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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said on Thursday he would welcome January reinforcements to help the club cope with their domestic and European commitments. The manager has often spoken of the difficulties of balancing the demands of the hectic fixture schedule with his small squad. "If there is the possibility to improve the squad numerically it would be a good choice," said Conte, who led Chelsea to the Premier League title last season. "I'm ready to continue to play with all these players. They are showing me great commitment, great behaviours. "At the same time if there is the possibility to improve our squad, I think the club will try to do this." Chelsea, third in the Premier League and through to the semifinals of the League Cup and the Champions League knockout stages, will be without club record signing Alvaro Morata at Everton on Saturday. The 25-year-old, a summer capture from Real Madrid, is suspended after collecting a fifth yellow card ...

Neymar believes Paris Saint-Germain can "make history" by eliminating holders and record 12-time winners Real Madrid when the two clubs meet in the last 16 of the Champions League. French league leaders PSG were paired with Cristiano Ronaldo's Real in the tie of the round, and big-spending PSG are looking for a rapid return on their massive summer investment. "We know it will be a difficult match against a team that has been playing together for years and also wants to win, but we can beat them," Neymar said on Thursday as PSG arrived in Doha for their winter training camp. "We can make history. We're here to do just that, to play football, and we're going to do everything to win," added the Brazilian, who cost PSG a world record €222 million in August when he joined from Barcelona. PSG have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals of the Champions League since the club's takeover by its Qatari owners in 2011, throwing away a 4-0 fir...

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to start against Barcelona in El Clasico, after recovering from his recent knock in the FIFA Club World Cup, according to Guillem Balague.  Ronaldo missed training with Real Madrid earlier this week after sustaining a calf problem in his side’s 1-0 win over Gremio in Abu Dhabi. Madrid host bitter rivals Barcelona on Saturday in the first El Clasico of the season and Balague expects Ronaldo to start at the Bernabeu, possibly alongside Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema. “It seems like he is going to be okay,” said Balague. “You won’t be surprised to hear that some of the niggling injuries that the players have seem to disappear just before a Clasico. He should be okay, they all expect. “It will be interesting which choice [Zinedine] Zidane goes with, not such much with Cristiano or Benzema, but who will be next to them – Isco or Bale? “If Gareth Bale feels like he is 100 per cent, he may actually be the surprise name in the line-up. Otherwise it will of cou...

Wife of Nigerian doctor arrested for having sex with her student in the U.S . . A South Carolina teacher and a mother of one, has been arrested and charged with the sexual battery of a child. . . Jennifer Olajire-Aro, 27, was arrested on December 18. The Charleston Post and Courier reports that Olajire-Aro is a resident of John’s Island. It was the victim who told officials at Burke High School about the alleged abuse. . . A school spokesman, Charles Francis, told the newspaper, “The incidents occurred off campus.” ABC Charleston reports that the alleged abuse between Olajire-Aro and the student lasted for “several months.” . . Olajire-Aro has admitted to the abuse and said that occurred three times in different locations between November and December. Her bond was set at $100,000. . . A The Knot page for Jennifer Olajire-Aro says that she marrie d Taofeek Olajire-Aro Jennifer has a 10-month old baby. Taofeek Olajire-Aro is listed as general surgery doctor in South Carolina.

Tania Omotayo, the famous ex-girlfriend of Nigeria’s Starboy, Wizkid Ayo, cannot stop gushing over rave of the moment Temitope Adekunle aka Small Doctor. Tania, apparently went to a show and witnessed him perform on stage, and she could not help it, as she was totally captivated by the talented artiste’s energy. She shared on her snapchat, a photo of Small doctor performing on stage and wrote: “If you know me even just a little bit you know this song destroyed my destiny.” She also shared the picture she took with the Singer on her social media platforms, and wrote; “If you know me you know that my year is now complete. I finally met @iam_smalldoctor and got to watch him perform my jam… I don’t think anyone loves penalty more than me.” See Screenshots below: t didn’t stop there, Tania who was elated also shared a screenshot of Small Doctor’s comment on her page: Meanwhile, in October, Tania Omotayo who graduated from college 4 years ago, revealed that she’d decided to f...

Atlético Madrid striker, Fernando Torres has given his verdict between Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi and Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo. The 33-year-old praised Ronaldo for achieving so much in the same era as Messi. Torres believes the Barca No. 10 would have achieved double if Madrid No. 7 wasn’t born in this generation. Speaking on the subject ‘name your best between Messi and Ronaldo’, Torres told Radio MARCA: “What Cristiano Ronaldo has done in the time of Messi says a lot about him.” “If he wasn’t there, then Messi would have achieved double, I think that Messi is the best player in the world, although they are different players.” Both Ronaldo and Messi will go head to head in yet another episode of perhaps the biggest club football game in the world, the El Clasico on Saturday.