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Pope Francis has risked the wrath of football fans around the world by declaring that Lionel Messi is not, in fact, God. Messi, widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport, has had yet another mesmeric campaign for Barcelona, scoring 41 goals in 38 games, and is idolized like a deity by millions across the globe. ...

Students and residents in Kenya’s Nakuru county came out in large numbers to throw a grand welcome party for the return of Science teacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi who recently won the prestigous global award for teaching. Tabichi who teaches at Keriko Mixed Day secondary school in Nakuru located in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, has been recognized for his efforts towards ...

Mozambican authorities are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in areas affected by Cyclone Idai. A massive vaccination program has kicked off in Beira, the country’s second largest city which was devastated by the disaster. The World Health Organisation has warned of a spike in cases of the disease in the coming days. Cholera is contracted by consuming food or ...

The beauty and heritage of Cairo’s downtown area seem to be fading away. Residents are wrestling to preserve the cosmopolitan heritage as authorities prepare a new capital in the desert. The old European-style buildings, big avenues, facades and bronze statues, all have a story to tell. Historians are expressing their concerns. They are disappointed in the Egyptian government’s unwillingness to ...

Sierra Leone’s Finance Minister says over a billion dollars of state funds cannot be accounted for following a technical audit into government transactions over a three-year period. Local media reports that minister Jacob Jusu Saffa used the term “stolen” for the unaccounted for funds siphoned between 2015 and 2018. The audit looked into the affairs of eleven state run entities ...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE has thrown Gareth Bale’s Real Madrid future into further doubt after admitting he is planning to ‘make changes’ for next season. Bale has cut an increasingly frustrated figure at the Bernabeu and has been heavily linked with a switch to Manchester United after starting only 18 La Liga games this season. He was frozen out under former manager ...

CHELSEA boss Maurizio Sarri is not happy with fans chanting they want him out of the club. The Blues were lucky to beat Cardiff 2-1 at the weekend with supporters calling for the Italian to be axed throughout. But Sarri was defiant in his press conference today ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Brighton tomorrow night (7.45pm). He said: “I am ...

MESUT OZIL will discover on Sunday if his recent upsurge in form has been enough that Arsenal boss Unai Emery finally trusts him. The German playmaker was named man-of-the-match by Arsenal fans at the Emirates after his part in the comfortable 2-0 win over Newcastle that lifts the Gunners back up to third place. However, it has not been his ...

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has told Real Madrid they are wasting their time chasing Paul Pogba insisting the player has told him he is “happy” and staying put at Old Trafford. Speculation linking the midfielder with a move to the Bernabeu grew last week after the France international suggested it would be “a dream” to play for the Spanish giants. Flames ...

There are few jobs in professional sport as tough as being an elite-level football manager. The stakes at the very pinnacle of the game are ludicrously high, with a poor run of results usually ending up in the boss being given the boot. However, one solace for those men in charge of the world’s biggest clubs is that the pay ...