Bayern Munich extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 10 points with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt, as their title rivals lost.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring on 38 minutes and Douglas Costa doubled the lead two minutes later.
The Poland striker scored his second of the game after half-time to reach 100 goals for Bayern in his 136th game.
Elsewhere title chasing RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund both lost ground on Bayern with costly defeats.
Frankfurt captain Marco Russ came on as a second-half substitute to play in his first Bundesliga game of the season, after recovering from testicular cancer.
Mario Gomez scored the winner as second-placed Leipzig lost 1-0 at home to Wolfsburg.
Third-placed Dortmund, who beat Benfica 4-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, conceded after 11 minutes away to Hertha Berlin as ex-Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou scored.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his 32nd of the season to equalise for Dortmund on 55 minutes, before Marvin Plattenhardt scored Hertha’s winner with a free-kick on 71 minutes.
Bayern, who beat Arsenal 5-1 on Tuesday in their Champions League round-of-16 tie, lead the table on 59 points, with Leipzig on 49 and Dortmund on 43.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger felt his side showed against Lincoln City that they have their confidence back, following the heavy defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
The Gunners beat the non-league side 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
It came after they lost 5-1 to Bayern Munich at the same ground on Tuesday.
“We have been short of confidence after some disappointing results recently,” said Wenger.
“When the confidence was there in the second half, our quality came back.
“It was all us in the second half but you have to congratulate Lincoln for what they have achieved in the FA Cup.”
Barca Vs PSG referee, Deniz Aytekin is set to be sidelined by Uefa after the referee came under pressure for several decisions in Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona pulled off an incredible comeback after heading into the second leg 4-0 down. The Catalan giants conceded an away goal to seemingly kill the game before and scoring three goals in the final seven minutes. Neymar’s superb free kick in the 88th minute sparked a goal rush as Barcelona scored the winner in the 95th minute.
The penalty decision that put Barcelona within a goal of pulling off the unlikely fightback was controversial as Luis Suarez went down under minimal contact. Aytekin pointed to the spot much to the fury of the PSG players who had already seen the referee book Suarez for diving earlier in the game.
The referee consulted with his assistant behind the goal despite having a better view of the incident and being closer to the action.
The German is now set to be taken off any future Champions League games and will not be given the chance to referee another high profile match this season.
Marca claim Aytekin could be demoted to lesser games and may even be sidelined from officiating all together as Uefa wait for the heat to die down.
News reaching us few minutes ago is that Ciara who is in her 3rd trimester was involved in a car crash in L.A.
Ciara who was driving her white Mercedes SUV and was making a left turn when a grey Volvo SUV crashed into the front passenger side of her vehicle.
Words have it that Ciara is having a tight grip of her chest and shoulder but was walking around. None of the parties involved in the accident is seriously injured.
Nollywood actress, Daniella Okeke, who is known for her flamboyant lifestyle and massive behind, is currently being trolled following the call out by Apostle Suleiman‘s alledged side chic, Stephanie Otobo, in a recent interview..
The alleged mistress said the actress was once in a romantic relationship with the Apostle.
The actress’s page, has been filled with different questions and posts, asking her to confirm or deny the allegations.
Finally, Korede Bello has revealed the track list for his ‘Belloved’ album which will drop tomorrow. The mega superstar unveiled his album track list to his over 2M followers on instagram.
‘Belloved’ album hopefully will not bore listeners as the track list shows the album will contain only 11 tracks. There are three bonus tracks which were earlier released, ‘God Win’, ‘Romantic’, ‘Do Like That’.
There’s only one feature on the album “Bellover” (selected fans). Production was handled by Don Jazzy, Baby Fresh, Altims and Cobhams Asuquo.
Goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero gave Manchester City a deserved win over Middlesbrough and earned Pep Guardiola’s side a place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
Silva scored after only three minutes from six yards out after Pablo Zabaleta had time and space to cross low from the right.
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Guzan produced a number of fine saves to deny Silva, Leroy Sane and deflect an Aguero shot on to the post.
But Aguero finally made the result safe when he converted from Sane’s low cross to earn his side a Wembley semi-final.
Nigerian singer Simi has premiered a video for her recently released single ‘Smile For Me’.
The video directed by Clarence Peters tells a love story of Simi and a love interest (played by budding actor Ayoola Ayobami) who teases her with love gestures.
The X3M Music artiste will be releasing her debut album this 2017.
Ace Nigerian actor, Emeka Ike’s 14-year-old marriage to his wife, Suzanne, was legally dissolved on March, 2, 2017 in Lagos, with the court also granting him custody of his children.
Speaking to Saturday Beats during the week about the development, the actor stated that he was not ready to talk about his marriage. But he said when the time comes, he would put out a “comprehensive press statement explaining everything that has happened.”
When asked if he was still interested in having his wife back probably by appealing the judgement, he said, “I don’t want to talk about the dissolution of my marriage with anyone yet. When the time comes, I would put out a well detailed press release about what went wrong and you would be the first to have it. I feel some of my detractors want to use this as an opportunity to get to me. Or are they using you? When it is time for me to talk, I would speak but not now. Thank you.”
The embattled General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, on Friday traded words with Festus Keyamo, a human rights lawyer, over the latter’s client who accused the preacher of forceful abortion of pregnancy.
Stephanie Otobo, a Canadian-based singer, had also accused Mr. Suleman, through her lawyer, of failing to keep a marriage promise made to her last year.
But in a statement by Phrank Shaibu, Mr. Suleman’s spokesperson, the cleric accused Mr. Keyamo of plotting to clone his (the pastor’s) voice in a forthcoming video on the marriage scandal.
The preacher also accused Mr. Keyamo “and his paymasters” of plotting to kill or cause bodily harm to Ms. Otobo and blame the pastor for perpetrating the act.
“There are indications that so-called human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo and his paymasters have concluded plans to unveil cloned video clips involving the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Apostle Johnson Suleman in a desperate bid to prove that the latter had an amorous relationship with one Miss Stephanie Otobo,” Mr. Shaibu said.
“Similarly, it was gathered that Keyamo and his paymasters have also decided to kill or terribly harm the said Miss Otobo and frame Apostle Suleman or his agents as being responsible for the heinous act.”
Stephanie Otobo
The preacher’s claims came just as Ms. Otobo, 23, provided lurid details of her alleged affair with Mr. Suleman.
At a hastily convened press conference at Mr. Keyamo’s Lagos office on Friday, Ms. Otobo said her relationship with Mr. Suleman involved a lot of sex.
Earlier, she had accused the pastor of impregnating and dumping her, via two letters written and signed by Mr. Keyamo.
Mr. Suleman denies all the allegations.
On Thursday, Mr. Suleman threatened legal action against Mr. Keyamo, demanding N1 billion from the lawyer “for all the injuries inflicted on him,” as well as a retraction of all the allegations within seven days.
In his latest statement, the preacher said the unfolding events stemmed from his recent stand against issues bordering on national security, adding that some “powerful forces” are after him.
Claims ‘ridiculous, laughable’
The Festus Keyamo Chambers promised an official response to Mr. Suleman’s claims on Monday.
But speaking shortly after Ms. Otobo’s press conference in Lagos, Festus Afeiyodion, the Deputy Head of Chambers, described the preacher’s claims as “ridiculous” and “laughable,” adding that the threat was a mere ploy by Mr. Suleman to deceive the public.
Festus Keyamo
“We don’t have any problem with Apostle Suleman, we are not personal, we are professionals,” said Mr. Afeiyodion, who heads the law firm’s Lagos office.
“By Monday, we will personally respond to (Apostle Suleman’s) letter, our official response.
“It is a matter between Stephanie Otobo and Apostle Suleman, we are only claiming the ethical right and professional right of a lawyer.
“I don’t want to go into all that, but the Supreme Court has decided that a letter written by a lawyer on behalf of his client cannot ground a case in defamation. So we’ll be eager to meet him in court.”
Arsenal Football Club has released a statement regarding the future of its Manager, Arsene Wenger.
Fans have been calling for the head of the Frenchman following a recent run of poor results.
The call for Wenger’s sack heightened on Tuesday following the team’s humiliating 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich at the Emirates in the round-of-16 Champions League tie.
In a statement on Thursday, Arsenal chairman, Sir Chips Keswick pointed out that Wenger’s contract with the club does not expire until the end of the season and decisions will be made mutually when the right time comes.
Keswick said, “We are fully aware of the attention currently focused on the club and understand the debate.
“We respect that fans are entitled to their different individual opinions but we will always run this great football club with its best long-term interests at heart.
“Arsène has a contract until the end of the season. Any decisions will be made by us mutually and communicated at the right time in the right way.”
