Why we lost Euro 2016 final to Portugal – Deschamps

France coach, Didier Deschamps has admitted his team was not clinical enough in Sunday’s Euro 2016 final.
The hosts lost 1-0, despite dominating possession against Portugal and creating more chances.
“I have to congratulate Portugal,” Deschamps told the media in his post-match press conference.
“Clearly we had our opportunities and we weren’t clinical enough”, he added.
Deschamps’ team had seven shots on target, but substitute Eder’s only shot of the match proved to be the winner.

5 attitudes you must possess on the path to greatness

In the course of learning through direct experience, successful people have identified certain things that are limiting on the reach for success. Certain tenets that are just as important as the hard work required to achieve great things.
Here are five of them below:
Never betray friends or family.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you just let anyone roll over you. You have to stand up for yourself and what you believe in. Still, successful people know that if friends and family, the people that should know you best, do not trust you, why should anyone else?
Never lose sight of your goal.
Setting goals and actually pursuing them is the difference between spinning wheels and actually covering some ground. You could put in the same effort no matter how well you focus on your objectives, but if your aim is faulty, there is a high likelihood that you will just be helping someone else achieve their goals.
Combat self-doubt in all its forms.
Fear is completely normal, maybe even healthy - but pessimism is a disease. No one really know where it comes from but everyone experiences it. However, successful people never give in to it, and what's more, they also make part of their goals to help other people overcome theirs.
Never betray your health.
No one lives forever but some of us are always tempted to trade fitness, or sleep, or well-being for a few extra bucks, a little bit of praise from the oga at the top. Truly great people have no room for this in their lives. Their health is not something they joke with.
Refuse to be dominated by others.
We all face bullies at some point in our lives. But truly great people never put up with them. They always find ways to triumph. Oftentimes, successful people find that standing up for themselves often means standing up to the someone

Woman blinds 12-yr-old houseboy in Lagos

It was gathered that young boy who is from Togo, and was employed by the woman, had been suffering severe beating in the hands of the woman. The little boy has therefore lost an eye in one of such cruel beatings » .
According to neighbours at 14b, Olu Akerele Street, Balogun Bus Stop off Awolowo Way, Ikeja, residence of the woman, the woman descended on the poor boy » because he did not wash a kettle properly and in the process, injured his eye.
The residents who could no longer withstand her cruelty, reported the case to the police and the woman was arrested.
A resident who identified herself as Tayo , narrated how the incident happened:
“We feared the unexpected with the manner the woman used to beat the boy. He has a deep sore on his leg. When I asked him about it, he said it was burnt from fire. He said the swollen eye was caused by beating from his madam for not washing a kettle properly.
He has been subjected to violence for a long time. You know everybody used to mind his or her business in the compound. When I saw the boy last, he was looking sickly. Hence I decided to seek help from the appropriate agency.”

BET Awards 2016 complete list of nominees and winners

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Adele
Andra Day
WINNER: Beyoncé
K. Michelle
Rihanna
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
WINNER: Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
Jeremih
The Weeknd
Tyrese
Best Group
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
WINNER: Drake & Future
Puff Daddy & The Family
Rae Sremmurd
The Internet
Best Collaboration
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign – “Play No Games”
Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change the World”
Future feat. Drake – “Where Ya At”
Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé – “Feeling Myself”
WINNER: Rihanna feat. Drake – “Work”
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
WINNER: Drake
Fetty Wap
Future
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Dej Loaf
Lil Kim
Missy Elliott
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Beyoncé
Video of the Year
WINNER: Beyoncé – “Formation”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Rihanna feat. Drake – “Work”
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Chris Brown
Colin Tilley & The Little Homies
WINNER: Director X
Hype Williams
Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Andra Day
WINNER: Bryson Tiller
Kehlani
Tory Lanez
Dr. Bobby Jones
Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
Erica Campbell
WINNER: Kirk Franklin
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Tasha Cobbs
Best Actress
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
WINNER: Taraji P. Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis
Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Courtney B. Vance
Idris Elba
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan
O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Youngstars Award
WINNER: Amandla Stenberg
Quvenzhané Wallis
Silentó
Willow Smith
Yara Shahidi
Best Movie
Beasts of No Nation
Concussion
Creed
Dope
WINNER: Straight Outta Compton
Sportswoman of the Year
Cheyenne Woods
Gabrielle Douglas
WINNER: Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
Cam Newton
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Odell Beckham Jr.
WINNER: Stephen Curry
Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
WINNER: Beyoncé – “Formation”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Chris Brown – “Back to Sleep”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Future feat. Drake – “Where Ya At”
Rihanna feat. Drake – “Work”
Centric Award
Andra Day – “Rise Up”
WINNER: Beyoncé – “Formation”
K. Michelle – “Not a Little Bit”
Rihanna – “Bitch Better Have My Money”
The Internet – “Under Control”
Best International Act Africa
Aka (South Africa)
WINNER: Black Coffee (South Africa)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Mzvee (Ghana)
Serge Beynaud (Cote D’ivoire)
WINNER: Wizkid (Nigeria)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Best International Act U.K.
Kano
Krept & Konan
Lianne La Havas
WINNER: Skepta
Stormzy
Tinie Tempah
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: Samuel L. Jackson

gland captain Wayne Rooney and manager Roy Hodgson on Monday pleaded with the country's fans to avoid further violence to head off a UEFA threat to disqualify the team from Euro 2016

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"I'm appealing to you to stay out of trouble," Hodgson said in a video message. "We really desperately want to stay in the competition."
Rooney told fans: "Be safe, be sensible and continue with your great support for the players."
After violence erupted in Marseille over the weekend, overshadowing England's 1-1 draw with Russia, European governing body UEFA threatened to kick both teams out of the tournament if the disorder continued.
It also said both countries must make an appeal to their fans not to cause unrest.
England play rivals Wales in the northern French city of Lens on Thursday and Russian fans will also be in the area as their team face Slovakia in nearby Lille a day earlier.
in a video message posted on the English Football Association's Twitter feed, Hodgson said: "As England manager I'm obviously very concerned about the threat which is now hanging over us and the sanctions that could possibly be imposed upon the England team.
"We worked very hard to get here and we really desperately want to stay in the competition. I'm appealing therefore to all of our fans.
"We appreciate your support at all our matches, of course, but I'm appealing to you to stay out of trouble and to try and make certain that these threats that are being issued are never carried out."
Following Hodgson, Rooney said: "I'd like to thank the England fans for the great support inside the stadium against Russia and now we have a big game coming up against Wales.
"I'd like to ask the fans, please, if you don't have a ticket, don't travel, and for the fans with tickets, be safe, be sensible, and continue with your great support for the players. Thank you."

NFF admits owing Coach Amodu two months salary

Nigeria Football Federation through its Secretary General, Mohammed Sanusi has admitted to owing the late Shuaibu Amodu two months salary.
A former Super Eagles goalkeeper, now Sports analyst, Peterside Idah had alleged that the federation owed the late coach close to seven months wages.
Idah claimed he received a call from the late Super Eagles coach, intimating him of his backlog of unpaid salaries.
“NFF please pay the ones that are ALIVE got a call from him (Amodu) that he has not been paid for about 7 months,” Idah said on Saturday.
But the NFF scribe on Monday said Amodu like other management staff are owed only two months wages.
“Every member of NFF Management is being owed salaries for two (2) months. The NFF will pay all monies due late Amodu to his family,” Mr Sanusi was quoted in a tweet on the official handle of the NFF.
The former BCC Lions, El-Kanemi Warriors, Shooting Stars and Orlando Pirates tactician died in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday, after complaining of chest pains on Friday night.
He was known to be hypertensive, and had rejected taking over the Super Eagles’ coaching job in February on this ground.

Nigerian politicians

WHAT A PITY!!!

"By implication, kidney failure is becoming a public health issue. It is very expensive to treat. Providing cheap or free dialysis should be key to any government healthcare policy today. That is one thing the politicians can do. How many poor people can afford N25,000 for dialysis? Now imagine that a politician has kidney failure. Of course, he can afford to buy a personal dialysis machine, and paying N7m for a transplant is like buying a stick of cigarette. Someone recently told me of a politician who bought a N45 million car for his girlfriend. Why? An associate came visiting in a brand of the car and the girl lustfully told her boyfriend: “Honey, I like this car!” And that was it. So I keep asking: how can the Nigerian masses benefit from democracy? The people who queue up come rain or shine to vote politicians into office cannot afford N25,000 for dialysis, but the politician they elected into office can buy a N45m donkey for his girlfriend, just like that. That is the paradox.
The underprivileged are the biggest victims of our democracy, while the political office holders are the biggest beneficiaries. Yet by its simplest definition, the people should be the object and the subject of democracy. They form the absolute majority of the voting population. But when the billions are being spent, their interests are the least of considerations. The gap between the people and the politicians in Nigeria is too wide. Damn too wide. You find a jobless thug who has been favoured with a party’s ticket to become a lawmaker instantly transformed into a multi-millionaire. He will most likely relocate his family abroad where they will enjoy the best of education and healthcare. If he has a cold, he will fly first class abroad to receive treatment. But the people who voted him into office cannot as much as buy N2,000 worth of drugs at the pharmacy."