Ronaldo reportedly signs five-year deal with Real Madrid

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly penned a new five-year deal with the club, worth a massive £75million.

The Portugal captain has been linked with an emotional return to Manchester United this summer, but it appears he has now settled his issues with the Spanish giants and decided to stay.

According to reports, Ronaldo will earn around £900,000 more each season than Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, making him the highest-paid player in Spain. He also reached an agreement with the club to increase his share of image rights, which was initially 60%

The 28-year-old struck the deal after a meeting with Florentino Perez in Los Angeles.

Pirates Beats Al Ahly 3-0 In African Champs League

Orlando Pirates produced a stunning upset when they thumped Egyptian giants Al Ahly 3-0 in their African Champions League clash on Sunday.

Al Ahly’s Cairo rivals Zamalek completed a bad day for Egyptian clubs by losing 1-0 to Congo’s AC Leopards in Dolisie in the other Group A match.

South African side Pirates scored through Thandani Ntshumayelo, Andile Jali and Sifiso Myeni while their goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa saved a penalty in the match, which was played in El Gouna because of the political unrest and security issues in Egypt.

Defending champions Al Ahly, seven times winners of the competition, had complained about both the venue and timing of the match , played in daylight hours during Ramadan when their players are fasting.

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) also ordered them to play in an empty stadium because of crowd trouble earlier in the competition.

Ntshumayelo opened the scoring for the visitors in the 12th minute before Meyiwa saved a spot-kick from Walid Soliman.

Ahly were reduced to 10 men in first half injury-time after striker Ahmed Abdul Zaher was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Pirates centre-back Rooi Mahamutsa on the edge of the area.

Jali doubled Pirates’ advantage from a penalty and Myeni added a third in a three-minute spell in the second half.

AC Leopards secured their win from the penalty spot with Kalema Ntela converting in the 37th minute after Zamalek defender Mahmoud Fathalla handled and was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Pirates lead the group on goal difference from Leopards with both clubs on four points, while Ahly and Zamalek have a point each.

Source: ChannelsTV

Lionel Messi Caught With Las Vegas Stripper

Lionel Messi is considered the greatest soccer player in the world.

As a standout striker for La Liga giant Barcelona, the 26-year-old continues to rack up individual honors, most recently winning his fourth Ballon d'Or Award while also being tabbed the 2013 AP Soccer Player of the Year.

While the Camp Nou superstar has certainly been worthy of on-the-pitch publicity, Messi is making headlines once again for something he certainly wants no part of.

Attending a recent party in Las Vegas where he served as guest of honor to host and former Brazilian star Ronaldo, Messi was photographed with a woman who clearly was not his girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo.

Photos snapped by Argentina's Pronto magazine show Messi with his hands wrapped around the waist of the alleged stripper while staring down her shirt at the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Resort.

With the publication noting that Messi's relationship with the mother of his 8-month-old son Thiago may be on the rocks, a source close to the magazine said that Roccuzzo is clearly upset with the printed images.

"There is nothing to suggest anything more happened but still Antonella is furious," the source said according to The Mirror. "She can't believe he has been so stupid and feels very let down by Leo. Whether she'll give him the red card or not remains to be seen but it's fair to say the sofa may be getting a lot of use at the moment."

Since learning of the photos' release, the international star has vehemently denied the authenticity of the pictures, saying they were altered by the magazine to sell more copies.

Yahoo Sports also reports that many fans of Barcelona and Leo Messi have come out in support of the player's claims, with many believing that a program such as Photoshop could have been used to make the images of Messi and the 'stripper' real.

When Argentinean magazine Pronto first published the photos this week, fans were outraged by the headlines.

There were further allegations that the snaps had been edited with Adobe Photoshop to sell more copies of the tabloid.

Also showing support for Leo Messi, 101GreatGoals.com showed how Pronto could have altered the photos to make them look as though Messi was nestling up with the blonde Vegas woman.

Multiple pictures previously snapped of Messi hanging out at the party along with past images of the 26-year-old holding his son seem to relate closely to the images used showing Leo Messi and the woman at the party.

Messi and Barcelona are set to take the field on August 2 against Santos as the superstar hopes to put these images -- real or not -- behind him.

Source: Latin Times

Comedian Basketmouth Shares Short Story of Himself

 Comedian Basketmouth has finally decided to share short stories about his experience with people while growing in the Nigerian entertainment industry in a series called ‘Before I Write a Book.’.

He plans to write a book eventually so this is a pre-entry to that project, thus, the title. Below is the first story he shares with us.




Read Story Below:

Back stage at the Rothmans Groove tour which held @ TBS in 1998, there I was seated with the likes of The Plantashun Boiz,Dr. Fresh,Remedies and more…I was just a young boy trying to weigh his options on what direction to go with his career as drumming,rapping,producing and comedy were few of my options.

That night was the 1st time I met Tony Tetuila, one of those humble guys you come by,he was warm and accommodating considering the obvious fact that I was nobody in the industry.

Fast forward a few months later, Comedy had won me over and in the course of my hustle and journey to where I’m yet to get to, I bumped into Tetuila in Festac, just about the time his single ‘you don hit my car’ came out.

We reconnected while playing catch up. We had common friends so ‘bumping’ into each other became a tradition.

The 1st time he saw me perform @ a concert was at a gig The Plantashun Boiz used to host @ the Den in Ikeja. I must have impressed him because not long after that night, I got a call from him asking that we meet up.

We did and he took me for a meeting in Lagos Island (Shell Office).
A director at Shell was retiring and a send-forth party was being held in his honour. My performance fee then was N10,000, Tony pushed it up and convinced the client to pay N30,000 which they paid cash.

Prior to this, they had never heard of me and only used me because Tony believed in me and stood up for me,convincing them to buy in.

I was paid in full a week to the show. After picking up the cash I went straight home. Now here I was, a young comic with his 1st major pay-out of N30,000.

Considering the fact that my 1st performance fee was N300 (1%) of what I had in my pocket,I couldn’t help but to thank God. I got home,gave my mum N25,000 and kept N5,000 from which I bought a shirt,pants and shoes from Tejuosho market to wear for the event.

Ready for my first big show...