Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Wayne Rooney Made his 400th appearce




Wayne Rooney made his 400th appearance for United on Monday and what a way to honour it - by winning the title!

Bayern defeat a disgraced Barcelona


Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi feels his side's devastating 4-0 defeat against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie was a disgrace, but has admitted that the Bavarians deserved their win.

Barca's loss represented their heaviest defeat in European competition and Messi conceded that the odds are against the Catalans turning the tie around at Camp Nou next week.

The second leg will take place at Camp Nou on May 1.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Nigerian football drama continues as 17 ‘Club Owners’ sack LMC


The drama in Nigerian football assumed a new dimension on Sunday when 17 Nigeria Professional Football League club chairmen and managers met at Lamonde Hotel, Wuse, Abuja and unanimously dissociated themselves from the League Management Company (LMC). The club proprietors in a statement gave their reasons for the dissociation saying LMC was an "illegal company” and it “was registered without the consent, resolution and approval of the clubs who are the supposed directors of such company as well as the allocation of 20 million shares to Honourable Nduka Irabor representing 80 percent of the total shares and five million shares to Alhaji Aminu Maigari on behalf of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) representing 20 percent of the total shares." 17 clubs with exception of Heartland FC, Sharks FC and Dolphins FC, signed the communiqué issued after the Sunday, April 21, 2013 emergency meeting of the Nigeria Professional Football League club chairmen and managers. The Club Owners, as they are fondly called, summed up by sacking the League Management Company. "Consequent upon the illegal registration of the League Management Company Limited by Hon. Nduka Irabor League Management Committee, we hereby disassociate and derecognise the League Management Committee forthwith".

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Chelsea in third place in the Premier League



Chelsea moved back into third place in the Premier League after cruising to a comfortable 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Wednesday night.

Manchester United earn 2-2 against West Ham



Manchester United twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against West Ham at Upton Park that moves them within six points of a record 20th Premier League title.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Can this be true... that Nigeria Football Federation is broke


That the Nigeria Football Federation is broke can stand alone and wreck every good work that was constructed by the surprise win of the Super Eagles in February but it can also become a good thing in the end if well handled. The question most people will be asking is why the Nigeria Football Federation is unable to raise the monies that it has budgeted to be spent in the 2013 fiscal year? That answer can only be given by the president, Aminu Maigari but the surety is that the football governing body in Nigeria does not make enough to run itself. That admission in itself is a sign that the present board has failed in its purpose because one of the things promised at their inauguration was that they would be self-operating but unfortunately that has not been the case.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Heineken's 'Road to the Final'


As some of the best football teams in the world battle it out in the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA Champions League, Heineken has unveiled the latest element of its ‘Road to the Final’ campaign with the launch of a new ad campaign. The ad demonstrates how, with imagination and resourcefulness, one man is able to witness club football’s most prestigious event the Final itself.
Premiering today in more than 170 countries, the ad is the latest element of the brand’s global integrated ‘Road to The Final’ campaign as it celebrates its seventh consecutive year sponsoring the UEFA Champions League. 
The ad features one lucky fan, who receives a ticket to the UEFA Champions League Final.  The only problem is that he is on the other side of the world and faces a race against the clock to get to the match. Through a combination of resourcefulness, imagination and inventiveness he manages to overcome every obstacle put in his way – to be rewarded with the ultimate football experience – a pitch side seat at Wembley, arriving just before kick-off.
In line with the new campaign, Heineken will be rewarding Nigerian fans for displaying inspiring and imaginative behaviour by offering tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final in Wembley, London. Heineken® invites open minded Nigerian UCL fans to take part in a race to win 5 tickets to UEFA Champions League Final in Wembley, London on an all-expense paid trip. 350 fans will be invited for this once in a lifetime race from the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos on the 13th of April, 2013, where only the first five contestants to complete the race will win the tickets to the Final. On their journey they need to solve riddles to overcome obstacles and complete the race.
For this we are truly excited to organise the race to the final for the first time so we can reward the biggest Heineken fans in Nigeria with an all-expense paid trip to the UEFA Champions League Final in Wembley, London.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Arsenal's push for a place in next season's Champions League


Arsenal’s push for a place in next season’s Champions League received a welcome boost on Saturday as a Tomas Rosicky double inspired them to their third Premier League win a row against West Brom. Clinical strikes either side of the break from the Czech midfielder had given the Gunners a comfortable lead but Per Mertesacker’s 70th-minute sending off and James Morrison’s subsequent penalty made for a frantic finish.

Arsenal managed to hold on, though, and their fifth successive victory at the Hawthorns sees Arsene Wenger’s side move into fourth, with Chelsea and Tottenham not due to play until tomorrow.

Steve Clarke made just two changes from his side’s 3-1 defeat at West Ham last week as Morrison came in for the suspended Youssouf Mulumbu and Jerome Thomas replaced Romelu Lukaku.

The visitors, meanwhile, named an unchanged side from their 4-1 win against Reading as Gervinho and Olivier Giroud retained their places up front in the absence of the injured Theo Walcott.