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Barcelona wins Copa del Rey in coach Guardiola’s final match

Barcelona gave coach Pep Guardiola the perfect send off Friday, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in Madrid to win the Spanish Cup in the coach’s last match in charge after a memorable four seasons in the Catalan hot seat.

Lionel Messi, with his 73rd goal of the season, and a Pedro Rodriguez double finished off the Basque side inside the first half an hour and delivered Guardiola his 14th and final trophy at the club.

Guardiola leaves the side he once played for with three Spanish leagues, two Champions Leagues, two FIFA World Club Cups, two UEFA Supercups, three Spanish Supercups and two Spanish Cup victories as coach.

The win was a repeat of Guardiola’s first title in the 2008-09 final when the Catalans ran out 4-1 victors over Bilbao.

Guardiola has never lost to Athletic in his four seasons, winning ten out of 15 clashes between the two sides who boast the most Spanish Cup victories, Barca making it 26 with this win to Bilbao’s 23 titles.

Afterwards the 41 year-old from the small town of Santpedor, 70 kilometres (40 miles) outside the Catalan capital, was happy with the win and spoke of the role Messi has played during his time at the club.

“Fourteen titles in 4 years is a very high standard so I am very happy to leave the club in a good position, and tonight we played great for the first 35 minutes, we’ve had a good year with 4 titles so I leave very satisfied,” he said.

“From Messi I have learned to be even more competitive than I ever was, without him we would not have won the number of titles we have and I’m very priviledged to have coached who for me is the best player I have ever seen.”

Marcelo Bielsa, the Argentinian veteran in charge of Bilbao was philosophical in defeat.

“I put out a team I thought could win tonight, but we were not able to live up to the expectations of our fans,” he said.

With Dani Alves and Carles Puyol injured, Guardiola had decided to start with a four-man defence including the youngster Martin Montoya at right-back.

He also made the decision to give Pedro a final chance to play himself into the Spanish squad for Euro 2012 and the forward grabbed it with both feet.

Bilbao got an early warning of what to expect when Messi went straight into a mazy run from kick-off before shooting just wide.

Within three minutes of the start Barca were ahead.

When centre-half Amorebieta diverted a goal-bound Pedro shot wide, the striker latched on to a loose ball to fire home from the resulting corner.

On 15 minutes Messi had a left-footed curling shot tipped over the bar by Bilbao stopper Gorka Iraizoz and three minutes later Xavi Hernandez shot just over the bar.

It was therefore no surprise when Messi doubled the lead on 21 minutes, the little Argentinian taking one touch to control a slide-rule pass from Andres Iniesta before slamming home from close range.

Four minutes later and Pedro made it three to end all doubts of where the cup would be heading.

Gerard Pique played a long searching pass to Xavi on the edge of the area who cleverly laid it back for the Tenerife-born player to side foot home his second.

Bilbao continued to battle and within a minute going three down Markel Susaeta brought the first save at the other end from Jose Pinto, who has replaced Victor Valdes all season in goal for Barca in domestic cup games.

The Basques had further chances to reduce the margin.

On 28 minutes referee David Fernandez waved away what appeared to be a clear penalty after Pique had pulled down Fernando Llorente and Iker Muniain had an angled shot blocked at the near-post on the stroke of half-time.

Backed by their impressive fans who refused to be silenced by the scoreline, they continued to look for a way back throughout.

Ibai Gomez, Inigo Perez and Jon Aurtenetxe all had chances but they failed to score in a final for the second time this season, following their 3-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Europa League.

At the other end Gorka denied Messi after another scintillating run as Barca were content to run down the clock and savour the occasion.

Guardiola has said he will now take a season break from the game before deciding where his future lies.

Here he continued to wring every ounce of effort out of his side from the sidelines in the final moments of a glittering reign to assure another title for his Barcelona side.

Cech Hopes to win the Champions League cup..

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech admits winning the Champions League final would be the perfect early birthday present to himself.

Cech turns 30 within hours of the final whistle of Saturday's Champions League final and he admitted there would be no better gift than finally holding aloft the trophy that has eluded him for the last eight years.

"If I get a cup, I don't need a cake."

Cech suffered Champions League heartache four years ago when Chelsea lost to Premier League rivals Manchester United in Moscow after a penalty shoot-out.

But, while that defeat haunts many of his team-mates until this day, the Czech Republic star is made of sterner stuff.

"We had 120 minutes as well as the penalty shoot-out to win the cup," added Cech.

"Sitting in a corner and crying because I lost is not my style, because it's just the way it is and you can't change the history.

"You can only change the future and the present, and the present now is that we are again in the final and we will have another go and I hope that this time it will finish in a completely different way."

Didier Drogba admitted this week he had assumed Chelsea would react to their 2008 agony by winning the Champions League the following year.

Cech was under no such illusions.

"We have been here eight years and it's going to be only the second Champions League final," he said.

"It's a long journey to the final in the Champions League.

"So it's not easy and sometimes just one unlucky game can change your whole season.

"This time, hopefully the unlucky game happened already."

Cech added: "I think this season just proved that, in football, everything's possible," said Cech, reflecting on epic victories against Napoli and Barcelona.

"After the Napoli game away, I think everybody had written us off and here we are in the final."

GHANA'S AZONTO DANCE CRAZE

Azonto has become one dance that has gained worldwide prominence within the shortest timeframe. Throughout the days of Shuperu, Mapuka and Gbeeohe among others, one dance that has the prospects of staying through the years is the Azonto dance - the dance that has flexible moves and is gradually becoming a craze amongst children, parents and the youth especially.

The biggest phenomenon in Ghana in 2011, Azonto, continues to buzz across the country and across the globe via the World Wide Web. With an entry into Wikipedia and millions of views on YouTube, the craze is spreading like wild fire.

The dance involves movement of most of the joints in the body in a rhythmic fashion taking very few steps. Just like most African dances, knee bending and hip movements are essentials to dancing it. Movements in the dance include washing, driving, boxing, making-up, you name them.

The exact origin of the dance is from Greater Accra in areas like Bukom, Chorkor, James Town, and most of the coastal areas in Ghana. However, its popularity, both on the local and international platforms has been propagated by a new wave of entertainment talents emerging in the Greater Accra City.

Arguably the dance was made very popular by Ghanaian football star AsamoahGyan in his goal celebrations for Ghana. Azonto has been further commercialized with its inclusion in music lyrics and music video clips.

Azonto became more popular when young Ghanaian musicians including Castro, R2bees, Stay Jay, Sarkodie, 4X4, among others made songs based on the rhythm of the dance.

Well, interesting enough according to experienced Azonto teachers, when taught effectively, Azonto can be learned within five minutes.

The ‘azonto’ dance goes with any song, even gospel, hence the name Christozonto. So you’ll have no excuse not celebrating the Christmas to the fullest because in any case, azonto tutorials are even on the internet, where u can try your hands on.

Unlock of SimLock CardLock Huawei E220 USB Modem

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THE PROCEDURE

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test your connection.

1. Set your Serial Com Port (3G PC UI Interface, not the other one)
2. Click 'Send Cmd'

You'll get 'Successfully send command.' and output similiar to the textbox.
If you got no response at all (no output or 'CommError'), you have to restart the process.

Set 'Read EFS' from Standard Mode dropdown menu, click 'Lets go'. name the file (efs.bin), save it.

Open saved file with hex editor, search for following hex-chain: 53-64-2C-00, and you should see the unlock code.

Run E220 SimLock_UnLock.exe, enter your unlock code.

Samuel Eto'o Launches His Own Mobile Network

Samuel Eto’o, the world most paid footballer, has launched his own mobile phone network, Set’Mobile in Cameroon.

Set’Mobile becomes the third mobile network after Orange and MTN.The Mobile network was launched in the presence of the Indomitable Lions captain.

Set’Mobile, which bears the initials of the player’s name, Samuel Eto’o, hopes to be a major Player in the mobile telecom sector. The ceremony pulled a cross-section of business personalities and regulators, also attracted fans. It also hopes to impact on the socio-economic development of the country.


With a capital base of 100 million CFA, the company has a general manager and associate partner Charles Gueret, who hopes to make the company very accessible to the population and make an impact in the market. The general manager said Set’Mobile will drop the cost of calls, while offering services such as calls, sms and internet.


It would be recalled that before launching his own network, Eto’o had been the ambassador of one of the mobile operators, Orange. It is believed that considering the player’s popularity in the country, Set’Mobile will pull customers to itself especially youths.

Toure Crowned African Player of the Year 2011

Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure has been crowned the African Player of the Year 2011 at a colourful ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The 28-year old pipped Ghanaian midfielder Andre Ayew and Malian Seydou Keita to scoop the topmost honour at the Awards Gala on Thursday at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra.

The hardworking midfielder, who plays for English side Manchester City gained the highest votes in the poll decided by votes from the Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.

The honour caps a wonderful year for the midfield maestro who has been in scintillating form for club and country. Toure is winning the topmost individual honour in African football for the first time and he joins compatriot Didier Drogba as the only Ivorians to have laid claim to the award since its inception in 1992. The coronation of the midfielder was the climax of the ceremony attended by the crème de la crème of African footballers, officials and administrators. Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama graced the event just as CAF President Issa Hayatou and members of the CAF Executive Commitee.

The African Player of the Year (based in Africa) award went to Tunisian midfielder Oussama Darragi. The Esperance captain beat his teammate Yaya Banana of Cameroon and compatriot Zouheir Dhaouadi of Club African to the prize. Super Falcons captain Perpetua Nkwocha was adjudged Women's Footballer of the Year for an unprecedented fourth time. The 35-year old Nigerian had previously won the award in 2004, 2005 and 2010. It was triple delight for Cote d'Ivoire after teenage striker Souleymane Coulibaly was named Most Promising Talent of the Year and Noumandiez Doue as Referee of the Year.


Niger coach Harouna Doula picked the prize for best coach whilst Africa Cup of Nations debutants Botswana saw their efforts in the qualifying series being rewarded with National Team of the Year gong. The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon were also named Women's National Team of the Year. CAF Champions League winners' Esperance Sportive de Tunis was adjudged Club of the Year whilst Libya grabbed the Fair Play award. Former internationals Mustapha Hadji of Morocco and Austin 'Jay-Jay'Okocha of Nigeria were presented with Legends Awards in recognition of their contribution to the development of the game over the years. The ceremony sponsored by telecommunications giants, Globacom left the guests in awe with its rich display of culture, acrobatics and musical performance.


There were also musical performances from Ghanaian hi-life sensation Kwabena Kwabena and young songstress, Efya, both from Ghana. Beninois Zeynab also added some colour to the event just as South Africa duo Gloria Bosman and Loyiso Bala and Kenyan acrobatic tumbling group, 'Troop Agile'. This is the third time the award was being staged in Ghana after 2006 and 2009.

Tiffany’s leaked photo: Is she to blame?

It seems that being a celebrity sometimes comes at a price, and Tiffany unfortunately paid for it when nude pictures of her topless were leaked on the internet last week.

The female rapper who’s had popular hits with ‘Fake London Boy’ and ‘Last One’ reportedly had her house robbed, where many personal items were stolen, including her mobile phone. After failing to exhort money from the rapper through blackmail upon discovering nude pictures on her blackberry, the perpetrator then leaked a picture of Tiffany topless on various social networks. The perpetrator has threatened to leak more pictures if his demands are not met.

As a fan of Tiffany I really felt for her when I heard the story, as something like this has the potential of really damaging her musical career when she’s doing so well at the moment. Tiffany has since apologized to fans on Facebook for the incident. Which brings me to the question: why did she even have those pictures on her phone? As unfair as it seems, sometimes having a career in the public eye means you have no private life.

Everything you do is scrutinized and things you don’t want people knowing about you are made public knowledge. Knowing this shouldn’t someone in the public eye take precautions to prevent things like that from happening?

However as someone in the public eye, having nude pictures of yourself on your phone is something you need to seriously think twice about. My problem is not why Tiffany took those nude pictures of herself but rather why she left the images on her phone. I feel that perhaps Tiffany should have realized the risk factor involved in carrying such pictures of herself around. People around you can easily access your phone, and when not careful you expose personal information and in Tiffany’s case images of yourself when you lose or have your phone stolen. As harsh it may sound, she could have prevented this from happening.

With the guy in question now threatening to release more nude pictures, I bet she’s wishing she’d never had those pictures on her phone. I really hope they catch the guy responsible for this before he leaks more nude pictures of her on the internet. It would be a shame to see her career badly affected because of this.