Xabi Alonso, the coach of Real Madrid, said on Tuesday that he must be aware of the media’s rumors about his future while in charge.
Los Blancos have lost all three of their previous three games, with reports that some players are unsatisfied with Alonso’s management.
Alonso, who played for Real Madrid between 2009 and 2014, said he was inspired by some of his former coaches, including Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.
Alonso said in a press conference ahead of his team’s Champions League clash against Olympiacos on Wednesday that it is “demanding.” “I’m not the first coach to have to deal with these kinds of situations,” he added.
“I think a lot about how Carlo or Mou handled it as coaches under whom I was playing.” Because these are not recent events, (Manuel) Pellegrini did this in his day.
READ MORE: Real Madrid Loses Points In Rayo Draw.
We are not happy with the last few games, but you have to know how to live with it and have the drive and self-criticism required as well.
Madrid finished seventh in the league phase table the previous week, but Liverpool did it at Anfield in their final European game.
They won Alonso’s first Clasico in La Liga against Barcelona in October, but they lost to Rayo Vallecano and Elche in their previous two matches.
Despite their recent form, Madrid is just one point ahead of Barcelona, the champions of last season.
Alonso took over from Ancelotti in the summer, despite the Basque coach’ apparent lack of team unity.
Vinicius Junior expressed his frustration with Alonso’s choice of him over Barcelona, while Fede Valverde objected to the coach’s frequent use of him at right-back.
Alonso said, “I have had to live with a lot of great players and big personalities who are demanding, knowledgeable, and always seek the best.”
They react in these ways, but they are normal, which makes them successful.
A search-and-rescue operation has been launched for ten abducted people after the Kwara State Police Command confirmed a shooting incident at Isapa on Monday via Obbo-Ile Village.
Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the commissioner of police, signed the statement, noting that the village is still under surveillance while police and neighborhood vigilantes are searching for the abducted victims and suspects.
The command received distressing reports of sporadic gunfire within the Isapa community on November 24, 2025, at about 18:30. Patrol vehicles and tactical teams were quickly dispatched by police.
A group of armed men, suspected of being herders, invaded the village and launched an indiscriminate fire at around 18:05 hrs. A woman was shot in the leg, but she has since been treated and discharged. 10 people were abducted, according to additional investigations.
“A search-and-rescue operation is currently being conducted, which involves local vigilante organizations and police tactical teams.” They are scouting the nearby bushes to find the perpetrators and rescue the victims. The village has experienced normalcy, and the situation is still being closely monitored, according to the statement.
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According to the statement, CP Adekimi Ojo, the Kwara State Command’s Commissioner of Police, traveled to Isapa for an on-the-spot evaluation.
The CP met with local and youth leaders as well as the Onisapa of Isapa Land, Oba Gbenga Adeyeye, and the Olokesa of Okesa Land, Oba Olu Fagbamila Raphael Olusegun, among others.
He assured the people that more aggressive efforts will be made to secure the victims’ safety and restore security.
In the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, bandits earlier robbed 11 residents of the Isapa community.
More than 20 gunmen stormed the neighborhood on Monday carrying a sizable herd of cattle and fired shots without distinction. A stray bullet reportedly struck the elderly woman during the attack.
Seven of the abducted people belong to the same family, according to a community leader who spoke on condition of anonymity. A pregnant woman, two nursing mothers, and several young children are among the victims.
The abducted people’s names have been identified as: Talatu Kabiru (20 female), Magaji (6 male), Kande (5 female), Hadiza (10 female), Mariam (6 female), Saima (5 female), housewives Fatima Yusufu, Sarah Sunday (22 female), Lami Fidelis (23 female, nursing mother), and Haja Na Allah (nursing mother).
According to witnesses, the attackers fled through some of the town and broke windows and doors.
After the gunmen fled, scattered AK-47 shells were discovered throughout the neighborhood. An official statement regarding the incident is not yet being released by the police.
The most recent attack on Isapa comes a week after gunmen abducted 38 people and reportedly killed several others at a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) branch in Eruku, in the same LGA.
Prior to the Eruku attack, according to a report from Channels Television, gunmen opened fire on the church, killing three attendees and abducting several others, including the pastor, as a result of the incident.
Residents of Eruku were reportedly escaping through bush paths that connected them to nearby communities, leaving them in a state of fear and confusion.
Arsenal are monitoring Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, Manchester City’s bid to sign Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo, Sunderland and Brentford’s interest in AC Milan striker Santiago Gimenez.
Rodrigo Mendoza, 20, a 20-year-old spaniard midfielder with a £17.5 million release clause, is being tracked by Arsenal. (Telegraph requires a subscription)
Harry Maguire, 32, an experienced England defender, wants to sign a new centre-back next summer, but Manchester United wants to sign him for a new deal at Old Trafford. (Teamtalk)
Joshua Zirkzee, 24, is on a loan at Manchester United, but Roma are interested in taking him. (Il Messaggero, Italian)
The release clause for Ghana and Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo will decrease slightly from £65 million in January to a smaller amount next summer, but it won’t fall below £50 million. (Telegraph requires a subscription)
Pep Guardiola will consider bringing in Semenyo from Bournemouth to compete with Erling Haaland, 25, because he worries about the overreliance on the 25-year-old striker from Norway. (Talksport)
Brighton’s 20-year-old English international midfielder Jack Hinshelwood is one of a number of potential January transfer targets, according to Nottingham Forest. (Mail)
West Ham want to reinvest any proceeds from the 32-year-old’s sale in one or two new forwards in order to force Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug to leave permanently in January. (Florian Plettenberg)
West Ham could sign 6-foot-5-inch (1.96m) Union Saint-Gilloise striker Promise David for just £17 million. The team has a number of options. (GiveMeSport)
Santiago Gimenez, 24, a striker from Mexico, is wanted by Sunderland and Brentford. (Calciomercato – Italian)
Due to the fact that the buyback clause in Argentina’s 21-year-old midfielder’s Como contract expires in January, Real Madrid intends to exercise it next summer. (Romano-Fabrizio)
In response to interest from Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, and Manchester United in the 24-year-old’s out-of-contract player James Garner, Everton boss David Moyes wants to keep hold of the English international. (Talksport)
Kemi Rodgers, the star of I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked, revealed that she had been dating Thomas Hannett for almost a year before making a public statement about their relationship.
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Kemi Rodgers has revealed that she had been dating her new boyfriend Thomas Hannett for nearly a year before she confirmed their relationship in public(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Kemi Rodgers has revealed that she had been dating her new boyfriend, Thomas Hannett, for nearly a year before she confirmed their relationship in public. The TV star, 30, hard launched the news that she and her Capital FM producer were together in September when she posted snaps of their romantic trip to Paris onto social media, but has now admitted that they were actually together this time last year.
The radio presenter and former Mirror journalist, who is currently heading up the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! spin-off show Unpacked alongside Joel Dommett in Australia, was asked how she feels about being temporarily long-distance and revealed that this is actually the second time they have had to do it.
She told The Mirror: “We’re gonna have a little bit of a holiday at the end of the show, which I’m so excited to see him. But the thing is, is we were actually together last year when I did the show. And of course, he didn’t come out for the entire run. Yeah, it’s long distance, but it’s only long distance for like a month.
People who have partners who work or reside in various parts of the country for months at once say, “There are people.” I can’t claim to have suffered at all because, well, my heart goes out to them. So yeah, there have been many FaceTimes, messages, and messages, and then, yes, we are very excited to be reunited with him and our little girl.
The traditional English build-up to Christmas, however, is something Kemi misses while she is away in Australia. I miss the holiday spirit, she said. I actually stuffed a mince pie in my gob before I was picked up by the airport because there isn’t any Christmas spirit here, so I ate it right away. Everything sounds like it’s sunny, and I can’t hear any Christmas music.
“I don’t see any Christmas trees,” I said. I believe that the British do a great job of running up to Christmas, like drinking red wine with your friends and enjoying mulled wine at a Christmas market, and that is something that colder nations would do as well.
“There’s like none of the Christmas leader, which I would argue is probably more fun than actual Christmas day. So it’s so weird because when I come back, it’ll be a few days before Christmas and then you’ll suddenly be plunged into darkness, plunged into cold, see Christmas lights everywhere. So Christmas kind of comes and goes very quickly, like… I don’t know, you don’t have all the Christmas parties, and going out Christmas shopping, and looking at the lights.
“Listen, this is not, at all, woe is me,” However, I just want to say that it just has a different vibe. So it’s quite nice to be essentially a parachute landing, or slap bang into Christmas. But I guess I’ll miss the mince pies, yes. Over here, I’ll make an effort to find some. I’ll check if they’re around.
After Kemi and her boyfriend, Thomas Hannett, were enjoying the weather in Paris, Kemi posted a short video to her Instagram account.
They used the famous TikTok audio featuring a person’s voice saying: “Are you happy to be in Paris?”, which Thomas lip-synced before Kemi, 30, said: “Oui.” In the caption, she wrote: “Wine drunk in Paris and thought the best way to hard launch my boyfriend on the grid was with the iconic Nicki Minaj ‘Oui’ video loooooool.
She continued, “My heart is truly in the sun when I pour a bottle of sangrre.” “Friends and fans congratulated the pair in the comments section after the launch. The hard launch we’ve all been waiting for was said by one pal, “and finally.”
While one fan commented: “City of Love,” Sonny Jay wrote: “Très bien, ” I notice what you did there.
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Get Me Out of Here Because I’m A Celebrity! airs on ITV1 and ITVX every day at 9 p.m., followed by Unpacked on ITV2.
After the recent storm chaos, life is back to normal. I’m a celebrity camp. After a significant downpour this year, the campmates were forced to leave their homes.
Then, eagle-eyed viewers spotted a famous person wearing a bandage around her knee. Late-comer Vogue Williams was spotted with the wrapping on Monday’s episode. And host Ant McPartlin later revealed what exactly happened, even though she did not directly address the injury.
Vogue took a tumble, the Geordie presenter claimed in a live Instagram video following the show. He explained that the Irish star had a cut to her leg and grazed her knee.
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Ruby claims that sharing isn’t important because it’s now each man for himself.
When Ruby didn’t play well together, Shona “nicked the liquorice allies.”
Other campmates weren’t particularly impressed, so Angry Ginge wasn’t bothered by their dislike.
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It’s “a sugar frenzy!”
One of the funniest things I’ve seen for years was said to the celebrities tucking into their midnight snacks, according to Martin Kemp.
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The I’m A Celeb actress reveals that she has been dating a new man for a year.
Kemi Rodgers, the star of I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked, revealed that she had been dating Thomas Hannett for almost a year before making a public statement about their relationship.
The 30-year-old TV star hard revealed that she and her Capital FM producer were dating when they first shared photos of their romantic trip to Paris in September. However, she has since admitted that they were actually together this time last year.
(ITV)
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Up for grabs are sweet treats.
Vogue Williams, Eddie Kadi, Tom Read Wilson, and Kelly Brook made their way to The Jungle Nursery from hell.
The four celebrities were required to enter the cot, which had teddies hanging above, each with the title of a well-known children’s book. The teddy bears fell into the cot one by one, and it would be their responsibility to guess the story’s title, minus the words, from the title.
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Vogue’s injury was explained.
Fans are concerned about what might have gone wrong after Jungle co-host Ant McPartlin revealed why Vogue Williams was seen hobbling around camp while wearing a bandage to her leg.
(James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)
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Aitch romance is broken by Shona McGarty’s family.
In response to rumors of a potential Jungle romance, Shona McGarty’s family has reportedly approved of Aitch. As the rapper’s sister, Camila, touched down at Brisbane Airport today (Tuesday, November 25), the actress’ sister Camila delivered her verdict.
Aitch’s breakup with his girlfriend before entering the camp was confirmed, according to the report.
The 24 schoolgirls who were abducted from Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of the state have been confirmed by Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State.
The governor claimed that neither the state nor the federal government paid the girls’ release for ransom.
There was no payment for ransom. The Federal Government and the Kebbi State Government both received no pay. The governor claimed that the security agencies’ efforts alone led to the rescue.
On Wednesday, he added, the children will be handed over to their parents.
Governor Idris thanked President Bola Tinubu for his concern and for directing security forces to ensure the girls’ rescue.
Read more about: 24 Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls Regain Freedom.
Prior to this, Special Counselor to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the release of the schoolgirls was previously announced in a statement.
According to him, Tinubu praised the security forces’ efforts to free all the victims who had been taken away by terrorists.
He directed security agencies to intensify their efforts to free the still-carrying students.
