Following a spell on the sidelines this season, Manchester City midfielder Jack Grealish has returned to the form he was in when the club won the treble last term, manager Pep Guardiola said ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Luton Town. The 28-year-old made 50 appearances in City’s 2022-23 campaign, scoring five goals and registering 11 assists to help his side win the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup. However, his playing time has been limited this season due to injuries. Grealish has made 31 appearances in all competitions this campaign, scoring three goals with three assists. He returned to action…
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Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen of 2023-24 stand on the cusp of greatness, with just 11 matches theoretically between them and a record undefeated season for a top-five European league team. Of the 42 matches they have so far played this campaign, they have won 37, drawn five and lost a grand total of zero. Bayer could win the Bundesliga for the first time in their history this weekend when they take on Werder Bremen, while they won their Europa League quarter-final first leg against West Ham 2-0 and face second-division Kaiserslautern in the German Cup final on May 25. Should…
The 2024 Serie A season runs from April 13th to December 8th Joilson Marconne/CBF After four long months, the Campeonato Brasileiro is back. The 2024 Serie A season kicks off on Saturday (April 13th) with four matches and runs until December 8th. Palmeiras are the reigning two-time Brazilian champions. Abel Ferreira’s side are seeking a feat that only Muricy Ramalho’s Sao Paulo managed in the points race, between 2006 and 2008: three consecutive titles. Follow Brazil’s Serie A on Flashscore. But Serie A is full of contenders to dethrone Verdão. Although Flamengo are the most likely, other clubs could spring a surprise, as Botafogo did for much…
OJ Simpson appeared to know the end was near — as the former NFL star’s friends visited to say their goodbyes over the past week. Simpson, who became infamous during his murder trial in the 90s, received visits from a slew of his friends who flew into Las Vegas to say farewell, sources told TMZ. It was not immediately clear which friends dropped by to visit the former running back, who was in Sin City receiving treatment for prostate cancer. Sources told the outlet that Simpson was communicating well, but it was clear that there was not much time left to…
J. Cole‘s Might Delete Later was really more than an album title as he has officially pulled the album’s Kendrick Lamar diss, “7 Minute Drill,” from all streaming platforms. HipHopDX verified the song had been pulled from all platforms after the internet caught wind late on Friday afternoon (April 12). The move comes after Cole publicly apologized to Kendrick for the song while performing at Dreamville Festival over the weekend – where he promised to scrub the song. “I’m so proud of [Might Delete Later], except for one part. It’s one part of that shit that makes me feel like, man that’s the lamest shit I did…
Wembley Stadium looks set to host the all-British heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. The long-awaited bout looks set to go ahead if Fury wins against Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 in Riyadh. And Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum is confident that London rather than Saudi Arabia will play host to the super fight. He said: “The Saudis also, with having all this money, who can dictate the place, are very intelligent and they would, I think, like nothing more than to do that fight in Wembley with 95,000 people where they were the promoters. “I think that would do more for their image than…
Cardi B has been open about the fact she has yet to obtain a drivers license, but she’s finally on the road to doing so – quite literally. In an Instagram Live on Thursday night (April 11), the Bronx native attempted to learn how to drive in her Rolls Royce – one of many cars she owns that she previously said just sit around and “collect dust.” After a brief time behind the wheel, Cardi switched places with her driving instructor after admitting she was too nervous to back up. She then turned to the camera to give some insight on her new…
Rick Ross doesn’t see anything wrong with smoking weed while working out and he doesn’t understand why anyone else does either. Taking to his Instagram Story on Thursday (April 11), Rozay questioned why people took issue with him enjoying some herbal refreshments while getting fit. “I got a question,” he began. “Everybody that’s training, for the ones in my DM – what y’all see wrong with smoking a little cannabis, smoking some marijuana while you work out? What’s the problem? “You gon’ smoke after you work out. You smoke before you work out. What’s the problem? I feel great. I feel…
Nigeria skipper William Troost-Ekong believes Victor Osimhen has what it takes to be a future captain of the Super Eagles. The 30-year-old has been a leader in the national team since making his debut in June 2015 in an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Chad. Troost-Ekong was born in the Netherlands and represented the European nation at U19 and U20 levels before switching nationality to play for Nigeria. He has since made 71 appearances for the Super Eagles, while starring in multiple tournaments, including the 2016 Olympics in Rio, two AFCONs and one FIFA World Cup. Troost-Ekong’s latest tournament was the 2023…
Machine Gun Kelly was looking forward to finally attending Coachella this year after allegedly having been banned since 2012, but daddy-daughter time is going to take precedence instead. In a post to Twitter/X on Friday (April 12), the Cleveland native explained that his 14-year-old daughter Casie has a volleyball tournament that falls on the same days as the annual festival this year (which takes place April 13 and 14, then again on April 20 and 21). He also said they banned him in 2012 – for reasons he doesn’t even know. “never been to a coachella, they banned me in 2012…
Rafael Nadal will make his return to ATP competition for the first time since January when he plays Flavio Cobolli in the Barcelona Open next week. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has played just once, in an exhibition match, since he felt a hip injury flare-up during his quarter-final defeat by Jordan Thompson in the Brisbane Open.
Future has further fueled rumors that he has beef with Drake after releasing an original version of one of the 6 God’s songs on his new album with Metro Boomin. We Still Don’t Trust You — the follow-up to last month’s We Don’t Trust You — arrived on Friday (April 12) and includes a track called “This Sunday,” which features the same hook as Drake’s “Feel No Ways.” Future is credited as a co-writer on the Views cut, although it’s unclear if it originally belonged to the Atlanta rapper or he simply created it as a reference track for his What a Time To Be Alive collaborator. “This Sunday” previously leaked…
•Shocking no indicted person held accountable —Eze Onyekpere •Govt must urgently develop strategy to address corruption —Dr Zikirullahi Five years after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, launched with fanfare, a robust effort to verify the execution of constituency projects by Nigerian lawmakers across the country, the anti-graft agency has failed to prosecute those it indicted in its yearly reports in accordance with the Act setting up the commission. The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 which established the ICPC vested it “with the responsibility for investigation and prosecution of offenders thereof”. Records have shown that…
In the years after World War Two, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb. Sweden hasn’t fought a war since 1814. But for more than 20 years after the end of World War Two, this formerly neutral northern European country pursued a plan to equip its military with the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb. The government finally shut the programme down in 1968 after a long public debate. Sweden thereby joined a unique club of nations – which includes Switzerland, Ukraine and South Africa – who gave up their nuclear weapons programmes and showed the world that…
When news broke of men at Westminster being targeted by flirtatious WhatsApp messages from mysterious figures calling themselves “Charlie” or “Abi” many assumed it was a classic honeytrap. Some MPs were quick to point the finger at Russia, China and other “hostile states” suspected of using nefarious tactics to obtain compromising material. But it now looks a lot less straightforward than that. Security sources are steering us away from the hostile state theory. So who was behind the scam (if that’s what it was)? And what did Charlie and Abi want? Here is what we know – and, almost as…
League leaders, Arsenal will face another test in Aston Villa as they continue their quest for an elusive title in a very tight top-of-the-table race. As Aston Villa notably slow down towards the end of the season a new defensive vulnerability has opened up. All three of Brentford’s goals in the 3-3 draw last weekend came from Sergio Reguilon crosses down Villa’s right, following a trend that has been going on for some time. Manchester City’s first goal in a 4-1 win the previous match was a cutback after Lucas Digne was beaten down Villa’s left; West Ham’s goal in the 1-1 draw was a cross from Villa’s left; and three of Spurs’ goals…
On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury of the first criminal trial of a former president. Donald Trump is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush money payment made shortly before the 2016 election to an adult film star with whom he allegedly had an affair. It will be up to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and Mr Trump’s legal team to weed through the masses of New Yorkers to find 12 people capable of setting aside their feelings about one…
A United States-based Nigerian scholar, Dr Robert Sola Okojie, has been inducted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Inventors Hall of Fame for his incredible 21 patented inventions. Okojie has worked with NASA, a US government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space, for over 20 years. He developed silicon carbide-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) which are used in extreme environments. With his years with NASA, Okojie has been recognised as the leading expert in designing the world’s first thermally stable ohmic contact metallisation on silicon carbide at record-breaking temperatures for extended periods. His…
US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner than later”, as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month. Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been behind it. US officials have told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, that a major attack on Israel could happen imminently. Israel says it is ready to defend itself. Mr Biden told Iran : “Don’t.” “We are devoted to the defence of Israel. We will support Israel,” Mr Biden said. “We will…
Eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos as they fled a busy Sydney shopping mall where a knifeman killed six people and wounded several others. “It was carnage,” said a witness, who was in a cafe nearby with his two young children as the attack began. The man, who did not want to be named, told ABC News he saw a man suddenly “stabbing people indiscriminately”. Crowds poured from Westfield shopping centre in Bondi when the terrifying incident began just after 3pm. “It was insanity,” a visibly upset woman said, as she described seeing a wounded woman lying on the floor.…