Former Chelsea And African Star Loses Range Rover Worth 22 Million Naira

Ex-Chelsea star Michael Essien's Surrey home was targeted by burglars, who made off with his flash Range Rover Vogue. The Ghanian super star was out of residence when the event took place.

Police have confirmed that the £75,000 (22 million naira!) vehicle, which is a sleek black version of the luxury ride was stolen earlier last month, on April 7. The search is still on to find out the whereabouts of the perpetrators of the deed.

Midfielder Essien now lives in Italy, playing for AC Milan, however he still owns the home which was purchased during his time at Chelsea.

Essien, 32, arrived at Chelsea in 2005, joining from Lyon for a reported £24.4million. He went on to play for Real Madrid before moving on to Italy to play for AC Milan.

Mikel Obi Enjoys Bicycle Ride With His Russian WAG

Super Eagles midfielder John Obi seems to be enjoying his injury-free self as he enjoys a bicycle ride with his Russian girlfriend Olga Diyachenko.

Olga who is reportedly engaged to the Chelsea midfielder took to her Instagram to post a photo of both of them enjoying a bicycle ride together. "Swim, jog, cycle... We are so triathlon ready!," she wrote alongside the photo.

Olga Diyachencko reportedly met Mikel in London where her millionaire father runs a chain of businesses. She is also reportedly related to Chelsea's Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich. 

Ibrahimovic Gets Another Beautiful Edifice Named After Him

The Zlatan Suite in Clarion Hotel, Malmo, Sweden

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has attained almost godlike status in his home city of Malmo and now one hotel has paid him the ultimate compliment by rebranding their presidential suite as ‘The Zlatan Suite’.

The Clarion Hotel’s gigantic 1,076 square-foot suite, which has ‘monstrous views’ of the harbour opens on May 2 and will have portraits of the Paris Saint-Germain striker adorning its walls.

However, if guests want to experience a slice of Zlatan-related culture then they will have to dig deep in their pockets. One night in the Ibra-like shrine will set you back  £690 i.e.             (About N210k)

Hazard And Kane Scoop 2014/15 PFA Awards, stars in PFA team, while Fabregas and Aguero are left out

The 24-year-old Belgian poses with the trophy after collecting the gong at a glittering award ceremony at London's Grosvenor Hotel

Didier Drogba posted this picture on Instagram of Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, Cesar Azpilicueta, Hazard, John Terry and Cesc Fabregas

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was the toast of the English game as he carried off the PFA Player of the Year award.

The 24-year-old Belgian has scored 18 goals across all competitions for his club this season, helping the Blues win the Capital One Cup and putting them on the brink of a first Premier League title since 2010.

Hazard has dazzled for Chelsea this season as the Blues look certain to win the first Premier League title of Jose Mourinho's second stint

Hazard (front) skips past the challenge of Manchester United's Wayne Rooney as the Chelsea man launches another attack prior to scoring the only goal of the game

He was rewarded for his sterling performances with the top individual award of the night at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.

Victory in their next two games - at Leicester and at home to Crystal Palace - would see Chelsea wrap up the championship

He took the Young Player of the Year prize 12 months ago, and has rapidly progressed to the top award.

Hazard's goal last weekend earned Jose Mourinho's men a 1-0 win over Manchester United.

He picked out that moment as one of his best of the campaign.

Asked to describe his season in a single word, Hazard struggled.

'I don't want to say 'amazing' because it is not finished yet - maybe amazing!' he said.

Mourinho has long sung the praises of the 24-year-old, believing he is rivalled by only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the global order.
 

Hazard has already won silverware this season, with the brilliant Belgian clutching the Capital One Cup with countryman Thibaut Courtois

 

The PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the 2014-15 season was announced ahead of Hazard being named Player of the Year

 

Hazard was earlier on Sunday named in the PFA Premier League team of the year - for the third time in his three seasons in England.

He was one of six Blues players in the XI, along with captain John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic and Diego Costa.

Harry Kane capped a tremendous breakout season by walking away with the Young Player of the Year award

Kane was only handed a starting spot by Spurs in November, with the 21-year-old hitting 30 goals in all competitions this season also scoring on his debut for England

Tottenham's Harry Kane - the only English attacking player in the team of the season - took the 2014/15 Young Player of the Year award.

The 21-year-old has enjoyed a remarkable rise to stardom, scoring 30 goals for Spurs in all competitions this term despite not being given a regular starting slot until November.

 

Ji So-yun (left) won the PFA Women's Player of the Year, while Leah Williamson won the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year

Elsewhere, Ji So-yun of Chelsea Ladies won the PFA Women's Player of the Year, while Leah Williamson of Arsenal Ladies won the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year.

WRAPPED UP! Bayern Clinch Record 25th Title In Germany

Bayern Munich clinched their third consecutive Bundesliga title courtesy of Wolfsburg's 1-0 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach.

Pep Guardiola's side beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday to put them within sight of the title. Wolfsburg had to beat Gladbach, who move up to third, to make Bayern wait another week for their 25th title, but lost to an injury-time Max Kruse goal. Treble-chasing Bayern are in the Champions League and German Cup semis.

They will have little time to celebrate this success as they face rivals Borussia Dortmund in the last four of the domestic cup on Tuesday. Bayern are bidding for their third consecutive domestic double, and second treble in three years.

Guardiola has won five domestic titles in his six years as a manager; three out of four with Barcelona and now two in two for Bayern. The Bavarians face Barca in the Champions League semi-finals in May.

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Team mates celebrate Lavezzi's goal

Winger Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed a hat trick and striker Edinson Cavani scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from its lackluster performance against Barcelona by thrashing Lille 6-1 which had Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama in goal to move three points ahead of Lyon at the top of the French league on Saturday.

PSG also boosted its goal difference to close that gap on Lyon, which has a marginally better goal difference but Lyon moved back to the top after a win away at Reims on Sunday. Though PSG still has a game in hand.

PSG will be looking to plunder more goals on Tuesday when it plays its game in hand at home to 19th-place Metz.

Aubameyang celebrates with Kagawa after creating the goal for the midfielder

Borussia Dortmund winger Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored an audacious penalty and set up another goal in a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to keep their Europa League hopes alive.

The Gabon international took over the penalty duties with Marco Reus on the bench and chipped his 24th minute spot kick down the middle of the goal with keeper Kevin Trapp diving early.

He then charged down the wing and cut back for Shinji Kagawa to tap in as Dortmund, last season's runners-up, moved up to eighth place on 39 points, three behind Augsburg in sixth with four games left in the season.

Pinzi holds the ball well against AC Milan

Second-half goals by Giampiero Pinzi and Emmanuel Badu gave Udinese a 2-1 win over Milan in Serie A on Saturday, further diminishing their slim hopes of playing in European competition next season.

Milan moved down to ninth on the log after an unexpected loss at Udinese with 43 points and six games to go, six points adrift of sixth-placed Fiorentina who also more surprisingly lost at home to relegation threatened Cagliari.
Udinese dominated from the start with Antonio Di Natale testing goalkeeper Diego Lopez's reflexes after 42 seconds.

Antoine Griezmann celebrates another goal for Atletico

 

Antoine Griezmann took his Liga tally for the season to 21 with a double as Atletico Madrid bounced back from Champions League disappointment to beat Elche 3-0.
Diego Simeone’s side suffered defeat to rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, and looked somewhat lethargic early on in the first half - as Atletico struggled to contain Elche on the counter attack.
The Argentine coach watched from the stands after being sent from the touchline in Atletico’s last Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna.

 

Barcelona and Real Madrid continued their excellent form and tight race for the liga tittle with respective wins in their Spanish primera league matches defeating Espanyol and Celta Vigo respectively. Neymar and Messi were the goalscorers as Barcelona ran out two nil winners with both teams receiving a red card each. 

Messi celebrates his goal

Hernandez celebrates another goal for Real

And Javier Hernandez continued his first team starts with two goals on Sunday as Real saw of the threat of Celta Vigo to remain in contention for the Primera liga tittle.

In the premier league, Tottenham managed to hold Southampton to a draw as both teams played out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Gabriel Pelle scoring a  brace for Southampton. Four other matches in the Premier league also ended in draws this weekend with Liverpool - Westbrom among them, so also the highly anticipated Arsenal vs Chelsea match. The match ended in an anti-climax with neither team able to break the deadlock. So Arsene Wenger still continues to search for that much needed win over counter-part Jose Mourinho.

Man United players looking Hapless as their team is mauled by Everton

United coach, Louis Van Gaal looking on helplessly as his team fall to another defeat at the weekend

 

But the biggest talking point remain the total demolition of Manchester United by Everton at Goodison Park. 

 Goals from James McCarthy, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas condemned United to their third successive Premier League loss at Goodison Park as well putting their hopes of a top-four finish at risk.

United need to step up their game in the few remaining matches to be able to confirm eligibility for Europe's elite club competition.
 

Chelsea fans called 'The C-Team' storm Emirates Stadium to turn Arsenal sign blue ahead of London derby

The group of prankster called themselves the 'C-Team' as they carried out their 'mission'

 

The four practical jokers carry the blue and white letters as they look to make their mark in north London

 

The group of Chelsea fans set off blue smoke bombs and covered the Arsenal sign outside the Emirates 

One of the men, wearing a Diego Costa mask, celebrates as blue smoke hits the red side of London

 

A man in a Jose Mourinho mask looks to the camera during the Chelsea Fans Channel prank

A group of Chelsea fans stormed Arsenal's Emirates Stadium this week in a lighthearted attempt to lay a blue marker down as the Premier League clubs prepare to do battle on Sunday. 

The four fans labelled themselves the 'C-Team' while wearing Jose Mourinho, Diego Costa, Didier Drogba and Cesc Fabregas masks to hide their identity before parking up outside Arsenal's north London home.

As the famous A-Team soundtrack kicks in, a narrator claims: 'In 2004, a Portuguese general known as the special one put together a crack commando unit. 

Unfortunately for the pranksters, their hard work was on show for all of 10 minutes before club staff came out and took the 'Chelsea' boards down. 

The Chelsea Fans Channel prank comes just days before Mourinho's side travel to the Emirates in search of what will be a crucial three points. 

The Blues know victory against Arsenal on Sunday will all-but secure the Premier League title with Mourinho's side needing two wins from their next two games.