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Friday 2 May 2014

Former players back Giggs

By: Emmanuelomobhude On: 06:29
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  • As Manchester United ponder the vital decision about who will become their next manager former players continue to champion the cause of Ryan Giggs.
    The Welshman was given the job until the end of the season following the sacking of David Moyes last week and made a positive start with assured performances in front of the media and an emphatic 4-0 win over Norwich City on Saturday.
    Dutchman Louis van Gaal is the favourite but Dutch media reports have said he would insist on bringing Patrick Kluivert and a team of his coaches to Old Trafford, putting the future of Giggs in doubt.
    Giggs's former teammates have no doubts he is ready for the role despite his obvious lack of managerial experience.
    "He started well on Saturday," former United defender Gary Neville said this week.
    "So let him have two or three more games to see whether he settles into the position and whether he can bed in and be given that role.
    "There's the idea that Ryan hasn't got experience, but he knows the club. And then there's the idea that Van Gaal has massive experience, but he doesn't know the Premier League.
    "At the end of the day the owners will do what they want to do. I suppose in some ways they want an experienced hand, but I personally would like to see a British manager be appointed because Manchester United have always appointed British managers."
    Neville said the success of young managers like Diego Simeone, Pep Guardiola and Kenny Dalglish proved that experience was not always necessary.
    "There is no hard and fast rule in appointing managers nowadays," said Neville, a close friend of Giggs and now working as a television analyst.
    "You've seen different examples of how sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work, and until you appoint someone, you haven't got a clue whether it's going to work or not.
    "From that point of view, people say Ryan's got no experience, but then is Van Gaal going to work? We don't know. It's a call for people at the club."
    Former United striker Louis Saha also backed his ex-teammate. "He can do the job now, for sure," the Frenchman said.
    "It seems like an easy choice for now because he proved he can do it last weekend.
    "I was sad to see David Moyes go. But maybe it would have been more clever to give (Giggs) his chance months ago."
    GOOD FRIENDS
    Giggs, assisted by his good friends and former United class of 92 members Nicky Butt, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes, made a confident start, promising his team would play with tempo and passion.
    He made a bold decision to leave Marouane Fellaini, signed by Moyes for £27.5 million in August, out of the squad against Norwich and started record signing Juan Mata on the bench.
    The Spanish midfielder scored twice after coming on as a second-half substitute and Old Trafford rejoiced at watching a much more fluent and vibrant display than they had become used to under the cautious Moyes.
    Giggs has home games against Sunderland and Hull City to negotiate before taking United to Southampton on the final day of the season and four successive wins would considerably strengthen his claims to get the job.
    United chief executive Ed Woodward will be reluctant to upset the fans by jettisoning the hugely popular Giggs, the club's most decorated player and still in the first-team squad at the age of 40, but he will also covet the proven pedigree of Van Gaal.
    The 62-year-old Netherlands coach has won league titles as coach of Ajax Amsterdam, Barcelona and Bayern Munich and whether he and Giggs can both be accommodated in a workable managerial appears to be at the heart of Woodward's conundrum.

    Rich black celebs, including Oprah, Diddy & Mayweather want to buy Clippers

    By: Emmanuelomobhude On: 06:27
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  • With the Basketball Commission forcing L.A Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell his team following his racist audio tape scandal, several high-profile black celebrities have shown interest in buying the team. Oprah Winfrey, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Floyd Mayweather and Magic Johnson have all shown interest, especially Oprah.

    Sterling, however, says his team is not for sale and won't go down without a fight. The 81 year old, who has not issued a public apology yet, bought the Clippers for $12 million in 1981. Today they are worth a staggering $575 million. Oprah is worth over $3billion...so she's capable.

    The only way Sterling can be forced to give up his team is if 3/4 of the NBA owners agree to the sale.

    Fresh Abuja blast leaves several people dead>>> MAY 1 2014

    By: Emmanuelomobhude On: 05:52
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  • I'm bringing an update on this now because I was on my way out of Nigeria last night when the news broke. Just landed to hear that 30 people may have been killed in the blast. Some media outlets are reporting as high as 70 while CNN puts the figure at 9, NEMA at 10 and the Nigerian police at 12.

    The blast occurred last night Thursday May 1st around 8.20 at Karshi Taxi Park, very close to the scene of the April 14th bomb blast. It is believed that the explosion came from a bomb-laden white Volkswagen parked at the taxi park.

    The bomb went off as residents of the area were returning home. Eye witnesses said bodies of some of the victims were scattered on the ground, while some were burnt beyond recognition.

    A statement released by the NSCDC and NEMA said that 10 bodies were recovered from the scene while several others were taken to different hospitals.
    "While security agencies have condoned off the area of the explosion in Nyanya, Abuja, response agencies have moved injured victims to hospitals and at least 10 lifeless bodies have been deposited in the mortuary while 13 unconscious victims are receiving medical attention in different hospitals in Abuja. Other injured victims too are being attended to." the statement read in part.
    Some security sources said yesterday that they believe the bomb was set to explode early this morning, just like the Nyanya blast that went off as commuters gathered at the park to take transport to their various destinations, but something went wrong and the bomb accidentally went off, killing the driver and other innocent people who were about to board buses to leave the Abuja City Park. Meanwhile, NEMA has called onAbuja residents to donate blood to help victims of the blast. This can't keep happening. It just can't! See more pics after the cut...









    Fifa investigates Super Eagles

    By: Emmanuelomobhude On: 05:42
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  • Fifa has opened an investigation into allegations by convicted match-fixer Wilson Perumal Raj, that he helped Nigeria qualify for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
    In his book released last Monday, the 48-year-old Singaporean revealed how he met with a Nigeria Football Federation official to try and fix games so that Super Eagles could top their group.
    He also stated in his book that he had an agreement with the Nigerian federation that he would organise friendly matches for its men's national team as well as some percentage of whatever Fifa pays the country in lieu of qualifying.
    NFF spokesperson, Ademola Olajire confirmed Fifa are looking into the matter with full cooperation from the federation.
    Olajire affirmed that the NFF has received correspondence from the football ruling body related to the case and are watching tapes of the games Nigeria played during the qualifying series for the 2010 World Cup.
    "We have forwarded the letter to our match-fixing officer Dr. Mohammed Sanusi and NFF's Integrity Officer Dr. Christian Emeruwa. All enquiries should now go to Fifa as I explained in my earlier release on the matter," Olajire said.
    The NFF had in an earlier release condemned the allegations, citing it as a figment of imagination of a convicted felon.
    "Perumal's statements are a hogwash and have no legs to stand on. We have ordered the book itself with a view to digesting it and looking critically at it," NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu said on Tuesday.
    " If the book impugns on the image of the Nigeria Football Federation, our players and the larger image of our dear country, we will take appropriate action."
    Nigeria qualified for the 2010 Fifa World Cup ahead of Tunisia, Mozambique and Kenya in the final rounds of the Africa zone of qualifying.