The English Premier League has announced that they are going to introduce the vanishing spray which Fifa used at the World Cup in Brazil, next season in the Premier League. The vanishing spray was for the first time introduced to matches at the just concluded football tournament in Brazil. The chief Executive of Premier League, Richard Scudamore, said that the vanishing foam really helped the referees and players to mark the line position in a free-kick situation. ''It was clear from watching the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil that vanishing spray benefited referees, players and all of those who watched the matches.''
The Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard (34), said that the last three months was ''probably the worst three months of my life.'' He said that England not going through in the group phase of the World Cup and his club failing in the last period of last season to win the EPL was what constituted it. It was his slip and lost of footing that opened the door for Demba Ba to score the first of Chelsea's two goals. Liverpool lost that match 2 - 0, and that was when Liverpool's title challenge faded away.
The former Barcelona star, Seydou Keita, who now ply his trade with the Serie A giants AS Roma, refused to shake hands with Real Madrid defender Pepe, during the teams pre-season encounter in Dallas, Texas. Keita threw his water bottle at Pepe which he dodged. It seem like their quarrel which started in 2011, when Keita said that Pepe called him monkey during one of the El Classico matches has continued, even in USA. Xavi Alonzo, intervened and talked to Keita separately and cooled him down before the game could start. Pepe seem to be attracting hostility very often from players due to his behaviour.
Romelu Lukaku (21), has signed a five year contract with the Merseyside club - Everton. The club paid the sum of €35m to his former club Chelsea. The fee was a record signing fee for Everton. Lukaku is a very gifted striker with enormous energy and speed. He was on a season loan to Everton last season, where he was the highest goal scorer for the club, with 16 goals. He has become a surplus at Chelsea after the Chelsea legend Didier Drogba re-signed for a second spell to the club. Chelsea also signed Diego Costa, formerly of Atletico Madrid. Romelu Lukaku was in the World Cup in Brazil with the Belgium national team.
Serena Williams (32), the world number one women tennis star made a triumphant return to competition today, Wednesday at the Bank of the West Classics at Stanford, by beating Karolina Pliskova in two straight sets of 7 - 5, 6 - 2. Serena withrew from Wimbledon doubles with her sister at the beginning of this month due to virus infection. She returned today to competition after treatment and resting. Her big sister Venus also went through to the second round yesterday by defeating Paula Kania of Poland, 6 - 3, 6 - 2. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
The Feyenoord defender and Netherlands international, Stefan de Vrij (22),
has joined the Italian Serie A club - Lazio for an undisclosed fee. Stefan shined at the World Cup in Brazil with the Dutch national football team nicknamed De Oranje (The Orange) Boys. After signing the contract, the young player said, ''Lazio really proved that they wanted me and I am very happy I have made this move. I hope to become a more complete defender in Italy.''
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Serena William's Back In The Tennis Court
Serena Williams (32), the world number one women tennis star is back in the tennis court, after a virus forced her out of the Wimbledon double, with her sister Venus earlier this month.
She has recovered from the sickness, after treatment and some resting. She will be participating in the Bank of the West Classic at the Stanford University, beginning on Wednesday. That means that she will be fully fit, before the US Open starts next month, 25th August.
Serena said that she is feeling very good and is happy to be returning to the tennis coart.
'' I feel very good. I feel very happy to be here, so it's good,'' she said.
Refering to the sickness that forced her out of the Women's double after she had lost a day earlier on, in the fourth round of women's single.
She said that the medical personnel, that treated her at the Wimbledon, told her that she was really ill.
''They just said I was really ill, and really under the weather and I was just wasn't doing very well,' she said.
''I didn't leave my house or my bed for a few days,'' she added.
The American tennis star who had already won 17 Grand Slams in her career, did not make it past fourth round, in the first three Grand Slams of the year.
But she still has one opportunity to win, the last Grand Slams of the year - US Open. She is the defending champion of the US Open, and has won it on five previous occassions. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
She has recovered from the sickness, after treatment and some resting. She will be participating in the Bank of the West Classic at the Stanford University, beginning on Wednesday. That means that she will be fully fit, before the US Open starts next month, 25th August.
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| Serena Williams |
Serena said that she is feeling very good and is happy to be returning to the tennis coart.
'' I feel very good. I feel very happy to be here, so it's good,'' she said.
Refering to the sickness that forced her out of the Women's double after she had lost a day earlier on, in the fourth round of women's single.
She said that the medical personnel, that treated her at the Wimbledon, told her that she was really ill.
''They just said I was really ill, and really under the weather and I was just wasn't doing very well,' she said.
''I didn't leave my house or my bed for a few days,'' she added.
The American tennis star who had already won 17 Grand Slams in her career, did not make it past fourth round, in the first three Grand Slams of the year.
But she still has one opportunity to win, the last Grand Slams of the year - US Open. She is the defending champion of the US Open, and has won it on five previous occassions. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Monday, July 28, 2014
Sports News In Brief
Arsenal has signed the Southampton gifted and versatile defender, Calum Chambers (19), for 5 years at the cost of €20m. The cost of the transfer deal was a surprise to many in the football community, because of the player's age and also many considered the cost as expensive for a defender. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, said that the teenager has tremendous quality.
''The way he adapted to the Premier League last season at a young age shows that he has tremendous quality.''
Antoine Griezmann (23), of Real Sociedad has agreed on a deal to join the Spanish champions - Atletico Madrid after passing his medical.
''Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad have reached an agreement for the transfer of Antoine Griezmann,'' the club website stated.
''The young French footballer will sign a contract with our team once he passess his medical.''
The Dutch coach, Dick Advocaat, has been appointed the new Serbia national football coach. He signed a two year contract with the mandate to get the team to qualify for the Euro 2016. The contract could be extended beyond, if he manage to get the team to qualify for the tournament, which will take place in France. The experienced coach, has coached many teams both clubsides and national teams, such as PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, Zenit St. Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar. He had also coached the Dutch national team, South Korea, Belgium, UAE and Russia.
Terence Kongolo (20), has extended his contract at the Dutch giant club - Feyenoord to the end of 2017 league season. His old contract was to expire end of next season. Kongolo appeared in the first team of the club in 2012 and has been developing well in the team. He was part of Louis van Gaal team at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. He played as a substitute at the World Cup. He has a great potential. He said in the Feyenoord website,
''I am confident that I can develop myself through, at Feyenoord.''
Southampton's Dejan Lovren, has officially joined Liverpool football club in what is estimated to be around €24m. The defender who also plays for the Croatian national team was very delighted to join Liverpool. After signing for Liverpool, the obviously delighted Lovren said. ''It's a dream come true. I'm happy and glad to be here. I'm proud and can't wait to start.''
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
''The way he adapted to the Premier League last season at a young age shows that he has tremendous quality.''
Antoine Griezmann (23), of Real Sociedad has agreed on a deal to join the Spanish champions - Atletico Madrid after passing his medical.
''Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad have reached an agreement for the transfer of Antoine Griezmann,'' the club website stated.
''The young French footballer will sign a contract with our team once he passess his medical.''
The Dutch coach, Dick Advocaat, has been appointed the new Serbia national football coach. He signed a two year contract with the mandate to get the team to qualify for the Euro 2016. The contract could be extended beyond, if he manage to get the team to qualify for the tournament, which will take place in France. The experienced coach, has coached many teams both clubsides and national teams, such as PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, Zenit St. Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar. He had also coached the Dutch national team, South Korea, Belgium, UAE and Russia.
Terence Kongolo (20), has extended his contract at the Dutch giant club - Feyenoord to the end of 2017 league season. His old contract was to expire end of next season. Kongolo appeared in the first team of the club in 2012 and has been developing well in the team. He was part of Louis van Gaal team at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. He played as a substitute at the World Cup. He has a great potential. He said in the Feyenoord website,
''I am confident that I can develop myself through, at Feyenoord.''
Southampton's Dejan Lovren, has officially joined Liverpool football club in what is estimated to be around €24m. The defender who also plays for the Croatian national team was very delighted to join Liverpool. After signing for Liverpool, the obviously delighted Lovren said. ''It's a dream come true. I'm happy and glad to be here. I'm proud and can't wait to start.''
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Redknapp Insists Remy Didn't Fail Liverpool Medical
Harry Redknapp, the Queens Park Rangers' manager does not believe, that the club's striker Loic Remy, move to Liverpool failed through due to the player's medical failure.
Rangers agreed an estimated €11m move to Liverpool, which prompted Remy to join Liverpool in USA, where the team is preparing for the new season, that is starting next month - August.
According to Liverpool, Remy had his medical there and there was a problem they discovered, but the club was not specific as to what it was.
Redknapp told the media, ''Reports have come out that he failed a medical. That's not possible. He is a very fit lad, there has to be another reason.''
''I don't see how he could have failed a medical,'' coach Redknapp said.
''He had a stringent one here, one at Marseille and at Newcastle and with France before the World Cup. You couldn't meet a fitter lad,'' he added.
Remy who was in the just conluded World Cup in Brazil with France, moved to QPR from Marseille in January 2013 in a club record deal of €10m.
The gifted striker went on a season loan to Newcastle last season, after Queens Park Rangers was relegated to the lower division.
Liverpool have not said any thing further, about why they did not want to sign the player any more, or than the reason they've already given.
As aforementioned in this article, Harry Redknapp did not believe that reason, but seem to be happy to have the player back in his team.
''Their loss is our gain - we've got a fantastic striker. I said last year he was capable of scoring 20 goals in the Premier League. That's what we now want him to do for us,'' Redknapp added.
Last season at the Newcastle United, he appeared 26 times and scored 14 goals, but it could 've been more, had it been that he did not suffer an injury, which kept him away for awhile.
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Rangers agreed an estimated €11m move to Liverpool, which prompted Remy to join Liverpool in USA, where the team is preparing for the new season, that is starting next month - August.
According to Liverpool, Remy had his medical there and there was a problem they discovered, but the club was not specific as to what it was.
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| Loic Remy in action with Newcastle United |
Redknapp told the media, ''Reports have come out that he failed a medical. That's not possible. He is a very fit lad, there has to be another reason.''
''I don't see how he could have failed a medical,'' coach Redknapp said.
''He had a stringent one here, one at Marseille and at Newcastle and with France before the World Cup. You couldn't meet a fitter lad,'' he added.
Remy who was in the just conluded World Cup in Brazil with France, moved to QPR from Marseille in January 2013 in a club record deal of €10m.
The gifted striker went on a season loan to Newcastle last season, after Queens Park Rangers was relegated to the lower division.
Liverpool have not said any thing further, about why they did not want to sign the player any more, or than the reason they've already given.
As aforementioned in this article, Harry Redknapp did not believe that reason, but seem to be happy to have the player back in his team.
''Their loss is our gain - we've got a fantastic striker. I said last year he was capable of scoring 20 goals in the Premier League. That's what we now want him to do for us,'' Redknapp added.
Last season at the Newcastle United, he appeared 26 times and scored 14 goals, but it could 've been more, had it been that he did not suffer an injury, which kept him away for awhile.
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Drogba Has Re-Joined Chelsea
Didier Drogba (36), the Ivorian international and Chelsea legend, has signed a one year contract with his old club, where he made his name in football.
He left the club in 2012 after helping the club to win ten trophies, which included 3 English Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, and one champions League title.
After winning the Champions League, he left in 2012 and joined the Chinese club - Shanghai Shenhua, but he was there for just about six months.
He then joined Galatasaray in January 2013, where he played until the end of last season. He was a free agent when his former Chelsea coach - Jose Mourinho, decided to bring him back to the club for a second spell.
Jose Mourinho, said that he was bringing Drogba back to the club, because he is one of the best strikers in Europe.
''He's coming because he's one of the best strikers in Europe,'' Jose said.
Drogba himself said in the Chelsea site, that it was an easy decision for him to come back to the club, since he couldn't turn down the opportunity to work with Jose Mourinho.
''It was an easy decision - I couldn't turn down the opportunity, to work with Jose again,'' Drogba said.
''Everyone knows the special relationship I have with this club, and it has always felt like home to me,'' he said.
I hope that his going back to Chelsea in the twilight of his career, will go well, becuase he is not as young and agile as he used to be. And he could not do some of the things he used to do in his prime.
I think that coach Mourinho brought him back, not because he is in top form but because he wants him to retire in the club, and then be employed in one capacity or the other to help the club.
Maybe as an assistant coach, director of football or even as a scout agent etc. Didier Drogba is a legend of the club and as such, Mourinho wants to honour him with a role in the club after he retires.
I think that it is a fitting gesture, for a man who brought so much joy to the club, that was an under achiever for so many decades. Chelsea won so many titles, because of his amazing goals.
Read also: africansports.blogspot.com
He left the club in 2012 after helping the club to win ten trophies, which included 3 English Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, and one champions League title.
After winning the Champions League, he left in 2012 and joined the Chinese club - Shanghai Shenhua, but he was there for just about six months.
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| Didier Drogba |
Jose Mourinho, said that he was bringing Drogba back to the club, because he is one of the best strikers in Europe.
''He's coming because he's one of the best strikers in Europe,'' Jose said.
Drogba himself said in the Chelsea site, that it was an easy decision for him to come back to the club, since he couldn't turn down the opportunity to work with Jose Mourinho.
''It was an easy decision - I couldn't turn down the opportunity, to work with Jose again,'' Drogba said.
''Everyone knows the special relationship I have with this club, and it has always felt like home to me,'' he said.
I hope that his going back to Chelsea in the twilight of his career, will go well, becuase he is not as young and agile as he used to be. And he could not do some of the things he used to do in his prime.
I think that coach Mourinho brought him back, not because he is in top form but because he wants him to retire in the club, and then be employed in one capacity or the other to help the club.
Maybe as an assistant coach, director of football or even as a scout agent etc. Didier Drogba is a legend of the club and as such, Mourinho wants to honour him with a role in the club after he retires.
I think that it is a fitting gesture, for a man who brought so much joy to the club, that was an under achiever for so many decades. Chelsea won so many titles, because of his amazing goals.
Read also: africansports.blogspot.com
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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The Spanish giant and the Champions League champions, Real Madrid has signed one of the World Cup revealations, James Rodrigues (23), to a six year contract from AS Monaco, believed to be about €80m. He will be presented in the Santiago Bernabeu, on Tuesday. The young gifted football star won the golden boot at the World Cup with six goals.
The coach of Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp has denied the rumour that his player, Mats Hummels, who was part of the German World Cup winning team, is on his way to Manchester United. Klopp said that, the defender and Marco Reus, who was targeted by Barcelona and Bayern, are not going anywhere this summer. He said that, when newspapers mentioned that Man United, will pay €20m for Hummels, he called that garbage.
Dunga has been appointed, the new Brazil coach for a second time. He will be replacing Luis Felipe Scolari, who resigned after Brazil was knocked out of the World Cup semi - final, in a most humiliating manner by the eventual winners, Germany, 7 - 1. Dunga was the team's captain in 1994 when Brazil won the World Cup in USA. He was appointed national coach, during his first term in 2006 until 2011. In 2010 World Cup in South Africa under him, Brazil was knocked out in the quarter final.
Sven Goran Eriksson, the former England manager said that, he think Wayne Rooney (28), should be made the new England captain, following Steven Gerrard retirement from international duties. The 34 years Gerrard announced his retirement, after a very disappointing performance of the team in Brazil 2014, without winning any match in the group phase. Eriksson said that Rooney will be a good choice.
''He is the right age and he's a very important player for England,'' he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
David Ospina (25), the Colombian World Cup goalkeeper, has agreed to join Arsenal. The FC Nice of France goal tender, performed impressively at the World Cup, and will sign for Arsenal next week, when he comes back from vacation and pass his medical. The contract which is for 4 years is said to be worth €4.5m. It was also reported, that he will be earning a weekly salary of about €60,000.
Bojan Krkic (23), has signed a four year contract with the English Premier League clubside - Stoke City, from the Spanish giant Barcelona. The amount of the deal was not revealed. Last season he was on loan at Ajax Amsterdam. He was down in the pecking order of Barcelona, so this season he wants to move on. Bojan is a very gifted and talented footballer.
Alvaro Morata (21), who joined Juventus last weekend on a €20m contract from Real Madrid, has suffered an unfortunate knee injury, on his first day of training with his new club. The injury was estimated to keep him away from playing football for about two months.
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
The coach of Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp has denied the rumour that his player, Mats Hummels, who was part of the German World Cup winning team, is on his way to Manchester United. Klopp said that, the defender and Marco Reus, who was targeted by Barcelona and Bayern, are not going anywhere this summer. He said that, when newspapers mentioned that Man United, will pay €20m for Hummels, he called that garbage.
Dunga has been appointed, the new Brazil coach for a second time. He will be replacing Luis Felipe Scolari, who resigned after Brazil was knocked out of the World Cup semi - final, in a most humiliating manner by the eventual winners, Germany, 7 - 1. Dunga was the team's captain in 1994 when Brazil won the World Cup in USA. He was appointed national coach, during his first term in 2006 until 2011. In 2010 World Cup in South Africa under him, Brazil was knocked out in the quarter final.
Sven Goran Eriksson, the former England manager said that, he think Wayne Rooney (28), should be made the new England captain, following Steven Gerrard retirement from international duties. The 34 years Gerrard announced his retirement, after a very disappointing performance of the team in Brazil 2014, without winning any match in the group phase. Eriksson said that Rooney will be a good choice.
''He is the right age and he's a very important player for England,'' he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
David Ospina (25), the Colombian World Cup goalkeeper, has agreed to join Arsenal. The FC Nice of France goal tender, performed impressively at the World Cup, and will sign for Arsenal next week, when he comes back from vacation and pass his medical. The contract which is for 4 years is said to be worth €4.5m. It was also reported, that he will be earning a weekly salary of about €60,000.
Bojan Krkic (23), has signed a four year contract with the English Premier League clubside - Stoke City, from the Spanish giant Barcelona. The amount of the deal was not revealed. Last season he was on loan at Ajax Amsterdam. He was down in the pecking order of Barcelona, so this season he wants to move on. Bojan is a very gifted and talented footballer.
Alvaro Morata (21), who joined Juventus last weekend on a €20m contract from Real Madrid, has suffered an unfortunate knee injury, on his first day of training with his new club. The injury was estimated to keep him away from playing football for about two months.
Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Sports News In Brief
Lewis Hamilton (29), the British formula 1 driver for Mercedes fought amazingly hard from the back grid of 20th position to finish 3rd on the Podium. It was a wonderful piece of driving skills and talents. His Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg finished 1st and is now leading Hamilton on the drivers' table standing with 14 points difference. Valtteri Bottas of Williams finished 2nd on the podium. Hamilton crashed out in the Saturday's practice and in today's race he also had a minor accident with his former team-mate at Williams, Jenson Burton.
Caroline Wozniacki (24), the ex - girl friend of the Northern Irish golfer, Rory Mcllroy, won the Istanbul Tennis Open title on Sunday, by defeating Roberta Vinci (31), 6 - 1, 6 - 1 in the tournament's final.
Wozniacki was so good in the match as the scoreline showed, that Vinci who had beaten her twice out of their three previous meetings, was left with shock at the manner she was crushed. On the day Wozniacki won the Istanbul Open, her former boy friend Mcllroy also won the Open Championship.
The Chelsea striker and Senegalese international, Demba Ba (29), has joined the Turkish club, FC Besitas for €6m according to the club's website. The President of the club, Fikret Orman, said, ''Ba is a player we all believe in, we put in a lot of time and effort to complete the transfer.''
While the new Besitas hitman, Demba said in the club site,
''I've had a lot of positive feedback about Besitas and Istanbul from my Senegalese friends in Turkey.''
The Philipino WBO, welterweight boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao, camp has announced, that the champion's next fight will be against the undefeated American boxer Chris Algieri. Algieri who was a former kick-boxer defeated Ruslan Provodnikov, in the WBO light - weltereight title fight in June. Pacquiao fight against Algieri, is scheduled for 22 November in the Chinese macau. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Rory Mcllroy (25), the Northern Irish golfer, and former boy friend of the Danish tennis star, Caroline Wozniacki (24), lifted his first Open Championship trophy today, Sunday at the Hoylake. He clinched the title with a two - shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.
This makes it three majors that he has won, since he turned professional. On the day he won the Open Championship, his ex-girl friend, Caroline Wozniacki also won the Istanbul Open.
The Brazilian international and Atletico Madrid left-back, Filipe Luis (28), has signed a three year contract for a fee of €20m, with the London club Chelsea. The player was signed to replace the former club left-back, Ashley Cole, who has since joined the Serie A clubside AS Roma. Filipe said that joining Chelsea was a dream come true for him. ''This move is a dream come true for me. I now have the opportunity to play for Chelsea and also in the Premier League.'' He was the second player from Atletico Madrid that Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has signed this month. Mourinho had already signed his former team-mate and striker, Diego Costa, this week.
David Obaze (25), a British citizen has been found guilty of match fixing in an Australian court. He was found guilty, for helping a global betting syndicate fix three semi-professional matches, in the Victoria Premier League. Obaze and three of his former team-mates, at the Southern Stars of the league, were charged with corruption. He is making it the third British, that has been convicted of match fixing in Australia. The world football governing body, FIFA had already given the four men a life ban. Another British man, Nicholas McKoy (24), has also pleaded guilty for match fixing, and his court hearing has been scheduled for September.
The Newcastle right-back, Mathieu Debuchy (28), has signed a five year contract with the English Premier League (EPL) top flight club - Arsenal, for an undisclosed fee. Debuchy who featured for France at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil, now has a big opportunity to play for a big club in big matches, especially in the Champions League. The former Ligue 1 defender with the clubside FC Lille, is believed to be a very good replacement for Bacary Sagna, who joined Manchester City last month, at the end of his contract as a free agent. Read: africanfootie.blogspot.com
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| Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes |
Caroline Wozniacki (24), the ex - girl friend of the Northern Irish golfer, Rory Mcllroy, won the Istanbul Tennis Open title on Sunday, by defeating Roberta Vinci (31), 6 - 1, 6 - 1 in the tournament's final.
Wozniacki was so good in the match as the scoreline showed, that Vinci who had beaten her twice out of their three previous meetings, was left with shock at the manner she was crushed. On the day Wozniacki won the Istanbul Open, her former boy friend Mcllroy also won the Open Championship.
The Chelsea striker and Senegalese international, Demba Ba (29), has joined the Turkish club, FC Besitas for €6m according to the club's website. The President of the club, Fikret Orman, said, ''Ba is a player we all believe in, we put in a lot of time and effort to complete the transfer.''
While the new Besitas hitman, Demba said in the club site,
''I've had a lot of positive feedback about Besitas and Istanbul from my Senegalese friends in Turkey.''
The Philipino WBO, welterweight boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao, camp has announced, that the champion's next fight will be against the undefeated American boxer Chris Algieri. Algieri who was a former kick-boxer defeated Ruslan Provodnikov, in the WBO light - weltereight title fight in June. Pacquiao fight against Algieri, is scheduled for 22 November in the Chinese macau. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
Rory Mcllroy (25), the Northern Irish golfer, and former boy friend of the Danish tennis star, Caroline Wozniacki (24), lifted his first Open Championship trophy today, Sunday at the Hoylake. He clinched the title with a two - shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.
This makes it three majors that he has won, since he turned professional. On the day he won the Open Championship, his ex-girl friend, Caroline Wozniacki also won the Istanbul Open.
The Brazilian international and Atletico Madrid left-back, Filipe Luis (28), has signed a three year contract for a fee of €20m, with the London club Chelsea. The player was signed to replace the former club left-back, Ashley Cole, who has since joined the Serie A clubside AS Roma. Filipe said that joining Chelsea was a dream come true for him. ''This move is a dream come true for me. I now have the opportunity to play for Chelsea and also in the Premier League.'' He was the second player from Atletico Madrid that Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has signed this month. Mourinho had already signed his former team-mate and striker, Diego Costa, this week.
David Obaze (25), a British citizen has been found guilty of match fixing in an Australian court. He was found guilty, for helping a global betting syndicate fix three semi-professional matches, in the Victoria Premier League. Obaze and three of his former team-mates, at the Southern Stars of the league, were charged with corruption. He is making it the third British, that has been convicted of match fixing in Australia. The world football governing body, FIFA had already given the four men a life ban. Another British man, Nicholas McKoy (24), has also pleaded guilty for match fixing, and his court hearing has been scheduled for September.
The Newcastle right-back, Mathieu Debuchy (28), has signed a five year contract with the English Premier League (EPL) top flight club - Arsenal, for an undisclosed fee. Debuchy who featured for France at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil, now has a big opportunity to play for a big club in big matches, especially in the Champions League. The former Ligue 1 defender with the clubside FC Lille, is believed to be a very good replacement for Bacary Sagna, who joined Manchester City last month, at the end of his contract as a free agent. Read: africanfootie.blogspot.com
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