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| Liverpool linked with Emile Heskey Striker has admitted he may have to leave Aston Villa to improve chances of making Fabio Capello's World Cup squad. telegraph.co.uk |
Madrid deny €1bn offer from City owner • Reports of €1bn buy out dismissed • 'His Highness understands that Real belongs to members'Real Madrid have denied they have received an offer from the Manchester City owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to buy out the Spanish club.Reports in Spain suggested the Sheikh was set to shell out €1bn (£902m) for Madrid and was due to meet the club president, Florentino Pérez, early in the new year for discussions. However, Madrid insist the story is completely unfounded."Real Madrid wishes to inform that Real Madrid president Mr Florentino Pérez has had a great friendship for many years with His Highness, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan," read a statement on the club website. "And that the so-called interest and the existence of any offer to acquire Real Madrid are false."His Highness has always shown tremendous respect for the club and understands that Real Madrid belongs to its members."Sheikh Mansour, who is reportedly a Real Madrid supporter, is president of Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira Club, where he set up a twinning agreement with the Spanish giants in 2005.Real MadridFlorentino PérezLa LigaEuropean footballguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Global Soccer: A Big Part of Life, and Now Death World sports, and not simply African soccer, now have to face up to the reality that they can no longer presume they are immune from terrorism. feeds.nytimes.com |
Laws named as new Burnley boss Burnley have appointed former Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws as their new manager, the Barclays Premier League club have announced. foxsports.com.au |
'I'm a miracle' says Togo goalkeeper after surviving Angola gun attack • Kodjovi Obilalé sustained gunshot wounds in raid on team bus• Still recovering at hospital in JohannesburgThe Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilalé feels he is akin to "a miracle" after surviving the attack on the team bus in Angola.The 25-year-old was travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations with the rest of his team-mates prior to the start of the competition when they were shot at with machine guns in the Cabinda region of the country.Three people died in the 8 January incident – the bus driver, an assistant coach and a press officer – while Obilalé, who was initially also reported as dead, had to be flown to South Africa for emergency treatment after sustaining gunshot wounds in the lower back and abdomen."I'm a miracle," the France-based goalkeeper told L'Equipe newspaper from Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, where he has been since the attack. "I'm alive, I'm doing well, I'm talking, eating and breathing."I want to go back home. When the tension increases in me, I lose it, I want to break everything. I want to see my children again and be back with those closest to me."TogoAfrica Cup of Nationsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |