Hernandez: Van Gaal told me I had a 1% chance of playing for Manchester United

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The Mexico international has been superb since his move to Bayer Leverkusen and has revealed that the United boss had no plans to keep him this season

Javier Hernandez admits he did not want to leave Manchester United in the summer but claims his exit was sealed after Louis van Gaal told him he had just a “one percent chance” of playing.

The Mexico international joined Bayer Leverkusen in August and has been in excellent form for the German club with 17 goals in 20 appearances so far this season.

United have been heavily criticised for their lack of attacking threat under Van Gaal this term, but Hernandez has revealed that the Dutchman had no plans to keep him at Old Trafford.

"I didn't have the intention to leave but I wanted to more playing time. Van Gaal told me that he already had his strikers, that I would have to fight for a place but could take an offer if an opportunity arrives,” Hernandez told Spanish TV Show Fiebre Maldini.

Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated's 2015 Sportsperson of the year

The Tennis ace, 34, has been named Sports Illustrated Sports Person of the Year 2015...

"Serena has made a very strong case as not only the greatest tennis player of her generation but of all time, and after the string of performances she put together in 2015, she is one of the most dominant athletes playing today," The magazine noted in a statement.

She's won 21 Grand Slam titles as well as 53 of her 56 matches this season, and she was ranked No. 1 in women's tennis every week for the second consecutive year. And she's just one Grand Slam short of matching Steffi Graf's record of 22 singles titles.
This will be the first time a single woman has been honored on the magazine's cover since track and field athlete Mary Decker named in 1983. Williams is also the first active tennis player to be named since Chris Evert earned the title in 1976.

Woman escapes fare charge by climbing out of vehicle window

In a video posted on LiveLeak, a woman can be seen trying to clamber out of a Public Transport Vehicle through the window in order to avoid the bus fare. Someone grapples with her and holds unto her bag but she lets go of it, drops to the ground and casually walks away.

Ayefele marks 18 years anniversary of accident that claimed his legs

The singer shared photos from the accident scene as he thanked God for sparing his life.

Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh owed three months salary

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Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has disclosed that he is being owed for three months while dismissing claims that the Nigeria Football Federation had paid him upfront.
He said he was upset with the situation and that his employers are not giving him hope to continue the job. 

 “When it comes to money, I am disappointed because based on what I'm being owed I should have stopped working, my assistants should also stop working,” Oliseh told FootballLive.ng. 

 “They make people think I was paid in advance, which is not so and am still waiting to be paid. The only thing is that I just decided not to go public with it.”
His assistants Jean Louiscuito, Salisu Yusuf and Alloy Agu are yet to get their money for the past six months. 

One of his assistants said the Super Eagles B are being owed two match bonuses and claimed it could mar the team’s preparation for next year’s African Nations Championship in Rwanda.

SUV climbs over another car in accident on Oshodi-Apapa road

This happened today along the Oshodi-Apapa road close to Apapa junction. A container truck hit the SUV after losing brake, and the SUV climbed the car in front of it.

Lagos shuts 53 churches, mosques, hotels

Lagos State Government yesterday shut down 53 churches, mosques and hotels over noise pollution and environmental nuisance in the state. Some of the worship centres were shut because they were converted from residential apartments to places of worship thereby contravening the law and constituting nuisance to neighbours.

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA General Manager, Engr Rasheed Shabi, while commenting on the closures said the agency received lots of complaints from residents and neighbours of the worship centers ‎

“In recent times, most of the petitions kept coming back to us. It was as if we are not working at all. That was why we shut the premises. You cannot have makeshift structure and say you want to be conducting services or vigil there. Definitely, you will be disturbing your neighbours. So, the government won’t allow the use of makeshift facilities as a church or mosque. Nobody is allowed to make noise above 55 decibel during the day in the residential area and only 45 decibel is allowed in such area at night. In the industrial areas, 90 decibel of noise is allowed during the day while the noise rate must not exceed 80 decibel at night in such areas. The compliance level is increasing. More residents now understand the effect of noise. Some of the religious houses are also complying with the noise pollution regulations,”.