Gonzalo Higuain Joins napoli

Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain has joined Napoli from Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee, the Spanish club has confirmed.



The statement on the club's website reads@ "Real Madrid can confirm that Gonzalo Higuain has been transferred to Napoli".

"The club would like to show its thanks for his dedication and professionalism throughout his years at the club and wish him all the best in his new challenge."

Higuain had publicly declared his desire to leave the Bernabeu at the end of last season, and the transfer ends weeks of speculation about his move

The striker scored has scored 121 times sinces arriving at Real Madrid six and half years ago, and had been strongly linked with moves to Arsenal and Juventus.

The 26 year-old will join former Real team mates Raul Albiol and Jose Maria Callejon in Napoli following their respective transfer to Napoli from Madrid.

Okagbare Beats Fraser-pryce To Win Women's 100m At London Anniversary Games

Okagbare beats Olympic Champion Fraser Pryce to win Women's 100m Final at London Anniversary Games.

The Nigerian as recovers from an average start to power to victory and celebrate in style. It was a poor start from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she never recovered, finishing fourth in 10.94. Barbara Pierre of the United States is second with a joint personal best of 10.85 and Trinidad's Kelly-Ann Baptiste third in 10.93.

Okagbare also sets a new African Record of 10.79 sec

Yobo is still National Team Captain - Keshi

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi maintains Joseph Yobo is still the Super Eagles captain, despite the fact he was left out of the  the Abuja training camp.

 

The former Everton defender has 95 caps for Nigerian national team, but has been left out of the squad selected for the Nelson Mandela challenge as the team prepares for the upcoming CHAN qualifier against Cote d'Ivoire.

Keshi said the centre-back is still the team’s skipper, but he was left out of the squad in order to test some of his fringe players.

 "It will not be fair to invite Yobo to the national team and asked him to be on the bench, it will be a huge disgrace and I won't be part of that," He said.

"When the team needs him he will be recalled and will definitely start as captain even if along the line we substitute him."

Real Madrid tops Manchester United as Word's Most Valuable Sports Team

Real Madrid have topped Manchester United as World’s most valuable sports team according to Forbes latest list.

The Premier League champion were on top of the Forbes list of the World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams last year, but they have been surpassed by the Spanish club who are currently valued at $3.3b.  Spanish rival Barcelona are ranked third having climbed from eighth position last year. Arsenal retained the 10^th position to make fourth European team in the top 10.

The list is mainly dominated by the American National Football League (NFL) with 30 teams making the top 50.

Team	2013 Rank	2012 Rank	Sport	Owner	Current Value ($bil)
Real Madrid	1	2	Soccer	Club Members	$3.30
Manchester United	2	1	Soccer	Glazer family	3.17
Barcelona	3	8	Soccer	Club Members	2.6
New York Yankees	4	3 (tie)	Baseball	Steinbrenner Family	2.3
Dallas Cowboys	5	3 (tie)	Football	Jerry Jones	2.1
New England Patriots	6	6 (tie)	Football	Robert Kraft	1.64
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	6 (tie)	Baseball	Guggenheim Baseball	1.62
Washington Redskins	8	5	Football	Daniel Snyder	1.6
New York Giants	9	9	Football	John Mara, Steven Tisch	1.47
Arsenal	10	10	Soccer	Stanley Kroenke	1.33

Thiago Alcantra joins Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich have confirmed the signing of Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara for a fee said to be around £21M.  The 22-year-old will join the Bundesliga champion in a four year deal, subject to a medical.

The Under-21 Spanish international has been linked with the Premier league champion, Manchester United, but has now reunited with his former boss Pep Guardiola who currently manages the German club.

A statement on Bayern Munich’s website reads: "FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona have agreed terms for the transfer of 22-year-old Thiago Alcantara.

"In the course of the next few days, the Spain midfielder will travel to Munich for the obligatory medical before signing a four-year contract binding him to Germany's biggest club until 30 June 2017.

"The clubs have agreed a transfer fee totalling 25million euros. FC Bayern will directly pay 20million euros. The remainder will be financed by the proceeds of a friendly match agreed between the clubs. A further proportion of the remaining sum will be indirectly covered by Thiago Alcantara himself, as the player will forego part of his remuneration."

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also said: "Thiago Alcantara was the biggest wish of our new coach Pep Guardiola. We're delighted we've successfully negotiated this major transfer.

"Only recently, Thiago was named best player at the Under-21 European Championship. He's a fantastic player with huge potential, and he will make FC Bayern stronger." He added

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Swansea completes Wilfred Bony signing

Swansea have confirmed the signing of Ivory Coast striker Wilfred Bony for £12m from Vitesse Arnhem.

The Ivorian who netted 36 times in 36 games last season for the Dutch side completed the record-breaking move to become Swansea sixth major signing of the summer. The striker completed a medical on Monday after agreeing terms on a four-year deal with the Swans.

Bony has admitted he can't wait to prove his worth in the Premier League.

“I'm very happy to be here, the transfer has been a long process, but I’m happy that everything is done now. I am now thinking about the team and playing football” he said

“Now it is important that I focus my mind on the challenge ahead because I hope to make the Swansea fans very happy.’’

“I hope to bring what I know and do the most - score goals”.

“I want to be ready for the training camp and be in a good condition.”

“The Europa League is my first focus," he added. “I enjoy playing in Europe; I am used to it."

“I am looking forward to joining the training camp out here in Holland as a Swansea player and building up good communications with the team and coaching staff as quickly as possible.’’