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Gabriel Jesus joins Manchester City

 
Manchester City player have completed the £27m transfer of  Palmeiras forward Gabriel Jesus. According to the club’s website, he has spent a few weeks in training and exploring the city since his arrival early this month and is eager to join the match-day squad.
Photo published for Gabriel Jesus to wear No. 33 shirt
The 19 year-old has featured for his country, scoring 4 goals in 6 games. He also scored or assisted a league goal every 136 mins for Palmeiras last term as they won the Brazilian top-flight title. He will be eligible to play for Man City against Spurs. He will wear the no 33 shirt.

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Meet the 4 Year-Old Who Has Read Over 1,000 Books!

At age 4, Daliyah Marie Arana has read more than 1,000 books and that is no small feat. And this recently earned her the “Librarian of the day” accolade at the Library of Congress.
Washington Post learnt that Daliyah had wanted to do her own reading since she was 2 years and 11 months and her mother revealed that her appetite for reading  started from the womb. She said that she read books to her other young children on a daily basis and when Daliyah was an infant, she heard her older brother reading chapters of books out loud in their home. By the time she was about 18 months old, she was identifying the words in the books her mother read her.
“It kind of took off from there. The more words she learned, the more she wanted to read.” She added.
 
Daliyah’s mother started counting the number of books Daliyah read through the  1,000 Books Before Kindergarten  program. After  meeting the program’s 1,000-book goal, Daliyah plans  to reach 1,500 by the time she enters kindergarten next fall and hopes to help the teacher teach the other kids how to read.
She has been asked to recite the famous “I Have a Dream” speech at an upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in her home town and has also managed to read certain college-level texts, thereby impressing the leader of the nation’s library, Carla Hayden, who allowed her to walk through  the world’s largest library.

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No offside rule, no extra time &other football rule changes Marco Van Basten is proposing.

Marco Van Basten, FIFA Chief Technical Development Officer has sent the football world into a frenzy with some utterly absurd football rules he is proposing. The Dutch who was appointed last September wants offside rule, extra time abolished. He also wants time limit for penalty shoot-outs, 90 limits split into 4 quarters and the introduction of sin-bins and orange cards.
“We must keep looking for ways to improve the game.  To make it more honest, more dynamic, more interesting, so that what we offer is attractive enough. There are lots of variations which need to be tested in the coming years.” The ex FIFA World Player of the Year told German newspaper Sport Bild

Van Basten’s ideas

  • Introduction of ice-hockey style shootouts instead of extra-time and go straight to penalties in cup games
  • Introduction of sin bins and orange card replacing yellow card
  • Give players eight seconds to run at the goal from 25 metres instead of the traditional penalty
  • Abolish the offside rule
  • Play four quarters, rather than two halves
  • More substitutions
  • Clamp down on timewasting
  • Limit players to five fouls
  • Limit the number of games a player can play each year
  • Only captain can speak to the referee

Who agrees with him?

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Bacary Sagna fined £40,000 for social media comment

Manchester City’s Bacary Sagna has been fined £40,000 by the FA for misconduct in relation to a comment he posted on his Instagram page few days ago. “10 against 12.. but still fighting and winning as a team″ was posted shortly after City’s 2-1 victory against Burnley. and that had gotten the French player into a huge trouble
Before this punishment was meted out to him, Sagna said he had made the posting in the heat of the moment and took it down when he realized the implications. However, Manchester City are set to appeal the hefty fine .

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Xabi Alonso confirms he will retire at the end of the season

Bayern Munich midfielder, Xabi Alonso has confirmed he will retire at the end of this season.
He made his international debut for Spain in April 2003 in a 4–0 victory against Ecuador. While playing for Spain, Alonso has won Euro 2008, Euro 2012 and the 2010 World Cup, and he has also represented his country at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup. On 23 June 2012, Alonso won his 100th cap for Spain in the quarter-final of Euro 2012 against France

The Spaniard has won 16 trophies in his 18 year career. The 35 year-old’s honours include a World Cup, two European Championships and two Champions Leagues, as well as domestic league and cup titles in Germany and Spain. He was named in the Fifa Fifpro World XI in 2011 and 2012 during his spell at Real Madrid.
 
Additional report from Wikepedia.

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Photos: Juventus unveil new logo

Italian giants, Juventus have unveiled a new logo. Featuring a black and white letter J in the shape of a shield, the new logo which was unveiled yesterday in Milan, is a symbol of the Juventus way of living.
“We spent a year trying to find out what the new markets want, but also to show a sense of belonging and looking to the future,” Club president, Andrea Agnelli revealed.


The evolution of Juventus‘ badge following the unveiling of their new logo

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Sports

Alexis Sanchez admits to tax fraud

Arsenal striker, Alexis Sanchez has admitted to evading payment of tax of almost €1m from his image rights via a company based in Malta between 2012 and 2013, during his spell at Barcelona. He declared in a court in the Catalan city on Monday via a video link, and confessed to two counts of tax fraud and defrauding the Treasury to a total value of 983,443 euros.
The Chilean international has reportedly returned the money and he is not likely to face a trial. His defence team and the Treasury will however come to an agreement regarding how much he will be fined for the delay in paying the taxes and possibly on the length of a prison sentence, which would be short and therefore suspended.
 

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Former Man Utd coach, Louis Van Gaal retires from coaching

 

After a successful career, spanning 2 decades, ex-Manchester United manager, Louis Van Gaal has  retired from coaching. The 65 year-old who was fired at the Old Trafford winning the FA Cup in May 2016 after turned down a £45million Asian offer and cited ‘family reasons’ for his decision. Making the announcement  on Monday after receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Dutch government for his contribution to football.

The ex Netherlands boss was quoted in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf thus,  “I thought maybe I would stop, then I thought it would be a sabbatical, but now I do not think I will return to coaching. So much has happened in my family, you become a human being again with your nose pressed to the facts.” 

He also managed Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and AZ.

 

Van Gaal’s selected major honours
National titles: Ajax (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96), Barcelona (1997-98, 1998-99), AZ Alkmaar (2008-09), Bayern Munich (2009-10)
Champions League: Ajax (1994-95)
Uefa Cup: Ajax (1991-92)
FA Cup: Manchester United (2015-16)

 

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A study has named Neymar the most valuable player in Europe's top 5 leagues

Barcelona star, Neymar has been named the most expensive player in Europe’s top five leagues by the CIES Football Observatory study. The Brazilian edged out fierce rivals, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who came 2nd and 7th respectively in the list.

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“The statistical model through which prices are calculated includes multiple variables on player performance (minutes, goals, etc.) and characteristics (age, contract, etc.), as well as data on employer clubs and potential recruiting ones.” CIES explained.

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Pastor inspired by Muyiwa Ademola's movie gifts him a car

A US-based clergyman, Apostle Tope Onileowo recently gifted actor Muyiwa Ademola a car and some cash for inspiring him through a movie, titled ‘Ori’ he produced 14 years ago.

An excited Muyiwa Ademola shared the news on his Instagram page. He wrote:
“ORI” a 14 year old film that keep bringing me fortune. He is Apostle Tope Onileowo. He said he watched “ORI” for the first time about 4 months ago, he wept, started asking about me and God said he should give me some amount(in dollars, he started taking the money around with him coz I was still in Naija then.
We met when I got here and he gave me the money. Now he said God directed him to bless me with this car. Indeed God knows our inner thoughts. Please join me in thanking him and praying for his ministry Rock of Prayer Christian Centre in Houston TX. Much love sir.

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