MEXICAN PRESIDENT MEETS INFANTINO TO DISCUSS 2026 WORLD CUP PLANS
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Thursday to discuss preparations for the 2026 football World Cup, which Mexico will co-host...
FRENCH JOURNALIST ‘ISOLATED’ IN ALGERIAN PRISON AMID PARIS-ALGIERS TENSIONS
A prominent French sports journalist sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria at the end of June is in “fighting mood” but feels “isolated”,...
SOUTH AFRICAN COURT UPHOLDS 18-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR NIGERIAN IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE
BY OWOLABI OLUWADARA The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday, affirmed the conviction and 18-year incarceration sentence of Nigerian national, Chinedu Justice...
AMORIM APOLOGISES AFTER GRIMSBY DUMP MAN UNITED OUT OF LEAGUE CUP
Ruben Amorim apologised to Manchester United fans after a humiliating League Cup defeat to fourth-tier Grimsby Town on Wednesday. United had fought back from 2-0...
GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH, KILLING 2 CHILDREN, INJURING 17
Agency Report Two children were shot dead when a gunman attacked a Minneapolis church on Wednesday, with 17 people injured, 14 of them children, police...
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS SUSPENDED AT GREENLAND’S NUUK AIRPORT
International departures have been temporarily suspended at Greenland’s Nuuk airport, the Danish transport ministry said on Wednesday, less than a year after a new runway...
TAYLOR SWIFT AND NFL STAR TRAVIS KELCE ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Pop icon Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are officially engaged, the couple confirmed on Tuesday...
US TO BACK EXTENDING UN PEACEKEEPING MANDATE IN LEBANON: ENVOY
US envoy Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that his country would approve the extension of the United Nations peacekeepers’ mandate in Lebanon for one more...
POTBELLY MAY NOT BE RECRUITED INTO FIRE SERVICE – FFS WARNS
BY OWOLABI OLUWDARA The Federal Fire Service of Nigeria has urged potential firefighter candidates awaiting the publication of the recruitment shortlist to be prepared both...
TWO MEN PUBLICLY FLOGGED IN INDONESIA FOR SAME-SEX RELATIONS
Two men were publicly flogged 76 times each in Indonesia’s conservative province of Aceh on Tuesday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by...