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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool gets higher odds in this evening’s champion’s league encounter with Bayern at Anfield with an odd of 2.09 in favour of Liverpool. According to mybet.africa even though the odds favour Liverpool, matches between these two sides have always been uncompromising. Statistics show that Bayern is a force to reckon with and judging from the current performance of ...

Little Rudolph ‘Blaze’ Ingram is 1.5 seconds closer to following in the footsteps of Usain Bolt as the fastest man on earth and he’s only seven years old. In a new clip posted on the Florida boy’s Instagram page Sunday, the youngster shows he has improved since his staggering feat of completing a 100-meter race in 14.59 seconds last August. ...

Mauro Icardi has been stripped of the Inter Milan captaincy in favour of goalkeeper Samir Handanovic amid speculation the Argentina forward is set to leave the club, the Italian outfit announced on Wednesday. “The club can confirm that Samir Handanovic is the new captain of the team,” the Serie A outfit tweeted. The switch comes as Icardi, 25, has yet ...

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been found guilty on all 10 counts at his drug-trafficking trial at a federal court in New York. Guzmán, 61, was convicted on numerous counts including the distribution of cocaine and heroin, illegal firearms possession and money laundering. He has yet to be sentenced, but the verdict could mean life in jail. ...

Information available to BEATWAVES indicates that American superstar Robert Sylvester Kelly, known on the international music scene as R. Kelly, will host a major musical concert Ghana this year. The American singer, songwriter and record producer will headline and share the stage together with some selected Ghanaian home-grown performing artistes. The American singer is among many celebrities from the diaspora ...

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is to get his own show on Russian state television channel RT, the station said on Monday. The fortnightly programme titled “On the touchline with Jose Mourinho” will provide coverage of the UEFA Champions League from March 7 with the 56-year-old Portuguese analysing the matches.​ “I’m going to talk about football on RT. What ...

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has been appointed the new manager of League Two side Oldham, with the ex-England international taking his first steps into coaching. The 44-year-old has, outside of a brief spell working under Ryan Giggs in 2014 during the Welshman’s spell as caretaker manager at Old Trafford, focused on punditry work since hanging up his boots. He ...

Dua Lipa won best new artist and Kacey Musgraves took home album of the year at a female-first Grammy Awards. Musgraves won four prizes in total for Golden Hour, her critically-acclaimed third album, which blends country with elements of psychedelia. She dedicated the award to “my sweet husband” with whom she fell in love as she recorded the album. Dua ...

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich said Monday they have formed a partnership with the Korean Football Association as part of a strategy that could help the Bavarians uncover young talent in Asia. “There’s a plethora of youth structures and talent there. Korea is one of the leading Asian countries in this area, so this partnership is an excellent fit for FC ...

PEP GUARDIOLA has suggested he picked Manchester City over Chelsea because of the sacking culture at the London club. Guardiola’s Manchester City have piled the pressure on Maurizio Sarri by inflicting a humiliating 6-0 defeat at the Etihad yesterday. And Guardiola was asked about his counterpart at the end of the game revealing he enjoyed the freedom he is allowed ...