Saturday, 2 April 2011

GTBank recruiting for Entry Level Trainee

I just saw this on GTBank's website. Please try and apply for the "ENTRY LEVEL TRAINEE" position

Way to go about it
1. Simply go to Home - Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
2. From there, you go to careers section
3. Under careers, go to "join our team"
4. When you get there, select the link in RED which says "pls click here" after doing that, it redirects you to their selfservice recruitment page.
5. NOW SELECT THE FIRST TAB BY UR EXTREME LEFT HAND CORNER... which says "new jobs (last 7 days)" when you select this option, you would see the entry level trainee position...

Wishing ya all the best.....

West Ham 2 - Machester United 4


Wayne Rooney struck a stunning second-half hat-trick as United roared back from 2-0 down to claim a pulsating Barclays Premier League win at Upton Park.

Mark Noble converted a pair of first-half penalties for West Ham to seemingly deal the Reds’ title hopes an untimely setback. United had bossed the match despite Noble’s double, however, and deservedly overturned the scoreline in the second period.

Rooney curled home a magnificent long-range free-kick, thundered in a superb leveller and converted a penalty in a breathless 15-minute spell, before substitute Javier Hernandez turned home a late clincher to cap another rousing fightback from the Reds.

Watching from the stands in the second instalment of his touchline ban, Sir Alex Ferguson will again wonder how his side insist on putting all their followers through the wringer, before switching his attention to Wednesday’s Champions League trip to Stamford Bridge.

With the visit to Chelsea looming, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov and Chicharito all started on the bench, while Edwin van der Sar was a precautionary absentee with a minor groin injury. Sir Alex's defensive selection was preordained, with Wes Brown, John O’Shea and Rafael all injured and Jonny Evans starting his three match ban. Fabio and Patrice Evra started at full-back, flanking a central-defensive partnership of Chris Smalling and Nemanja Vidic.

As United bossed the early exchanges, Smalling's first telling contribution of the game was a thumping header which Rob Green comfortably tipped over the bar. After another corner, however, the Reds fell behind. Thomas Hitzelsperger's gargantuan pass released Carlton Cole and, as the striker flicked the ball over Evra, the defender's raised hand blocked the ball’s path. Few protests met referee Lee Mason’s award of a penalty, which Noble duly dispatched past Kuszczak.

Despite the shock of falling behind against the run of play, United’s response was bright, with Antonio Valencia particularly prominent in some menacing forward probes. The Ecuadorian’s crosses prompted a succession of scrambled clearances from the hosts, as did a Wayne Rooney centre which narrowly eluded Ji-sung Park’s attempted diving header.

The Reds’ steady attempts to find a route back into the game were handed another blow after 23 minutes as Cole won his second penalty, advancing into the area and tumbling over the outstretched leg of Vidic. Unquestionably a foul, but outside the area according to the Serbian, inside it in the view of the striker and, most importantly, referee Mason. Noble steered home another unerring finish.

The flow of the game continued in the same vein, with United comfortably bossing possession. The Reds’ first real opening fell to Ji-sung Park, whose stinging half-volley was somehow turned over the bar by Green. From the subsequent corner Smalling rose highest again, but steered his header wide.

On the break, Hitzelsperger thrashed a half-volley wide with the hosts’ first notable attempt in open play. The German then came within a yard of West Ham’s third goal with a superb curling free-kick, awarded after Vidic had missed a header and subsequently hauled down Demba Ba. Much to the hosts’ ire, the Serbian was merely booked, while the home support demanded a dismissal.

The interval came and went with the deficit poised at two goals, and Sir Alex endeavoured to prompt a revival by introducing Chicharito at the expense of Evra, and moving Giggs to left-back. Little more than 30 seconds of the second period had passed when the makeshift full-back crossed for the substitute, who stabbed an effort over the bar in a promising start.

Though West Ham defended stoutly, with Manuel da Costa particularly outstanding in the centre, it seemed a matter of time before United’s growing pressure yielded a breakthrough. When it arrived, in keeping with the game’s previous goals, it came from a set-piece. With 25 minutes remaining, Noble brought down Carrick outside the West Ham area. Rooney stepped up before steering a wonderful free-kick round the wall and inside Green’s left-hand post. United’s dander was up: game on.

Within seconds of the restart, Gibson’s long-range effort was deflected wide, while Carrick’s hooked effort from the subsequent corner only fractionally cleared Green’s crossbar. The England goalkeeper then had to be alert to turn away a near-post poke from substitute Dimitar Berbatov, who had replaced Park.

As West Ham’s defence creaked, Rooney again struck. A patient passing move culminated in Valencia flashing a left-footed pass inside for Rooney, and the striker’s superb first touch took him away from a cluster of bodies and created the room for a devastating low finish past Green. United’s travelling contingent went wild, and time remained for another notch of delirium.

Berbatov drew a fine save from Green with a stinging effort from just inside the area as the white-shirted visitors poured forward. Fabio’s marauding run down the right flank culminated in a cross which struck Matthew Upson’s arm, prompting the award of the game’s third penalty, which Rooney duly slotted home to complete his own treble and United’s comeback. Still, the Reds pressed for more and looked to exploit gaps in the increasingly ragged home defence. With six minutes remaining, Chicharito notched his now customary goal by sliding in from close range after Giggs’ cross had deflected through the legs of two defenders.

“We shall not be moved,” roared the jubilant away support, who had witnessed yet another instance of the sheer bloody-mindedness that has so often separated United from all the rest.

Friday, 1 April 2011

Italy Serie A Fixtures

Sat 02/04/11 Brescia 17 : 00 Bologna



Milan 19 : 45 Internazionale



Sun 03/04/11 Napoli 11 : 30 Lazio



Parma 14 : 00 Bari



Genoa 14 : 00 Cagliari



Cesena 14 : 00 Fiorentina



Catania 14 : 00 Palermo



Chievo 14 : 00 Sampdoria



Lecce 14 : 00 Udinese



Roma 19 : 45 Juventus

Spanish Primera Liga Fixtures

Saturday, April 2, 2011
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16:00 GMT Real Madrid  v  Sporting Gijon Santiago Bernabéu
18:00 GMT Getafe  v  Valencia Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
20:00 GMT Villarreal  v  Barcelona El Madrigal

 
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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15:00 GMT Deportivo La Coruña  v  Mallorca Municipal de Riazor
15:00 GMT Espanyol  v  Racing Santander Cornellá - El Prat
15:00 GMT Levante  v  Málaga Ciutat de Valencia
15:00 GMT Real Sociedad  v  Hercules Anoeta
17:00 GMT Sevilla FC  v  Real Zaragoza Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
19:00 GMT Osasuna  v  Atlético Madrid Reyno de Navarra
Monday, April 4, 2011
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19:00 GMT Almeria  v  Athletic Bilbao Juegos Mediterráneos

English Premier League Fixtures

Game Week 31



West Ham V Man Utd 2 Apr 12:45
Birmingham V Bolton 2 Apr 15:00
Everton V Aston Villa 2 Apr 15:00
Newcastle V Wolves 2 Apr 15:00
Stoke City V Chelsea 2 Apr 15:00
West Brom V Liverpool 2 Apr 15:00
Wigan V Tottenham 2 Apr 15:00
Arsenal V Blackburn 2 Apr 17:30
Fulham V Blackpool 3 Apr 13:30
Man City V Sunderland 3 Apr 16:00

Sharapova digs at Petkovic’s on-court dance


Maria Sharapova beat Andrea Petkovic Thursday in the semifinals of Key Biscayne and couldn't resist taking a few shots at the German's famed, post-match Petko Dance afterwards.


Q.  [Petkovic] thought you would be tired in the third after the long match you had the previous night.  Didn't seem to be that way.

MARIA SHARAPOVA:  Because I didn't do the dance after.  I wasn't tired.
        Boom, roasted. Sharapova didn't stop there, though (emphasis mine):

Q.  She said that one of the things that makes you such a good champion is that you sense right away a weakness in the other player and basically you jump on that.  She said that she felt that you sensed she was hesitating, whatever.  Can you talk about that?

MARIA SHARAPOVA:  Well, to be honest, I felt like I was just making a lot errors in the first set and I wasn't moving my feet at all.  And especially with the wind I wasn't moving towards the ball and letting the ball come to me and not really being aggressive.  That's what's won me so many matches in my career is when I step in and I hit my strokes and they come deep.  I just wasn't doing that.
So first and foremost I felt like I had to start doing that and making little steps and adjusting my game a little bit.  More than anything, I sensed that she was tired --    probably a lot of the dancing that she's been doing -- and I took advantage of it.

Having not seen the press conference live, I'm not going to speculate on whether Sharapova was totally serious, completely joking or a mixture of both. Yet the fact that she brought up the dance twice shows that it was on her mind one way or the other.

Petkovic is a delight to watch and has the sort of bubbly personality that the sport sorely lacks in the top 10. As Forty Deuce points out, she was gracious in victory and defeat in Miami. Those things don't belie the fact that the dance was bush league.

In case you haven't seen it:



It was a charming dance and one that gained Petko some YouTube fame, but it couldn't be fun and sportsmanlike at the same time, despite what the 23-year-old says she wanted. Petkovic said she would ask vanquished opponents whether she could do it before hand, but what are they going to say? "No"? How is somebody supposed to respond to, "Hey, do you mind if I rub your face in the loss a little bit?" There was no way to answer that in the negative without coming across as petty.

Those who get beat by Petkovic (and with the way she's playing, that'll be a lot of players) won't have to deal with the questions anymore. She says she's retiring the dance.

Michael Owen: I'm fit and ready to play







Michael Owen is fit and raring to be involved as Manchester United prepare for one of the biggest months in the club’s history. 

In April, the Reds face four crunch league clashes, an FA Cup semi-final meeting with Manchester City and a two-legged Champions League quarter-final tie against Chelsea. It’s a daunting fixture list and, as striker Owen acknowledges, one that could make or break United’s season.

“It’s exciting to still be involved in three different competitions,” he told ManUtd.com. “We’re top of the league, in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Everything’s in our own hands. We’re in a good position, but we’re also wary that one bad week, let alone a bad month, can ruin our season.

"We’ve got a massive month ahead of us and at the moment we have a chance of winning three trophies. That said, I don’t think anybody here has mentioned the Treble… we’ll just keep going and see where we are at the beginning of May. Maybe then we’ll start to get excited about the possibilities of winning a trophy (or trophies).”

The former Liverpool striker, fit again after suffering a groin injury in training in mid-February, worked throughout the recent international break in an effort to remain sharp. Since the turn of the year, Owen’s featured in just four of United’s 15 matches. But with so many games on the horizon, the 31-year-old is eyeing opportunities at the business end of the season.

“I spent a lot of time training and keeping up my fitness [during the international break]. I did quite a few sessions here at Carrington and then the manager gave us a couple of days off. Even on those days off, though, I kept my fitness ticking over. I’d missed the last few weeks so it was important to do that."
The Reds missed Michael Owen's contribution in the latter half of 2009/10. A hamstring injury in February's Carling Cup final ruled him out until the summer, meaning Sir Alex was without his services as the Reds battled for trophies come April and May.

"Last year was disappointing," Owen admitted. "I was fit for every game we played, bar one, for the first 43 games of the season. Then I missed all the exciting games at the end.

"Hopefully this year it’s the other way around: I’ve had one or two fitness problems in the first half of the season so maybe I’ll get a clean run until the end of May. I’d prefer it that way because this is the time of the season when the prizes are being handed out. This is when you get a real buzz out of playing or coming off the bench.

"I’ve got to be ready to produce the goods if called upon. There are plenty of examples down the years, especially at this club, where major honours have been won by players who have come off the bench. I have to have the belief that at some point over the next few weeks I’ll be called on to score an important goal. And when I am called on I have to be ready."

Anderson back for the game against West Ham United


Anderson returns to the United squad for Saturday's lunchtime clash at West Ham but Sir Alex Ferguson has a headache over the right-back position.

The Brazilian midfielder has been sidelined for the past seven games with a knee problem but increases the manager's options in the engine room with Paul Scholes suspended and Darren Fletcher out with a virus.

Ji-sung Park, who was an unused in the win over Bolton, is also available but Owen Hargreaves has suffered a shoulder injury that has prolonged his absence.

Although Nemanja Vidic is back to captain the team and bolster the defence, the back four is the main area of concern for Sir Alex. Jonny Evans is banned and three right-back options are ruled out - Wes Brown, Rafael and John O'Shea, although all three are expected to be available for the home game against Fulham next Saturday.

Fabio appears to be favourite to slot in, with Chris Smalling continuing in the middle alongside Vidic as Rio Ferdinand is back in training but not likely to be available until the home game with Fulham.

The Reds endured a torrid time on their last visit to Upton Park, losing 4-0 in the Carling Cup. Sir Alex is expecting another tricky encounter in East London on Saturday, but hopes his players can produce the goods this time.

"You always expect a hard game when you're away from home at this stage of the season no matter where you go," he said at his pre-match press conference.

"Of course this is also an important game for West Ham who are down at the bottom of the league fighting relegation. We're at the top trying to win the league. So it should be an interesting encounter. Hopefully we can get the result we need."