Football is not without injuries and suspensions. Some players need more time to recover, while others return to the pitch quicker. Apart from physiological needs, there are also different degrees of severity of injuries: some injuries make players ready to play after a week, while some injuries force them to stay out of action for a season. The Dailysports team has prepared a special table especially for you, together with which you can follow the latest news in the EPL about injuries, disqualifications and absences of all key players in the league. This information will help you if you are…
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Britain’s Dan Evans suffered a 70-minute defeat by Sebastian Ofner in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters. World number 50 Evans, playing his second match of the season on clay, lost 6-1 6-4 to the Austrian. Evans had two break points in the opening game of the match but could not convert and went on to lose the next four games in a row. He dropped serve early in the second set and, despite a late wobble from Ofner, could not force a decider. British number three Evans has not won back-to-back singles matches on the ATP Tour…
The African Export-Import Bank is scheduled to give Nigeria a $1.05 billion syndicated loan secured by oil the following month. The loan is a component of a bigger prepayment facility worth $3.3 billion that Afreximbank set up, and its terms are dependent on the delivery of crude oil by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Company Ltd. Denys Denya, Senior Executive Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Banking at Afreximbank, reportedly confirmed the verification of crude availability, clearing the way for the balance to be released in full within the next month, according to Bloomberg. The loan is intended to boost hard currency…
Since moving to Tottenham in July 2021 for £21 million, Spanish winger Bryan Gil has struggled to adapt to English football. The 23-year-old’s loan spells at Sevilla and Valencia didn’t help either, and now there are plenty of indications that he won’t stay in London for long. According to Vamos Mi Sevilla FC, Spurs are ready to sell the player in the summer, despite Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou’s claims that Gil is “fantastic”. It is true that his sale will not earn money, but on the contrary, the club will go into a minus because of him. The same source reports…
Nelly Korda beat Leona Maguire to win the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas for her fourth straight LPGA Tour victory. American Korda, 25, won four of the first seven holes as she beat Ireland’s Maguire 4&3. Korda, ranked number one in the world, is the first woman to win four straight tournaments since Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa in 2008. “I can’t even wrap my head around it,” said Korda. “Such a whirlwind of the last three weeks. I just feel like I was just in go-mode constantly.” Korda was five up after 12 holes before Maguire showed…
In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, PSG will host Barcelona on their home turf. Dailysports has prepared information for you on where and when to watch this match. PSG vs Barcelona: what to know about the match? PSG found themselves in the “group of death” and competed against Borussia Dortmund, Milan, and Newcastle. The Parisians accrued eight points and edged out Milan on additional criteria. In the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, PSG comfortably progressed past Real Sociedad, winning the first leg 2-0 and the return leg 2-1. Regarding recent results, PSG has…
The Champions League returns this week with Manchester City once again having to find a way past La Liga leaders Real Madrid. These two sides have met in the knockout stages in three of the past four seasons, including at the semi-final stage in 2022 and 2023. The first leg of their quarter-final takes place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, 9 April before the second at Etihad Stadium on 17 April. City won 4-2 on aggregate in the last 16 in 2020, Real triumphed 6-5 on aggregate after extra time in a thrilling semi-final in 2022, but Pep Guardiola…
Former South African National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was released on bail by a court in Pretoria on Thursday, shortly after charges were announced against her. Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula denied any wrongdoing. However, South Africa prosecutors had accused her of corruption and money laundering the day after she resigned amid allegations of graft during her tenure as defence minister. As a result, investigators raided her home last month as part of the probe. Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula, 67, also stepped down from parliament on Wednesday. Lead prosecutor Bheki Manyathi informed the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court that she faced 12 corruption charges and one count…
Northern Ireland manager Tanya Oxtoby will miss their Euro 2025 qualifier in Bosnia-Herzegovina through illness. Australian Oxtoby did not travel with the team on Sunday after a virus hit the Northern Ireland camp. Coach Stuart McLaren will take charge of Tuesday’s match in Zenica. A number of Northern Ireland players and staff had been affected by the virus in the lead-up to Friday’s goalless draw with Malta at Windsor Park. “Unfortunately Tanya became very unwell on Saturday evening in Dublin before our travel to Bosnia on Sunday morning and the decision was taken for her to remain in Dublin and reassess how…
Twenty-eight-year-old UK-based Nigerian travel content creator and solo driver, Pelumi Nubi, has donated the car used for her trip to the J Randle Center for Yoruba Culture and History In January, Pelumi announced plans to travel from London to Lagos by road, and after 68 days on the road, she arrived in Lagos on Sunday, April 7, 2024, and was welcomed by the Hon Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, and the Special Adviser, Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Idris Aregbe. She travelled across 17 countries, through England, France, Spain, Morocco, and the West Sahara Desert. On Monday, Pelumi was hosted…
Ukrainian Soldiers Allege Russian Use of Illegal Chemical Gas in Attacks Ukraine has accused Russia of conducting illegal chemical gas attacks against its soldiers. Ukrainian troops revealed to the UK Daily Telegraph that Russia has frequently targeted them with small drones that release tear gas and other chemicals. The use of such substances, also known as CS, is banned during wartime under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Moscow was accused of using chemical weapons in a drone assault on the port of Mariupol in the early stages of its invasion in February 2022. Slava, a senior lieutenant…
Pope Francis has denounced abortions and the carrying of children by surrogate mothers as grave offences against human dignity. In a declaration of principles published by the Vatican on Monday, the head of the Catholic Church also described gender reassignment and “gender theory’’. Pope said gender theory is an offence against what he said was the God-given dignity of human beings. A human being whether unborn or not is always something sacred and inviolable, according to the document. The termination of a pregnancy means nothing other than denying human dignity to the “most defenceless’’ beings. The Vatican’s latest declaration draws…
Eid el-Fitr: Sultan orders Muslims to look for new moon on Monday The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has instructed Muslim faithful across the country to begin the search for the new moon of Shawwal 1445 AH on Monday. This directive was conveyed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that Monday 8th April, 2024 which is equivalent to 29th day of Ramadan 1445AH shall be the day to look for the new…
Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, Monday, appointed 38-year-old Omobayo Marvellous as the new deputy governor of the state. His appointment followed the impeachment of the former deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu. Omobayo has since been sworn in by the Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. In his speech, Omobayo said he would support Governor Godwin Obaseki to finish strong in his second term. Here are things to know about the 38-year-old deputy governor. Omobayo was born on July 19, 1986, and hails from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo local government area. He has a B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronics…
Masters champion Jon Rahm has called for the LIV Golf League to move to 72 holes and believes his lucrative switch to the breakaway tour could prove a “tipping point” in the ongoing battle for the future of men’s professional golf. The 29-year-old Spaniard is looking forward to his Augusta title defence this week having finished joint fourth at last week’s LIV event in Miami, although he led his Legion XIII quartet to victory in the team event. For the first time this year, all of the world’s best players will be at the same venue when the Masters tees…
Travel content creator Pelumi Nubi, 28, has just returned from her lone road trip to Lagos, Nigeria, from London, United Kingdom. Her arrival was announced on Sunday via Gboyega Akosile’s X account, the governor of Lagos State’s special advisor on media and publicity. He said that Nubi, a British-Nigerian citizen, was welcomed by the Lagos State Government after he made the lone drive at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border. He wrote, “Lagos State Government gives a hero’s welcome to peluminubi_ , a Nigeria-British citizen who who did a solo drive from London to Lagos. “Pelumi was received at the Nigeria-Benin Republic…
Captain Leah Williamson will make her first England appearance in a year in Tuesday’s Euro 2025 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland, manager Sarina Wiegman confirmed. Williamson suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in April 2023 and missed the Women’s World Cup. She was an unused substitute in Friday’s 1-1 draw with Sweden. “It will be emotional,” said Williamson, who captained England to the Euro 2022 title. She added: “I’m an emotional person. We’ve all seen me cry on many occasions. It was emotional on Friday because if there’s a team you want to be in, in the world, England would be…
No fewer than six persons lost their lives, while 20 others sustained various degrees of injuries in three separate accidents across Ogun State on Monday. 26 people reportedly escaped unhurt from the crashes. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, revealed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The first crash, according to Okpe, occurred at Fidiwo along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around 3.40 am and claimed two lives while two persons were injured. The accident involved a Toyota bus with number plate GBJ915XA and another Golf car…
Hong Kong authorities have made the city’s largest ever gold smuggling bust, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as machine parts. The haul is estimated to be worth more than $10m (£8m) and was intercepted last month on route to Japan. A 31-year-old man has been arrested and released on bail pending further investigations. Smuggling is a serious offence and carries up to seven years in jail under Hong Kong law. Customs officials say they made the discovery while examining two air compressors – departing in a cargo shipment to Japan on 27 March – which drew suspicions due…
Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa has sworn in Omobayo Godwin, 37, as the new deputy governor of the state. Omobayo was appointed by Governor Godwin Obaseki immediately after the impeachment of Philip Shaibu on Monday. Recall the Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the embattled deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the Assembly to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. The impeachment proceedings culminated in a dramatic vote that saw Shaibu ousted from his position. The proceedings were initiated earlier this week.…