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Eto’o Seeks To Bring Messi On His Next African Venture

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

After a successful hosting of the inaugural Laikipia and Beyond Unity Cup (LUC) football tournament, LUC’s patron Samuel Eto’o has promised the residents of Laikipia a lifetime present at next year’s edition: to invite Argentina’s Lionel Messi.

“I promise to be back next year for the second edition of the tournament. I want you to have the same spirit. I’ll try to bring Lionel Messi with me, I’m sure he’ll accept my invitation.” Gifted with a lethal left foot, outstanding vision, near-unstoppable dribbling skills and sublime technique, Messi is a sight to behold. Add in his explosive changes of pace, timing and nose for goal – a trait particularly in evidence in La Liga 2010 – and you have an idea why fans from Laikipia can’t wait for 2011.

“I can’t wait to see that world class player. He’s the best in the world. Mimi hupenda vile yeye huchenga wasee jo, (I really admire how he dribbles past players),” said William Muhinja from Central Rhinos, who was voted the tournament’s best player.

“I didn’t expect what I saw here. I thought I would just find a few journalists and maybe some airport workers. But the many fans I saw impressed me. It was overwhelming,” said the Cameroonian star. The Inter Milan striker visited the country earlier this year at the invitation of Zeitz Foundation, when he launched the tournament aimed at boosting conservation efforts in the Laikipia region.

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Lionel Messi Relaxing In Brazil

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Lionel Messi has been relaxing in Brazil since the World Cup and here are some pictures that have been obtained by the media:

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Barcelona To Open Up Against Racing

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Barca begin the 2010-11 season in Santander when they visit El Sardinero to play Racing on August 28th or 29th, Guardiola’s men face Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on 28th November and travel to the Bernabeu on April 17th.

Racing de Santander and Barca met in the opening games of the 2004/05 and 2007/08 seasons with a 0-2 win for Barca in the first game (goals from Giuly and Eto’o) and a goalless draw in the second. Barca’s visit to Santander last season ended in a 1-4 thrashing with Ibra, Piqué and Messi(2) on target for Guardiola’s team. The first team to visit the Nou Camp in the 2010-11 season will be newly promoted Hercules who play Barca on September 12th.

The Real Madrid game has fallen at the same time as last year. In 2009, Madrid visited the Nou Camp on November 29th and this year Mourinho will bring his team on November 27th or 28th, with the return game in the Spanish capital set for April 17th.

This year Barca will travel to Espanyol’s Cornella ground on December 19th and receive their neighbours on May 8th . There will be three midweek league games next season, with Barca at home to Sporting on September 22nd, away to Valencia on 2nd March and Llevante on May 11th. Barca’s final two games will be at home to Deportivo and away to Malaga. Meanwhile, fierce rivals Real Madrid will begin their campaign with a visit to Mallorca on Matchday One.

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Lionel Messi Launching Clothing Range

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Lionel Messi Clothing Brand The FIFA World Player of the Year is set to launch his own clothing range, to make this succesful he is hoping his famous friends will be able to offer support, with ideally a sport, movie or music star as an ambassador for each major city.

Lionel Messi said: “I have been working on it for a few months. It would be me in Barcelona. We’ve approached Wayne for Manchester, Frank for London, and Colin for Dublin. have spoken with Jay-Z for New York and the dream is to have David for LA. I already have (footballer) Alessandro Nesta and (rapper) Lupe Fiasco in Milan and Chicago. It will be high-end clothes and accessories for men. I’d like to open the initial shops by next summer. If we get all the names we are trying for, we can be the most famous and best men’s fashion brand in the world,” he added.

Meanwhile, patriotism and national divisions seemed to play a role in Lionel Messi getting booked in Deco’s charity match in Brazil on Sunday. The exhibition match, played in the Brazilian city of Indaiatuba between Deco’s XI and a Rest of the World XI, ended 3-3. However more important than the scoreline was that Lionel Messi failed to find the net in the contest and moreover, the pocket-sized Argentine left the field with a yellow card.

Messi was withdrawn in the 55th minute after he scored a goal that was ruled out for offside. According to reports the Barcelona star was whistled offside but nevertheless continued to play before rolling the ball into the net. That went down badly with match referee Tata, and Messi was booked as a result.

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Haiti Visit from Lionel Messi

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Lionel Messi today visited Port-au-Prince, to see what the situation in Haiti is after the terrible earthquake.

This handout photo released by UNICEF shows UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Argentina’s Lionel Leo Messi with Rikelme Marseil, who is holding a football, at the UNICEF office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday. Rikelme was hit by a stray bullet two weeks after the earthquake, near his home in Cite Soleil, and he is still convalescing. He now lives with his family in Carrefour Aviation, and participates in recreation programmes managed by the Haitian Olympic Committee, with support from the Government, UNICEF and other partners.

Messi visited Haiti to draw attention to the situation of children six months after the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Messi also visited Carrefour Aviation, a tent camp housing some 50,000 people who were displaced by the quake.

An estimated three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian Government reported that an estimated 230,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless. They also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. It was the most severe earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.

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