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FOOTBALL NEWS 31/07/2012 09:00, Report by James Tuck Chicharito tipped for 'top season' Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced a much-needed summer break will lead to a successful season for Javier Hernandez. After a superb maiden campaign for United, Chicharito struggled to reach the same heights in 2011/12, during which his progress was also disrupted by injury. This summer Sir Alex negotiated for the striker to be left out of Mexico’s Olympics squad to allow him to rest, and the Reds boss believes we’ll see the best of him as a result. "I think this season we'll see a better Chicharito," Sir Alex told the club's official monthly magazine, Inside United . "For the last four or five years he's played all through the summer. This year, with the co-operation of Mexico, he's had a proper rest. And that started right back in May when I decided not to take him to Belfast for the Harry Gregg testimonial. "

RAMIRES RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL FOLD Posted on: Tue 31 Jul 2012 Ramires has been recalled to the Brazil squad by national team coach Mano Menezes. The 25-year-old midfielder joins new signing Oscar and David Luiz in the squad that faces Sweden on August 15. Ramires enjoyed a fine end to last season, scoring the opening goal in the FA Cup Final just weeks after his incredible chip had kick-started our comeback against Barcelona in the Champions Leage semi-final. The former Benfica and Cruzeiro man has not played for Brazil since the 2011 Copa America a year ago.

RYAN Giggs has insisted that it made no difference whether or not Great Britain’s Welsh players sang the national anthem at the Olympics after helping make Games history. The 3-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Wembley was Team GB’s first of London 2012 and therefore its first at an Olympics for 52 years, while captain Giggs became the oldest scorer in the tourney’s 88-year history when he gave his side a half-time lead. Giggs and fellow Welshmen, Craig Bellamy and Joe Allen, caused a row during their side’s opening 1-1 draw against Senegal last Thursday by not singing God Save the Queen. They were silent during the anthems again on Sunday night. Giggs said afterwards: “It’s a personal thing. The British anthem is the same for a Welshman, Scotsman or an Englishman. It’s difficult but it’s not an issue for us. It might be for other people but, once the game starts, we’re all pulling in the same direction and I think that’s the main thing.” Team GB’s

The Red Devils' American owners, the Glazers, recently announced their intention to sell Class A and B shares and have now released full details of the listing By David Lynch 1 0 Other Manchester United has released the final details of its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange which they hope will raise up to $330 million. The Red Devils announced in documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission their intention to float shares earlier this month in a bid to pay down the significant debt loaded onto the club as a product of the Glazer family's takeover in 2005. Don't Miss Sir Alex hoping for fast start The Americans bought the club for 790 million pounds but, due to the loans used in order to make the purchase, are currently attempting to fight 423 million pounds worth of i

Pastor Chris Okotie Divorce: Secrets about Stephanie’s first marriage and alleged sexuality revealed Okotie and Stephanie The Pastor Chris Okotie divorce saga, appears to be a long way off being settled or even forgotten. A story published in th National Encomium, has dug up new twists to the tale. Full Story: Unknown to many, expect close friends, Stephanie Adie Henshaw has never been married before Reverend Christopher Okotie in the true sense of the word. The mother of three children from two men has rather been a victim of abuse and ill-luck with a chequered history of marital woes that ended up breaking into pieces her fragile heart. Stephanie’s first love before Okotie came into the picture was a young man she met through a friend in Lagos. With no intention of marriage, being quite young then, the innocent Calabar girl, unfortunately got pregnant for the man. She was still carrying his baby when he was shot to death in Surulere, Lagos. The tragic death of

“Ramadan has crippled business,” prostitutes lament Commercial sex workers, otherwise known as prostitutes are angry, their anger, we gathered is not unconnected with the ongoing Ramadam fasting being embarked on by Muslim faithful across the country. According to those in the business of bed-to-wealth, the fasting period has crippled their business. When Dailypost visited one of their bases in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos, the visibly angry ladies were seen siting at different locations, discussing their fate. On enquiry, a lady identified as Rose from Edo lamented, “Oga, since morning, na only one person I don do, unlike before, I for don do like 16 or so. Na Raamadam . ” She said. When prodded further, the enraged lady said, “Oga I no come count bridge for Lagos, if u wan support my ministry tell me, I go ‘do’ you well.” In Ikotun, prostitutes lamented that their customers no longer pick their calls, “since Ramadan fasting started, my regular customer, Waidi refused

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – An Australian nurse and a Nigerian man face the possibility of death by hanging after a Malaysian court on Tuesday charged them with trafficking methamphetamines. Emma Louise L’Aiguille, 34, was charged in a Kuala Lumpur court along with Anthony Esikalam Ndidi two weeks after police said they were arrested in possession of one kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of methamphetamine. L’Aiguille entered the court in tears and spoke briefly to Australian High Commission officials before sitting in the dock, hunched over in distress, for the hearing. No plea was recorded but the Australian’s lawyer said she was innocent and was slapped once by a Malaysian police officer during interrogations. Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging in Malaysia, where hundreds of people are on death row, mostly for drug offences. Anyone found to be in possession of at least 50 grams of methamphetamine is considered a trafficker. L’Aiguille, from Melbourne, was

An Owerri High Court presided over by Justice Nonyerem Okoronkwo, has sentenced Uchenna Uhuegbu, from Odunmara, Orodo, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, to death for the murder of an 18-month-old baby girl. Uhuegbu was charged for killing the baby girl, Chimuanya Iwuagwu, also from Odummara, Orodo, on May 17, 2009, in very bizarre circumstances. Chronicling how the innocent suckling was murdered, Justice Okoronkwo recalled that the deceased Chimuanya was heading to throw away refuse with an elder relation and was accosted by the accused on their way. The Judge agreed with the prosecution that “because the accused was very familiar with the family of the infant girl, her relation had no problem leaving the two and proceeded to throw away the refuse.” Apart from believing the prosecution’s account, the Judge equally ruled that since the little girl’s relation did not find the duo on her return, it was for the accused to account for the baby that was left in

‘Impeachment threat not strange’ • House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal Since the threat by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan, if he fails to ensure 100 per cent implementation of the budget by September, the political landscape has not been the same. To lawyers, there is nothing wrong with the threat, but they advised the lawmakers to only insist that the President obeys extant laws. Adebisi Onanuga, Eric Ikhilae and Joseph Jibueze report The threat by the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against the President by September has shifted focus from many other pressing matters. The Presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are busy managing the fall-out of the threat. Expectedly, public opinion varies on the lawmakers’ mo

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The aura he radiated was infectious. The respect paid to him made this reporter momentarily feel good as a Nigerian. You would need a special pass to get into his Marriot Hotel on Duke Street here to see him. He is well known in the international sports family. But Bolaji Abdullahi, the sports minister of Nigeria does not even know him. However, Olatokumbo Thomas knows that the minister is new to sports and would not blame him but those in the sports ministry and the Nigeria Olympic Committee whom he said were yet to brief the minister adequately on important sports matters. SUCKER PUNCH••• Ihab Almatbouli (R) of Jordan exchanges blows with Lukmon Lawal (L) of Nigeria during their Light-heavyweight (81kg) boxing bout at the London 2012 Olymipic Games. Lawal lost 19-7. PHOTO: AFP Thomas is an Executive member of FINA, swimming world governing body. Swimming has up to 47 gold medals and said to fetch money for IOC more than other sports. That is how big swimming is here. An

Gunmen hit Sambo’s home Vice President Namadi Sambo -One dead, two policemen injured -Suicide bombs rock Sokoto The violence in some parts of the North has failed to subside, despite the government’s battle to stem the tide. Vice President Namadi Sambo’s family home in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State, was yesterday attacked by unknown gunmen, who injured two policemen and killed a cobbler.  In Kano, the police said they foiled an attack on a mosque in Jamblo Quarters and killed four gunmen Sunday night. Bombs went off simultanously in two places in Sokoto, the seat of the Sultan, who is the head of the Moslems.  The VP’s family house, which is not inhabited, was razed down during the post-election violence that engulfed the state last year. Renovation has just begun on it. The three gunmen, who were sa