Rwanda on Thursday described recent criticism of its Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain sponsorship deals by the Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister as a threat to regional peace and stability. Earlier this month DRC's foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner urged the three clubs to end their "blood-stained" sponsorship agreements with "Visit Rwanda", questioning the morality of such partnerships while fighting raged in eastern Congo. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a number of key towns and cities there in what is the gravest escalation in more than a decade of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover into Congo of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle for control of Congo's vast mineral resources.
Man City lost 6-3 to Real Madrid on aggregate, and exited the Champions League earlier than it has in more than a decade.
"We recognise the challenges in improving our men's team's league position and we are all working hard, collectively, to achieve that," CEO Omar Berrada said in a statement on Wednesday. The club currently sits in the 15th position on the Premier League table, only three places away from the relegation zone. The company's revenue in the quarter ended December 31 fell 12% to 198.7 million pounds, resulting in an adjusted net loss, compared with a profit of 19.3 million pounds a year ago.
That's one way to get eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.