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Vanguard, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016 — 47 Pogba, Man U agree terms over £100m move JUVENTUS legend, Gianluca Zambrotta, has urged the Bianconeri to cash in on £100million Paul Pogba, amid reports the midfielder has agreed a £208,000-a-week deal with Manchester United. Jose Mourinho is desperate for the Frenchman to follow Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan through the Old Trafford door. And the move is edging ever closer, with Spanish daily MARCA’s claims Pogba has agreed personal terms. Juve hero, Gianluca Zambrotta, is in no doubt as to what the club should do. The 2006 World Cup winner insists the Italian champions should sell Pogba and spend the proceeds on “other champions” — just as they did when Real Madrid broke the world record transfer fee to sign Zinedine Zidane from Turin in 2001. Speaking to Goal, he said: “I remember when I was playing with Juventus and Zinedine Zidane was there. “They sold him to Real Madrid for a record fee and with this money they bought [Gianluigi] Buffon, [Lilian] Thuram and [Pavel] Nedved. “So, even if Juventus have to sell Pogba, they could buy other champions.” Continues from BP resolution arising from the motion brought before the floor under matters of urgent public importance sponsored by Danburam Nuhu (APC-Kano), decried the non provision of funds to Team Nigeria to begin preparations ahead of the Games scheduled to kick off from August 5. He expressed concern that athletes were not in camp few days to the commencement of the Games, lamenting that late preparation hampered the country’s performance in previous competitions. He stated that since there was budgetary provision to enable the country participate in •Mikel Team Nigeria the Olympics, funds should be released to enable athletes compete favourably, adding that the immediate release of funds to commence preparations will promote winning spirit of the team According to him, “The fund required to participate in the Olympics was captured in the 2016 Appropriation, which was passed by the House in March and signed into law since May 2016 yet not released to the Ministry of Sports. “This kind of preparation and 11th hour release of funds usually mars the performance of Team Nigeria.” Eagles Continues from BP Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria in Group B. However, Shinde says the players must just believe in their abilities and give their best. “Yes it is a group of death but we shouldn’t have mental blocks otherwise we will defeat ourselves. Zambia should not be the underdogs in this group,” Shinde said “We should ensure that we collect maximum points in all our home games. Our home ground must be a slaughter house. “Equally the players should learn to put in their best. We can say all these things but what about the commitment from the players. “I hope these boys can come to the party and realise they are carrying the nation’s banner, “Let’s galvanise ourselves. With proper team selection and good preparations we can compete.” Meanwhile it is not clear yet whether coach George Lwandamina will lead the team during the qualifiers as the chase for a new coach is underway. On the other hand, excoach Patrice Beaumelle turned down an offer from the Football Association of Zambia to return to the country. Philippe Troussier and Dario Bonetti are some of the names linked to the coaching job to replace Lwandamina. Sports betting: FG, states proffer solution on double taxation THE issue of double taxation in the Nigerian sports betting industry may soon be resolved as federal and states representatives have agreed to proffer a solution to the lingering problem. Operators of sports betting companies in the country last month in Lagos lamented the issue of double taxation by the Federal Government and states at a summit organised by the Association of Nigerian Bookmakers, saying it was killing the industry. Akin Alabi, founder of NairaBet.com and Acting Galatasaray boss loses interest in Mikel G ALATASARAY have cooled their interest in Chelsea’s defensive midfielder John Obi Mikel. The daily Turkish newspaper AMK have stated that Galatasaray boss Jan Olde Riekerink has instructed the board to look at other options as Mikel does not fit into his plans for season ahead. This is despite The Nigerian international winning the Champions League, Europa League, two Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups for Chelsea. The experienced midfielder has also had interest from Galatasaray but reportedly turned down a £110k-a-week offer from the Lion’s back in January. Nigeria Cup: Organising committee plans big for 20th edition By Chinwe Okeke AS preparations for the 20th Nigeria Cup gathers momentum, Chairman of the organizing committee, Bayo Alli has said that this year’s edition will be a special one even as he appealed to well meaning Nigerians, members of Ikoyi club and especially corporate organizations for support. Speaking in a chat with newsmen during the week, Alli said the appeal became necessary so as to enable the organizers raise needed fund to execute the programmes already earmarked for the event. While saying this year’s edition will be unique, he added that the organizing committee has promised value for all members of the club, sponsors and corporate Nigeria. “A Nigerianized Nigeria Cup is what we will see come October 1st”, he said. The Express states that Chelsea want £7.7 million on Mikel if he is to leave over the summer transfer market. The 29-year-old has just a year remaining on his contract and Antonio Conte has yet to make a decision on his future. Continues from BP Dallas Cowboys sports. The NFL franchise is valued at $4billion (£3billion). La Liga duo Real Madrid ($3.6bn) and Barcelona ($3.5bn) are second and third respectively while the New York Yankees ($3.4bn), at No.4, are the most valuable baseball team. Manchester United, who complete the top five, are the highest Continues from BP provisionally given the responsibility ahead of Bangladesh’s playoff matches for the Asian Cup qualifiers. Saintfiet, who has coached Togo, Malawi, Yemen, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Namibia, confirmed the news of his taking over the coaching duties to the reporters and went to attend the practice session of his new apprentices. “When we sent him a draft of the contract, he was on the plane. We included some of our observations in the Chairman, ANB, said operators were in dilemma over whom to pay taxes. “Each state says they are in charge of gaming and betting and the National Lottery Regulatory Commission says they are the ones in charge. So who do we pay to? Do we pay twice? And that is not even talking about the company taxes that we pay. So, it’s strangling our businesses coupled with forex issues. So we need to be sure who we pay to,” Alabi said at the summit. But there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel after the summit. Precious Puanoni, a Special Assistant to the Director General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, said the body was ready to collaborate with the state to resolve the issue. He expressed optimism that the National Assembly would “do the needful” in amending the lottery act to tackle the problem. Saintfiet ranking English team. Arsenal (No.23), Manchester City (28), Chelsea (36) and Liverpool (41) also make the list. The world’s most valuable basketball franchise, say Forbes, is the New York Knicks ($3bn). In total, 27 NFL franchise feature in the list. There rest of the top 50 is comprised of teams from European football (eight), NBA (eight) and MLB (seven). agreement. He told us he had sent it to his lawyer. “The official signing is yet to be done. But everything has been finalised verbally. There are some legal terms here, which he has to see…Hopefully, a deal can be struck in threefour days. “We have seen that he has been short-listed for Nigeria coaching job. We will take a decision according to the situation if he gets the job. But now we are employing him for three months,” Nabil said
Vanguard, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016 Rio 2016: Reps order immediate release of funds to Team Nigeria •Tosin Oke TOD ODAY'S PUZZLE •Regina George How to Play Sudoku Place a number (1-9) in each blank cell. (No line can have two of the same number). Each row (nine lines from left to right), column, (also nine lines from top to bottom) and 3 X 3 block within a bold block (nine blocks) contains number from 1 through 9. This means that no number can appear twice in any block, column or row. No mathematics is involved – no adding, subtraction, division or multiplication, just plain logic and your imagination. By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE House of Representatives yesterday called on the Federal Government to immediately release funds to the Ministry of Sports to facilitate the country’s preparation for 2016 Rio Olympic Games. It called on the Ministry of Sport, Accountant General of the Federation and Budget office to ensure the immediate release of funds and also mandated its Committee on Sports to invite the Minister of Sports and President, Nigeria Olympic Committee to ascertain the level of preparations and report back within one week. The House in a Continues on Page 47 YESTERDAY'S ANSWERS Eagles must fall in Lusaka! •Ex-Zambia international FORMER Zambia and Nkana FC midfielder Jericho Shinde has sent a word •Saintfiet Dallas Cowboys overtake Real as world’s most valuable sports team THE Dallas Cowboys have overtaken Real Madrid as the world’s most valuable sports team. That is according to Forbes Magazine, who have compiled a list of the top 50 teams from all Continues on Page 47 ACROSS 1 Wish (6) 5 Summit (4) 8 Store (5) 9 Conifer (3) 10 Clergyman (4) 11 Monster (4) 12 Musty (5) 13 Named (6 16 Bearing (4) 18 Close (4) 20 Marry (3) 22 Posed (3) 23 Silence (3) 24 Travel (4) 25 Pace (4) 28 Trader (6) 30 Last (5) 32 Peruse (4) 33 Dale (4) 34 Newt (3) 35 Yielded (5) 36 Fastened (4) 37 Reviser (6) DOWN 1 Fault (6) 2 Ambled (8) 3 Recover (6) 4 Satisfied (9) 5 Protract (7) 6 Border (4) 7 Retain (4) 8 Possesses (3) 14 Deterred (9) 15 Droop (3) 17 Consume (3) 19 Soonest (3) 20 Intelligence (3) 21 Stripped (6) 26 Stripped (6) 27 Bomb-hole (6) 29 Worry (4) 30 Confront (4) 31 Guided (3) ACROSS: 3, Essay 9, Target 10, Meddle 11, Latin 12, Arid 15, Sect 17, Deleted 20, Ray 21, Demon 23, Idea 25, Want 26, Rigid 28, Red 30, Towered 33, Edit 35, Dine 36, Civic 38, Abroad 39, Latent 40, Dozen. of encouragement to his ex-Chipolopolo teammates ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Shinde is quoted by the Lusaka Times website saying the team must not label themselves underdogs in their group. Chipolopolo are in the toughest group of the qualifiers as they find themselves together with Continues on Page 47 Bangladesh appoints Saintfiet TOM Saintfiet one of the coaches shortlisted by the Nigeria Football Federation for the job of the Super Eagles has been hired to coach the Bangladesh national team for three Team Value ($mil) Dallas Cowboys 4000.00 Real Madrid 3645.00 Barcelona 3549.00 New York Yankees 3400.00 Manchester United 3317.00 New England Patriots 3200.00 New York Knicks 3000.00 Washington Redskins 2850.00 New York Giants 2800.00 Los Angeles Lakers 2700.00 QUICK CROSSWORD YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS Pogba, Man U agree terms over £100m move •Pogba months. The Belgian arrived Dhaka on Tuesday. According to BFF member Kazi Nabil Ahmed the 42-year-old manager was Continues on Page 47 DOWN: 1, Stead 2, Trail 3, Eel 4, Stated 5, Amid 6, Yen 7, Adder 8, Deity 13, Retired 14, Defer 16, Canteen 18, Debit 19, Cow 22, Naked 24, Air 27, Docile 28, Regal 29, Diary 31, Riper 32, Lido, 36, Cad 37, Can. Printed and Published by VANGUARD MEDIA LIMITED, Vanguard Avenue, Kirikiri Canal, P.M.B.1007, Apapa. Phone: Newsroom: 018773962. Deputy Editor: 01-4548355. Advert Dept Hotline: 01- 4544821. Abuja Advert Hotline: 09-2921024. E-mail: editor@vanguardngr.com, news@vanguardngr.com, letters@vanguardngr.com. Advert:advertproduction@yahoo.com Website: www.vanguardngr.com (ISSN 0794-652X) Editor: MIDENO BAYAGBON. Phone: 01-7742861, All correspondence to P.M.B. 1007, Apapa Lagos.
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