Thursday, July 26, 2012

Enyimba suspends Eguavoen

Enyimba of Aba have announced asuspension of the club’s technical adviser, Augustine Eguavoen, indefinitely for poor performance and anti-club activities. Club chairman Felix Anyansi-Agwu, in a statement, said the former Super Eagles coach has displayed unprofessional attitude since the team was eliminated from the Federation Cup in Ibadanby lowly Prime of Osogbo. According to Anyansi-Agwu, sincethe team returned to Aba after theFederation Cup elimination, Eguavoen has refused to return towork and his action negates the contract agreement he signed with the club. Only three days ago, Eguavoen, hisassisatants and the players were placed on half salary by the management for poor performance and dwindling productivity with a warning to either improve or face further sanctions.

IT IS AN HONEST MISTAKE

David Cameron has said every effort will be made to ensure mistakes such as last night's Olympic flag mix-up never happen again. The Prime Minister said the error, in which the South Korean flag was wrongly shown instead of sworn enemy North Korea's at a football game, was "an honest mistake" for which an apology has been issued. The North Korean women's team staged a protest ahead of their match with Colombia after the South Korean flag was wrongly shown on a big screen at Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium. As a consequence, the players walked off the pitch and delayed the match by an hour.

Chelsea Plans To Spend More

Chelsea 's summer spending won't end with their deal for Internacional star Oscar. The Daily Star says Blues owner Roman Abramovich is determinedto breathe new life into the Blues squad and build an exciting side capable of regaining the Premier League title. The European champions still want Napoli’s £35m striker Edinson Cavani and £10m-rated Wigan winger Victor Moses. A new right-back is also believed to be on Di Matteo’s summer shortlist.

Mancini Voices His Frustration

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has made clear his frustration over the club's failure to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie . Asked in Beijing on Thursday whether he is 'disappointed' that City haven't signed anyone yet this summer, Mancini immediatelyshifted responsibility to football administrator Brian Marwood. Mancini said: "For an answer to these questions you need to talk to the man in charge. I'm not in charge of these things. "Its important to get players in. After what we did last year its important this year that we continue to win. This year will notbe easy. It will be harder than last year. For this reason we need to improve our team. "But we have people to do this. I hope that they can do a good job."

The Great Britain women's football team kicked off the 2012 Olympics with a hard-fought victory over New Zealand at a sun-soaked Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The Great Britain women's football team kicked off the 2012 Olympics with a hard-fought victory over New Zealand at a sun-soaked Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Chelsea have completed the signing of attacking midfielder Oscar on a five-year contract for a fee understood to be in the region of £25m.

The Brazilian, who is in his country's Olympic squad, joins from Internacional having previously played for Sao Paulo. The 20-year-old has been compared to countryman Kaka in Brazil. Champions League winners Chelsea have already signed MarkoMarin and brothers Eden and Thorgan Hazard this summer. Oscar had previously insisted he would wait until after the Olympics before completing his move to Roberto Di Matteo's side.