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10 Interesting Football Facts That Must Know
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Football is the world most played and watched game with over 240 million people playing the game world wide

Football is played world wide by over 1.5 million teams and in 300,000 clubs however majority play outside the official sphere

Here are 7 football facts you should know

1 The Longest Penalty Shootout

The Longest Penalty Shootout was in 2005 in the final of the Namibian cup between KK Palace and Civics.

The match had finished 2-2 in Normal time and the game had to be settled by penalties, 48 in total with KK Palace defeating Civics 17-16

The Shootout lasted almost as long as the game and a number of players had to take three spot kicks on each side.

33 were scored with 15 missed in the most bizarre penalty shoot out ever in the history of the game.

2 The smallest football league

The Isles of Scilly Football League is the smallest official football league with just 2 clubs.

It involves the Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners

The two clubs play each other seventeen times.

The two teams also contest for two cups

The Wholesalers Cup and the Foredeck Cup, which is played over two legs and the charity shield which begin before the league season

The league is played during the winter, from mid-November until the end of March.

The Woolpack Wanderers have won the championship most and are the current champions

The Most goals scored in A World Cup Tournament

The most goals ever scored in a FIFA world cup tournament was by a Frenchman Just Fontaine, scoring 13 goals in 1958

Closest to him was kocsis in 1954,Gerd Müller in 1970 and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966, with 11, 10 and 9, respectively.

4 The weirdest Football League structure

The most strange football league structure is the Tasmanian NPL consisting of 8 teams who play each other twice in a straight league format

The top six then advance to the play off to fight for the championship much like the Austrian Bundedliga, only they are joined by the two winners of the leagues (North and South ).

Which means they is a good chance that the team that didn't contest in the top flight gets a chance to win the championship.

5 The Fastest Hatrick Ever

The fastest hatrick was scored by Alex Torr in a Sunday league game in 2013. The time is 70 seconds.

6 The 1950 World Cup Final Was The Only Final Not To Be Played As A One Match

Speaking of weird league format, the 1950 world cup was decided by a four team final group involving hosts Brazil, Spain, Uruguay and Sweden.

Brazil had beaten Sweden and spain 7-1 and 6-1 respectively having collected 4 points while Uruguay drew 2-2 with Spain and edged the Swedes 3-2

The final went down between the two South Americans in the iconic Maracana, Rio de Jeneiro where Uruguay had to comeback to beat Brazil 2-1

7 Highest Goals Scored In A Football Game



The Highest goals ever scored in a football game was in Madagascar in a league game between AS Adema And SO l'Emyrne on 31st October 2002 which ended 149-0

SO l'Emyrne scored 149 own goals as a form of protest for being robbed of the title because of a penalty between AS Adema.

Their opponent could do nothing but stand and looked bemused. It was one of the most silly game ever that the spectators stormed the ticket booths demanded refunds.

The Manager and four players of SOE were banned (including the Madagascan national team captain) for three years.

8 Kingsley Coman Has Won The League In Every Season He has Played In



The Bayern attacker has an incredible record of having won league titles in every single kseason he has played as a professional.

He won the 2012/13 and 2013/14 Ligue 1 with PSG, the 2014-15 and 2015-16 with Juventus,

And won five consecutive titles with Bayern Munich (2015-16,2016-17,2017-18,2018-19 and 2019-20)

9 Dundee United Have a 100% Record Against Barcelona in European Matches

Dundee united have played Barcelona four times and have won all of them

The two teams first met in second round of the inter -cities Fairs cup in the 1966-67 season , beating the catalans 2-1 in Spain before winning the return leg 2-0 in Scotland

They met again in the 1987 UEFA Cup quarter finals where a one nil win in Scotland was followed by a 2-1 comeback win at the Camp Nou.

10 The Kits Of Athletic Bilbao Was Inspired From Southampton

You're probably wondering what links these two clubs together

Athletic Bilbao didn't original wore the red and white stripes instead the wore a kit similar to Blackburn Rovers.

A young student (Juan Elorduy ) from Bilbao who was spending Christmas in London was charged to buy 25 new shirts by the club.

Waiting for the ship empty handed he discovered that the colours Southampton matched that of Bilbao so he took 50 shirts to take with him.

The club decided to change the kit immediately Elorduy arrived with them and sent half of it to Atletico Madrid.

Before this only Sporting Gijon were known to have worn red and white.

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FavvyNicky
Lionel Messi Returns To Training With Barcelona
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Messi last month informed Barcelona he wanted to depart this summer and intended to utilise a clause in his contract which he and his representatives claimed allowed him to do so on a free transfer.

Barca insisted the time had passed for the clause to be activated and that the player would need to pay the €700m release clause in his contract if another club wanted to sign him this summer.

Messi subsequently revealed in an interview, published on Friday, that he had reversed his decision, saying he could never go to court against the club to secure a move.

Lionel Messi stays at Barcelona: A timeline

Tuesday August 25 â€“ Messi sends Barcelona an official document informing the club of his desire to leave and activate the ‘get-out’ clause in his contract that would see him leave for free.

Wednesday August 26 â€“ Barcelona sporting director Ramon Planes says the club are “aiming to build the team around Messi” and want him to stay.

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Gen2sol
Honor GS Pro And ES Smartwatches Announced
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Today Honor officially introduced its Watch GS Pro and Watch ES smartwatches. The GS Pro is the brand’s first rugged offering aimed at adventure enthusiasts while the Watch ES is positioned as a private fitness trainer on your wrist.

Honor Watch GS Pro

The Watch GS Pro is built around a circular 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 454x454 pixel resolution. It features a stainless steel bezel and polycarbonate body with a silicone strap. The rugged nature of the GS Pro is backed by 14 MIL-STD-810G certifications including thermal, shock and water resistance.

Honor GS Pro and ES smartwatches announced

Honor is targeting hiking, skiing and swimming enthusiasts with features like tide condition and bad weather alerts, skiing and snowboard tracking as well as hike navigation independent from your phone.

In total, there are over 100 workouts modes including swimming with active heart rate tracking. There’s also a built-in blood oxygen monitor and sleep tracking.

Honor GS Pro and ES smartwatches announced

The whole package is powered by the Kirin A1 chipset found in the Huawei Watch GT 2 and FreeBuds 3. Honor is advertising up to 25 days of battery life in its low power mode, while intensive usage with GPS enabled will last you for 48 hours. Pairing happens through Bluetooth 5.1.

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Honor Watch GS Pro

The Honor Watch GS Pro comes in camo blue, charcoal black and marl white colors and will retail for €250. Pre-orders in Europe tip-off on September 7 with the special launch offer on Honor's website letting you save €50 from what is already an attractive price.

Honor Watch ES

The Honor Watch ES is a more traditional fitness-oriented smartwatch with a 1.64-inch square AMOLED display and 456x280 pixel resolution. It offers always-on functionality and customizable widgets and watch faces.

It also packs step-by-step workout instructions with animations on the display with 12 fully animated fitness courses pre-installed. You can also track a total of 95 workout modes. There’s heart rate and blood oxygen tracking as well as sleep and stress tracking.

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Honor Watch ES

Battery life is rated at 10 days thanks to the dual-chipset architecture. There’s also a quick charge function that can top up the battery to 70% in just 30 minutes.

The Honor Watch ES comes in black, pink and white colors and will retail for €100. Pre-orders in Europe will again start on September 7 with early backers getting to chose between €20 off the watch or a free set of Honor's Sport Bluetooth Earphones.

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Xarmmytip
2023: PDP Mocks Buhari And His Nine Priority Areas Of His Administration
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Naija News Understands that PDP on Wednesday, berated  Buhari led Administration  over what it called attempts to cover the failures of his administration by new promises to members of the international community.

On Tuesday while receiving new Ambassadors, Buhari listed “9 priority areas” his administration will focus on till 2023.

The party said Buhari can no longer face Nigerians due to his unfulfilled promises listed a fresh list of agenda to foreign envoys “already aware of the failures of his government.”

Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, after five years in office, the President “is still in campaign mood, reeling out empty promises, at a time other world leaders are showcasing their achievements; a development that further confirms that his administration has nothing to show in the last five years.”

here is the full statement from PDP viaits official twitter Handle

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Xarmmytip
Primate Ayodele Releases Scary Prophecy On Lagos, Says Prominent Politician, King May Die
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Naija News reports that Primate Ayodele’s prophecy on Lagos, a prominent politician in the state and a traditional ruler is contained in the 2020/2021 edition of his book “WARNINGS TO THE NATIONS… Collection of Divine Signals” which was obtained by this reporter.

On page 76 of the book, Primate Ayodele asked Lagosians to pray not to lose a traditional ruler and politician adding that “some Chairmen of local governments may lose their lives.”

Primate Ayodele also said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be faced with challenges in the southwest state, this was even as he asked that prayers should be made to rebuke the death of any prominent civil servant in Lagos. He added that prominent people in Lagos state will die of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The clergyman also prophesied that markets in Lagos state needs prayers not to be shut down or fire outbreak in any market, this was even as he revealed that “Lagos economy will grow.”

His words: â€œThe state will do so many things to make people happy. But the governor’s efforts will be frustrated by some people who are bad. The state will borrow money. The government will carry party stakeholders along. The activities of the government in Lagos will be slow. Let the state work on kidnappings, explosions, fire outbreak and bomb scares.

“Lagos will lose prominent people to COVID-19. This state will do so much to take care of pensioners.  The state will work on security and make people happy. Let the state pray not to lose a traditional ruler and politician. Lagos must be careful of cholera. Markets in Lagos state needs prayers not to be shut down or fire outbreak in any market. Lagos economy will grow. The government of Lagos state will work seriously on tax revenue. The Head of the Internal Revenue Service may be changed. The state will find natural resources to lift the state up economically. The governor will be faced with challenges.

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Xarmmytip
One Of The Boys – Little Old Lady Comedy
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“They found evidence of your insider trading,” Brandon yelled at me. It meant a lot to be called an insider. I’m pretty sure I’ve never done that, though–it must have happened during the meetings where I’m supposed to wait outside. It’s thoughtful of the guys to include me now.

“You ran our asset management team into the ground,” Mark said. I don’t think so, but he has a great memory for that type of thing. And I was overjoyed to hear him say we’re on the same team. “Why are you smiling?” he asked. “You have to appear in court by yourself.”

Court, I thought dreamily. Where the boys go to play sports and defend financial crimes that they’re saying I did even though I think it was just them and maybe also those guys they hire to look over my work after I do it right the first time. 

“Pay attention,” said Brandon. “You’re looking at up to two weeks in federal.” That’s even longer than Sarah went to prison for last year when she apparently defrauded all of our investors.

I decided to lighten the mood. “Speaking of assets, that stripper last night sure had hers inflated!” They all got quiet, as if one of the bros was sharing something emotional like embezzling and pinning it on his son’s really pretty second-grade teacher.

“She was a victim of human trafficking,” said Joe. “You knew that and still booked her.” I was in shock. Joe had never made eye contact with me before.

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