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Chelsea Offers Mikel New 5-Year Deal

European champions Chelsea will reward the consistency of John Mikel Obi with a new, improved five-year contract, his agent has announced.

"Mikel will soon sign a new five-year deal with Chelsea. He will sign a new five-year contract with obviously an improved salary," said the player's agent John Ola Shittu.

"We are just about finalising the details of the deal and it can be announced anytime soon by the club.

"He has a year left on his contract and Chelsea has decided to add four more years to it."

However, Shittu refused to disclose the financial aspects of the new deal for his player, who is reportedly on about 80,000 pounds a week.

In 2006, Mikel opted for Chelsea ahead of Manchester United in a long-drawn transfer saga.

Botswana 'Used Overage Players'

Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) has reported Botswana to the Confederation of African Football for using overage players in the return leg of the 2013 African U-17 Youth Championships qualifiers.

Reliable sources in the national football governing body, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the media in official capacity, intimated to Times Sport that up to six Young Zebras' players were over the age of 17 years, the standard age limit.

They include; Kgosipula Keeagile (no.16), Outlule Wakgotra (no.4), Djisele Lebogang (no.6), Daniel Kedidmetse (no.1), Kebue Thato (no.21) and Patrick Ramatrapeng Thatayaone (no.7).

News of Rwanda taking the case to the continental governing body, which sanctions the championships, was confirmed yesterday by Ferwafa chairman Celestin Ntagungira.

"We have enough evidence that six of Botswana players were above 17 years of age and we have already submitted a complaint to CAF. We're waiting to hear from them (CAF)," the local football federation boss told this paper, adding that they have even paid the US$1200 (a fee that accompanies such complaints).

If found guilty, Botswana faces disqualification hence handing the initiative back to Rwanda, who will go on to face the winner between Sudan and Algeria in the final qualifying round.

Sudan, despite losing over the two legs, progressed to the next round at the expense of Somalia, who used overage players and were disqualified.

R2bees: [color=#990000][/color]oga pidzo well done

Thanks and God bless you!

NIGCOMSAT satellite broadcasting can generate N20bn monthly

The MD of Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), Timansaniyu Ahmed-Rufai, has said that it can generate N20billion monthly through its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite broadcasting.

According to Nigeria's Leadership newspaper, Ahmed-Rufai said: “NIGCOMSAT has the capacity to create 100,000 jobs in the country in just a year if the various products developed by it were fully bought into by the government. Also the DTH satellite broadcasting, which was developed and produced totally by NIGCOMSAT’s engineers, would enable viewers to receive a minimum of 200 to 300 channels and would make satellite broadcast available in the rural and semi-rural areas where cable is difficult to install.”
Louise Duffy | 24-10-2012

Legend Roger Milla rounds on Fecafoot

Roger Milla believes poor management has led to Cameroon losing their status as a continental superpower.

The former African champions have been in freefall for some time now, tumbling down the Fifa world rankings to an all-time low of 66.

The Indomitable Lions were also absent from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations - a tournament they have won four times.

Milla told BBC Sport that the team's decline is a microcosm of the problems facing Fecafoot - the body responsible for running the game in the country.

"We need to change the present situation in Cameroon football in which certain people have taken the team hostage," Milla said.

"A new approach to the way the team is run is needed to give opportunities to new players," he added.

The former Indomitable Lion said unless changes are made at the top of Cameroon's football pyramid, the national team will continue to struggle.

"There is a system where players are selected on sentiment; if a player is not in the good books of the federation, then he's not called to the national team.

"We must select competent players to inject new life in the team and turn things around.

"I want an impartial federation; some of the people in office should quit and make room for competent persons capable of change," said the 1987 African Footballer of the Year.

Milla, who took the 1990 World Cup finals by storm, has often clashed with football authorities in his homeland, accusing them of hindering progress.

Bafana Dedicate Afcon to Madigage

Pretoria — Bafana Bafana will dedicate the 2013 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) to their late assistant coach Thomas Madigage, who passed away in a car accident in the early hours of Friday, 19 October.

Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund, who is still devastated by the untimely death of his assistant, who was affectionately known as 'Chincha Guluva', said: "Tommy, who was a committed Zion Christian Church (ZCC) member, still had so much to contribute to the country and his loss will be felt by all South Africans.

"He was so looking forward to the Afcon finals and it will be very difficult to participate without him. We will dedicate our Afcon campaign to him."

South Africa will host the 2013 Afcon tournament, which kicks off on January 19 until February 10.

Madigage was involved in an accident in Burgersfort, 30km from his home. Attempts to revive him failed and he passed away on the scene. According to the South African Football Association (Safa), he will be buried in his home town of Driekop, 120km east of Polokwane on Sunday, 28 October.

His memorial service will take place in Johannesburg on Friday, 26 October. The venue is yet to be confirmed.

Anichebe Makes Racism Point

Everton striker Victor Anichebe has confirmed he will be the latest player to refuse to wear a 'Kick It Out' T-shirt.

Anichebe said: "Are we really kicking it out? There's a situation that's just happened. I believe in kicking racism out of everything, not just football - kick it out of society."Situations have happened and I don't feel the outcome has been just. I won't wear the T-shirt, I don't think it's right to wear it. If other people want to wear it that's their right."

"I don't want to be some poster boy for Kick Racism Out of Football. You don't really see the T-shirts until something happens, then we decide to wear the T-shirts."

Kenya Confirm Challenge Cup Participation

KENYA has officially agreed to compete in this year's Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) to be held in Uganda between November 24 and December 8.

The development was announced by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Chairman Sam Nyamweya on Sunday. He said on the federation's website www.fkf.co.ke that they reached the decision after meeting Cecafa chairman Leodgar Tenga.

Initially, FKF had announced that they would skip the regional tournament and focus on the CHAN championship where Kenya is scheduled to face Burundi due to the clash of dates.

Nyamweya, however, noted that they would also not change the date for the CHAN qualifiers and that Kenya would honour both matches.

Kenya's first CHAN qualifier is on December 1, just six days after the start of Cecafa and coach Henry Michel could be forced to have two teams to honour both tournaments.

Tuesday LIVE Sports

WTA Championships 2012 (Istanbul) - 14:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 (Tennis)
Dinamo Moscow vs Tomis Costanta - 15:00 GMT via Dubai Sports 4 (Men's CEV Champions League - Volleyball)
Moliko Maasek vs Cai Terrul - 18:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 4 (Men's CEV Champions League - Volleyball)

Tuesday LIVE Football

Chonburi vs Arbil - 11:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 1, Aljazeera Sports Global (Asian Cup)
Al Ettifaq vs Al Kuwait - 16:00 GMT via Dubai Sports 2, Aljazeera Sports 1 (Asian Cup)
Galatasaray vs Cluj - 18:45 GMT via Star TV Turkey (UEFA Champions League)
One Match - 18:45 GMT via GRTS (UEFA Champions League)

obnelly: Chinese league is closer than we can imagine.do u still wanna see drogba and anelk
a in action.then watch this space soon.

Good news bro! Waiting...

sopadejare: what is the size of the dish that we are goin to use

for this try 1.8m prime focus

roogee: RTS1 and LCF does not telecast serie A, it is rather RDV. give me more proof to believe it

I cant provide EXTRA ORDINARY proof apart from asking you to check it during weekends. You will find one of these showing Serie A one of the weekends though its not on every weekend.

Xpset: as if this thread is dead. my last question was neva attended to by our guru's in d house. i cari another problem come agin.

i have 4663x when switched d light on the front panel will be blinking and its affecting the picture display on screen. help me pls.

If its original try downloading original software and upgrade it to see if it improves. Like wise if it is fake use receiver to receiver upgrade to check the result again.

Rextab: this procedure doesnt wake up all fried receivrs,som fried receivrs dnt respond dnt respnd to data tranfer( i mean the fried recvr wont b read by the working recvr or pc bcoz thrz no connection) in that case how do u wake it up??

You will need to Jtag it. You will need to hunt for necessary info on how to make your Jtag cable and procedure of doing it. Not easy.

astanco: Mr Pidzo,are there ftas showing seriaA,Bundisliga and la liga? On ku band?

RTS1, LCF, RDV show Serie A. MBC 3 sometimes shows Bundesliga. As for La Liga ETV Hydepark sometimes shows this. All these are on KU band.

Oladat: Please gurus,can you please give me the basic guideline on how to track intelsat20 ku(nollywood,emmanuel tv and co).Can i track it with 60cm dish.Your quick response will be appreciated.

Intelsat 20 seems to be the easiest sat to track as it seems to have strong signal. I feel you should be able to track it with 60cm. Try using 12602 v 26657. This sat is below ur Dstv sat (W4/7 or the new name Eutelsat W36A) in the eastern direction.

Saturday LIVE Football

Dynamo Dresden vs Brauscweigh - 11:00 GMT via Fog TV (Bundesliga 2)
Tottenham vs Chelsea - 11:45 GMT via Arryadia TNT, Russia 2, RDV (English Premier League)
Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke 04 - 13:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 2 (Bundesliga)
Dusserdolf vs Bayern Munich - 13:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 4 (Bundesliga)
Bayer Leverkusen vs Mainz - 13:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 6 (Bundesliga)
Man Utd vs Stoke City - 14:00 GMT via RTS 1, MBC 3, ORTB and all FTA (English Premier League)
Salzburg vs WAC - 14:00 GMT via Fog TV (Austrian Bundesliga)
Qatar vs Al Arabi - 14:30 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 1 (Qatar Stars League)
PSG vs Reims - 15:00 GMT via TV5 Monde (French Ligue 1)
Werder Bremen vs B. Moenchegladbach - 16:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 2 (Bundesliga)
PSV Eindhoven vs Willem II - 17:45 GMT via Samanyolu Haber (Dutch Eredivisie)
Gremio vs Coritiba - 21:30 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 1 (Brazilian League)
USA vs Germany - 21:05 via ZDF/HD (Women Friendly International)
Racing Club vs Newell's Old Boys - 23:20 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 (Argentina Primera Division)

Friday LIVE Sports

Bochum vs Herta Bsc - 16:00 GMT via Fog TV, Dubai Sports 2 (Bundesliga 2)
Hoffenheim vs Furth - 18:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 1 (Bundesliga)
OCS vs WAF Fes - 19:00 GMT via Arryadia (Moroccan Botola Pro)

BBC complains of signal jamming in Middle East and Europe

Only days after Eutelsat reacted to signal jamming by halting Iranian broadcasts on its craft, the BBC has revealed that it is experiencing interference to transmissions in Europe and the Middle East.

Describing the actions by parties as yet unnamed as“deliberate” and “intermittent”, the corporation say that it and a number of other broadcasters,have experienced interference that has impacted services including the BBC World News and BBC Arabic television channels and BBC World Service radio services in English and Arabic.

In a statement, the BBC said: “Deliberate interference such as the jamming of transmissions is a blatant violation of international regulations concerning the use of satellites and we strongly condemn any practice designed to disrupt audiences’ free access to news and information.”

For its part, Eutelsat made an appeal on 3 October to international regulatory authorities to urgently intervene to put an end to repeated jamming of satellite signals by Iran following what it called deliberate interference to international networks, including BBC Persian, the Voice of America's Persian service and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Farda, that broadcast via Eutelsat satellites.

Didier Drogba's Chinese Super League football coming to Eurosport

Eurosport has agreed an exclusive TV rights deal to Chinese Super League, the emerging Asian football league featuring stars such as Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.

The pan-European sports broadcaster's deal covers the remainder of the 2012 season, along with the 2013 and 2014 seasons from China.

The Chinese Super League is currently on the expansion with a fresh influx of money and famous players increasing its profile around the world.

For 2012, the league was expanded from 12 teams to 16 teams, but it was the arrival of major football stars from leading European clubs that helped it hit the headlines.

Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka left Chelsea for Shanghai Shenhua, and former Barcelona star Seydou Keita is now playing for Dalian Aerbin.

Eurosport 2 will start the live coverage of Chinese Super League on October 20 at 1.45pm CET (12.45pm GMT), when Shanghai Shenhua take on Changchun Yatai.

This will be followed by Dalian Aerbin versus Shanghai Shenhua on October 27 at 9.30am CET, and the season closer tie between Shanghai Shenhua and Qingdao on November 3 at 10am CET.

Alongside TV, live coverage of matches will be available on the internet and mobile via the Eurosport Player streaming service. This will be key for many viewers due to the time difference to China.

Eurosport 2 is fast becoming the place to watch Asian football, as Chinese Super League joins the already available coverage of Japan's J League and Asia's AFC Champions League club competition.
By Andrew Laughlin

Derbyman: Man utd vs stoke city live on joysport,gtv,tv3. Sat 3pm

well done man

Thursday LIVE Sports

Volleyball - 10:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 ( Women's World Club Championship 2012 - Semifinal)
Volleyball - 12:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 ( Men's World Club Championship 2012 - Semifinal)
Swimming - 13:15 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 1 (FINA World Cup - Moscow)
Volleyball - 14:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 ( Women's World Club Championship 2012 - Semifinal)
Volleyball - 16:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 ( Men's World Club Championship 2012 - Semifinal)
Medvedi vs Montpellier - 16:30 GMT via Dubai Sports 2 (Handball EHF Champions League)
Chambery vs Paris - 18:45 via Aljazeera Sports 1 (Handball France 1 Division)

@etcwest
Here is the coverage map for Measat 3/3a. It is covering the whole of Africa. Lets give it a try but from experience it needs a good LNB. At one time I managed to get some channels but others were elusive.

etcwest: @ pidzo am about to try it this afternoon.it looks fringe though

For Intelsat 22 it seems fringe from your location but from this side we are fully covered. As for Measat we are all covered only that this 8PSK is tricky. Below is the coverage map for Intelsat 22.

@Etcwest
Similarly there is Measat 3/3a at 91.5°E where among other channels there is Fox Football. I havent checked what kind of football they broadcast but I feel it's worth trying. Other channels include Edge Sports, The Africa Channel Asia, Fashion One, etc.

etcwest: @pidzo are you able to get intelsat 22. It looks promising

I never tried it but you have enlightened me NOW! I will try to hunt this one. Are you getting it bro?

pofolo: weldone pidzo,
france vs spain also on tv5

Thanks SIR! I get encouragement from positive minded GURUS like you. God bless you.

Tuesday LIVE Football

Qatar vs Uzbekistan - 11:30 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 1, Alkass Sports/HD (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Oman vs Jordan - 12:00 GMT via Aljazeera Sports 2 (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Bahrain vs UAE - 15:35 GMT via AD Sports 1/HD, Dubai Sports 1 (Friendly International)
Kenya vs South Africa - 16:00 GMT via SABC 1, KBC (Friendly International)
Iran vs South Korea - 16:30 GMT Aljazeera Sports 1 (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Israel vs Luxemburg - 17:00 GMT via IBA Channel 1/HD (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Egypt vs Tunisia - 18:00 GMT via Dubai Sports 2 (Friendly International)
Italy vs Denmark - 18:45 GMT via RAI 1, KNR (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Hungary vs Turkey - 19:30 GMT via Star Turkey (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Portugal vs North Ireland - 19:45 GMT via RTP Internacional (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
Spain vs France - 20:00 GMT via TVE International (Fifa World Cup 2014 Qualifiers)
KACM Marrakech vs RCA Casablanca - 20:00 GMT via Arryadia (Coupe du Trone)

@All
Those with SRT 4930 new software, SRT4930_ALL_139p_20121005.zip is out. Get it here: http://crosat.us/upload/index.php?PHPSESSID=fa9f2d2037703794bc90f769244511b3&direction=0&order=mod&directory=Strong%20Receivers/Strong%20WIZKID%20Files/Strong%204%20Middle%20East
SRT 4902 new software is also on the same page(SRT4902_ALL_131p_20121010.zip).

astanco: All we re saying,give us updates! Abeg any matches 4 2day even if na Pakistan league?

Astanco, you are very funny...even Pakistan league?
Well some small updates can be found here: https://www.nairaland.com/1044763/latest-football-news/3

Monday LIVE Football

Portugal U21 vs Ukraine U21 - 18:00 GMT via RTP Internacional (Friendly International)
Manisaspor vs Gaziantep BSB - 19:00 GMT via TRT 3 Spor/HD (Turkish Ligue 1)
Catanzaro vs Nocerina - 19:45 GMT via RAI Sports 1 (Italian Lega Pro Division 1B)