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Copyright    Lee Smith/AP A ban stopping Manchester City playing in European competitions for the next two seasons has been overturned. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivered its verdict after hearing the club's appeal against the UEFA sanctions, issued in February for "serious breaches" of Financial Fair Play rules. CAS announced City were cleared of "disguising equity funds as sponsorship contributions". The club's fine for failing to cooperate with independent investigators has been slashed from €30 million to €10 million. Pep Guardiola's side secured second place in the Premier League after a 5-0 drubbing of Brighton and Hove Albion. Therefore the blue half of Manchester will play in next season's Champions League. City said in a  statement on its website that "while its legal advisors are yet to review the full ruling" the club "welcomes the implications of today’s ruling as a validation of the Club’s position and the

ULTRAVIBE NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT Boris blog See the winners of the Golden Boot, Golden Glove and Playmaker award for the 2019/20 Premier League The Premier League 2019/20 season has just been concluded, and there are list to takeaway. Chelsea and Man United joined Liverpool and Manchester City to finish in the top four, as Tottenham snagged an automatic Europa league spot by finishing sixth ahead of Wolves. WAt the other end, joined Norwich City in going down the relegation drain. But there are other takeaways. The race for the Golden boot is officially over, and we have a winner: Jamie Vardy of Leicester City. The Foxes' front man scored 23 goals overall, leading his side to an impressive campaign which ended in disappointment as they missed out in a champions League spot, having been in the top 4 for so long. in the 2015/16 season when they win the league. At 33-yeats, he also became the oldest player to win the PL Golden boot . Also, Goalkeeper Ederson clinched the Golden Glove,

Suspected Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi was reportedly released, according to information on the official website of Federal Bureau Of Prisons website. However, confirmation has it that he is still under arrest and he’s being transported to another state for trial.His legal representative Gal Pissetzky has denied  rumours that his client has been released from prison . Mr Pissetzky  told The Punch on Wednesday that the suspected internet fraudster born Ramon Abbas was on his way to California, United States for trial. “He has not been released and I am still his lawyer. He is on his way to California. Not everything you see on court documents is accurate. “Just because the jail record says ‘released’ does not mean he has been released. He is being transferred to California,” the Chicago-based lawyer said in a phone conversation. A Chicago court had earlier  denied the Nigerian bail  for alleged internet fraud running into millions of dollars. The court also ordered th

ULTRABIBE Who has the most free-kicks goals: Messi or Cristiano?   After his 2 great free-kicks against Celta, many wonder if Messi has more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo. Next, Messi's free-kick goals vs. Cristiano's free-kick goals classification. Between geniuses, the differences are usually small. The Messi-Cristiano battle has been going on for  more than a decade  after every weekend, every goal, every dribble. The now Juventus player adds  53 goals  of this kind, now just one more than Messi. Cristiano's free-kick goals are summarized in: 13 with Manchester United, 32 with Real Madrid and eight with Portugal. For his part, Messi got 46 with Barcelona and only six with Argentina. It seems Messi has  massively caught up to the Portuguese star  in recent seasons. To put it in context, at the end of 2016-17 Cristiano accumulated 51; Messi, 34. Therefore, the sum in the two previous seasons shows Messi's dominance as off lately:  2-18.

Lionel Messi voted only the second best player in the 2019/20 La Liga season Lionel Messi finished the La Liga season 2019/20 with the Pichichi trophy after his 25 goals, he also registered 21 assists. Those 21 assists broke a La Liga record which had previously been set by former teammate Xavi. He also became first player in the history of La Liga to record 20 goals and 20 assists in a single season - a feat that only Thierry Henry has achieved this century in any top European league. After it was confirmed Real would be crowned champions,  Messi  didn’t hold back in his post-match interview following Barca’s 2-1 loss to Osasuna Madrid did its part by winning all its matches, which is impressive, but we also helped them to win this league. We have to be critical of how we have played, starting with the players, and the rest of the club.

MAN CITY SIGNING IN BOURNEMOUTH CAPTAIN FOR £35M Ake is one of the Premier League's most sought after defenders Manchester City have held talks with Bournemouth about signing Nathan Ake this summer. Discussions over the defender are at an early stage and there are a number of other clubs under Manchester City have held talks with Bournemouth about signing Nathan Ake this summer. Discussions over the defender are at an early stage and there are a number of other clubs under Manchester City close to completing £35m Nathan Ake deal Nathan Ake is expected to join Manchester CIty  ournemouth captain Nathan Ake is set to join Manchester City in a deal worth up to £35million once the season is completed.  The former Chelsea ace is expected to leave the Cherries this summer regardless of whether they can manage to survive relegation to the Championship. The 25-year-old has impressed on the south coast since completing an £18m move from Chelsea in 2017 and a host of top clubs are searching

Ballon d'Or 2020 FIFA Rankings: Messi, Ronaldo and contenders who could have won the award While the prize for the best footballer of 2020 will not be handed out due to Covid-19, who would've been the favourite if it hadn't been cancelled? The awarding of the Ballon d'Or has become one of the biggest nights in the footballing calendar, with winning the prize seen by players as the pinnacle of excellence in the sport. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the award in the 21st century, winning it 11 times between them in the last 12 years. Messi is the current holder after claiming his sixth Ballon d'Or back in December, and the Argentine will now continue his defence through to 2021 after France Football announced the prize would not be awarded in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Top 3 who would have won the balon d'Or #3  LIONEL MESSI   Lionel Messi (Barcelona) In 2020: 15 goals, 17 assists. The top scorer in La Liga , the most assists ever in

13:51, 20 JUL 2020 There will be no Ballon d'Or awards ceremony this year due to coronavirus "Finally, the equity that prevails for this honorary title will not be warranted, especially when it comes to accounting and preparation: all the award seekers will not be in the same boat, some having seen their season cut short. Therefore, how can we establish a fair comparison? To avoid overly convoluted calculations and projections, we chose the least bad of the options Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk was runner-up to the Argentine with Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah making up the top five. Meanwhile, Van Dijk's Liverpool team-mate Alisson won the inaugural Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper, ahead of Barca's Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Manchester City No  France Football and organizer Group L’Équipe announced this year's cancellation in a statement on Monday. "For the first time since 1956, the Ballon d’Or will take a break, there will be no edition