Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Mauricio Pochettino would be joined by his four close confidants if he gets the job at Stamford Bridge. According to The Times, Pochettino would be going to Stamford with his assistant and head of conditioning Jesus Perez, first-team coach Miguel D’Agostino, goalkeeper coach, Toni Jimenez and his son, Sebastiano, a sports scientist. Perez, D’Agostino and Jimenez have been at the side of the Argentine for most of his managerial career. They were with him at Southampton and Tottenham and followed him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. The Argentine has emerged as favourite to become the new boss at Chelsea and…

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said Monday. “By the end of this month, India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people, matching and then surpassing the population of mainland China,” the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs said. Last week the UN’s annual State of World Population report said the milestone would come by midyear 2023. India is topping China due to both rapid growth in its own population and a decline in China’s after hitting 1.426 billion last year. Regarded as…

Tottenham fired interim manager Cristian Stellini on Monday after chairman Daniel Levy branded Sunday’s 6-1 defeat at Newcastle “wholly unacceptable”. Stellini, who was only put in charge last month after his former boss Antonio Conte left the club, would be replaced by Ryan Mason with immediate effect. Conte’s long-term assistant won only one of his four games in charge, dealing what appears a fatal blow to Spurs’ chances of Champions League football next season. Tottenham still sit fifth in the Premier League but are six points adrift of the top four and have played at least one game more than…

A total of 2,300 prospective corps members were deployed to Bauchi State to perform their mandatory one-year national service by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the 2023 Batch A Stream 2 service. This was disclosed by the Bauchi State coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Rifkatu Yakubu, on Monday when answering questions from journalists in Bauchi ahead of the orientation programme scheduled to hold between April 26 and May 16. Yakubu informed that the three-week programme for the new corps members would hold at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wailo Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. According to…

Al Nassr has decided to sign Cristiano Ronaldo’s choice of manager as a replacement for sacked Rudi Garcia. According to WinWin Sports, via AS, the club wants to ensure that Ronaldo unites with Luis Enrique and the Saudi club has set its sight on the Asturian coach. Enrique parted ways with the Spanish National team after the World Cup in Qatar and has been fighting hard to get a new job since then. Enrique is still in line for the take of the vacant position left behind by the sacking of Graham Potter at Chelsea with the Blues expressing keen…

President-elect, Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria. Tinubu’s return was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga. He was received at the Abuja international airport by the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and some state governors. Tweeting about his arrival, Onanuga wrote: “Jagaban lands in Abuja, Vice President elect Kashim Shettima and governors at the airport reception for President elect Tinubu.” This put to rest weeks of speculations regarding his health status and whereabouts.

President-elect, Bola Tinubu is expected back in the country today. Tinubu’s return to Nigeria was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on Monday. Onanuga disclosed that the President-elect has been on vacation in France. Tweeting, Onanuga wrote: “Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after weeks of a well deserved vacation in France. E kaabo! Se dada le de!” Tinubu’s absence from Nigeria’s political scene has been a subject of controversy. Reports had it that on March 22, Tinubu was secretly ferried abroad for medical treatment. The reports alleged that Tinubu took ill after…

The federal government said last night that the only viable way to evacuate Nigerians out of war-torn Sudan was by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, disclosed this in an interview on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Recall that Nigerians based in Sudan, including over 5,500 students, have been calling on the government to evacuate them out of the Horn of Africa country since the crisis broke out in the country two weeks ago. He said: ”We have been working round the clock in the past two days to get Nigerians out of Sudan. First, we have told…

In a bid to ensure a safe environment, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved new policies on climate change to address emerging concerns. The Governor, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed said the approval of the climate programme was in fulfilment of his election promises to address the threatening environmental crises facing Osun and the world at large. The new agenda, according to the statement, includes the making of a climate change and adaptation policy for Osun state, the creation of the state climate advisory board, the establishment of a climate tracking research unit at the…

Burnley missed the chance to secure the Championship title as QPR’s 2-1 win at Turf Moor hauled the visitors towards survival. Vincent Kompany’s men have already secured promotion to the Premier League, but their unbeaten home record was undone three minutes from time by Chris Martin’s winner. After a run of just two points from the previous 21 available, Gareth Ainsworth’s side were hardly expected to worry the league leaders but went ahead through captain Sam Field’s volley on 58 minutes. Burnley levelled with 14 minutes to go when Manuel Benson curled an unstoppable finish into the far corner of…

Marco Asensio scored one and made another as Real Madrid comfortably beat Celta Vigo in La Liga. Asensio opened the scoring with a first-time finish after Vinicius Junior’s cutback into the box. A bullet header by Eder Militao from Asensio’s corner three minutes into the second half sealed victory for Carlo Ancelotti’s side. Barcelona, eight points clear of second-placed Real at the top of the table, host Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Iago Aspas had Celta’s best chance of the match when he just had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to beat but the Belgian saved at full stretch. Los Blancos had a…

Riyad Mahrez scored the first hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final since 1958 as Manchester City kept their quest for the Treble on course by outclassing Sheffield United at Wembley. The Blades battled gamely throughout and even missed a big early chance when Iliman Ndiaye saw his shot saved by Stefan Ortega but once Mahrez scored his first from the spot two minutes before half-time, City made their class count. The Algerian opened the scoring after Daniel Jebbison fouled Bernardo Silva, before taking advantage of a wide-open Sheffield United defence to score the second with a solo effort just after…