Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, has been ruled out for six weeks, after picking up a thumb injury against Valencia, in the 1-1 draw on Wednesday.

The Spanish number one, left the pitch after just 17 minutes of the game at Mestalla and the club have confirmed that he picked up a knock, which will see him miss important fixtures.

A statement on the Madrid website read: “After carrying out initial X-rays at the La Moraleja Sanitas Hospital, it has been confirmed that the footballer Iker Casillas has suffered a fracture at the base of the first metacarpal on his left hand,”

“It will be assessed again by a specialist later today to decide what treatment will be followed.”

Casillas will certainly miss the game at the Bernabeu against United and might be forced to sit out the return leg and the El Clasico game against Barcelona on March 2.

On Thursday, the 2012 Football Money League, which is published yearly by Deloitte, ranked Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, as the richest clubs in the world. Madrid remain on top for the eighth consecutive year and also broke through the €500 million barrier.

“It is an impressive achievement for Real Madrid to have surpassed €500m in revenue in a single year. Real have led the way in the phenomenal rate of revenue growth achieved by the game’s top clubs,” Dan Jones, Partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte said.

The top 10 includes five English clubs, with Manchester City jumping five places into 7th position.

Overall, the revenue of the top 20 clubs in the list rose 10% to €4.8 billion.

 

Football’s money league 2011-12

1. Real Madrid: Revenue: €512.6m
2. Barcelona: €483m
3. Man Utd: €395.9m
4. Bayern Munich: €368.4m
5. Chelsea: €322.6m
6. Arsenal: €290.3m
7. Man City: €285.6m
8. AC Milan: €256.9m
9. Liverpool: €233.2m
10. Juventus: €195.4m

 

First lady of Lagos state, Mrs Abimbola Fashola, ace music producer JMartins, Highlife music star, Sunny Nneji and a few others have been listed among those that would be honoured as Peace Ambassadors by the United Nations on the January 20.

This was disclosed in a statement released Friday by the Universal Peace Federation and Youth Federation for World Peace.
Other Celebrities on the list include: Nollywood actress, HalimaAbubakar, Zaaki Azzay, Osuji Emelda Ahunna( MadamModesty), Dr. Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase Publisher Success Digest/Complete Sport), Publisher of CityPeople Magazine, Seyi Kehinde and Stanley Okoronkwo.
According to the statement: “This event will unfold in 3different categories; Lecture,Awards & Gala Nite in Lagos State and the theme for this year’sevent is Quest for Sustainable Peace In Nigeria. It will hold at 7, Olufunmilola Okikiolu Street, OffToyin Street, Ikeja – Lagos.”