I was not referring to Victoria Beckham, says Naomi Campbell

As controversy continues to trail supermodel Naomi Campbell’s comments on racism on the runway, the model insists she never tried to “pinpoint” Victoria Beckham as racist when she criticised the former Spice Girl for using just one non-white model in her London Fashion Week Show. Campbell launched a campaign to expose racial discrimination in the fashion industry last month and published an open letter with a list of fashion houses “accused of being guilty.”
However, the 43-year-old model insists she meant nothing personal against Victoria and even called her directly to discuss the problem in the industry as a whole.

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List For World Footballer Of The Year Released

The List for the 2013 World’s best player has been released by FIFA with also the list for the Coach of the year.

Will Messi be crowned again or will Christiano stop him from making it 5 times in a row or will outsider Ribery steal the spotlight off these two?
(1) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)
(2) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany)
(3) Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany)
(4) Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
(5) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany)

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Arsene Wenger: Arsenal confidence intact after cup exit

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said a Capital One Cup fourth-round defeat by Chelsea will not hamper his side's momentum ahead of a tough fixture list in November.

Cesar Azpilicueta and Juan Mata goals marked a second successive home defeat.
The Gunners lead the Premier League and face Liverpool and Manchester United in their next two domestic fixtures.
Asked if his side's confidence had been dented, Wenger said: "No. It's a different competition."
Since losing to Aston Villa in their first game of the season, Arsenal recorded 11 wins in 12 matches before losing to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League a week ago.

Mourinho continues fine run against Wenger

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Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea: Mata magic helps Blues overcome below-par Gunners

The Blues' No.10 drilled a right-footed shot past Lukasz Fabianski to seal the win after Cesar Azpilicueta had seized upon a Carl Jenkinson mistake to open the scoring

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Jose Mourinho maintained his hoodoo over Arsene Wenger as Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup.

Arsenal boss Wenger had failed to secure a victory over a Chelsea side managed by Mourinho in eight attempts before Tuesday night's clash between the top two in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium.

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5 Conclusions From The Premier League Last Weekend

The Premier League weekend kicked off with a 2-0 win that saw Arsenal and Crystal Palace assume their respective positions at the top and bottom of the table.
It was a good weekend for Merseyside teams—while Romelu Lukaku was in a starring role for Everton at Villa Park, Luis Suarez stole the show at Anfield, where Liverpool thumped West Bromwich Albion 4-1.
David Moyes’ blushes were spared at Old Trafford as Manchester United twice came from behind to beat Stoke.

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Toure, Ozil, Bale Make Ballon d’Or Shortlist.

Manchester City and Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure is among five Premier League players named in the 23-man shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award.

All the players nominated for the 2013 award, given annually by FIFA to the player considered to have performed the best in the previous year, currently ply their trades in Europe.
Treble-winning Bayern Munich were rewarded for their record-breaking feat last season with six players- Franck Ribery, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger- listed.
Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, who stood out for Tottenham Hotspur last season, and teammate Cristiano Ronaldo- World’s Best Player in 2008- were among the players from the Spanish La Liga.

Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast.

Lionel Messi, who has won the award in the past four years, alongside three other Barcelona players- Xavi, Andres Iniesta and summer signing Neymar- are among the candidates.

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Eaglets Will See Off Iran Within Regulation Time

Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba, is not expecting Tuesday’s second round tie against Iran to enter into penalty shootout nevertheless, but has charged his team to ensure they leave no stone unturned as they look to book the ticket for the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Garba’s men will look to break down the compact and solid defence of Team Melli at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain today (Tuesday) as the Eaglets tactician remains optimistic of Nigeria’s chances of reaching the next round.
“We would ensure that we win this game within the regulation time and we are looking at the possibility of not allowing the game to be dragged into a penalty shootout,” said the Eaglets boss.

Coach Manu Garba and His Assistant Inside the Dressing Room.

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Bale is Only Adapting to His New Club and He Needs Time- Ancelotti.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has urged club faithful to be patient with Gareth Bale, who is yet to impress at the Bernebeu following his record-breaking summer move.

The Welshman is yet to find his peak since joining the ‘Los Blancos’ for £85m (100 million euros) from Tottenham Hotspur. He has not been able to complete a full game for his new club as he battles to return to full fitness.
Having started for the Madrid giants in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at the Camp Nou, a yellow card was all the 24-year-old winger had to show before he was replaced an hour into the match.

Image AFP: Gareth Bale Being Showed a Yellow Card During Saturday’s El Clasico.

Ancelotti accepts the fact that Bale has not unleashed his predatory form on the Spanish Primera Division but












pointed out that new players need to be allowed some reasonable period of time to acclimatise to a new club and culture.
“It’s true that in the last few games he hasn’t done extraordinary things, but a player who arrives at a new team, in a new culture, needs time to adapt,” Ancelloti told Spanish radio Cadena Cope.
“The problem the player has is of adaptation. It’s not the same to play in Spain as in England.”
There has been notions that Bale’s price tag played a part in the boss’ decision to start him ahead of Karim Benzema in Saturday’s ‘El Clasico’.

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Manchester United Need To Win – Sir Alex Ferguson

Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says new manager David Moyes will never be able to escape expectation at Old Trafford.

Life after Ferguson at Old Trafford has not got off to the start Moyes would have hoped for as some stuttering performances in the Premier League have left them eighth in the table, eight points behind leaders Arsenal.
Famously Ferguson also had a testing start to his reign and he was not following an icon who had just enjoyed a near-27-year trophy-laden spell.
“The thing about coming to a club like United is you can never get away from the expectation and I learned about that quickly,” said Ferguson at a question and answer session for a 1,700-strong audience at The Lowry Theatre in Manchester to coincide with the publication of his autobiography and Moyes was a guest.
“I spent a lot of stupid time looking at history, getting out early results from the 10 previous seasons and it was doing me no good, I was getting nowhere with that.

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Cape Verde Appeals World Cup Playoff Disqualification.

Cape Verde has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) over the world football governing body, FIFA’s, ruling that ruled them out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup African Zone third round playoffs.

The Lausane-based tribunal said on Tuesday it had registered the protest, although it could not yet give a date for the hearing and decision.
FIFA discovered that the Island nation had featured an ineligible player (Fernando Varela) in their final Group B 2-0 win over Tunisia. They were made to forfeit the victory by FIFA and the match was instead awarded 3-0 to Tunisia, which sent the Northern Africans through to the playoffs as group winners.

Cape Verde Celebrates 2014 World Cup Playoff Slot.

The Tunisians have already played the first leg of the playoff round, drawing goalless at home to Cameroon last Month.

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Jordan end Eagles’ unbeaten record

Nigeria’s impressive four-match winning streak was on Monday punctured as the home-based Super Eagles squad were defeated 1-0 by Jordan in an international friendly match which took place at the Amman International Stadium.
Before yesterday’s defeat, Nigeria had enjoyed straight wins over South Africa, Malawi, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, with the last defeat being far back in June at the Confederations Cup in Brazil against world champions Spain.
Monday’s friendly match is the first international football meeting between Nigeria  and Jordan at any level  and Jordanians will be happy to score a win over the African champions albeit it was second string side players playing in the Nigeria League.

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Supersport promises live coverage as NBA dunks off

As the 2013/14 National Basketball Association (NBA) season officially tips off on Tuesday, October 29, basketball fans across Africa will not have to wait long for the action as two days later, last season’s runners-up, the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzles will tip off SuperSport International’s three-year broadcast of the NBA.
The 30-franchised club (29 in the USA and 1 in Canada) league will be available across multiple platforms on SuperSport including online, where Supersport.com will host the leagues’ official Africa website, NBA.com/Africa.
SuperSport is the NBA’s official broadcast partner in the Pan-Africa region and is available in 47 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
The World of Champions will broadcast 71 regular season matches on SuperSport 1HD and 9 between October 31st 2013 and April 16th 2014.

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