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USAIN BOLT has announced his first move into football… Bolt teased fans over the weekend with a message claiming he’s signed for his first football team. And now it has been announced he will take part in Soccer Aid, opposite Robbie Williams, in a charity match at Old Trafford. The friendly match will take place at Old Trafford on Sunday ...

    The Play and Learn Foundation is embarking on their 4th edition of “Street Love Project “, an initiative to raise funds to feed and clothe about 500 homeless people at selected streets of Accra. The 2018 edition is scheduled on 10th March 2018 with converging point at the National Theatre at 4am. The Foundation which have been supporting ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Nemanja Matic has finally revealed what Jose Mourinho put on his note during the Red Devils’ 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday. Matic was handed a piece of paper by Eric Bailly from Mourinho during the latter stages of Manchester United’s Chelsea win. The Serbia international was spotted smirking at the note with fans speculating on what ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho was reportedly unhappy with Alexis Sanchez, Nemanja Matic and Anthony Martial during the Red Devils’ 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday. Manchester United bounced back from an early Chelsea blow with Romelu Lukaku and Jesse Lingard firing them to victory. The Red Devils, however, were far from their best with Lingard’s late winner calming an ...

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe celebrated his 94th birthday on Saturday with a private black-tie party hosted by his family, three months after he was ousted from power. Mugabe’s birthday was previously a major public event in Zimbabwe, marked by an outpouring of fawning congratulations and tributes in official media from regime loyalists, government ministries and agencies. His actual birthday ...

Parents in Nigeria have released a list of the 105 young women they say are still missing nearly a week after Boko Haram militants attacked a northeastern part of the country. The government yesterday officially put the number of missing girls at ‘one hundred and ten’ with the information minister declaring that ‘we will not rest until we’ve found the ...

Experts gathered in Nigeria’s capital on Monday to discuss ways to stop Africa’s Lake Chad from drying up, after years of environmental decline that has hit livelihoods and security. The two-day conference, organised by the government in Abuja and the Lake Chad Basin Commission, aims to “save the lake from extinction”, according to UNESCO, which is backing the talks. A ...

A Tanzanian legislator has been handed a five month jail term for defaming President John Pombe Magufuli in a ‘hate speech’ delivered while addressing a rally on December 30, last year. The Senior Resident Magistrate at Mbeya Resident Magistrate Court, Michael Mteite delivered the ruling against the member of parliament for Mbeya Urban, Joseph Mbilinyi, popularly known as ‘Sugu’. Mbilinyi, ...

LIVERPOOL attacker Roberto Firmino is underrated. That’s according to his Anfield team mate Trent Alexander-Arnold who has praised the forward after bagging his 22nd goal of the season in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over West Ham. Mohamed Salah has received most praise on Merseyside this season, the Egyptian bagging himself 31 goals this campaign. But Alexander-Arnold believes Brazilian Firmino should gain ...

ROMELU LUKAKU insists he deserves more respect for his goal-scoring consistency. But the Belgium striker admits he will only silence his critics when he wins trophies with Manchester United. Lukaku has been labelled a ‘flat-track bully’ for scoring the bulk of his goals in his career against lower placed teams. His strike against Chelsea in United’s 2-1 win yesterday was ...