January 7, 2020

Stokes Inspires England To Dramatic Series Victory

January 7, 2020 5:23 pm

Ben Stokes produced an explosive spell of bowling as England beat South Africa by 189 runs inside the last hour of the fifth day of the second Test at Newlands on Tuesday.

The win levelled the four-match World Test championship series.

South Africa were bowled out for 248, with the last wicket falling when only 8.2 overs were left in the match.

Stokes took the last three wickets in the space of 14 balls to clinch the victory. He finished with three for 35.

South Africa defied the England bowlers for most of the day. Only three wickets fell before

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Smoke Delays Unlikely At Australian Open, Say Organisers

January 7, 2020 5:23 pm

Smoke from bushfires is unlikely to delay the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam, organisers said on Tuesday, insisting they have pulled out all the stops to protect the health and safety of players.

With the opening major of 2020 due to start at January 20, Melbourne has been blanketed by haze in recent days from blazes burning to the east — part of Australia’s bushfire crisis that has left 25 people dead.

Novak Djokovic, president of the ATP players council, said organisers should consider delaying the tournament, as a last resort, if conditions did not improve.

But Tennis Australia …

Iranians Mass For Burial In Hometown Of General

January 7, 2020 5:22 pm

Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq.

The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force foreign operations arm appeared to match the huge turnout seen in the cities of Tehran, Qom, Mashhad and Ahvaz.

A hugely popular figure in the Islamic republic, Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport on Friday in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which

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Liverpool Youngster Brewster Joins Swansea On Loan

January 7, 2020 5:18 pm

Liverpool forward Rhian Brewster has joined Championship side Swansea on loan for the remainder of the season.

The 19-year-old, who shot to fame as the top scorer when England won the under-17 World Cup in 2017, is highly rated at Anfield but has found first-team opportunities hard to come by as Liverpool’s established attackers continue to shine.

Brewster has made three appearances for the Liverpool first team, all in the League Cup and FA Cup earlier this season.

The England Under-21 international holds a Champions League winners’ medal having been an unused substitute in the 2-0 win over Tottenham in

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Lasitskene And Shubenkov Lead Russian Athletes’ Rebellion

January 7, 2020 5:18 pm

Four Russian athletes, including three-time high-jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene, on Tuesday urged their fellow competitors to challenge their country’s athletics body over its handling of its doping ban.

Lasitskene, alongside 2015 110m hurdles world champion Sergey Shubenkov, pole vault world champion Anzhelika Sidorova and former hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov, is looking to use RUSAF’s long-dormant Athletes Commission to speed up changes within the governing body.

Launching a new Instagram page for the commission, the group urged fellow athletes to “work together” to “change Russian athletics’ current situation”.

Last month the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to ban Russia from …

Sadio Mane Crowned Africa’s 2019 Player Of The Year

January 7, 2020 5:18 pm

Liverpool star Sadio Mane was crowned on Tuesday as Africa’s 2019 Player of the Year for the first time at an awards gala in Egypt on Tuesday.

The 27-year old Senegalese striker was up against his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian who won the award the last two years, and Algerian Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City.

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“I am really happy and at the same time I am really proud to win this award,” said Mane at the ceremony organised by the Confederation of African Football in the Egyptian Red Sea …

Wawrinka Starts New Year With Win Over Chardy

January 7, 2020 5:17 pm

Stan Wawrinka opened his 2020 season with a straight-sets win over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Doha.

The three-time Grand Slam champion, the top seed in Qatar, eased to a 6-3, 6-4 victory to set up a last-eight tie against Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene.

The 34-year-old battled back from a break down in the second set to win in under an hour and a half.

The Swiss star was 66th in the ATP rankings 12 months ago after struggling with knee injuries, but a solid 2019 campaign has seen him rise to

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Spurs Lose Injured Sissoko Until April

January 7, 2020 5:16 pm

Tottenham suffered another injury blow on Tuesday with the news that midfielder Moussa Sissoko will be sidelined until April after undergoing knee surgery.

The French international suffered medial collateral ligament damage during a 1-0 defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day.

“Following a clinical assessment and scans, Moussa Sissoko has today undergone surgery to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee,” Tottenham said in a statement.

“Our medical staff will monitor Moussa’s recovery before he commences rehabilitation with a view to returning to training in early April.”

Sissoko will miss at least 10 Premier League matches, including clashes with …

We’re Not Here For A Walk’, Zidane Says Of Super Cup

January 7, 2020 5:15 pm

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his team is solely focused on lifting the Spanish Super Cup trophy ahead of this week’s revamped four-team competition taking place in Saudi Arabia.

“We’re not coming here for a walk,” Zidane said at a news conference Tuesday, on the eve of his team’s semi-final against Copa del Rey holders Valencia in Jeddah.

“It’s the first edition in Saudi Arabia and the competition is a great hope. It’s an important competition and we want to give our all to play a good match tomorrow (Wednesday),” said Zidane.

“It’s a one-off match. It’s not like …

Kidnappers Of Ondo APC Chairman, Ajulo Request ₦10m Ransom

January 7, 2020 1:51 pm

Following the kidnap of a chieftain of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, James Tolorunju Ajulo on Sunday, his abductors have demanded the sum of N10 million ransom for his release.

The gunmen were said to have contacted the family of the victim some hours after his kidnap from his Akungba-Akoko residence in Ondo State.

NAN had reported how Ajulo, a factional ward chairman of the APC in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State was seized from his Ibaka residence area of the town
after an outing.

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Foreign Minister Explains Why Iran Must Retaliate

January 7, 2020 1:50 pm

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister has again warned the United States that its days in the Middle East are “numbered.”

Zarif had issued a similar threat earlier when he declared that the work to end “US malign presence in West Asia had begun.”

The Minister described the US assassination of a top Iranian military commander, Qassem Soleimani and others last week as “an act of war. “

In an interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Zarif said Iran’s response to Soleimani’s assassination would come in due course.

“Iran will respond because there was an act of war –

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Buhari Reverses Suspension Of REA MD, Ogunbiyi

January 7, 2020 1:36 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reversed the suspension of the Managing Director of Rural Electricity Agency (REA) Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi.

THISDAY recalls that the Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman on Dec. 31st ordered the suspension of the Managing Director of Rural Electrification, Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi.

Ogunbiyi was suspended over alleged malpractices on December 31.

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The federal government, however, accepted her resignation to enable her take up her new role in the United Nations.

The presidency Twitter account posted, “President Buhari has directed that the suspension of Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi from …

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