Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund is expected to miss two to three weeks with a muscle injury. United’s £72m summer signing scored for the sixth successive Premier League game in Sunday’s 2-1 win at Luton Town. The Danish 21-year-old will miss the home league game against Fulham on Saturday and FA Cup fifth-round tie at…
Sevilla defender, Sergio Ramos, has said he will not celebrate if he scores on his return to Real Madrid this weekend. The veteran defender will play at the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time since he left in 2021 to join Paris Saint-Germain. During his 16 years with Madrid, Ramos won five LaLiga titles and…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes Manchester United “will be back” with the help of new investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe’s deal to buy a 27.7% stake in Manchester United was completed on 20 February. The British billionaire says he hopes United can knock cross-city rivals City “off their perch”. Responding to the comments, Guardiola…
Former National Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has emerged Labour Party governorship candidate in Edo state after winning the Party’s governorship primary election. The Returning Officer for the election and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu, declared Akpata as the winner after collating the results. Emetu said the lawyer polled 316…
Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress primary election for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Okpebholo scored 12, 433 votes to defeat other eleven aspirants. Declaring the results on Friday, the Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, who is the Chairman of the Revised APC Edo…
Three-time winners Liverpool were drawn to face Sparta Prague in the Europa League last 16 on Friday, while unbeaten Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen will take on Azeris Qarabag. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will be strong favourites to reach the quarter-finals as they bid for a quadruple in the German’s final season before stepping down as manager….
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, also known as 2baba- the prime suspect in the murder of a former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Bako Angbashim in September last year. While briefing journalists on Friday, CP Tunji Disu said the feat was achieved following…
Winner of PDP governorship primary election in Edo state, Asue Ighodalo, has vowed to reach out to other aspirants in order to work for the party. Ighodalo made this vow in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday monitored by Ekweanaedo He said, “I am going to reach out to all the aspirants…
Mark Selby produced a superb display to thrash Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-0 as he advanced into the semi-finals of the Players Championship in Telford. Four-time world champion Selby compiled breaks of 65, 91, 81, 105 and 59 to race into a 5-0 lead. World number one O’Sullivan made his first half century of the match in…
Francis Ngannou will make his Professional Fighters League debut against the winner of Saturday’s bout between Ryan Bader and Renan Ferreira. The 37-year-old joined the PFL last year but is set to box Britain’s Anthony Joshua in Riyadh on 8 March. Ngannou lost narrowly to Tyson Fury on his boxing debut in October. PFL chief…
