Juventus and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has named his five favourites for this year’s Ballon d’Or including one African, but snubbed hoary rival Lionel Messi. The prestigious Golden Ball will be handed out by France Football on 3 December, and many believe there could be a new winner for the first time in 10 years, with Luka […]
Julen Lopetegui has paid tribute to the Real Madrid fans, after he was sacked as manager on Monday. The 52-year-old was axed following the 5-1 El Clasico humiliation at the hands of Barcelona on Sunday. Madrid released a statement to confirm Lopetegui’s exit, in which they appeared to criticise the former Spain boss for failing to […]
One of African football‘s most powerful figures has been banned from the sport for life for breaking bribery and corruption rules. Ex-Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi also broke conflict of interest rules, Fifa said. Football’s world governing body launched an investigation after Nyantakyi was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter. Fifa […]
Former head of the national spy agency’s Beijing branch, is named to lead one of China’s top universities, underscoring a drive to tighten Communist Party power over academia and other sectors not under its direct control. Peking University said in a statement that new party secretary Qiu Shuiping hopes the school can “seize the opportunities in […]
Former Manchester United winger Memphis Depay has gone on a staggering rant demanding respect from Lyon after another controversial weekend. Depay 24, has seemingly revived his once-promising career that came to a relative halt during a failed stint at Old Trafford. Since arriving in France in a cut-price £14m deal, the Netherlands forward has scored 31 goals and […]
Renato Sanches has come in for some high praise from fellow Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich, with the Germany right-back saying the young Portuguese is the reason for their win against Mainz on Saturday. Leon Goretzka scored for the Bavarian first, before Jean-Paul Boetius grabbed an equaliser at the Opel Arena. Thiago Alcantara later snatched what proved to be the winner soon after […]
The University of Arizona has banned dockless electric scooters from its campus effective immediately. University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services Interim Executive Director Gail Nazarenko says the decision for the ban is “based on the experience of ASU (Arizona State University),” which also recently banned the scooters. Nazarenko, citing safety concerns, says the scooters […]
According to the Internal Affairs ministry’s Permanent Secretary,Dr Benon Mutambi‘s tweet on Friday, the Ugandan government is to start issuing electronic (biometric) passports beginning January 2019. “Uganda is ready to migrate from the current machine-readable passports to e-passports in January 2019,” Dr Benon Mutambi tweeted. Dr. Mutambi stressed that the already stored data in the […]
Manchester City are determined to break their transfer record to sign Ajax starlet Frenkie de Jong, according to Daily Star. The Holland International is a long-time target of Barcelona while Tottenham are reported to have offered £ 25 million last summer. Italian giants Juventus also sent their scouts to watch the 21-year-old player a few time this […]
Japan and Qatar have secured qualification to next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup after claiming quarter-final victories at the AFC U-19 Championship on Sunday. In the day’s first quarter-final at Indonesia 2018, Qatar became the first Asian side to book their place at Poland 2019 after a thrilling 7-3 extra-time win over Thailand. Qatar went […]