FRENCH League leaders, Paris St-Germain suffered a second successive away defeat in Ligue 1 as Rennes claimed a deserved victory. Captain Hamari Traore scored the only goal midway through the second half with a low finish from inside the area after good work by Adrien Truffert. Substitute Kylian Mbappe should have equalised when he raced through on goal but blazed wildly over the bar. The defeat means PSG stay three points clear of second-placed Lens, who beat Auxerre 1-0 on Saturday. It was a deserved victory for Rennes, who created the better chances and were defensively resilient as PSG pushed…
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XAVI claimed his first trophy as Barcelona manager after a comfortable victory over rivals Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final. The La Liga leaders dominated the match in Saudi Arabia and took the lead when 18-year-old Gavi fired in from Robert Lewandowski’s pass. Lewandowski struck just before half time when he finished from Gavi’s pass. Gavi got another assist in the second half as he set up Pedri, before Karim Benzema struck a late consolation. The Frenchman’s late goal was scant consolation for Real Madrid, who were a distant second best throughout. Indeed, Thibaut Courtois prevented Barcelona from…
A MAN in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence after traces of uranium were found at Heathrow Airport in December, Scotland Yard said. It comes after counter-terrorism officers searched an address in Cheshire on Saturday. The man was arrested under Section 9 of the Terrorism Act 2006, which covers the making and possession of radioactive devices and materials. He was released on bail until April. Commander Richard Smith, head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, said that “based on what we currently know”, the incident “still does not appear to be linked to any…
NEPALIS are observing a day of mourning for victims of the country’s worst air disaster for some three decades. At least 68 people died when a flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed and caught fire on Sunday morning. Mobile phone footage showed the Yeti Airlines flight rolling sharply as it approached the airport. It is unclear what caused the crash, but Nepal has a tragic history of fatal airline accidents. A search and rescue operation that involved hundreds of Nepalese soldiers was suspended overnight due to darkness but is due to resume on Monday morning. Earlier,…
Tottenham 0 vs Arsenal 2 ARSENAL extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to a formidable eight points with an outstanding performance and win in the north London derby at Tottenham. The Gunners took full advantage of Manchester City’s loss at Manchester United on Saturday with an impressive show of style in the first half and steel after the break to claim a vital three points. Arsenal were helped by a blunder from hapless Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris when he fumbled Bukayo Saka’s cross into his own net after 14 minutes, but it was no more than…
CHELSEA have beaten Arsenal to the signing of Ukraine forward Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth up to £89m. The 22-year-old has agreed an eight-and-a-half-year deal for 70m euros (£62m), plus a further 30m euros (£27m) in bonuses. “I’m so happy to sign for Chelsea,” said Mudryk. Arsenal chased Mudryk for months, but the striker who scored seven goals in 12 league appearances for Shakhtar this season choosed the Blues instead. “This is a huge club, in a fantastic league and it is a very attractive project for me at this stage of my career,” he said.…
A DIVISION Police Officer (DPO), SP Nwapi Larrycarr, who was recently abducted in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State, has regained his freedom, family sources said. He was reportedly abducted on Thursday at a Hotel in Pankshin three days after he resumed duty as the DPO. It is not known how much the kidnappers were paid in ransom to get the DPO released. A family member, who does not want his name in print, told The Nation that the Police officer has regained freedom and reunited with his family. But Plateau Police Command said he was rescued and…
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over Five Billion Naira (N5billion) from their warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of the state and arrest of two of the kingpins. This is even as anti-narcotics officers of the Agency also uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state where several equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to mass produce the dangerous new psychoactive substance were recovered on Saturday 14th January…
RUSSIA launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 20 people in a strike on an apartment block in the eastern city of Dnipro. A number of other cities, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, were also hit. Much of Ukraine is now under an emergency blackout after missiles hit power infrastructure in several cities. Earlier, the UK said it would send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine to help the country’s defence. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the Challengers, the British army’s main battle tank, would help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”. Russia responded…
EVERYBODY on board was killed as a plane carrying 72 crashed near an airport in central Nepal. The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed on landing before catching fire. Videos posted on social media show an aircraft flying low over a populated area before banking sharply. At least 68 people are confirmed to have died, officials said. Several critically injured survivors were taken to hospital, unconfirmed reports said. Local resident Deeveta Kal told the BBC how she rushed to the crash site after seeing the aircraft plunge from the sky shortly after 11:00am local…
AL AHLY could face European champions Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Fifa’s Club World Cup – but must first overcome opponents from Oceania and North America. The Egyptian giants, ten-time champions of Africa, have been drawn against New Zealanders Auckland City in the only first round tie. Should they win that match they will take on Seattle Sounders from the USA in round two, with the victors then meeting Real Madrid in the last four. The tournament is being held in Morocco and, with reigning African champions Wydad Casablanca also doubling up as the host nation’s representative, Al Ahly…
EIGHT Ghanaian high school students who were expelled for insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo in a viral video have been allowed to resume classes, according to the education ministry. In a statement, the ministry said President Akufo-Addo had intervened in reversing the expulsion of the Chiana Senior High School students. The Ghana Education Service (GES) “was directed to consider an alternative disciplinary action instead of dismissal”, a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson said. The students had initially been suspended before being expelled on Thursday by GES.
THOUSANDS of Tunisians have demonstrated against President Kais Saied as the country faces a deepening political and economic crisis. A crowd gathered in the capital Tunis to demand the end of his government. Tunisians who supported Mr Saied since he came to power in 2021 have grown increasingly frustrated with the state of the economy. The protests come 12 years to the day since former dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced into exile. Tunisia’s uprising is often held up as the sole success of the Arab Spring revolts across the region – but it has not led to stability,…
MEXICO has brought into force one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places. The step, which was first approved in 2021, also includes a ban on tobacco advertising. Several other Latin American countries have also passed legislation to create smoke-free public spaces. However, Mexico’s legislation is considered to be the most robust and wide-ranging in the Americas. It amounts to one of the most stringent anti-smoking laws in the world. Mexico’s existing 2008 law – which created smoke-free spaces in bars, restaurants and workplaces – is now extended to an outright…
AN additional five pages of classified material has been found in US President Joe Biden’s family home in Delaware, the White House has said. Mr Biden’s lawyer Richard Sauber said he discovered the additional documents on Thursday which were immediately handed to the Justice Department. Mr Biden’s lawyers have said the documents relate to his time as Barack Obama’s vice-president. A special counsel is investigating Mr Biden’s handling of the files. The discovery of documents throughout the investigation has been called a political embarrassment for Mr Biden, as it comes during an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump’s own…
48 hours after tanker drivers blocked Zaria-Kano Highway over the alleged killing of their colleague by a soldier, they have agreed to reopen the road on Saturday. News Point Nigeria gathered that the protesting tanker drivers who used their heavy vehicles to block the busy highway agreed to remove them after series of negotiations with security agencies and FRSC officials. The incident happaned on Wednesday shortly after a soldier attached to a construction company reportedly shot the victim following an altercation near Tashar Yari in Makarfi town along the highway, leading to a gridlock that got many travellers stranded. The…
Brighton 3 vs Liverpool 0 ROBERTO de Zerbi says his Brighton side “have a dream” of qualifying for Europe as Solly March’s double and a late Danny Welbeck strike condemned Liverpool to a heavy defeat at Amex Stadium. March converted Kaoru Mitoma’s low cross to give the home team a deserved lead, after the returning Alexis Mac Allister had intercepted Joel Matip’s loose pass. The winger then doubled the hosts’ advantage with a fabulous left-footed strike from Evan Ferguson’s through-ball. Second-half substitute Welbeck capped a magnificent Brighton display with a superb finish past Alisson after flicking the ball over Joe…
ALGERIA, Morocco, South Africa, Zambia, and Benin-Nigeria want to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, CAF president Patrice Motsepe confirmed on Saturday. Guinea, chosen in 2014 to stage the premier African national team tournament, withdrew last year after little progress had been made in preparing for the biennial event. CAF officials will do inspection tours of all the candidates this month with the winners to be announced on February 10. South African billionaire businessman Motsepe said the successful country or countries would offer the best “transport, logistics, hotels and beautiful stadiums”. “Each region will have…
THE spate of violence in Imo State continued unabated on Saturday morning when gunmen struck at a Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) collection centre at Afor Oru, headquarters of Ahiazu Mbaise local government area. An eyewitness who narrated what happened told our source that, the gunmen who did not meet any of the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ended up killing the security man without laying their hands on the cards. According to the eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, “The gunmen came this morning. They drove straight to the PVC collection centre which is in the Chairman’s guest house…
ERIK ten Hag admitted Manchester United had been taken to school by Manchester City when they were thrashed in October, but he delivered on his insistence that lessons had been learned at a tumultuous Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been beaten here by United this season but victory over Premier League champions City, and the manner in which it was achieved, is by far the most powerful statement of Ten Hag’s tenure. Manchester City will believe this derby turned on a controversial decision that ruled Marcus Rashford was not interfering with play when Bruno…