Erling Haaland’s summer move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City could be confirmed this week. BBC Sport has heard from separate sources the £63m transfer for the 21-year-old Norwegian is agreed, with an announcement expected soon in Germany. City are refusing to respond to the widespread reports. Privately they say the deal is not done – though their definition of ...
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Ukraine bid to join EU will take decades says Macron
It will take decades for Ukraine to be accepted into the European Union, France’s Emmanuel Macron has said. In a speech to the EU’s parliament in Strasbourg, he instead suggested Ukraine could join a “parallel European community” while it awaited a decision. https://selfupload.visas-uk.tlscontact.com/ Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below; This would allow non-EU members ...
Read More »Mike Tyson punches man on plane
Mike Tyson seemed to lose his cool on a plane on Wednesday night … repeatedly punching a man in the face after the guy had apparently annoyed him. TMZ Sports has learned … the incident all went down at around 10:30 PM PT as Tyson was slated to fly out of San Francisco International Airport to Florida. A witness on the plane ...
Read More »Manchester United appoint Erik Ten Hag as new Manager
Manchester United have appointed Ajax coach Erik ten Hag as their next manager. The Dutchman, 52, will take over from interim boss Ralf Rangnick at the end of this season on a three-year deal which can be extended by a year. Rangnick, who replaced the sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November, is set to move into a consultancy role. Ten ...
Read More »Elon Musk snaps up $3bn Twitter stake
Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a US securities filing. The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading. The Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on 14 March, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stake is worth $2.89bn (£2.20bn), based on Twitter’s closing price on Friday. The stake makes him ...
Read More »Senegal: Rising food prices ahead of Ramadan
With less than 10 days to go before Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, Senegal is experiencing an increase in the price of basic foodstuffs. Many residents are lamenting the increase in prices with some in the capital Dakar pointing to the closure of Senegal’s border with Mali as the main cause. “The closure of the Mali border has ...
Read More »Nigerian First Lady’s birthday video sparks outrage
Some people online have expressed anger after footage emerged of a group of Nigerian governors’ wives celebrating the first lady’s birthday, apparently in Dubai. Aisha Buhari’s birthday was on 17 February, when she turned 51, but the video has only just emerged. It is not clear when it was filmed. A group of women, who local media say are wives ...
Read More »Russia’s richest 22 billionaires have lost $39bn in one day after the invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s 22 richest individuals saw their net worths plunge by a collective $39 billion in less than 24 hours after their country invaded Ukraine, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The wealth wipeout came after Moscow’s benchmark MOEX Russia Index crashed and closed 33% lower on Thursday. The Russian billionaires lost more money on Thursday than they had lost year-to-date ...
Read More »Roman Abramovich: Chelsea owner’s assets should be seized- Labour MP tells government
Chelsea owner and Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich should have his assets seized, an MP has told the government. Speaking in the House of Commons, Labour MP Chris Bryant said he had a leaked Home Office document which suggested Abramovich should not be allowed to be based in the UK. It showed that at the time, Bryant said, Abramovich was of ...
Read More »Ukraine conflict: Champions League final moved from Russia to Paris
The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after Russia was stripped of the match following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. The final of Europe’s most prestigious club competition was due to be played in St Petersburg on 28 May. Following a meeting on Friday, Uefa confirmed the match would not be held at the Gazprom Arena. Instead ...
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