Players and officials of the Nigeria U-15 team also known as the Future Eagles, have been denied visa by the Spanish Embassy to take part in the UEFA U-16 Development Tournament starting on Friday. A post on the Federation’s X handle read, “Players and officials of the Nigeria U15 team, Future Eagles, have been denied visas by the Spanish Embassy and will therefore not be travelling to take part in the UEFA U16 Development Tournament starting on Friday.” The players and officials were supposed to fly into Spain on Tuesday (Today) afternoon for the tournament to which the African giants…
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An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that could have a ripple effect across the globe. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered its ruling in a case brought by more than 2,000 Swiss women, the majority of whom are in their 70s, against Switzerland’s government. They argued that climate change-fueled heat waves undermined their health and quality of life, and put them at risk of dying. The court ruled that the Swiss government had violated some of the women’s…
Sporting manager Ruben Amorim has reportedly reached a verbal agreement in principle with Liverpool. According to Sky Germany, the 39-year-old is believed to have engaged in discussions regarding a three-year contract to potentially succeed Jurgen Klopp. However, Sky Germany noted that a finalized deal between the two clubs is yet to be reached. Sources close to Liverpool have refuted these claims, labeling them as “wholly inaccurate.” They emphasized that the club is conducting a comprehensive assessment of various candidates and has not designated a preferred choice. Amorimwas also reportedly under consideration for the managerial position at Bayern Munich before Thomas…
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines. But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic will be a much more present-day worry that binds their relationship – a common concern over China. “The perceived threat of China has really driven these three together,” said James D.J. Brown, associate professor of political science at Temple University in Tokyo, ahead of this week’s summit between US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine…
Faced with sky-high inflation, low salaries and an overstretched healthcare system, doctors and nurses are leaving Nigeria in their thousands every year for better opportunities abroad. Between 15,000 and 16,000 doctors have departed in the past five years, according to Nigeria’s Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. Today, Africa’s most populous country has just 55,000 doctors for a population of 220 million, he said. The exodus of healthcare workers has heaped extra strain on those who stay, and made choices tough for students thinking about their future. On his way to the Lagos State University College of Medicine, second-year medical student Hassan Adewunmi told AFP…
Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel has identified two Arsenal players his side must be wary of as both sides set to clash in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter final tie. Tuchel highlighted Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka as two influential figures in the Arsenal team. “We know our own strengths and how we want to cause them pain. The Champions League is a competition where we have more experience over the last few years,” he said. “There is a different type of football and that has an influence. We definitely want to use it to our…
EDENVALE, Gauteng – Some subtle swing changes have seen Cara Gorlei jack up her game and the former amateur star from Cape Town is looking forward to contending strongly at this week’s Jabra Ladies Classic that tees off at Glendower Golf Club on Wednesday. This is the final Sunshine Ladies Tour event before the lucrative co-sanctioned tournaments – the Joburg Ladies Open at Modderfontein and the SA Women’s Open at Erinvale – and Gorlei is also honing her game before she returns to campaigning fulltime on the Ladies European Tour. In between her LET commitments, the 28-year-old has finished tied-fifth…
England have appointed Andrew Strawbridge to a permanent position on their coaching staff after his spell as a consultant during the Six Nations, the Rugby Football Union announced Tuesday. The former All Blacks assistant coach spent four weeks working with England head coach Steve Borthwick before returning to his native New Zealand during the tournament. Strawbridge, 59, will now link up with England again before their post-season tour of Japan and New Zealand, with a specific responsibility around the contact area in attack. “Andrew made a huge impression during the time he spent with us at this year’s Six Nations,”…
Bayern Munich defender Eric Dier says he is playing the “best football of my career” and should still be part of the England squad. Dier, who has 49 caps, has not played for England since their World Cup last-16 win over Senegal in December 2022. The 30-year-old joined Bayern Munich in January after almost 10 years at Tottenham. “Since the World Cup, I wouldn’t say that I’ve had any dip in form,” Dier told The Overlap podcast. “I’m playing the best football of my career since (Antonio) Conte came (to manage Tottenham in 2021) and I’ve carried it on since. “People…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has set a date for a military offensive into Rafah. The Israeli army has been planning to send troops into the southern Gazan city for weeks, despite warnings it could lead to high civilian casualties. Mr Netanyahu’s apparent commitment to a date came after he faced calls by far-right government allies to intensify military actions against Hamas. The prime minister’s popularity has plummeted after six months of war. With negotiations with Hamas ongoing in Egypt, Mr Netanyahu is being pushed to agree a hostage-prisoner swap and ceasefire deal by many Israelis – as…
Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard had a successful collarbone operation after sustaining serious injuries in a mass fall last week, his team said Tuesday. The Danish Visma-Lease a Bike rider was hospitalised after suffering rib and collarbone fractures and sustaining lung damage in the shocking incident during the Tour of the Basque Country race. Vingegaard, 27, who won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, is hoping to complete a hat-trick of victories this summer but the crash has put his participation under significant doubt. “Jonas had a successful operation on his collarbone,” said Visma on social…
The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly has accused Rivers State Assembly members, loyal to the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, of allegedly breaching the Peace Accord brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the political crisis in the State. The coalition, in a statement by its spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere (PDP, Imo State), frowned at the recent statement by the Martin Amaewhule-led 27 members of the Rivers House of Assembly accusing Governor Fubara of committing impeachable offences, among other infractions. The coalition stated that since their defection to APC, the state assembly members have been…
An explanation of how one extra Premier League club could qualify for the 2024/25 Uefa Champions League campaign. Two leagues in Europe this season will be rewarded with an extra place in the revamped 2024/25 Uefa Champions League (UCL) based on the record of their clubs in all of Uefa’s competitions this campaign. That means in the case of the Premier League, as well as the top four-placed teams, the club finishing fifth could go straight into the Uefa Champions League. That is great news for the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Manchester United, who seem at present…
A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. The women, mostly in their 70s, said that their age and gender made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of heatwaves linked to climate change. The court said Switzerland’s efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate. It is the first time the powerful court has ruled on global warming. Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg joined activists celebrating at the court in Strasbourg on Tuesday. “We still can’t really believe it. We keep asking our lawyers, ‘is…
The former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, been acquitted of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG, over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. The decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja to acquit Okoh was predicated on the Court’s findings that there was no basis to hold him in contempt and commital over the said dispute. Okoh, who was relieved of his position as DG of BPE in January 2024, had battled contempt charges and commital rulings by…
Borussia Dortmund will be without top scorer Donyell Malen for their trip to Madrid to face Atletico on Wednesday in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, the German side announced on Tuesday. The Dutch international, who has scored 11 Bundesliga goals this season, as many as centre-forward Niclas Fuellkrug, missed Dortmund’s last two fixtures after picking up a thigh injury while on international duty and has yet to recover from a separate illness. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough (time) and he’s still a bit infectious. It’s a shame. Apart from him, everyone else is available,” said Dortmund’s sporting director…
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed Champions League quarterfinal opponents Borussia Dortmund as the “hardest” team his side could have drawn on Tuesday. The German side, fifth in the Bundesliga, are widely seen as the weakest team left in the competition but Atletico coach Simeone disagreed. Atletico host Dortmund in the first leg at the Metropolitano stadium on Wednesday, bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2017. “Borussia are the hardest opponent,” Simeone argued at a news conference. “They have a lot of good qualities, they’ve not lost away from home in four months, and they are…
Germany has said Israel’s security is at the “core” of its foreign policy, as it defends a genocide case brought against it at the UN’s highest court. Nicaragua had accused it of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN’s aid agency. Berlin rejected the claims at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday. In 2023 some 30% of Israel’s military equipment purchases came from Germany. The purchases totalled €300m ($326m; £257m). The allegations build on a separate case taken by South Africa in January, where judges…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has appointed Samuel Enobong Akpan as the new Head of Media to handle its publicity and media relations. Akpan is the immediate-past General Manager and Head of Station of Inspiration 105.9 FM, Uyo. Announcing the appointment in a press statement issued in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital and signed by the State Chairman of AFAN, Prince Bassey Inwang, he hinted that the New Media Head of the umbrella body of all farmers in the State was bringing in a wealth of experience spanning over 25 years in the…
Most of those on board were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about cholera. At least 94 people, including children, have died and 26 others are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of Mozambique, say officials. The vessel was an overloaded fishing boat and was not licenced to transport people, Lourenco Machado, an administrator of the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) said on state television on Monday. “On Sunday we registered a maritime incident where at least 94 people died when a barge carrying 130 people capsized. We have recovered…