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Cristiano Ronaldo taken home in ambulance

Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez were driving towards the Navacerrada ski resort near Madrid on Sunday night when he suffered wrist pain, when he couldn’t drive further, he stopped by the side of the road and called for help
Spanish entertainment website Informalia said the world best footballer then called for an ambulance to take him and his girlfriend back home, while a tow truck was ordered to take his new £260,000 Lamborghini back to the city.

Skiers had a field day posing and taking pictures of themselves beside the Portugese’s posh ride at the resort.
 
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Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic gold medal

Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt has been stripped of his 2008 Olympic gold medal due to due to a doping offence by his team-mate, Nesta Caster tests positive to drugs.
BBC reports that “Carter was one of 454 selected doping samples retested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year, and has been found to contain the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine.”
30 year-old Bolt, completed a ‘triple triple’ in Rio last summer, sweeping to 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres golds. He had won 3 golds each in previous two editions; Beijing 2008 and London 2012 of the Games in same events.
Carter was also part of the squad that won the event in London five years ago and helped Jamaica win at the World Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The team won in a then world record of 37.10 seconds, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago and Japan, who will now have their medals upgraded. Brazil will receive bronze.
Carter was tested on the evening of the Beijing final in 2008 but that was found at the time to contain no “adverse analytical finding”.
More than 4,500 tests were carried out at those Games, but just nine athletes were caught cheating.
An anomaly was discovered in Carter’s submission following the IOC’s decision to retest 454 samples from Beijing using the latest scientific analysis methods.
 
 
Source: BBC

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'I should have shut up, gone in and gone home' – Arsene Wenger has been charged with misconduct

Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger has been slapped with a misconduct charge by the Football Association (FA) following his altercation with fourth official Anthony Taylor on Sunday during Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Burnley. Prior to the charge, Arsene Wenger was sent off from the technical area after allegedly abusing referee Jon Moss following the latter’s decision to award Burnley a late penalty but stopped near the tunnel to watch the rest of the match, before getting into a row with Taylor and pushing him away.

Although he apologized for his actions during his post-match press conference saying “I regret everything. I should have shut up, gone in and gone home. I apologize for that, Look, it was nothing bad. I said something that you hear every day in football. Overall nine times out of 10 you are not sent to the stand for that. If I am, I am and I should have shut up completely. I was quite calm the whole game, more than usual.” He is still facing disciplinary actions from the FA

“It is further alleged that following his dismissal from the technical area, his behaviour in remaining in the tunnel area and making physical contact with the fourth official amounted to improper conduct,” read an FA statement.

He has until 6pm on Thursday to respond to the Football Association charge

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Alex Ferguson reacts to Wayne Rooney's latest feat.

Wayne Rooney’s brilliant long-range, freekick effort against Stoke City today, which got millions of people talking has impressed an Old Trafford icon and the most successful manager of the club, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Rooney who eclipsed Sir Bobby Charlton’s 249-goal record now holds the record as the highest goalscorer for United with 250 goals.

Heaping praises on the player who has scored his second goal in the season, Sir Alex Ferguson told manutd.com: “I would like to say huge congratulations to Wayne on reaching this milestone. “It is no mean feat to score so many goals and he breaks a record that has stood for over 40 years. Wayne thoroughly deserves his place in the history books of this great club and I am sure that he will go on to score many more goals.”

He added, “Well done Wayne, I am absolutely delighted for you, you have been a great servant to this club and long may it continue.”

 

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Rooney becomes Manchester United's top scorer!

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Rooney literally turned the football world upside down with an insane goal he netted today against Stoke City. The English footballer equalized for the Red Devils via a freekick at the 93rd minute, breaking Sir, Bobby Charlton’s record in the process. He now becomes the club’s all-time top scorer with 250 goals.

Respect!

 

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Memphis Depay joins Lyon

Memphis Depay has officially completed his move to Lyon from Manchester United. The Dutch who moved to Old Trafford 19 months from PSV Eindhoven hasn’t featured for the Red Devils this season.

He will wear the number 9 shirt and also link up with former United full-back Rafael da Silva in France. Confirming his departure, Memphis, who was once branded ‘Ronaldo’ said, “Thanks for all the memories during my time as a Red Devil. I will never forget all your support at .   “

“It is important for the club to keep control of his talent. Why not come back one day? Everyone likes him.” Mourinho added.

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Carlos Tevez receives hero's welcome in China (Photos)



Argentina striker, Carlos Tevez received a hero’s welcome from hundreds of fans of his new club Shanghai Shenhua folowing his arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport yesterday. The former Juventus star has become the highest paid footballer in the world, earning £615,000 per week.

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Former Nigerian sports legend, Chris Enahoro dies

A former captain of the Nigerian cricket national team, Chris Enahoro has passed on.
The octogenarian who celebrated his birthday last December reportedly died in his Surulere, Lagos home after a brief illness yesterday, Guardian Nigeria learnt. His Personal Assistant, Razak Adedigba, told the media house, his doctor treated him at home on Wednesday.
“When the doctor came on Wednesday, he attended to him and told him to rest. He later woke up in the evening to have his dinner and told me he was getting better. Early today, he woke up at 5.00 a.m. to visit the toilet on his own, after which he told me to help him to lie down on the floor. I switched on the fan for him, but he died around 6:30 a.m.” He said.
He continued, “As always, he celebrated his 80th birthday on December 25 last year and everybody who attended the event knew he was very fit. I have been living with him for more than a decade and he has been a very healthy man despite the leg problem,” he said.
He was survived by two children, and his younger brother, Greg Enahoro.
 

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Amaju Pinnick gets FIFA appointment

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirmed the appointment of their President, Amaju Pinnick  into the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) Organizing Committee for Competitions.
According to thenff.com, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, who signed Pinnick’s letter of appointment dated 18th January 2017, wrote: “We are very pleased to inform you that you have been appointed member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions. We wish you our sincere congratulations on this appointment.
“The FIFA administration is at your disposal through the following Administration Officer, who will be in contact with you regarding the upcoming meetings and any further aspects relating to your office as member of this committee: Colin Smith, Chief Competitions Officer.
“We wish you great success and enjoyment in this role at FIFA and look forward to welcoming you soon to Zurich.”

he world body had different committees for organization of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Pinnick was a member of the Organising Committee for the FIFA U20 World Cup.

However, at its 66th Congress in Mexico City on 12th – 13th May 2016, and in accordance with the revised FIFA Statutes that came into force on 27th April 2016, the model of the standing committees was reviewed, cutting the number from 26 to 9.

The new model has only the following committees: Governance, Finance, Development, Member Associations, Referees, Players’ Status, Football Stakeholders, Medical, Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions.

In line with the new FIFA reforms, each proposed member of any of the committees was made to go through a comprehensive integrity check conducted by several organisations of global relevance and stature.

As a member of the CAF Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, Pinnick is presently at the 31st Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, and will be match commissioner for Saturday’s clash between Mali and Ghana.
Meanwhile Pinnick is a candidate for election into the Executive Committee of CAF.
The CAF elections will take place at the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of the organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 16th March.
 
Source: thenff.com

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