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Bayern 1 vs Man City 1 (Aggregate 1-4) MANCHESTER City set up a Champions League semi-final clash with holders Real Madrid as Erling Haaland’s goal ended Bayern Munich’s hopes of a comeback. Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel felt his side needed a miracle to go through after losing the first leg 3-0 – and they squandered plenty of opportunities to get back into the game. Haaland made them pay as he lashed home a shot into the top corner to cap off a swift counter-attack, 15 seconds after Ederson had saved Kingsley Coman’s shot at the other end. That was the…

MANCHESTER United boss Erik ten Hag says his side must “use emotion as a tool” when they face Sevilla in their Europa League quarter-final second leg. The tie is delicately poised at 2-2 after United conceded two late goals in the first leg at Old Trafford. “The timing of emotions is important in big games – we must focus on the best game you can as a team and individual,” ten Hag said. Sevilla have won the trophy a record six times. But ten Hag said he is “confident” his side can get back on track on Thursday with victory…

AT least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during a distribution of charity for Ramadan, officials say. Video footage on social media shows chaotic scenes after the incident in the Bab-al-Yemen area of the city. Reuters news agency reports that hundreds of people crowded into the school to receive donations which amounted to about $9 (£7) per person. Houthi rebels have run the city since they drove out the government in 2015. Those responsible for the distribution have been detained and an investigation is under way, the interior ministry said.…

TWO teenage boys and a man have been charged with murder after a shooting at a 16th birthday in Alabama that killed four and injured 32 over the weekend. Brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were arrested on Tuesday night. Wilson LaMar Hill, 20, was held on Wednesday afternoon. The suspects are each being charged with four counts of reckless murder, police said. More charges are expected in connection with Saturday night’s attack. Officials said the three suspects are from Tuskegee, Alabama, which is about a 40-minute drive from the crime scene Dadeville. The two teenagers will…

THOUSANDS of civilians have fled Sudan’s capital and foreign nations are trying to evacuate their citizens, amid a fifth day of fierce fighting. Witnesses reported people leaving Khartoum in cars and on foot on Wednesday morning, as gunfire and deafening explosions rocked the city. Meanwhile, officials in Japan and Tanzania say they are considering missions to evacuate their citizens. The exodus follows Tuesday’s collapsed ceasefire between the warring factions. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire on Tuesday, but the truce collapsed within minutes of its proposed launch at 18:00 local…

THE daring prison break, the celebrity girlfriend and the escape across borders had all the elements of a fictional thriller. But in some ways that tempting description serves to glamorise and trivialise what South African rapist and murderer Thabo Bester actually did. While many were open-mouthed after each revelation about how this man managed to flee prison and live undetected for a year, his victims saw it a different way. It also exposed a stunning level of official incompetence. One of the women he attacked spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity. Bester, known locally as the “Facebook rapist”…

UNKNOWN gunmen have reportedly abducted Mr Daniel Ogoshi, a driver attached to the Office of Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, News Point Nigeria gathered. This newspaper learnt that the unfortunate incident happened at Ombi 2, College of Agriculture along Kwandere road, Lafia East Development Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the victim was abducted from the residence of one of his friends at about 9:30 pm on Tuesday night, with the abductors leaving his phone and car behind. A family friend, who didn’t want his name to be mentioned, confirmed the incident to our correspondent,…

Chelsea 0 v Real Madrid 2 (Aggregate 0-4) REAL Madrid cruised into the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-0 win against Chelsea on Tuesday that wrapped up an emphatic 4-0 aggregate triumph, effectively ending the struggling London club’s season. The home team, with Frank Lampard back in the dugout for a second spell, came into the match at Stamford Bridge with form and history against them. They started brightly, playing enterprising football, but rued two huge missed chances in the first half that would have heaped pressure on the defending champions. The Spanish giants made Chelsea pay for their profligacy…

PEP Guardiola says Manchester City will face “11 players, not the history” of Bayern Munich in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg. The teams will meet at the Allianz Arena with City holding a three-goal advantage from the first leg. But Guardiola said Bayern, who have won the trophy six times, will still be a threat on home soil. “We don’t play against what they achieved, but having something like that is something special,” he said. City have yet to win the Champions League, having lost the 2021 final to Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea and were beaten in last season’s semi-finals…

OVER 14,000 people have been arrested and 8,000 weapons seized in an anti-firearms operation across Central and South America, Interpol said Tuesday. As well as weapons, the raids swept up over 200 tonnes of cocaine and other drugs worth $5.7 billion, as well as 370 tonnes of drug precursors (chemical ingredients), the France-based police cooperation body said in a statement. Dubbed “Trigger IX”, it was “the biggest firearms operation ever coordinated by Interpol,” it added. “The fact that an operation targeting illicit firearms resulted in such massive drugs seizures is further proof, if needed, that these crimes are intertwined,” Interpol…

A FIRE in a Beijing hospital has killed 21 people, the state-run Beijing Daily said on Tuesday. Emergency response teams first received word just before 1 pm (0500 GMT) that a fire had broken out at the Beijing Changfeng Hospital in the capital city’s Fengtai District, the Beijing Daily report said. The fire was extinguished about half an hour later and rescue efforts continued for about another two hours, by which time a total of 71 patients had been evacuated and taken to another location. The death toll was put at 21 by 6 pm, the report said. The Beijing…

EXPLOSIONS shook Sudan’s capital Tuesday evening despite one side’s claiming a ceasefire on the fourth day of fighting that has killed over 250. A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since then, international calls have mounted for an end to hostilities that have spawned increasing lawlessness, death and damage. RSF commander Daglo, commonly known as Hemeti, announced support for an internationally-brokered 24-hour “armistice”, which the army denied…

AT least 115 fishermen are being treated in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, after returning from sea with painful skin lesions. “It’s not a contagious disease – no way”, says Karamba Kaba, the doctor in charge of Donka Hospital’s burns department, adding: Hospitals are providing free healthcare to anybody coming forward with these burns. Treatment begins with a blood test and samples are being analysed in laboratories in Conakry. Patients’ wounds are also disinfected to allow them to heal. Some people have had the lesions on their face, others on their stomach or genitals, and there are fears that some sufferers are…

THE Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Olufemi Peters, has implored the new students of the institution to strive to elevate Nigeria to its deserved place of greatness in Africa and the world. Peters stated this on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at the 24th Matriculation Ceremony of the university, which took place virtually across its various study centres nationwide. He said: “I am indeed hopeful that you will, as you pass through our university, acquire the appropriate knowledge and skills, as well as the requisite strength of character and tenacity, to sail through the challenges of today’s modern…

THE International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE) has offered free medical treatment to over 700 indigent women, children and the elderly in Karmo, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the centre is the custodian of Al-Noor Mosque, Abuja. Addressing newsman during the exercise, Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, Chairman of the Medical Outreach Committee, said most of the beneficiaries have illnesses that are easily treatable, but lack access to healthcare. “We have been doing this free medical outreach regularly until the time when we had the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and we had to slow down. “During…

CARLO Ancelotti has warned his Real Madrid players that Chelsea will see Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final clash as a chance to salvage some pride from their dismal season. Ancelotti’s side look to protect a 2-0 lead in the quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge against a Chelsea side reeling after three successive defeats. Real are bidding to retain the Champions League crown, having knocked out then holders Chelsea in the quarter-finals en route to lifting the trophy last season. Chelsea’s fortunes have changed dramatically in the 12 months since and they sit 11th in the Premier League, with their hopes…

ARGENTINA will host the Under-20 World Cup from May 20 to June 11, FIFA said Monday, after taking the tournament from Indonesia just weeks before kick-off. Having been awarded hosting rights, Argentina will also participate in Indonesia’s place. The team had failed to qualify on merit. “FIFA is delighted to announce that this year’s edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup will take place in Argentina, as the home of the world champions opens its doors to tomorrow’s superstars of world football,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement. FIFA withdrew hosting rights from Indonesia last month after protests…

ITALIAN police find cocaine packages floating in the sea off Sicily Police have found and recovered packages of cocaine worth more than €400m (£353m) floating in the sea off the island of Sicily, Italy. Italian police said it was probably “one of the largest” drug hauls ever made in the country. The drug was found bound into 70 packages, and fitted with a tracking device.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has appeared in court in Moscow to appeal against his detention. He was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg while working for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper and charged with spying. Mr Gershkovich stood with folded arms in a glass enclosure, wearing a blue checked shirt. He gave a quick smile while pacing around the box, but did not say anything to the reporters present. US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy was also present in the courtroom.US consular officials were initially denied access to the reporter, but were able to see him on Monday. Ms…

AT least 185 people have been killed and a further 1,800 injured in three days of fighting between rival factions in Sudan, according to the United Nations special representative for Sudan, as the Group of Seven joined calls for an immediate to end to hostilities. “It’s a very fluid situation so it’s very difficult to say where the balance is shifting to,” Volker Perthes said on Monday of the violence between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals. The two sides are using tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons in densely populated areas. Fighter jets thundered overhead and…