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46 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 Maradona offers to coach Man Utd Diego Maradona claims that he is the man to turn Manchester United around - adding that Paul Pogba does not work hard enough. United face a return to Europa League football next season after a run of just two wins from their final 12 games in all competitions under the tutelage of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solksjaer only signed a three-year deal at the end of March, but Maradona, who is currently managing Dorados in Mexico’s second tier, believes he has what it takes to restore United to their former glory. “If Manchester [United] need a coach, I’m the man to do it,” Maradona said in an interview with FourFourTwo magazine. “I know they sell lots of shirts around the world, but they need to win trophies, too. I can do that for them. “Manchester United used to be my favourite English team for so long. So many great players and a great team under Alex Ferguson. But now I have to say Man City. I know you shouldn’t change like that but it’s because of Kun [Aguero]. We speak a lot and he plays in a very good team.” Juve to have Pogba talks Juventus will have a discus sion over whether to resign Paul Pogba when a new head coach is appointed, says the club’s sporting director. According to Sky in Italy, the Italian champions have made contact with Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola over a potential summer move - and it is understood that Manchester United have been informed of Juventus’ interest. Pogba rejoined United from Juventus for a then world-record fee back in 2016, but despite leading United’s scoring charts last season, he is yet to completely convince fans he is firing on all cylinders. Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici, also responding to rumours linking the club with Federico Chiesa, gave a timeline of when any interest in Pogba could commence. “Federico Chiesa? We certainly have a competitive team,” Patatici told a Football Leader 2019 event on Tuesday. “As far as the market is concerned, we await the name of the coach. “We will make the necessary assessments after announcing it. Pogba? The same, we’ll speak with the new coach.” FIFA President Gianni Infantino was re-elected to office at the body’s 69th Congress in Paris, France on Wednesday. He was re-elected by acclamation by FIFA’s 211 member associations as he was the only candidate for the position. First elected at an extraordinary congress in February 2016, following a meltdown that consumed Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s ninth president will now start his first full four-year term. “In just over three years, this organization went from being toxic, Mbappé father eyes PSG exit for son Kylian Mbappé wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain and has already taken steps to make it happen. This is the story that came out of Spanish programme El Larguero early yesterday morning. According to the Cadena SER show, the father of French striker, Wilfried Mbappé, held a meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, with a person described as “someone very important in world football.” It is said that the young star is not comfortable in the PSG dressing room and that the problem lies with two key figures at the club: manager Thomas Tuchel and teammate Neymar Jr. The German coach is blamed for restricting the opportunities for Mbappé to win the Golden Shoe, the award for Europe’s top scorer, by putting Neymar and Cavani on penalty duty. Winning this would have meant a bonus payment of 1.5 Copa America: Neymar may opt out after rape allegation The rape allegation levelled against Neymar could prompt the Brazil forward to skip the Copa America, according to Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) vicepresident Francisco Noveletto. Sao Paulo police have confirmed to Goal that there has been a complaint made against the player from a Brazilian woman he met in Paris. Infantino re-elected as FIFA President almost criminal, to being what it should be: an institution that develops football,” Infantino said after his re-election. “This new FIFA has a mission and a plan for it, which is why the next four years have, in fact, already started. We have laid solid building blocks for the future.” Wednesday’s Congress, which had in attendance NFF President Amaju Pinnick and General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi, approved FIFA’s detailed budget for next year, which includes the sum of $810 million to be invested in the game worldwide. Netherlands vs England Sterling set to captain Three Lions million euros for the forward. In the end, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi took the award, and the bonus, after scoring 36 LaLiga goals (four penalties), with Mbappé on 33 Ligue 1 goals (1 penalty). Raheem Sterling will reportedly captain England for today’ s Nations League semi-final clash against the Netherlands. Sterling’s management company, Colossal Sports Management, issued a press release on Tuesday claiming he will be given the armband on his 50th cap, The Guardian report If true, this could mean Harry Kane and Jordan Henderson will not start the semi-final match,. The pair were involved in last weekend’s Champions League final, along with five others, and only joined up with the rest of the England squad this week. Kane has captained England in 15 of his 35 appearances, and was skipper at last summer’s World Cup, while Henderson has worn the armband on six occasions. The Football Association, however, said manager Gareth Southgate is yet to formalise his selection plans for today’s fixture. Hazard’s transfer talks with Madrid break down Real Madrid were hoping to present Eden Hazard as their new player on Monday 3 June, following the conclusion of the European club season and ahead of the The police would not discuss details of the ongoing investigation following the complaint filed by the woman on May 31. Brazilian outlet UOL was the first to report the accusations and claim statements made to authorities are being kept confidential. Neymar denies the allegations, and his camp maintains the 27- year-old’s innocence, stating that he was the target of a blackmail attempt, while the player’s father believes WhatsApp messages sent to his son’s phone from the woman would be used to help clear his name. This all comes just days before Neymar is set to play a key role in Brazil’s Copa America campaign, with the Selecao hosting a tournament they have not won since 2007. Former UEFA president, Johansson dies Lennart Johansson, a Swede who presided over European soccer for 17 years as its Champions League turned into a global commercial juggernaut, has died after a short illness aged 89, Sweden’s Football Association said on Wednesday. Johansson, president of international fixtures. Chelsea, however, have made it clear from the start that they were not going to make it easy Los Blancos’ general director José Ángel Sánchez was in London to finalise the deal that has been the worst kept secret of the last few months. Our A rape complaint filed against Ju ventus’ football player Cristiano Ronaldo in the US, which decreased the club’s shares by 15%, was dropped, Bloomberg reported yesterday. The request for the complaint to be dropped was filed last month at the Nevada state court in Las Vegas. The document does not say whether the woman who accused Ronaldo has reached an agreement with him, Bloomberg said. The New York Times said in March that Juventus, the Italian league’s champion, would not participate in the US International Champions Cup this summer to prevent European football association UEFA from 1990 to 2007, was a driving force behind the formation of the Champions League, giving the continent’s championship a new identity and a huge revenue stream for big clubs. “Swedish football is in mourning,” the Swedish FA said in a statement. Liverpool, Origi talk new contract terms Divock Origi has confirmed he will hold talks with Liverpool over his future in the next few weeks, and admits winning a Premier League title will be a "big goal" for the Reds next term. Origi had limited opportunities for Liverpool last season but chipped in with some important goals, most notably the second in the 2-0 Champions League final victory over Tottenham and a brace in the 4-0 semi-final defeat of Barcelona at Anfield. The 24-year-old striker made a total of 12 Premier League appearances having spent the previous term on loan at Wolfsburg, where he featured in 31 of their 34 Bundesliga fixtures. Speaking ahead of Belgium's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Scotland, Origi said: "The next few weeks we'll have to sit down and see what the future holds. understanding now, however, is that Sánchez has flown back to the Spanish capital with nothing yet agreed. The obstacle that lies in the way of the move remains to be the difference between both parties on the player’s valuation. With only a year left on his contract, Madrid have been keen not to go above 100 million euros, while the Stamford Bridge club are looking for something in the region of €120 million. An attempt to close this impasse saw Sánchez reportedly offering the extra €20 million in potential add-ons, although this too was knocked back. Whether or not Madrid will give in and pay more than they want to or Chelsea run the risk of keeping an unhappy player and lose him for nothing in a year, will likely be determined over the next few days. Rape accusation against Ronaldo dropped Ronaldo from being detained in the US regarding this case. In September last year, US 34-yearold Katheryn Mayorga had filed a complaint against Ronaldo for a crime allegedly committed in 2009. The case was reopened after the woman presented new information on the alleged rape, collaborating with authorities in the investigation. In Nevada, sexual offences are not determined if they are not appropriately reported to authorities. The defence of Ronaldo always said that what happened between him and Mayorga was by mutual agreement.
By Ben Efe Athletics Federation of Nigeria members are expected to meet with Nigeria Olympic Committee chiefs today in Abuja with a view of quelling the crisis that was towed by the controversial $150,000 IAAF grants. But athletics stakeholders have urged the NOC and the Sports ministry not to undermine the committee that has been set up by the AFN board meeting of Tuesday May 28 to unravel the circumstances surrounding the misappropriated IAAF funds and other allocations made to the AFN and were utilised by the the suspended president, Ibrahim Gusau without the approval of the board. “Why didn’t NOC intervene when the federation drifted into the crisis after the 2017 elections? “Is now that they know that all is not well with the AFN? As far we are concerned a panel has been set to find out what happened to the IAAF grants. We have documents of and Gusau must give us answers,” said Brown Ebewele. Another member who requested anonymity added that the NOC must not make any attempt to brush the matter aside. AFN saga: NOC intervention not necessary, say stakeholders ‘What the NOC is doing is trying to assert an authority that does not exist because the body thinks Nigerians are naive and ignorant of the rules governing international sports.’ ‘The AFN, for the avoidance of doubt is only answerable to its parent body,the International Association of Wrestling: Yenagoa agog for Gov. Dickson National Classics By Solomon Nwoke The city of Yenagoa – the Bayelsa State capital – is now bubbling with great excitement and anticipation ahead of the 3rd Gov. Dickson National Wrestling Classics. The tournament, which will be staged at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Samson Siasia Stadium between June 15 and 30, will have in attendance around 600 athletes and officials from no fewer than 20 states and 16 wrestling clubs in Nigeria, who have already registered for the competition. Apart from being crowned National champions, athletes who excel at the Classics will represent Nigeria at the 12th All-Africa Games in Morocco, as well as the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan in September. While highlighting the importance of the 3rd Gov. Dickson Classics, President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Hon. Daniel Igali also called on athletes, officials, At the blast of the final whistle which brought the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League to an end, fans of Liverpool Football Club erupted in volcanic excitement as their team clinched the coveted trophy for the sixth time in their history. International premium beer brand, Heineken who has sponsored the popular football league for 20 years held an exclusive screening for football fans and enthusiasts at the all new upgraded Heineken House as part of its UNMISSABLE journalists and fans to come out en masse to make the competition a huge success. “This championship has added relevance because of the Olympics coming up next year,” the Olympic Champion said. “As a result, we are expecting very high level of participation and competition at this tournament. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Lagos Open Tennis has congratulated Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his inauguration as the new Executive Governor of Lagos State on 29 May, 2019. The Lagos Open, formerly the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, has been an Athletics Federations (IAAF) who has acknowledged the decision taken by the AFN board on Tuesday May 28,2019 asking the president,Honourable Ibrahim Shehu Gusau to step aside following allegations of gross misconduct and misappropriation of funds levelled against him.’ FIFA Women WC: Super Falcons can reach knock-out stage, says Dennerby The 2019 FIFA Women Cup takes off Friday in France with the hosts facing South Korea, while the Super Falcons will open their group A account with Norway on Saturday. Speaking on the Super Falcons chances coach Thomas Dennerby submitted that the Africa Champions have a good chance of reaching the knockout stages, adding that the team is prepared and ready to go. “Our ambition is to get to the last 16 at least,” Dennerby “We know that Norway is a good tournament team, they have a good record. But they are not at the same level as they were in the ‘90s, so we must believe we have a chance. “I hope that we can do that and get through to the round of 16, then win one more game. “The team have the capacity to do that. We have really worked Vanguard, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 — 47 StarTimes bags exclusive rights for Copa América Brasil 2019 Africa’s leading digital TV operator has acquired exclusive broadcasting rights for CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019 in Sub- Saharan Africa. The 46th edition of Copa America will take place from June 14th to July 7th in 5 cities from Brazil. Twelve teams will be competing including two guests, Japan and Qatar. “South America has some of the best teams in the world. We are happy to give our 25 million users the chance to watch Messi or Neymar playing with their hard to be the best Nigerian team ever to go to the World Cup.” While they have been the dominant force in African women’s football, Nigeria only qualified for France on the back of two penalty shootout wins and Dennerby says that is a reflection of the increased competition on the continent. “I think the standard has improved across Africa,” said Dennerby. Falcons Lagos Open Tennis team felicitates with Gov. Sanwo-Olu annual international tournament being staged to celebrate the sitting Governor of Lagos since the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the government of Babatunde Raji Fashola and erstwhile Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. A statement issued on behalf of the Chairman, Chief Pius Champions League: How Liverpool fans celebrated club’s triumph at Heineken House campaign which began early this year. The venue hosted hundreds of fans from both competing clubs and some neutrals who were lucky to receive an invite to be part of the exclusive experience. A penalty within the first minute of the game served as the perfect start for Liverpool after a low cross by Sadio Mane struck the outstretched arm of Moussa Sissoko inside the 18-yard box. Syinix Unveils Musa as brand ambassador By Destiny Eseaga Super Eagle striker Ahmed Musa was at the weekend in Lagos unveiled as Syinix’s brand ambassador. At the same time, Musa unveiled the new Syinix big screen TV: Syinix 65" TV and AFCON 2019: Eagles have good players, but lack team to play – Finidi George announced the new slogan “bigger better , buy Syinix” together, it would also lead. Justifying the choice of Ahmed Musa, Syinix explained that the Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia forward has made remarkable achievement in his football By Davies Iheamnachor inidi George, a former right winger of the Super Eagle, has Ftold Vanguard Sports in Port Harcourt that the Super Eagles have good players, but lacked a team to play the African Cup of Nation, “We are still struggling, all we have is a bunch of good players here and there, but we don’t have a team. It is about putting up a good team and we are yet to see that. The AFCON is coming up, we hope we can see the Super Eagles play as a team and a good football nation. We have good players but it’s about putting a good team together. “In our time we had a good team and not individual players. So, I hope we will be able to show that in the AFCON.” On the troubling report of suffering Akinyelure, Trustees and members of the LOC reads: “Congratulations to His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, and best wishes as you assume the office of Governor of Lagos State. The sun is shining all over as you commence the journey of building a greater Lagos.” national teams. Apart from Africa, the continent with the craziest fans of football is South America and this year the tournament will be held in the best football country, Brazil. It will be intense,” explains Shi Maochu, StarTimes Sport Director. Shi said: “Consistent with StarTimes’ mission and values, our search for best sport contents is always at the heart of our commitment to service excellence. In this regard, CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019 will definitely make African football fans delighted in the coming days.” StarTimes will broadcast all Copa América matches on its 5 sports channels, as well as on StarTimes ON streaming application, live and in HD in all Sub-Saharan Africa. AFCON 2019: Rohr lines up ‘backbenchers’ against Zimbabwe Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has revealed that he will give Super Eagles stars who did not feature regularly for their clubs this season a career, has a huge number of fans, positive personal image as well as good reputation Speaking at the unveiling, Musa said: “Syinix and I have such a shared perspective, we both believe that technology should service human being and help us lead a better life, and we all want to do our best to let more people live better. of ex-footballers in the nation, George advocated for the formation of Ex- Footballers’ union to carter for the welfare of the retired players. He said: “We don’t have strong football union, like Ex-Players Union. We depend on NFF to do everything. I will not blame the NFF in the suffering of our ex-footballers, but they should take part of the blame. “We have to do a good job by establishing ex-footballers union that will generate fund and handle issues of welfare of Ex-footballers. “We also need to get people that will embrace and support us with fund so that when one of us is sick, we will have to go to that fund and get money and help the person. We will not wait to accuse the NFF of not doing enough, we have to come together and pursue a common course.” AFCON: Musa, Iwobi, Abdulahi arrive camp S By Ochuko Akuopha UPER Eagles trio of Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi and Shehu Abdulahi yesterday, joined the camp of the African Cup of Nations, as the team defiled heavy down pour to intensify preparations for the tournament. Odion Ighalo and Trust Ekong were however, still missing as team captain Mikel Obi, Oghenekaro Etabo, Samuel Kalu and John Ogu dazzled to the admiration of the cheering spectators at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Delta State. Leon Balogun who according to the team coach Gernot Rohr, “had a little foot injury” trained alone. Addressing newsmen after the training session, Rohr reiterated the preparedness of the team to play in any weather condition at the tournament. Rohr said:, “We are preparing the team to adapt to every weather condition because it can rain and it can be very hot. They must be able to adapt to every climatic condition.” On his part, John Ogu said:, “We know that task ahead of us and we will go there and try to win. We must stay focused irrespective of any weather condition. “We have not been to AFCON since 2013 so we want to make Nigerians happy. chance to prove their worth against Zimbabwe on Saturday. These include Leon Balogun and Kelechi Iheanacho. Balogun was limited to 10 appearances across all competitions for his Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion while Iheanacho made nine starts in 30 league games for Leicester City. Despite their limited playing time at their respective clubs, Rohr included them in his 25- man provisional squad for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt.
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