Barcelona slump to fourth in football money league as Real Madrid stay top

According to goal.com, Barcelona are no longer one of the three highest-earning clubs in the world, having plummeted down the Deloitte Football Money League in 2013-14.

The annual revenue list, topped for
an incredible 10th straight year by Real Madrid, shows Barcelona have fallen behind Manchester United and Bayern Munich into fourth place after recording only a €2 million increase in receipts on 2012-13 – the smallest gain among the top 10 clubs.

The blow comes despite the high-profile signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar in the summer of 2013, with commercial revenue having fallen by two per cent over the last two full seasons. The slump also coincides with a period during which the club was at the centre of a scandal which saw the resignation as president of Sandro Rosell.

Austin Houlihan, senior manager at Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, told Goal that the drop is a natural response to their relative lack of success in recent times.

“Barcelona is an interesting one in so much as their revenue growth, when comparing 2013-14 to the previous year, isn’t as great as some of the other clubs around them,” said Houlihan.

“But really that is a consequence of the previous couple of years prior to the period we’re talking about being unprecedented in terms of on-pitch
success.

“That on-pitch success they had three or four years ago drove exceptionally high revenue so it’s natural that not being quite as successful on the pitch has driven a slightly lower level of growth.”

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Bauchi youths stone minister, others at President Jonathan's rally

According to Punch, there was pandemonium on Thursday at the Ibrahim Babangida Square, Venue of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign rally in Bauchi as angry youths pelted dignitaries at the event with dangerous objects like hammer, stones and slippers among other things.

The youths, whose source of grievances could not be immediately ascertained, destroyed some of the canopies and plastic chairs.

The ‘supporters’, who had, before the arrival of President Goodluck Jonathan and his entourage, chanted solidarity songs for the President and the PDP and marched round the venue with their drums and placards with the President’s picture, became unruly during the programme and began pelting dignitaries on the stand. 

Security operatives had a tough time dispersing the restless supporters, who had stormed the square in large in large number.

A similar incident occurred on Monday when Governor Isa Yuguda and other dignitaries were stoned at the PDP governorship campaign rally at the Darazo mini-stadium by angry youths believed to be supporters of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, was pelted with bottled and sachet water while he was making his speech and pleading with the people of the state to vote for and support Jonathan and the PDP during next month’s general elections.

Other dignitaries, who were on the stand with the FCT minister while he was making his speech, were also stoned. Others bent down to avoid being hit by any of the missiles. The minister paused for some seconds to wipe off water from his face.

Mohammed called on the President and other dignitaries to ignore the ugly turn of events, alleging that it was the handwork of the opposition.

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Sad: Tennis star dies from heart failure at just 23

Russian female Tennis player, Violetta Degtiareva has been declared dead while undergoing a training session.

Violetta died on Monday, January 12, 2015 with reports linking her death to possible heart failure as her death was disclosed by a close friend and fellow Tennis player, Anastasia Vdovenco on Facebook.

‘ I can hardly believe it, ‘Rest in peace,’ Anastasia wrote.

Before her death, Violetta Degtiareva was ranked 1,084 in the world but is noted to have previously occupied the 947th position among ranked Tennis players all over the world.

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Meet Actress, Jackie Appiah’s Son, Damien

Did you know Jackie Appiah had a Son? Well now you know. .His Name is Damien Agyemang and He’s All Cute and Has Grown Really Well.

Well it's not a new thing for some celebrities to hide their Children from the public/media, all in the name of ‘Privacy’ while Others happily display beautiful pictures of their children on social media and their instagram pages.

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Tyga's "The Gold Album" Album Is Delayed Again

Tyga's "The Gold Album" was scheduled to release in the new year, on January 27th but it has been delayed again.

Tyga recently unveiled the DONDA-designed cover art for his new album The Gold Album, and appropriately, the album art design was reportedly made out of real gold. After airing out frustrations with his Young Money/Cash Money label, and claiming he was trying to get out of his contract and drop his album independently, it looked like he might succeeded but the problem is obviously not over.

After Tyga announced what was purported to be an official release date for The Gold Album last month, he's had to renege on his word again. Read his tweet announcing further delays below.

"The gold album won't be released the 27th still fightin with Label on my release. But will keep u guys updated."

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INI EDO KEEPS MUTE ON RUMOURED AFFAIR WITH YOUNG ACTOR, MICHAEL GODSON

Few days ago, there were reports online that popular actress, Ini Edo was in a hot romantic relationship with a Nollywood actor, Mike Godson.

This speculation came after some supposedly intimate pictures of the sexy actress and the handsome actor together on bed found its way to the internet. This alleged affair between Ini Edo and Mike came months after the actress announced that she was divorcing her husband, Phillip Ehiagwina, who she got married to in late 2008.

Many had expressed shock at the news, alleging that Ini Edo may have started dating the actor while still married to her ex-husband. But few days later, it was speculated that the picture was from a movie location.

However, out of curiosity Nigeriafilms contacted Ini Edo to get her reaction to the story. When called on Tuesday, she said, "I am on set at the moment." However, they sent her a text message on the issue, but she is yet to respond
to it.

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Wale Reaches Out To Kanye To Design New Uniforms For The Wizards

In October of last year the Washington Wizards took a page out of the Toronto Raptors ' playbook by employing a rapper to be a part of their organization. 

The Wiz gave DC-native, Wale the title of 'creative liaison' with the hopes that he could help provide some more excitement for their already entertaining squad.

Speaking with ESPN The Magazine, Wale delivered some more information as to his plans for the future of the Wizards and it could include some new jerseys.

"I want to be a shot in the arm to DC basketball," he said. " My job is to provide a spark , at all costs. I'm not going to do anything corny, but I'm talking to Kanye about designing new uniforms. I want to see the phone booth rocking every time I come here. I want to create the 'Lake Show,' create what the Bulls had. I want to take the personality of our stars—John [Wall], Otto [Porter], Marcin [Gortat]—and create what Kemp and Payton had , what LeBron and D- Wade had. That's the vibe I want ."

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