Adebayor celebrate birthday with a surprise guest

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Adebayor celebrate birthday with a surprise guest Spurs footballing star Emmanuel Adebayor recently celebrated his 28th birthday in a London club called Aura.

A surprise guest at his birthday party was Rihanna. There were also numerous footballers from other leading clubs including Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers, and Manchester City.

At one point in the evening the football players started throwing banknotes at Rihanna while she used an umbrella, a joke based on a famous song of the same name. Some of the footballers didn’t quite understand what is going on though and started to throw change at her as well.

It seems she very much enjoyed her evening at the nightclub because she took time to go onto Twitter and write a message about how much she enjoyed being at the club. She eventually left the venue at four o’clock in the morning and went back to her hotel suite at the Carinthia hotel, which costs £8000 per night.

A source close to the star stated that she had a very enjoyable time at the club and was seen to be drinking a lot of champagne. She has also been seen in London enjoying socialising with friends at a West End venue.

Other than partying, Rihanna has been producing a television show about fashion, with the star of the band Girls Aloud, Nicola Roberts. She has also been promoting a new action film that she is starring in called Battlefield and is also going to be making an appearance on the Jonathan Ross show.

PM Cameron gets involved in football racism rows

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PM Cameron gets involved in football racism rows Prime Minister David Cameron has involved himself in football’s recent racism scandals, announcing his own plans to get rid of the problem once and for all at the launch of an anti-discrimination project at Downing Street.

Cameron revealed that he has given the FA a two-month deadline to come up with a scheme for tackling the apparent increase in racist incidents within the English game; an indication of just how seriously the issue is being taken at all levels of the game and beyond.

The Prime Minister, while concerned about individual cases, was more worried about the impact that racist behaviour on the football pitch would have on the streets, adding that many young people are influenced by the behaviour of their footballing idols; even if that behaviour is unacceptable and discriminatory. Cameron added that football has the potential to affect people’s opinions and behaviour for the better, and that the FA should not miss their opportunity to take a stand on the racism issue.

English football has been hit by a series of high-profile racism scandals in recent months, most notably the cases of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Chelsea and England captain John Terry. Suarez recently served an eight-match band for racially abusing the Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, but the incident was back in the headlines recently, when Suarez refused to shake Evra’s hand before the two sides played each other.

Despite his somewhat reluctant apology in the aftermath of the furore caused by the missed handshake, the story refuses to go away; those old combatants Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson have been trading veiled insults in the tabloid press ever since. Ferguson’s comment that if Suarez had been a United player he would have sold him rather than keep such a disruptive influence at the club provoked a particularly strong reaction from the Liverpool boss.

Meanwhile, Terry faces a criminal trial in July on a charge over allegations he racially abused QPR’s Anton Ferdinand. The decision by the FA to temporarily replace him as England captain, until the result of the trial was known, led to the resignation of England coach Fabio Capello, only a few months before the Euro 2012 competition in Poland and the Ukraine.

The results of the FA inquiry into racism in English football and how to tackle it will have been published before Terry goes to court – but the 25-year-old defender can expect serious consequences within the game of he is found guilty, with some pundits even calling for him to be dropped from the England squad altogether.

The eight-match ban imposed on Suarez, the longest ever for this kind of offence, has made it clear that the FA is taking the problem seriously, and is prepared to take action even against some of the biggest names in the sport if they racially abuse another player.

It is unclear what the FA will propose when they speak to the Prime Minister in two months’ time; most anti-racism initiatives in the game have been aimed at the terraces and preventing racial abuse from fans, but it seems that David Bernstein and his FA colleagues may need to look a little closer to home when it comes to developing their next anti-discrimination scheme.

Improve your skills with Puma football boots

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Improve your skills with Puma football boots Football is our national sport, loved up and down the country for the skill and virtuosity involved. Indeed, many of us spend our Saturdays trying to emulate what we’ve seen on Match of the Day the previous week though, if we’re honest, very few of us come close to replicating in any way the ingenuity and aptitude of those in the Premier League.

To get those step-overs, first touches and in-swingers just that little bit better this season, it may be a good idea to focus on the most fundamental part of improving in any sport – your fitness.

First on your list before training should be the warm up. For football, static stretching isn’t advised – it can easily lead to muscle pulls and injuries. Instead, start with around 5-10 minutes of jogging and light stretching, followed by specific warm-ups using the ball – dribbling, kicking and fast stopping. This will prepare you for the fast paced nature of the beautiful game.

Next is improving your speed. Short sprints and bursts of pace are part and parcel of everything you do on the pitch, so should be well represented in your training regime. Try sprinting for a ball, making a quick pass or shot and coming to a slow stop. Dribbling the ball at speed and between cones can also go a long way to making sure your skill levels keep up with your heightened speed.

Power is also an important attribute, and weight training should be included in every training regime you come up with. Squats and lunges followed by leg lifts and curls can all lay the foundations for a powerful boot and a strong all-round player. Make sure you focus on core strength too – stomach crunches, planking and weighted sit-ups will all help your balance and ball control.

The final aspect you should work on is endurance. Normal endurance runs of 10 miles plus are no good for football – you need 100m jogs and sprints combined with short breaks for a good 20-30 minutes at a time. Drills mixing exercises such as press-ups and sprints will also go a long way to improving your endurance and maintaining your overall fitness.

Of course, all the hard work would be no good without the right equipment. Serious footballers should invest in some serious boots, and you’ll struggle to find any better than Puma football boots from Very. A new fitness regime, some new boots – perhaps even a new player this season!

 

Mag+ brings you the life and times of legendary football striker Ibrahimović

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Mag+ brings you the life and times of legendary football striker Ibrahimović

Mag+ brings you the life and times of legendary football striker Ibrahimović

The life and career of the enigmatic footballer from AC Milan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been captured like never before thanks to the digital publishing platform Mag+ and the first biography app that is truly interactive. The release of the app has been timed to coincide with the players brief return to the UK for the AC Milan clash with Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League.

 Bonnierförlagen (http://www.bonnierforlagen.se/english/) have published the app, which has been developed by Bonnier R&D http://www.bonnier.com/rd. Using both rich media and layered Mag+ architecture(http://www.magplus.com), this new app really brings the reader up close and personal with the defining moments of Ibrahimović’s life and career.

 It’s launch also augments the publication of his autobiography I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović: My Story,a bestseller that was released released in print late in 201. In the version for the iPad, videos and images are integrated with the text to offer a whole new kind of reading experience.

 This literally adds a whole new dimension to the original text which can now be read alongside storylines that are both chronological and geographical. Ibrahimović has said t hat he wanted to tell his story so that everyone would understand where he came from and the app was a great way in which to do this. He added that this how he always wanted people to experience his story.

Mag+ is poised to build on its digital publishing innovations. “This app shows just how much more interesting and immersive reading becomes with touchscreen tablets. We’re only beginning to harness the full potential of digital publishing, and Mag+ is thrilled to be driving future trends,” says Mag+ CEO Staffan Ekholm.

Unique features only available in the iPad biography:

  • Timeline: explore the original text re-created as a chronological interactive storyline
  • Geo stories: explore the story geographically on an interactive map or using the GPS of the iPad when travelling
  • Stop-motion storytelling: interactive frame-by-frame studies of goals and tricks
  • Tattoo stories: explore Ibrahimović’s tattoos interactively 
  • Dialogue storytelling: The first meeting with manager Mino Raiola
  • Memorabilia gallery: close-up view of Ibrahimović’s boots through the years
  • Statistics: career told in numbers with adjacent images
  • Picture gallery: life outside of football
  • Personal video introduction by Ibrahimović
  • Unique behind-the-scenes interview with author David Lagercrantz on writing the text with Ibrahimović

 

iPhone and iPad, 60 Seconds Football is a brand new take on football games from Quirky Enterprises

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iPhone and iPad, 60 Seconds Football is a brand new take on football games from Quirky Enterprises

iPhone and iPad, 60 Seconds Football is a brand new take on football games from Quirky Enterprises

Gone are the days of boring free kicks and penalties!  

 Mobile gamers looking for their next footie fix have to wait no longer, as 60 Seconds Football is here! This is a totally new game that makes you use both skill and timing to score goals from volleys and headers, and only the best get to see their names in lights on the global table of high scores.

 The whole aim of the game is to see how many goals you score within 60 seconds and can only score by heading or volleying the ball. This means that you have to control the ball before slamming it into the back of the net. While this may sound easy, every league in the Classic mode has amateur, professional, world class and legendary giving differing levels of difficulty.

 These can make scoring even more difficult, and you have to beat more players, better keepers and score more goals in 60 seconds to be able to rise up the rankings.

60 Seconds Football lets you play the Amateur League for free – with multiple levels of increasing difficulty where you need to beat the keeper and score enough goals in 60 seconds or less to progress. Plus you can polish your skills in the Practice mode. The Professional, World Class and Legendary Leagues as well as the Target and Goal modes are available in the full version of the game via in-app purchase.

In addition, you will be helping young adults across the UK to make a positive change in their lives, as a proportion of every full download of 60 Seconds Football will be donated to Street League – the football charity whose ambassador is Robin van Persie.

Street League is a charity that changes lives through football.  They use structured street football and education programmes to help disadvantaged young people aged 16-25 who are out of work, to find jobs or get back into education or training. In 2010, Street League worked with over 2,000 young people across the UK with approx. 500 going on to attend a Street League Academy.  3 out of 4 Academy Graduates get a job or return to education – all through the power of football.

Game features:

  • Score as many goals as you can in 60 Seconds to progress – increasing difficulty levels test even the fastest fingertip footballers

  • Awesome 3D graphics

  • Super-precise fingertip swipe and flick controls

  • Three great game modes – Classic, Target and Goal

  • Free version of the game comes with the Amateur League already unlocked and playable

  • Unlock the full game – including Professional, World Class and Legendary Leagues as well as the Target and Goal Modes – for just 69p

  • Customise everything about your player from hair down to boots, to replicate your favourite player and team in the unlockable ‘kit room’ for just an additional 69p

  • Challenge your friends via Facebook, Twitter and Game Centre to see if you can top the global leaderboards with your skills!

  • A proportion of every full download of 60 Seconds Football will be donated to Street League – the football charity

60 Seconds Football is a brand new game designed and conceptualized by Quirky Enterprises and built in association with The Chelsea Apps Factory. It is available from today for iPhone and iPad. The game is free to download and play in the Amateur League, with the other modes and leagues in the game costing 69p to unlock.

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