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South African reality television star and businesswoman Faith Nketsi introduces her husband and their baby to their followers.

She says when they took those pictures she was 7 months old.

Faith Nketsi

She wrote:

Mommy and Daddy love you so much I was 7 months pregnant in those pictures and I remember how happy I was because my baby bump was finally starting to show and take shape. agh fun times

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Faith Nketsi and her husband recently welcomed her first child with her husband Nzuzo Njilo.

After keeping the pregnancy under wraps, Faith confirmed that they welcomed their bundle of Joy ahead of the first episode of their reality television show.

“These past 9 months have been nothing but amazing. I can’t wait to share my journey with you guys. To my husband, I love you so much and you are such a blessing to my life. My little family is complete and I am beyond grateful. To our beautiful baby. Love is what you represent and I will love you with everything I am and I pray every day that I am the best mommy to you,” posted Faith on social media.

The former Queen Twerk shared a picture on her Instagram stories holding her bundle of joy in her arms.

Nketsi-Njilo explains that it was important for her to keep the pregnancy private through the whole 9 months as she feels she was keeping their baby safe by doing so.

“It was important to us to keep our pregnancy private throughout the whole 9 months of it, well in my case 6 months because I had no idea during the first trimester lol… anyways, I felt I was keeping our baby safe by doing so and I would do it the exact same way if I had a redo,” tweeted Nketsi.

Nketso got married to businessman Nzuzo Njilo on 10th April 2022 in an elaborate traditional wedding ceremony.

The two love birds were introduced to each by Faith Nketsi’s bestie Kim Kholiwe, and according to Nketsi, theirs was love at first sight.

Along with being a businessman, Nzuzo Njilo is also the son of the former mayor of Msunduzi Municipality- Themba Njilo.

In a Q&A session with one of her fans a couple of months back, Faith revealed that she bought her first car in her teenage years.

“From dancing, well twerking. I remember it was about 60k and I saved up, I was so excited and I couldn’t wait to get a license,” she told her fans.

“I got it at 1 in June, my birthday is on the 30th of December, on the 3rd of January when I was officially 18 I did my learners and I passed first go and soon after that, I got my license. Was I not excited? I would drive any and everywhere. Fun fact, now I hate driving.”

Following her wedding, she thanked her parents and partner for their support.

“I always say our love is not your typical love story, but I would never have it any other way. God created me for you. I’m content knowing that you love me and I am blessed to love you unconditionally. I’m excited to begin this new chapter with my hubby and build an amazing life for our children and grandchildren. I can’t wait to wake up next to you every morning.”

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Bianca Naidoo fights to take over late Riky Rick’s Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz & all the money

Late SA hip-hop star, Riky Rick’s baby mama and partner, Bianca Naidoo has taken the Johannesburg Master of the High Court and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to court to be recognized as his wife and executor of his estate as the rapper died in February without a will.

Bianca Naidoo and Riky Rick

A local publication reports that Bianca Naidoo is fighting for her baby daddy rapper Riky Rick’s estate, who reportedly committed suicide in February without a will. Learn More

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South African TV actress Jessica Nkosi has finally revealed her daughter’s face Namisa Dlamini and she is all grown up. It is unbelievable that just a couple of years ago Jessica and her baby daddy TK Dlamini welcomed their daughter onto the world, and fast forward to 2022, Namisa is a big girl.

This past weekend Namisa celebrated her fourth birthday and Jessica took to her Instagram account to share how proud she is to be a mother to the 4-year-old.

The actress posted a series of pictures featuring herself, Namisa, and her dad TK Dlamini. Namisa looked stunning in a white dress. Jessica penned a sweet caption to her and said she is privileged to be her mother.

“We have a whole 4-year-old. I thank God every day for allowing me the privilege to be your mother. We love you so much baby Namisa Dlamini,” she captioned the post.

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Her baby daddy also celebrated her birthday by sharing pictures of his happy family and wished his daughter a happy birthday.

“Yesterday the little princess turned 4!!It seems like yesterday when we welcomed you into this world…time really does fly. I pray God continues to protect and guide you. We love you baby. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. NAMISA DLAMINI,” he wrote.

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Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Bianca Naidoo fights to take over late Riky Rick’s Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz & all the money

Bianca Naidoo and Riky Rick

A local publication reports that Bianca Naidoo is fighting for her baby daddy rapper Riky Rick’s estate, who reportedly committed suicide in February without a will. Learn More

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South African reality TV star and event host, Inno Morolong, has landed herself in hot water yet again.

This follows after she posted on her Instagram stories that December is approaching and young beautiful girls who are stressing about not having money to buy themselves drinks this coming festive season can go partying with her for free.

She wrote:

“It’s December… ladies if you look good but you are stressed about money for drinks, don’t worry, I got u. If you are beautiful and clean, you will definitely come to party with me at my events and drink free…just DM me with your pictures…if I reply to you it means you can come to my table.”

The Diamond and Dolls star followers and tweeps were more than convinced that Inno’s offer was too good to be true, as they suspected she might end up “selling” them to her rich male friends.

Inno told the publication that she is not selling young girls, nor has she ever sold them, as she is a single mother to a girl, she would never do something that horrible knowing she has a young girl child.

“My darling, I don’t sell, nor have I sold young girls before, this post is an old post I post it when I need young, new vibrant girls as champagne or bottle girls at the club, as you know before I was a full-time club host and I needed new faces all the time.

Inno Morolong

“People need to understand the Club language when I say I want girls who will be partying with me, it’ll be them being bottle/champagne girls, why would I sell young girls where as me myself I am a single mother to a young girl whom I also have to protect from people who sell girls, if there is any girl who said I have sold her, they must come forward, I’ve never sold girls people should get their facts straight,” Inno commented.

The 30-year-old TV star from Welkom, Free State, is one of the most controversial socialites in Mzansi, known as the club host, promoter, and influencer.

inno morolong . What dd makhadzi said pic.twitter.com/R7gCPrZdlq

— Moloto Monica (@MolotoMonica) August 27, 2022

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Bianca Naidoo fights to take over late Riky Rick’s Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz & all the money

Bianca Naidoo and Riky Rick

A local publication reports that Bianca Naidoo is fighting for her baby daddy rapper Riky Rick’s estate, who reportedly committed suicide in February without a will. Learn More

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Boity Thulo celebrated her mother, Modiehi Thulo who marked her 52nd birthday.

Taking to Instagram, the rapper shared a lovely photo of her mom and captioned with, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SUPREME VIRGO QUEEN!!”

Modiehi also shared photos on her official Instagram account, revealing that she had a splendid birthday lunch with family members.

“I’m 25 and having the best time of my life!! Amazing lunch with family,” she wrote.

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DJ Tira’s wife is a beautiful woman known as Gugu Khathi. Although known by many as just DJ Tira’s wife, Gugu Khathi is a lot more than just that and has a bag of accomplishments to her name. She is an entrepreneur with an interest in the real estate industry and a keynote speaker and a TEDx Speaker.

In addition to that, Gugu Khathi is also a reality television star and is a former Real Housewives of Johannesburg cast member and she is also a social media influencer.

DJ Tira and Gugu Khathi are one of the hottest celebrity couples in South Africa. Whenever the two step out they do it in style and often serve hot couple goals. After dating for around 18 years, Gugu Khathi officially became DJ Tira’s wife after the two completed their marriage rituals in October 2016.

The couple held their Umabo ceremony to introduce Gugu to DJ Tira’s ancestors. The event was held at DJ Tira’s home in Kwa Hlabisa, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. In Zulu culture, the Umabo is the closing wedding ceremony where the bride and her family are introduced to the groom’s family and they bring gifts to the groom’s family.

For their Umabo ceremony, DJ Tira and his wife chose a black and white theme for their traditional outfits and cake and they looked absolutely stunning.

DJ Tira children

DJ Tira and his wife have been blessed with three beautiful children- two sons and a daughter called Junior, Chase, and Gigi.

The couple adores their children and despite their busy schedules, they both make time to spend with their children although they often avoid sharing photos of their children online, whenever they do, they often melt their fans’ hearts. In February 2022, rumours accusing DJ Tira of sleeping with Durban-based DJ Hlo emerged on social media. DJ Hlo jumped to fame in late 2021 after her song Isibani won the Ukhozi FM’s Song of The Year despite being fairly unknown by a lot of listeners.

Fans who couldn’t understand how DJ Hlo won the SOTY argued that the upcoming artist must have bribed someone at Ukhozi FM and it wasn’t long before some even speculated that she had slept with DJ Tira in return for the favour.

DJ Tira denied the allegations and even threatened to fight the fans who were spreading the propaganda.

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In other news – Sweetest messages pour in for Musa Mseleku’s wife number 4, MaNgwabe

Uthando Nesthembu reality star Mbali MaNgwabe Mseleku has reached a milestone. On Thursday, 2 September, she graduated at Thembelani Nursing College.

In the previous episodes of Uthando Nesthembu, she made it clear to her husband, Musa Mseleku, that she was committed to her studies. Learn more

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Babes Wodumo explains why her son, Sponge Wodumo’s face is kept secret.

In 2021, the singer and her husband, Mampintsha welcomed their first child and named him Sponge because Mandla’s mom assumed Babes was not pregnant but kept sponge in her stomach.

Since the child was born, the couple has been very careful as they ensure his face is blocked any time, they share his photos or videos on social media.

According to Sunday World, the Gqom queen claims the reason they are yet to reveal Sponge face is because of safety reasons.

“We decided to not show Sponge’s face because of traditional and safety reasons. Bad things happen out there, and we would rather not regret them later,” said Babes.

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Blxckie has reacted to his first live performance with a band. Durban rapper has been phenomenal in SA hip hop and he has hopped into different sounds including Amapiano.

Taking to Instagram, Blxckie hitmaker began by thanking his fans who came out to support him during his live performance.

The rapper went on to say that it was his first live performance with a band and that he cherished every minute of it after exceeding expectations.

“wanna start off by saying NGIYABONGA to everyone that came out to the live show last night, it was my first time performing with the band, and came the stress of doing my event. long story short, my expectations were met and passed by a mile and I pray everyone had a great time cause me? I had fuckin great time. there are a lot of pictures and videos so lemmi just start w da fit.” Blxckie wrote

Source: Fakazanews

In other news – Bianca Naidoo says she is open and honest with her kids about Riky Rick’s death

Bianca Naidoo opens up on how she’s been surviving 6 months after the death of her husband, Riky Rick. In February 2022, the rapper took his life in the studio; the news of his passing left many numb, shocked and heartbroken.

While the family and friends he left behind are trying the heal, the wife of the deceased opened up recently on how she’s been surviving, and how the kids have been a pillar of strength to her. Learn more

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South African rapper, Big Zulu has had to fight off speculation he married a male lover after pictures of a lookalike at a same-sex wedding went viral.

The Durban rapper and former Isibaya actor quashed rumours via his Twitter social media platform.

The speculation kicked off after a tweep posted a picture of two men on their wedding day. Ironically, one of the men looked convincingly like the hitmaker.

The tweep shared: “Big Zulu just got married to his highschool sweetheart”.

And tweeps were convinced that it was the rapper – nicknamed “Inkabi” – who has been linked to celebs like Bonang Matheba and Pearl Thusi.

But the bridal couple turn out to be a US couple called Frankie and Mel who wed over the weekend.

Following the confusion, Big Zulu responded to the social media confusion.

Debunking the rumours, the rapper responded to the viral pic in isuZulu: “Don’t play with me”.

Aybo musani ukudlala ngam yey khuzeka https://t.co/osxJXkgF74

— Big Zulu (@BigZulu_ZN) September 4, 2022

If that wasn’t enough to confuse us, Daily Sun is reporting that Big Zulu, did in fact tie the knot this weekend.

The publication reports that the hitmaker sent a delegation to the Diepkloof, Soweto home of his significant other last week. This, to pay lobola for a woman named Lebogang Makenete.

Not much is known about the mystery woman nor the secret nuptials.

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Self-proclaimed amapiono king Kabza De Small has allegedly put a ring on it. This after his long-time girlfriend, Kamogelo Gello Moropa, shared pictures wearing a diamond ring on her wedding finger.

Kabza De Small

Kamogelo posted one of her pictures on her social media page and captioned it “Mrs”. The couple got hitched in a private ceremony in September last year where Kabza De Small paid lobola. Learn More

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Mzansi media personality, Anele Mdoda is one celebrity who is always subjected to constant bullying. The body shamers come out in their numbers whenever it’s time to troll her and just recently, Musa Khawula took to Twitter and told Anele to hit the gym.

You would think by now that body shaming would be a thing of the past. However, our celebrities are always trolled for their appearances.

Anele Mdoda recently showed off her impressive weight loss journey after getting trolled by Musa Khawula. This was after she sided with Moshe Ndiki.

“Alexa please play Chris Brown ‘kiss kiss’ for my kiss madolo,” she captioned her tweet.

Heh wethu I need @netflorist send Moshe the whole florist

— Anele Mdoda (@Anele) August 22, 2022

She shared an image of her working the gym and left her followers impressed.

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According to Sowetan, Anele follows a certain diet and also plays tennis and also boxing.

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Kabza De Small

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L’vovo has revealed that he is still struggling to walk after his car accident in May. The accident happened while he was driving his silver VW Polo from his home in Newcastle.

The Kwaito star reassured his fans that the situation was not so bad, as it was only his leg that got seriously injured on my leg. He had to use a wheelchair after he was discharged but doctors helped him walk again. However, he still has a limp.

“I’m in a good shape now. I feel the energy and I’m fit for stage. I’ve been missing my fans and I’m sure they miss me too,” he said. L’vovo said after the accident, he was not getting any bookings.

“I understand that most organisers and promoters thought I would not be able to perform. Yes, it was hard after I was discharged but I worked hard to be able to walk again with the help of doctors and the people around me, including friends and family

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In other news – Anele Mdoda shows off impressive body transformation after being body shamed

You would think by now that body shaming would be a thing of the past. However, our celebrities are always trolled for their appearances. Learn more

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Widow, Bianca Naidoo opens up on how she’s been surviving 6 months after the death of her husband, Riky Rick.

In February 2022, the rapper took his life in the studio; the news of his passing left many numb, shocked and heartbroken.

While the family and friends he left behind are trying the heal, the wife of the deceased opened up recently on how she’s been surviving, and how the kids have been a pillar of strength to her.

Bianca has an eight-year-old son named Maik who she shared with the rapper and a daughter named Jordan from a previous relationship.

“Some days are easier than others. I manage with such an amazing support structure around me, and the kids also give me a lot of strength. The days when I’m not okay, I allow myself to be not okay,” she said.

“I was very open from the beginning, from day one, about what happened to dad, I talk a lot with children, I listen a lot. Now they are comfortable expressing themselves and they both process in their own way. They know that if they have questions, they can come and ask and talk about it, and I think they’re both there. It’s just a matter of me being honest,” she continued.

Riky Rick was a family man and greatly loved by many.

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Kabza De Small

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Mzansi Hip-Hop star, Cassper Nyovest has opened a can of worms with his diss track directed at fellow rapper Big Zulu released on Friday 2 September.

Mufasa’s song titled 4 Steps Back, comes after the Mal’ Eningi hitmaker dissed him and other rappers on his song 150 Bars two weeks ago. While the idea behind dissing each other was to revive South African hip-hop music and had nothing to do with beef, Cassper seemed to hit below the belt when he called Big Zulu an abuser.

The new diss track sees Cassper firing shots at Big Zulu over his music career, saying he used Riky Rick’s death to promote his songs. He also labelled him an abuser.

“You built your career off features with who and who. You know you got a history, n**** don’t act confused, see this right here is karma for women that you abused,” Cassper raps.

Later in the track he says, “And why you try to use Riky’s death to get a hit?”

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According to a 2018 article by SowetanLIVE, Big Zulu — real name Siyabonga Nene — was arrested in November that year for allegedly beating up the mother of his daughter.

The publication further reported that the Nkabi Records boss spent a night in jail before appearing at the Johannesburg magistrates’ court the following day.

In March 2021, Big Zulu addressed the abuse allegations for the first time during his interview with MacG and Sol Phendula on Podcast and Chill.

When asked about the allegations, he did not deny knowing about them. He, however, did deny beating up his ex-girlfriend.

“I know about that [the allegations] and they were not true. Do you see how big I am, I’ve had many fights with men back home [Bergville] and it was all to prove a point. A woman does not have the same strength as me, I respect her.

“If a woman hurts me or abuses me I leave completely. If she ever abuses me, I’m out, because I don’t even have the energy to even argue with a woman.

“I have never hit a woman with my hands,” Big Zulu told MacG and Sol.

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Kabza De Small

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South African actress, Asavela Mqokiyana dragged her alleged absent father Manqoba Mngqithi for filth on Twitter. The actress clearly stated that her success cannot be attributed to Manqoba’s parenting, saying there wasn’t any.

The Mamelodi Sundowns coach has finally responded to his daughter’s claims of him being a dead beat. He told Daily Sun that he does not wish to air his dirty laundry to the public and that he wants to protect Asavela Mngqithi.

“I don’t want to air my dirty laundry in the public. I want to protect my daughter but at this point in time I must clear the air. I’m aware of Asavela’s claims and there is no truth to them,” he said in response.

“Asavela is my first daughter but from a previous relationship. I was about to start working when her mother fell pregnant. From day one, I took care of Asavela and I paid damages to her family which is why she used my surname,” he told the publication.

He said he lived with her when she was a teenager and paid for her fees.

“When she was 14 she was living with me. I paid for her school fees from Primary until tertiary,” he said adding that he has proof of this. But Asavela said she could not finish her studies due to fees owed.

Manqoba said problems between them began when Asavela started working and standing on her own two feet. He even said he does not know who took her lobola because traditionally the father is involved in the negotiations.

“Ever since she started working, she started fighting with me. Because of this tension I don’t even know her husband and I don’t even know who took her lobola.”

The coach says his daughter should be concentrating on her marriage instead.

Asavela shook the timeline and gave another bad name to absent fathers. She said her success is not owed to her father saying she struggled during her childhood.

“Whatever I have/will still achieve never credit all my hard work to manqoba mngqithi and his money. Ngihluphekile ngaphumelela engekho. If you have an opinion or inkinga Cela uyidle. Love and light I guess” wrote Asavela Mqokiyana.

“I worked from 14 years at west street supporting my late grandmother who worked as a domestic worker in Wentworth. When I went to varsity I worked at Gateway…Just don’t credit him for anything when it comes to my success.

“But he keeps doing interviews as a supportive father and that’s annoying. Whatever I have to will still achieve, I’ll never give credit to Manqoba Mngqithi and his money,” she said.

The actress added that she suffered and succeeded without the help of her father.

Her followers backed her:

She ain’t rejecting her father but setting the record straight about her upbringing without him. If he was a runaway father surely he didn’t add value to who she is today so no lane crossed.

— Matete (@Matete301) September 3, 2022

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Kabza De Small

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South African actress Velile Makhoba has bid farewell to the award-winning TV show Gomora, after her character came to an end.

The budding actress portrayed the character of Gugulethu in the telenovela, but all things pertaining to her character came to an end last week. Taking to her Instagram page she announced her exit and said Gomora has paved a golden road for her and sharpened her gift.

Velile Makhoba

She also thanked her supporters who made sure that they tuned in every day to the show to watch her showcase her talent.

“My heart is full of gratitude because you guys as a production team made my god dream a reality…. Thank you for seeing potential that you believed was fit to work with, the whole team has been wonderful and kind to my soul, from the producers of the show down to my core workers, you made me feel at home and like I belong. Gomora has paved a golden road for me and sharpened my gift and I shall be graciously carry the love you guys have poured into me, I appreciate all of you. To my fans thank you for the love and support you guys have shown me I’ll forever be grateful futh ngyohlezi nginithanda. See on the next one this was just beginning,” she captioned the post.

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Her followers took to the comment section to wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

aith_mgobhozi commented, “You did amazingly wellmay this open more doors even bigger doors.”

asiphe_ntuli commented, “You carried the character so well We are very proud of you.”

shamiso_omphile “Yohh I love you so much I’m tearing your talent changed me velz! Uyi superstar.”

Gomora writer Chris Q Radebe took to his Instagram account to give her flowers.

Source: News365.co.za

In other news – Kabza De Small allegedly gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Kamo

Kabza De Small

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Two-time winners Chelsea began their Champions League campaign with a shock defeat at Dinamo Zagreb.

The Croatian champions have a woeful record in this competition – winning just five of 43 games before this meeting – but they stubbornly held on after taking a first-half lead.

The dangerous Mislav Orsic netted the 13th-minute winner, running through from the halfway line and beautifully dinking a finish past the advancing Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Dinamo came agonisingly close to a second but Stefan Ristovski’s thunderous, long-range effort was superbly tipped onto the bar by Arrizabalaga.

Deadline-day signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was handed his Chelsea debut and, although the ex-Arsenal skipper had a goal ruled out for offside, he largely looked off the pace.

Armando Broja replaced Aubameyang just before the hour mark, but the Albanian had little impact in overall disjointed performance of Thomas Tuchel’s men.

Chelsea launched a late onslaught on Dinamo’s goal and the hosts were relieved to see Reece James’ low shot rattle the foot of the post with five minutes remaining.

Serie A champions AC Milan travel to RB Salzburg (kick-off 20:00 BST) in Group E’s other game.

In the first transfer window under their new owners, Chelsea was Europe’s highest spending club with an outlay of close to £300m on new signings this summer.

The Blues, though, look an incoherent outfit and although Tuchel – who took charge of the side for the 100th time against Dinamo – is not yet under pressure, the German will quickly need to work out his side’s problems with hands-on new owner Todd Boehly watching closely.

A solid defensive platform was the bedrock of Tuchel’s success in his first few months at the club when he led them to their second Champions League title with a victory over Manchester City.

But in seven games in all competitions this term, the Londoners have already lost three times and kept just one clean sheet, which came on the opening day of the Premier League campaign against Everton.

Former Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly is an experienced Champions League player, but defensive team-mate Wesley Fofana was making his first appearance in the competition.

And the lack of understanding between the pair – who cost more than £100m between them – in the early days of their partnership was apparent for the goal when they both went for a high ball, yet neither got to it.

It allowed Bruno Petkovic to flick the ball on for Orsic, who held off Fofana before advancing on goal and converting with the coolest of finishes.

Arrizabalaga, who started instead of out-of-form number one Edouard Mendy, did not have much to do but denied Ristovski with a stunning save.

At the other end of the pitch, Aubameyang was given the first start since signing from Barcelona and the 33-year-old striker played in a face mask, having been involved in a violent robbery at his home which left him with a broken jaw.

The signs were good when he ran through early on, but failed to pick out a team-mate with his cutback and struggled to make an impact thereafter.

Chelsea’s general showing was one of slow build-up play which did not do enough to unlock a well-organised and obdurate Dinamo backline.

The visitors chased an equaliser with time running out, but Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved Mason Mount’s first-time strike and Kai Havertz’s header from six yards out was brilliantly blocked by Robert Ljubicic.

It was just Chelsea’s second group stage loss in 18 games, while Dinamo held on for a famous victory.

The perfect start from the Croatians gives them hope of reaching the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time, having failed to do so in all previous seven appearances in the competition.

source – BBC

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Striker Kyogo Furuhashi is available to face Real Madrid in Celtic’s Champions League group-stage opener, says manager Ange Postecoglou.

Japan forward scored six goals in five games before going off after three minutes of Saturday’s 4-0 win over Rangers.

However, centre-back Carl Starfelt will miss the Group F meeting with the defending champions at Celtic Park.

“He trained this morning and looked okay,” Postecoglou said of Kyogo.

“He’s available. I make the decision whether he’ll play or not, but in terms of him training and doing everything in training, he was fine.

“On the weekend, Carl Starfelt hurt his knee. We don’t have an exact diagnosis, but it’s nothing too serious but will probably keep him out for a couple of weeks.”

Celtic have started the domestic season with seven wins from seven in all competitions, scoring 29 goals and conceding just two.

Postecoglou’s side dismantled rivals Rangers at the weekend but come up against the Champions League winners from last season who have started their La Liga campaign with four wins from four.

Despite the step up, the Celtic boss maintains his side will aim to play on the front foot.

“There’s no point playing football a certain way and then, when you get the opportunity to measure it against the best, you shy away from it,” the Australian said.

“You could go out there tomorrow and limit the damage and might get a win playing a different way, but have you really tested yourself? I don’t think you have.

“If we’re short of where we need to be then we go back, dust ourselves off, work at it again and get a bit closer next time.”

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti fully expects Celtic to retain the “intensity” of their style of play but says “we’re prepared, we’re ready for it” and has faith in his side’s ability to defend against it.

“It is obviously going to be a difficult game,” he said. “They, like us, have a good dynamic going at the moment.”

source – BBC

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Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City opened their Champions League campaign by thrashing a dismal Sevilla side.

Haaland’s ninth goal in five games set City on their way, with the Norwegian forward tapping in from Kevin de Bruyne’s superb driven cross.

He added to his tally after the break when he was again on hand to score from close range after home goalkeeper Yassine Bounou parried Phil Foden’s shot into his path.

In between, England midfielder Foden had given City a healthy cushion in their Group G opener, teasing his marker Nemanja Gudelj before sweeping a left-foot effort into the bottom-right corner of the net.

Ruben Dias underlined the gulf in class between the Premier League champions and the side that finished fourth in La Liga last term late on, side-footing Joao Cancelo’s cross into the middle of an empty net.

The manner of City’s victory and final scoreline was not unduly flattering, with the visitors dominant throughout.

Julen Lopetegui’s side looked short of attacking ideas and bereft of confidence after their winless start to the La Liga season.

With John Stones and Kyle Walker missing because of minor injuries City manager Pep Guardiola handed a debut to Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji, but aside from a wild first-half effort from Alejandro Gomez, the hosts barely threatened.

source – BBC

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday met Chelsea and Ivory Coast football legend Didier Drogba in Rwanda.

Mnangagwa and the once sensational football star are both attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum 2022, an annual nature conservative summit, in Kigali.

Posting on his Twitter handle Monday, Mnangagwa described the one time fierce striker as a true African hero.

“A true African hero – thank you my brother @didierdrogba,” Mnangagwa said, after taking few images with the two-time African footballer of the year.

There were no details of the two’s meeting.

Mnangagwa, viewed as a human rights abuser in his country, has taken advantage of the international profile enjoyed by the much loved European football celebrities to try and spruce up the image.

Back home, he has had meetings with Zimbabwean football exports plying their trade in Europe’s most prestigious leagues.

These include Marvelous Nakamba who plays for English premiership side Aston Villa and Tino Kadewere, who was playing for Olympique Lyon in France and has since moved to Spanish side Real Mallorca.

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At least one passenger died while several others were injured when a Joma bus they were travelling in developed an engine failure while negotiating the treacherous Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi and rolled back before landing on its left side just before midday today.

According to The Herald, the Joma bus driver said he had 33 passengers on board.

He said as he was negotiating the steep ascent, the bus developed a fault and started rolling back.

“The passengers started screaming and there was confusion all over, but I managed to avoid plunging into the steep gorge,” he said.

Police who were at the scene said a female passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital while the majority of the passengers were treated and discharged.

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Illegal immigrant watchdog Operation Dudula says it is heading to the apex court to interdict the Home Affairs minister’s extension of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP).

Zandile Dabula, national secretary-general of the movement, said it rejected the “vague” reasons behind the special advisory committee’s decision.

“Operation Dudula has instructed its attorneys to apply for ‘direct access’ to the Constitutional Court on an urgent basis, with an intent to prevent the Minister of Home Affairs [from extending the] ZEP.

“If Zimbabwean permit holders were serious about legalising their stay in SA, [they] would have taken advantage of the opportunity presented by the Department of Home Affairs.”

Home Affairs recently extended ZEP for another six months, from December 31 to June 30, 2023.

“Failure to make representations could mean the current permit holders don’t have valid legal grounds to advance or consciously elected to ignore legalising their stay in SA,” said Dabula.

Dabula said contravention of the Immigration Act was a criminal offence and should not be reasoned otherwise.

“The Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi’s behaviour is consistent with that of Dr Joe Phaahla, who instead of instructing hospitals to report an illegality taking place at public hospitals elects to tell South Africans he is contemplating making lawbreakers pay for medical services,” Dabula said.

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