Manchester United EPL Champions 2008-09

Manchester United was crowned Champions of England for 3rd time in succession. Its 18 title overall, no 11 for Ryan Giggs and Sir Alex Ferguson

Robbie Fowler to Play against Sabah

Borneo Sports and Adventure Holidays is delighted to announce that Liverpool FC legend Robbie Fowler and his new team, the North Queensland Fury from Australia are coming to Kota Kinabalu to play against a Sabah Selection team.

There will be a Corporate Dinner at Pacific Sutera Grand Ballroom on the 26th May and the match will take place at the Likas Stadium on the 27th May. I would also like to sincerely thank both the Sabah Sports Ministry and Sabah Football Association for endorsing this event.

All fans of the English Premier League will be aware of Robbie Fowler’s legendary status with the world-famous Liverpool Football Club where he played over 250 games and scored 128 goals. Fowler also won 26 England caps, scoring 7 goals.

In order to make the game more attractive and competitive for the local fans, we have also decided to strengthen the local Sabah state team with the following players:

• Indra Putra Mahyuddin - Kelantan and Malaysian National Team
• Mohd Nor Farhan - Kelantan & Malaysian National Team
• Robbie Gaspar - Australian Foreigner and ex-Rhinos star
• T. A. Musafry - Indonesian National Team Striker

This is a fantastic opportunity for local football fans to see a truly world-class striker play live in KK, in what promises to be a fantastic night of quality football.

Furthermore, special half time entertainment will be provided for the fans with a unique penalty shoot out between former Rhinos coach and current Kelantan coach Peter Butler and former Rhinos foreigner Scott Ollerenshaw.

In order to make the game affordable and accessible for football fans throughout the state, tickets for this game will be sold at:

• Outer ground - RM10
• Grandstand Area - RM20

There will be no tickets sold at the stadium on match day. All tickets will be pre-sold at the following establishments starting Monday the 4th of May:

• All Coffee Bean outlets
• Penampang Futsal
• KK Futsal Arena
• Most schools within KK at the front desk
  

PLEASE NOTE -5% OF THE GATE AND RM100 FROM EVERY CORPORATE TABLE SOLD WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY.

NORTH QUEENSLAND FURY INFO

North Queensland Fury is a professional Australian team based in Townsville in Queensland. They will be making their debut in the Australian A-League for the 2009 season. Apart from Robbie Fowler, their other high profile staffs include:

1. Ian Ferguson played other 300 games for Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers where he won an amazing 10 Scottish League titles. Ferguson is the coach of North Queensland Fury who will also be speaking at the Corporate Dinner

2. Felipe is a quality foreign player from Brazil

3. Ufuk Talay is a former Australian Olympic player who is returning from a stint in Japan

4. Jacob Timbano is a former Young Socceroo

Man Utd Asia Tour 2009

Kuala Lumpur will be United's first stop on this summer's four-match pre-season tour of Asia.

At a press conference on Tuesday it was confirmed the world champions will play a Malaysia XI at the picturesque Bukit Jalil Stadium on 18 July.

It's eight years since the Reds last visited Malaysia, when 100,000 fans watched a Malaysian All-Stars team lose 6-0 to a strong United line-up. And official tour promoters ProEvents are expecting similarly fervent support this year.

“We are excited to work with the club again, and to bring to Asia one of the most exciting and biggest football clubs in the world", said San Boon Wah, managing director of ProEvents International.

“The club is popular throughout the world and especially so in Asia, where it has a wide fan base. I am sure many football fans, both local and from the region, are thrilled by this opportunity to see the champions in action".

Chief executive David Gill added:

“Our relationship with fans in Malaysia is already well established, with local young people having the chance to learn to play the game the Manchester United way with MU Soccer Schools"

Lionel Messi The Wonderboy

Full Name : Lionel Andres Messi

Birthday : 24th June 1987

Place of Birth : Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Position : Striker/Right Winger

1. He started playing football when he was just five years old at a club which was coached by his father

2. At the age of 11, Leo stop playing football because he have disease called hormone deficiency which disturbing his growth

3. Lionel Messi joined Barcelona in 2000 at the age of 13. Initially playing for the Under 14s, Messi moved up the ranks through the club’s Youth, C and B teams before joining the first team squad in record time

4. In 2003 he debuted for Barcelona in an unofficial game against FC Porto and after one year he debuted officially on Nou Camp against RCD Espaniol and became the third-youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga (record broken by Bojan Krkić in September 2007)

5. At 18 Messi played for Argentina in the Under 20 World Cup and won the title. He was also voted best player of the tournament and was its leading goal scorer

6. Argentinean great Maradona has named Messi as his natural successor

7. The Spanish press have nicknamed him ‘Messidona’

8. When he came on to the pitch against Serbia and Montenegro in the 2006 World Cup, Messi became the youngest player to play for Argentina in a World Cup tournament. His goal in this match made him the youngest scorer of this World Cup and the sixth youngest scorer in the history of the tournament

9. The season 2005/2006, the Italian newspaper Tuttosport awarded him the Golden Boy 2005 title for the best under-21 player in Europe

10. Messi’s nickname with the Barcelona fans is Leo

Fabolous Fabregas

Full Name : Francesc Fabregas Soler

Birthday : 4th May 1987

Place of Birth : Vilessoc de Mar, Spain

Position : Central Midfielder

1. Fàbregas started his career as a youth player with FC Barcelona but was signed by Arsenal in September 2003

2. Named best player as well as top goal scorer in the FIFA U17 Championships 2003

3. In his youth career with Barcelona, he mostly played as a defensive midfielder, yet he managed to score 30 goals in one season

4. Moved to Arsenal in a transfer deal worth £2.25m

5. He became Arsenal's youngest ever player when he made his debut in a League Cup match

6. He became Arsenal's youngest ever goalscorer when he scored in Arsenal's 5-1 hammering of Wolves

7. He became the youngest player in Spanish football history to participate in a World Cup

8. He won the 07/08 PFA Young Player of the Year

9. On 24 November 2008, Fàbregas was named as the successor to William Gallas as Arsenal captain

10. Has his own one-time only television programme, called "The Cesc Fàbregas Show: Nike Live"