Andy Robertson will captain Scotland vs England as players celebrate Euro 2020 qualification, Ryan Christie cries tears of joy and even Steve Clarke can’t hide emotions

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 Ryan Christie couldn’t control the tears, Andy Robertson fought them off and even Steve Clarke admitted he’d have a cry. Scotland reached a major tournament for the first time since 1998 and the players enjoyed every moment of it in Belgrade. Scotland made everyone watching back home proud and Andy Robertson hoped fans were able to party Clarke’s side beat Serbia on penalties to reach Euro 2020 and will join England in Group D at next summer’s European Championship, which...

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Greg Clarke: England Football Association chairman quits over 'outdated' reference to black players

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 In this file photo dated Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, England's FA Chairman Greg Clarke poses for photographers as he arrives on the occasion of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome.   -   Copyright  AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, FILEThe chairman of the Football Association in England has resigned over "unacceptable words" he used to refer to black players before a parliamentary committee.Greg Clarke, also a...

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Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of rape and false imprisonment at his home

Friday, November 13, 2020 SPORT No Comments

  A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and rape.   Police said the alleged incident occurred at his home last month.    Authorities confirmed that officers had executed a warrant at an address and arrested a man on suspicion of rape and false imprisonment on Wednesday, November 11th.    The man has not yet been named for legal reasons but police are still investigating the case.    In the statement to MailOnline,...

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‘My son committed suicide after losing N7m in SARS illegal detention’- Mother tells Ogun judicial panel

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  A Nigerian mum has shared the sad story of how her son, Seyi Akinade, killed himself after losing N7 million in forex trading following his arrest and illegal detention by SARS operatives.   DailyTrust reports that Mrs. Funmilayo Akinade, on Thursday, November 12, told the judicial panel in Ogun state that her son was a student of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta FUNAAB. She said on February 3 this year, operatives from the Zonal Intervention Squad of SARS,...

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Barack Obama admits his job as the US President took a toll on his marriage

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  Barack Obama says that the stress involved in his job as the President of the United States caused issues with wife Michelle.   In his new 768 page memoir A Promised Land, he reveals how being the leader of the US took a toll on his now 28 year marriage to wife Michelle, 56.    Obama said that behind the scenes, friends and even family treated her as “secondary” in importance to him.   Obama writes that once they were in the White House as America’s first family...

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#EndSARS: ‘We all love you’ — Tafa Balogun appeals to policemen to resume duty

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  A former inspector general of police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, has appealed to police officers to return to their duty posts.   Many police stations were burnt and policemen were killed by the hoodlums during the crisis that broke out after the #EndSARS protests were hijacked by hoodlums. Police officers across the country have not fully returned to work as they complain that their morale to work has dropped.    However, in a statement released on Thursday,...

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212 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

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  212 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday November 12, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).    A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-71, Imo-26, Plateau-26, FCT-19, Ondo-17, Kaduna-14, Rivers-9, Oyo-9, Katsina-6, Osun-4, Bauchi-2, Ekiti-2,  Nasarawa-2, Ogun-2, Kano-1, Kwara-1, Taraba-1.    There are now 64,728 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,162 deaths have been...

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El-Rufai sues Reno Omokri, Chdi Odinkalu and others for N1.5bn

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  Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has filed a N1.5 billion defamation suit against former presidential spokesperson Reno Omokri, Professor Chidi Odinkalu and others.    Others joined in the defamation lawsuit filed by his lawyer  A.U. Mustapha (SAN) before the FCT High Court are Thisday Newspaper, Daniel Elombah, Elombah Communications, Barrister Joseph Onu and Auta Nyada.   In the lawsuit filed against Reno Omokri, the Kaduna state Governor said...

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