'Scandalous' 146 goals in 2 Nigerian football matches leads to lifetime BAN!

ABUJA - Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) imposed a life ban from all football-related activities on players and officials from the amateur clubs involved in two matches that yielded a total of 146 goals earlier this month. Plateau United Feeders crushed Akurba 79-0 while Police Machine demolished Babayaro 67-0 in third division promotion playoffs. Both winning teams had been looking for a superior goal difference to advance.

"Investigation showed that all the players and officials of the four teams were involved in the shameful act.....in one of the games, a player scored 11 times while in the other, four goals were scored within a minute and a player scored three own goals in a match. All the players and officials of the four clubs involved in the two matches including all the technical and administrative staff who led them to the playoff in Bauchi are banned for life,". NFF vice president Mike Umeh. (see another news item on Umeh arrested for money laundering!) 

"The captain of Akurba FC, Arijide Said Timothy, who scored three own goals against his team is believed to have been the arrowhead in the scandalous result. Thus, we recommend his ban from all football activities for life.The four clubs ... are banned for a period of 10 years." " Umeh added.

By Mike Oboh, Reuters

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BIG PayPal PAYDAY: credits man $92 quadrillion accidentally!

Chris Reynolds' PayPal account was erroneously credited $92,233,720,368,547,800. from CNN

A man in the United States could have made it as Forbes number 1 richest man on Earth with a $92 quadrillion windfall coming from PayPal last June, a CNN news report said Thursday. Chris Reynolds' account balance swelled to a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800 which he saw in his emailed statement of account for the month of June from PayPal. The AMOUNT WAS 5,500 TIMES THE U.S. NATIONAL DEBT!

When he checked his account online, the balance was brought back to $0, the correct amount. PayPal admitted the error and offered to donate an unspecified amount of money to a cause of Reynolds' choice.

Before this incident, the most Reynolds ever made on PayPal was "a little over $1,000" selling a set of vintage BMW tires on eBay. He is a Pennsylvania PR executive who sells auto parts in online marketplace eBay. 

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NBA Greatest Comeback: 13 points in 33 seconds!

After the exciting 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs (which Miami won); its time to look back at National Basketball Association NBA history at one of the greatest comebacks- if not the greatest- in NBA history by ONE single person!

On Dec. 9, 2004, with the Spurs up by 10 in the final minute, San Antonio totally fell apart and Tracy Mcgrady scored 13 points in 33 seconds to lead an amazing comeback against the San Antonio Spurs! In that final 33 seconds, T-Mac scored 13 points on four three-pointers and a free throw.

As an aside, Tracy Mcgrady was signed by the Spurs for the 2013 NBA season but was never played in the NBA finals with Miami.

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