okocha Foundation. The World Press Conference was  held in an elaborate ceremony at the premises of I-Naira, an online auctioning organisation at Banana island Ikoyi.  For the foundation to take off smoothly there was need for partnership hence the marriage between the JayJay Okocha Foundation and I-dash Naira was formerly signed into place in the presence of former Nigerian Internationals, the press and other stake holders. I grew up from a poor family and football changed my life so my brother Emma and i have adopted football as a tool to get footballers back to school because education is key...