Football scores: Follow your team through push alerts

Want to get your team's line-up as it's announced, goals as they go in and the final result as the referee blows his whistle? Push alerts within the BBC Sport app mean you can follow your team's games as they happen, wherever you are.

Available for all English football clubs from the Premier League to the Conference, and the four top divisions in Scotland, push alerts are notifications through to your phone providing crucial match information.
For your favourite team, or as many teams as you like, you can set any combination of alerts covering line-ups, goals, half-time and final results.
You might want to know as every goal goes in for and against your team as well as getting the half-time and full-time scores. Equally, you might only want the line-up and the final result - you choose the level of detail you want, and if you've set alerts for multiple teams you can have different levels of detail for each.
Opening the alert will then take you through to the dedicated match page for that game on the BBC Sport website, from where you can also find our live text commentary and TV and radio coverage where applicable.
To add the alerts, you might need to install the latest update of the app. Once you have installed the latest version from your app store, follow these simple steps.

1. Visit the MyAlerts section of the app from within the menu
2. Select the team or teams you want alerts for and which types of alerts you want
3. Wait for the alerts to arrive - hopefully they're good news!

The alerts are part of a comprehensive offering from within the app, the most recent major update also enabling Chromecast support.
Now, any user with a Chromecast can cast video from within the app to a Chromecast on the same network. Having been out during the game, following the match via alerts and the BBC's live coverage, you can come home to cast manager reaction straight to the TV.
The app is freely available from Google Play  for Android devices, the App Store  for iPhones, and the UK Amazon Kindle Fire Appstore. 
Key features of the app include:

• Push alerts for domestic and international football teams - get line-ups, goals, full-time and more
• Watch live and on-demand video - and cast it to TV through Chromecast
• Home screen displaying the top stories across the world of sport
• Follow all the football live scores, results and news - plus access your club's fixtures for the 2014/15 season
• Customise the app to select your favourite sports and football teams
• Watch major sporting events live or on catch up with on-demand highlights and interviews
• Listen to BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra
• Sections for Football, Formula 1, Cricket, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Tennis, Golf and all the other main sports
• Indexes for UK nations, plus major events
• Daily live text commentaries
• Dedicated pages for every English and Scottish football league club, plus pages for cricket counties, rugby teams and more
• Share stories and results by email and on social networks

Sunday, August 24, 2014 No Comments

FULL-TIME - Sunderland 1-1 Man Utd

All over. Louis van Gaal's wait for his first win as Manchester United manager continues. Sunderland? They are played two, drawn two.

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Louis van Gaal: Manchester United confidence 'smashed' after defeat

New Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal warned in July that it normally takes three months of indifferent results before his methods bear fruit at a club.

"Every club where I have been, I've struggled for the first three months," he said. "After that, the players know what I want. I am very direct. I say things as they are so you have to adapt to that way of coaching. It's not so easy."

He also dismissed questions that the defeat has made him realise the scale of his task as he looks to take a team that finished seventh last season back into the top four and challenge for the title.
"I have said before that I know how big a job I face here," Van Gaal explained.
"Our wins in the United States and against Valencia meant that the expectation was so high.
"In the first half I saw a lot of my players looking very nervous and making the wrong choices. The players have to get used to that expectation because this is Manchester United and they have to cope with that pressure.
"Of course I am very disappointed to lose - for the players and fans and for myself and my staff.
"But we have to remember this is only one of many games and nobody is champions now. You are the champions in May."

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Angel Di Maria: Man Utd must pay British record fee for Argentine

 

Manchester United will have to pay a British record transfer fee to sign winger Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid.

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed Di Maria, 26, said goodbye to his team-mates ahead of an impending move.
United have been quoted £75m for the Argentine, though they do not expect the final figure to be so high.
However, senior club sources say the fee will "definitely" eclipse the £50m Chelsea paid Liverpool for striker Fernando Torres in 2011.
The Red Devils last broke the British transfer record when they paid Leeds £29.1m for Rio Ferdinand in 2002.
"Di Maria has not trained with us today and he came in to say goodbye to the players and people at the club," said Ancelotti on Sunday.

Biggest transfer fees paid by a British club
2011	Fernando Torres	£50m	Liverpool to Chelsea
2013	Mesut Ozil	£42.4m	Real Madrid to Arsenal
2011	Sergio Aguero	£38m	Atletico Madrid to Manchester City
2014	Juan Mata	£37.1m	Chelsea to Manchester United
2011	Andy Carroll	£35m	Newcastle to Liverpool
2014	Alexis Sanchez	£35m	Barcelona to Arsenal

"There is nothing official yet but it is being sorted out. The decision is his and the club has done what it could to keep him here."
United boss Louis van Gaal is a known admirer of Di Maria, who would become the club's fourth summer signing.
The Old Trafford club have already bought left-back Luke Shaw, midfielder Ander Herrera and Di Maria's Argentina team-mate Marcos Rojo for a combined £72m.
Di Maria was named on the 10-man shortlist for the Fifa player of the tournament at this summer's World Cup, though he injured a thigh in the quarter-final win over Belgium.
He joined Real from Benfica for £36m in 2010, and won La Liga in 2012 and the Champions League last season.
"Personally I don't like it," said former Real president Ramon Calderon. "Normally a club who owns the very good players don't like to sell them."
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Man City face worst Barcelona team for years - Jose Mourinho

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims Manchester City will face "the worst Barcelona of many, many years" in the last 16 of the Champions League.

The Spanish side won the competition in 2009 and 2011 but have failed to make it past the semi-finals since.
Former Real Madrid coach Mourinho said: "City have a chance."
Meanwhile Barcelona defender Gerard Pique says his team may have lost their fear factor ahead of the first leg at Etihad Stadium.
Mourinho, who worked at Barcelona under the late Sir Bobby Robson, has had a tense relationship with his former club and appears to have stirred the tensions ahead of the game.
"Of course by history Barcelona is the favourite, but this Barcelona, this season, is showing that it is not the same in previous years," he told ITV.

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Pique admits Barca's fear factor has waned

"Of course, they have [Lionel] Messi - he is special - and they have more than him. But I think this is the worst Barcelona of many, many years."
Mourinho's comments came after former Manchester United centre-back Pique admitted his side may not be as highly regarded as they once were.
He said: "Maybe they don't fear us as before because in the last two years we didn't win the Champions League.
"We can still be the best, but we have to show to the world we can do it."
Barca's most recent Champions League successes came under former coach Pep Guardiola, but Tito Vilanova's side were thumped 7-0 in a two-legged semi-final by eventual winners Bayern Munich last season.
The club - with Gerardo Martino now in charge - have had to contend with off-the-field problems this term, with the transfer of Brazilian forward Neymar under investigation by a Spanish court and Sandro Rosell resigning as club president as a consequence.
Meanwhile, Manuel Pellegrini has guided City to the Champions League knockout stages for the first time, their free-scoring football including a 3-2 win over Bayern at the Allianz Arena.

2011 v 2014

• Barcelona's 2011 Champions League Final winning team v Man Utd: Valdes, Alves, Pique, Abidal, Xavi, Iniesta, Mascherano, Busquets, Villa, Messi, Pedrito.
• Barcelona's team v Rayo Vellecano on Saturday: Valdes, Alves, Pique, Adriano, Busquets, Puyol, Fabregas, Iniesta, Messi, Sanchez, Pedro.

Such an approach has drawn comparisons with Barcelona, and Martino said City, who are chasing a quadruple of Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League titles, were one of the best teams in the world.

The Argentine, whose side are top of La Liga, said: "They do play a similar style to us, but they are not a mini-Barcelona or a mini-anyone else.
"I think they are one of the greatest teams in the world.
"They have great Spanish players such as Jesus Navas and David Silva, but it is not only Spanish players.
"They have great players from all over the world such as Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho."
City will be without top scorer Aguero, who has a hamstring injury, but Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho could return after injury.
Martino said: "For the last six seasons Barcelona have made it to the semi-finals and the fans are used to that.
"It will be difficult to understand if we don't go through but it is the tightest tie of all."
Pique, 27, added: "The only way we have to speak is on the pitch. We know that in the club in the last six months there were some things that we cannot control as players.
"All we can do is play on the pitch and show the world that we can still be the best and try and play a great game against a great team like Manchester City."

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 No Comments

J-Martins, Wife Welcome Baby Boy In US

Story by Osaremen Ehi James/Nigeriafilms.com

Report just reaching us confirms that Nnezi Diana Mbila, the wife of popular musician, J Martins, has given the singer a bouncing baby boy. The pretty Nnezi Diana Mbila gave birth to the child at Gwinnett Medical Centre, Atlanta Georgia at about 10:37pm (American time) on Tuesday. The baby boy has already been named Jason by his parents. Also. J-Martins confirmed that the baby and mother are in good condition. J-Martins pulled a surprise wedding in Lagos some months ago. © 2014 Nigeriafilms.com

Sunday, February 16, 2014 No Comments

Tiwa Savage Arrested For Assaulting A Police Officer, Removes His Cap

Forte Oil ambassador and top Nigerian female singer, Tiwa Savage was arrested in front of Eko Hotel for removing a policeman’s cap from his head yesterday. Tiwa had allegedly violated a traffic law, so the policeman stopped her. Allegedly during the course of their interaction, out of annoyance, Tiwa forcefully removed the officer’s cap and threw it away. She was then arrested and taken away.

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Topic: Angry Kelly Rowland Storms Off Stage At Darey Concert Due To Technical Glitches

Wow! Y'all know Kelly Rowland's show with Darey, Love Like A Movie Concert is on tonight. I just got told Kelly Rowland walked off the stage after 5 minutes of performing because after a technical hitch. That she walked off the stage and went back to her hotel.

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I Made D'banj What He Is Today, He Is My Boy- OJB Reveals

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

OJB jezreel the beat maker of 2Face’s ‘African Queen’ hit single who just completed his kidney transplant, lamented further that he, not Don Jazzy, made D’Banj as generally believed. We can recall that during the ‘Save OJB Jezreel’ campaign championed by Nomoreloss, which was aimed at raising fund for OJB’s kidney treatment in India, there were reports that D’Banj donated an amount of money for the cause which OJB vehemently denied and implied that D’banj used his ordeal as a publicity stunt for the latter’s music career – an allegation D’banj neither accepted or denied! Speaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in Lagos to celebrate his successful kidney treatment. In his words he said “quote me, we launched D’Banj’s music career and not Don Jazzy. D’Banj is my boy. He was always in my studio. Ask him when you see him and he won’t deny this. I knew about how he went to JJC in London. I also launched JJC. I don’t see the need to continue to celebrate him because he didn’t do anything to help me when the chips we

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