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Real Madrid players and coaching staff touched down at Malpensa Airport, Italy, today ahead of the their Champions League final against Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium tomorrow. The 10-time European champions will he hoping to win the champions league against their fierce rivals tomorrow. More photos after the cut.

The club officially announced the news this afternoon after private meetings between club Chief Executive Ed Woodward and Louis Van Gaal and both parties agreed that he had to go after missing out on the season's target of Champions League qualification, despite winning the FA Cup  on Saturday . Albert Stuivenberg,  Franz Hoek,  Max Reckers and other Dutch members of his backroom team have also been dismissed with Jose Mourinho and his own backroom team set to assume duties this week. Van Gaal arrived at Carrington training complex at around  8.45am  this morning with his entire coaching staff present as they learned of their fate. Mourinho expects to have more talks  on Tuesday  ahead of signing a three-year deal with his long-term assistant Rui Faria and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro expected to follow. Ryan Giggs' future at United is up in the air despite Mourinho's wish to keep the Welshman at the club.  I would like to thank Louis and his s...

The Dutchman was sacked tonight by Manchester United after performing below expectations at the club and after the club released its sack statement on it's official website, LVG released his own statement where he thanked the club for giving him the opportunity to lead it and also wished the club well in the future. Read the emotional statement It has been an honour to manage such a magnificent club as Manchester United FC, and in doing so, I have fulfilled a long-held ambition. I am immensely proud to have helped United win the FA Cup for the 12th time in the club's history. I have been privileged during my management career to have won 20 trophies but winning the FA Cup, which is steeped in so much history, will always be one of the most special achievements of my career. I am very disappointed to be unable to complete our intended three-year plan. I believe that the foundations are firmly in place to enable the club to move forward and achieve even greater success. I hope th...

  Newly-crowned Premier League champions Leicester City visited Yangon in Thailand and partook in the city's Shwedagon Pagoda on Sunday as part of their post season tour. The Foxes, went on a brief tour of the Shwedagon, which contains relics from the Buddha. Coach Claudio Ranieri clasped his hands in respect as he knelt alongside Leicester's billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and several players in front of the glittering pagoda as they prayed. More photos

Chelsea football club have listened to the plea of their fans and offered long serving 35 year old captain John Terry a new one year contract for him to remain at Stamford Bridge. John Terry had already intimated to friends and family that he will be playing his last match for the club against Leicester City this weekend, but having met with Chelsea officials this week, he's been offered a one year deal to remain at the club.   A club spokesman said according to SportsMail: 'Marina Granovskaia and Bruce Buck met with John and his agent this week and offered him a one-year contract extension.   'With it coming so late in the season, this is a big decision for John and his family and it is something that they are now considering.' Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink revealed during his press conferenc e on Frid ay that he had been speaking to the club about Terryinforming them that they needed to 'cherish' their legends. 'I talk to the people inside every now and the...

Ahead of the most defining match of their seaso n tomorr ow against Deportivo La Coruna, star-man Cristiano Ronaldo today in training pranked team-mate James Rodriguez by flicking his ears after sneaking up behind him. Real Madrid could win the La liga titl e tomorr ow if they win their match against Deportivo while Barcelona drops points against relegation threatened Granada. lifephonic.blogspot.com

lifephonic.blogspot.com Exactly  12 a.m  last Sunday morning, hours before Man U's crucial game with Leicester City, The Sun UK published a story about Ryan Giggs and his wife reporting that the Man U legend's wife has ended their marriage due to Giggs' numerous flings, the latest of which included affairs with waitresses that work at his restaurant. According to The Sun, Stacey, 37 decided to part ways with husband, ex-Man U player and current Man U assistant coach, Giggs, 42, after hearing he was flirting with waitresses at a restaurant he owns. According to The Sun, Stacey told friends this is the last straw she could take in the relationship after trying to make things work after Gigg's affairs with former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas and his brother’s wife Natasha. This is not the best of times for this kind of story to come out as Giggs is helping Louis Van Gaal in his quest for a top four finish and F.A Cup title, but read the report after the cut. A close source to ...

So my son, 17 years old, decided he wants to go to school and cut up [mess around] like he don't want to have to come home and see me. 'So one day he walked out of the teacher's class and, granted, but call me so I'm on your side. 'All day went by, he didn't call. So now, it's discipline time because he didn't do what I told him to do.' He goes on to explain that he has chosen the specific form of punishment so it both disciplines the teenager and teaches him how to defend himself. The father, who is wearing a white vest top, sports shorts and black gloves, then puts the camera down and shouts: 'Put them gloves on, let's go.' He can then be seen helping his son put a pair of boxing gloves on. The son, who has also not been identified, can be seen covering his face as he nervously stands in the middle of the room. His father checks the camera to make sure the show is rolling before walking up to his son and starting to punch him. The boy d...

Who makes his clothes? It's either his thigh muscles fatten up whenever he is coaching or his tailor or he needs to change his tailor as Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane suffered a wardrobe malfunction last night against Man City in the champions league, just like he did in the last champions league match against Wolfsburg. His trousers tore at the back while he was ranting and raving on the touchline for Real Madrid last night.

Cristiano Ronaldo was caught last night watching a video of himself on Gary Lineker's instagram page after he was ruled out of the champions League match with Man City due to injury. While others expected him to be embroiled in the match as it was a crucial champions league tie, he spent most of the time fiddling with his phone and it's now been revealed what he was watching himself!

Two Nigerian men who duped the secretary of a serving Bombay High Court judge of Rs 2.2 lakh by befriending her on Facebook and eventually threatening her with ‘a judicial enquiry’, after she refused to make more payment were arrested by the cyber police station from New Delhi, India on Friday, April 22. The Nigerian men identified as Casmir Chijioke and Oliver Onyeka befriended the woman with one of them pretending to be a UK national. According to the BKC cyber police, the complainant, who approached them on April 6, told them that a few months ago, she received a friend request on Facebook from a British national. She accepted the request and the two started chatting online, said an officer. The man claimed to be from a well-to-do family and the duo started chatting frequently. Over a period of time, they became good friends and would chat almost daily, an officer said. One day, the man claimed to have been admitted to a hospital due to an ailment. The victim was very ...

Arsene Wenger has instructed Arsenal football club to tie down Nigerian starlet Alex Iwobi to a new deal that will ensure his future at the club is settled amidst admiration from some top premier league clubs. Iwobi, who is Jay Jay Okocha's nephew, has had a blistering start since he joined the Arsenal first team and recently capped a brilliant performance against Barcelona in the champions league with a goal against Everton in the premier league. Which has lead his club to offer him a new deal that will see his pay increase from £800 per week to £10,000 per week with bonuses. Iwobi only signed a five-year deal in October, but his rapid progression and growth this season has pushed him into boss Arsene Wenger’s first team plans. He is currently with the Super Eagles of Nigeria and could play a massive role in today's AFCON qualifier against Egypt.

Ex-Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison for having sexual relations with a 15 year old girl. The jury passed out the judgement on the former England midfielder today, and at 28, his career as a professional footballer is surely over. Johnson had earlier denied all four of the allegations until the first day of his trial when he pleaded guilty to one count of grooming and one count of kissing the schoolgirl. 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 ...

A woman identified as one Mrs Vivien Obodo (pictured holding a wrapper) has been accused of physically assaulting her 9-year-old housemaid. According to Salma Ajuma Okpanachi, who shared the photos, Mrs Obodo punished Chidimma by making her chew pepper, and has punished her other times by cutting her scalp with blade or applying grounded pepper all over her body. See Salma's post below:  "Chidinma is only 9 ... From Nsukka to kaduna by Mrs Vivien Obodo December last year . Chidinma was to look after a 3 month old baby girl but Chidinma is only a child herself each time something goes wrong Chidinma gets purnished either by chewing pepper or pepper being rubbed all over her . Hot water has been poured on her , cut with blade on her scalp ... Chidinma had no clothes and not allowed to use the family toilet ... This case eventually got to The Honorable Commissio ner women's affair kaduna ... Chidinma's dad was asked to come to Kaduna which he did .. At the ...