June 2022
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Erling Haaland admits Riyad Mahrez tried to convince him to join Manchester City when the pair were on holiday last year in Greece. Haaland completed his £51m move from Borussia Dortmund earlier today, and will be linking up with Mahrez next season. “He told me to come to City and he was right about that,”…
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Marcelo has been speaking at his farwell Real Madrid news conference and says he is not retiring. “I don’t think much about the future, I like to live in the moment. But it’s really hard to leave the club that you played your entire life,” Marcelo told a news conference. “I’m not scared about the…
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• Ukraine said that its forces have been pushed back from the center of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, where fighting with Russia has raged for weeks. “The enemy, with support of artillery, carried out assault operations in the city of Severodonetsk, had partial success, pushed our units away from the city center,” the Ukrainian military…
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Aberdeen want a deal worth up to £10m if they are to sell Calvin Ramsay to Liverpool this summer. The Dons have been locked in talks with the Champions League finalists over the 18-year-old right-back. Liverpool approached the Scottish Premiership side at the end of last week with an initial £4m offer, with £2m in add-ons. But…
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Arsenal have confirmed the arrival of exciting prospect Marquinhos from Sao Paulo on a long-term contract. The young forward, who has represented Brazil at Under-16 and Under-17 level, has made 33 appearances for Sao Paulo and was part of the squad that won the Campeonato Paulista in 2021. Technical director Edu said: “We’re delighted to have completed the transfer with…
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Being Manchester City’s centre-forward should be the easiest role in football. This is the Premier League team with the most possession, the most touches inside the box and the most goals this season. Just stand up front and put the ball in the net. And yet, it is not that simple. So much so, in…
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Ever heard of the Seven wonders of the world? The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven oldest and only surviving wonders of the world despite disasters. The Pyramid located in Ancient Egypt was completed about 2560 BC. The base of Giza is 53,000 meter square in area which is about 13 acres…
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Microsoft Corp is substantially cutting its business in Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Earlier in March, Microsoft said it was suspending new sales of its products and services in Russia. “More than 400 employees will be affected”, said a company spokesperson. Several major companies, including Apple Inc, Nike and Dell Technologies, have severed connections with…
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The 2022 PFA merit award honoured two former England managers, with Roy Hodgson and Hope Powell picking up the trophy for their outstanding contributions to football. Hodgson announced his retirement last month after more than 40 years in football management. When presented with the award, he said: “It is a real honour to receive this…
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Every day, new information surfaces about how law enforcement responded to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Critics have pointed out failures at nearly every step of that response: the school’s resource officer drove by the shooter as he crouched between cars; police waited more than…
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The PFA team of the year results have been unveiled for the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two and the Women’s Super League. The shortlists for selections were compiled by members of the players’ trade union in January and then voted for by other players in the respective leagues. Six Liverpool players – Alisson…
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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr have won the 2022 PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards. After narrowly missing out on a second Premier League title, forward Salah beat Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to take home his second Player of the Year trophy. The 29-year-old, who finished as the league’s joint-top goalscorer,…
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Suspected attackers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, have been reportedly arrested. A trending video shows a crowd protesting within the palace of the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye. One of them could be heard saying: “They want to take them (suspects) to Akure. The youths are angry.” Gunmen, last…
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Despite court cases of alleged massive frauds hanging on his neck, former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday officially declared the presidential candidate of the party. Tinubu polled 1,271 votes at the election which was held at Eagle Square, Abuja. Former Rivers State Governor,…
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The Nigerian government says the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād is responsible for the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House Correspondents after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja.…
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TOP HEADLINES • Ukrainian forces have pulled back to the outskirts of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk amid a fierce Russian assault, the regional governor said, another key moment in one of the most intense battles of the conflict. • Two people were killed and two wounded in Luhansk region in the past 24 hours, five civilians were injured in…
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