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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Real Madrid top Forbes' most valuable teams

July 28, 2015 Forbes has released a list of 50 most valuable sports team, according to a poll made up mostly of National Football League franchises. Spanish soccer club Real Madrid retained the top spot although a statement from Forbes states that the value of the 10-times European champions fell five percent from last year ... Read More
 

Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed Barca president

July 28, 2015 Elections which held in Camp Nou on July 18 have unveiled Josep Maria Bartomeu as winner, and subsequently president of FC Barcelona with 54.63 percent of the votes of 25,823 members behind him. Former incumbent Joan Laporta, president of the Catalan club from 2003 to 2010, took 33.03 percent, Agusti Benedito was ... Read More
 

Manila suburb breaks world record for largest Zumba class.

July 27, 2015 A suburb in Manila has broken a Guinness World record for the largest Zumba class held in a single venue. Zumba is a dance fitness activity created by a Colombian dancer in the 1990s, and involves aerobic exercises and dance choreography. The record breaking event saw a total of 12,975 participants in ... Read More
 

Bikers rally to raise awareness of female foeticide.

July 27, 2015 Bike lovers from the Teesta Thumpers Motorcycle Club set off on a rally from the eastern city of Siliguri, to raise awareness of female foeticide and to promote gender equality with a theme “Save the girl child” The seven bikers are travelling from Siliguri in West Bengal to the Himalayan region of ... Read More
 

Residents of Obama's ancestral Kenyan village hope for presidential visit.

July 27, 2015 President Obama’s highly anticipated trip to Kenya has come and gone, but it seems that a certain group of people were singularly unimpressed by a visit seen as a homecoming by many Kenyans. The village of Kogelo in western Kenya is President Barack Obama’s ancestral homeland, with schools and businesses getting named ... Read More
 

Burundi government and opposition are in talks to end crisis

July 27, 2015 Burundi is still in the news as organizations within and outside Africa work to restore peace and order. Uganda’s defense minister Crispus Kiyonga continued mediating talks between the Burundi government and opposition to end the political crisis in the nation, with the main thrust of the talks being to find a compromise ... Read More
 

Soccer legend Pelé undergoes back surgery in latest health scare

July 27, 2015 A close aide to Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has revealed that the soccer great has undergone back surgery, the latest in a series of recent health problems afflicting the 74-year-old so. Pelé, given name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo where he underwent a procedure ... Read More
 

Stars turn up for Duncan Mighty’s wedding

July 27, 2015 Hi there and welcome, Let’s kick off with the wedding of the weekend where Port Harcourt son of the soil Duncan Mighty married his fiancée Vivien in a lush, star-studded event. Spotted in attendance where stars such as Sammie Okposo, Phyno, Yemi Alade, Patoranking, Tterry G, Harry Song, KCEE, Iyanya and Mike ... Read More