Nigeria, Europe divided as Arsenal and Chelsea boast of most Twitter followers

The Gunners (Arsenal) as they are called may not be atop the Premier League table but are leading in terms of Twitter ''followership'' in some selected countries in Europe and Africa and closely followed by Chelsea.

In Nigeria, Arsenal boasts as Total of 26.10%, Chelsea 25.17% and Manchester United 18.04% .

Top three clubs by Twitter followers in selected countries:

UK: 1 Liverpool, 2 Arsenal, 3 Man Utd

Ireland: 1 Liverpool, 2 Man Utd, 3 Arsenal

France: 1 Arsenal, 2 Chelsea, 3 Man City

Germany: 1 Arsenal, 2 Chelsea, 3 Man City

Spain: 1 Chelsea, 2 Arsenal, 3 Liverpool

Italy: 1 Chelsea, 2 Man City, 3 Arsenal

Netherlands: 1 Arsenal, 2 Man Utd, 3 Chelsea

USA: 1 Arsenal, 2 Chelsea, 3 Man Utd

Russia: 1 Chelsea, 2 Arsenal, 3 Man Utd

India: 1 Man Utd, 2 Arsenal, 3 Liverpool

Australia: 1 Liverpool, 2 Arsenal, 3 Man Utd

Brazil: 1 Chelsea, 2 Arsenal, 3 Man City

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Manchester United confirm Falcao and Rojo for Hull City clash

Manchester United manager has confirmed that Radamel Falcao and Marcos Rojo could make their come back from injury in weekend match against Hull City in the Barclays Premier League. 

The manager told the media that both players could be available for selection for saturday's match, - according to the club's official Twitter account.

''@Falcao and @MarcosRojo5 could both return to #mufc's squad against Hull City tomorrow''.

Radamel Falcao posted on his twitter page. (The cut above)

Super Eagles Social Media accounts records massive "followership"

Wow! To his over 300,000 followers on Google plus and over 75,000 on Twitter is not child's play.

The Nigerian national team is a big brand, you should start following too and show your support for the team if you have not.

Yaya Toure takes to Twitter, tenders apology to Manchester City fans for seeing Red aginst CSKA Moscow

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has apologized to fans of the club for picking up a red card in the 1-2 loss to CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night.

Toure tendered his apology on via his twitter account @YayaToure ''City fans - I am sorry for my red card. I feel it is important to apologise for this''

The 31-year old Ivorian who grabbed the leveler for City was shown the exit while Fernandinho had earlier picked up a second yellow which earned him matching orders.

Frustrating night for City you'll say, they now rock the bottom of the group struggling for a place in the knock-out stage.

FA Slams Rio Ferdinand with three-match ban, £25,000 fine over Twitter taunt

Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand will miss three games and pay a fine of $25,000 over a twitter comment, the Football Association has announced.

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The 35 year old posted a comment with reference to gender last month which has landed him in the situation which will see him miss an encounter with Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle if an appeal is not brought forward and upheld.

Report on Skysports has this statement from the FA which read: “Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand has been suspended for three matches commencing with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, after an FA misconduct charge against him was found proven.

''It was alleged a comment Ferdinand posted on his twitter account was abusive and/or indecent and/or insulting and/or improper.

“It was further alleged that this breach was aggravated pursuant to FA Rule E3(2) as the comment included a reference to gender.

''Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing on Wednesday 29 October, Ferdinand was also fined £25,000, severely warned as to his future conduct and ordered to attend an education programme, arranged by The FA within four months.''

Brazil vs Germany semi final records most tweet in sporting history

The world saw the hammering of World Cup hosts, Brazil by the German in a record-breaking manner which is already being hailed as the most humiliating episode in the history of Brazilian football, garnered over 35.6 million tweets, easily surpassing the near 25 million about the Superbowl final in February.

According to Telegraph.co.uk anew record for tweets per minute was also set during the semi-final, as over 580,000 tweets were posted when Sami Khedira scored Germany's fourth in the 29th minute.

Miroslav Klose, who broke the all-time World Cup scoring record in the game, was the most tweeted about player.