Factfile on Pep Guardiola who will leave Bayern Munich to take over as Manchester City coach at the end of the season: Name: Josep Guardiola Age: 45 Date of birth: January 18, 1971 Birthplace: Santpedor, Spain Playing career Position: defensive midfielder Teams: Barcelona (ESP/1990-2001), Brescia (ITA/2001-2002), Roma (ITA/2002-2003), Brescia (ITA/2003), Al-Ahli (QTR/2003-2005), Dorados (MEX/2005-2006) Managerial […]

Outgoing Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola will take over from Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City on a three-year deal from the end of the season, admitting it was a “risk” but also an opportunity he could not turn down. “If I were 55 or 60 years old, I’d stay (at Bayern) until Karl-Heinz Rummenigge or […]

Five facts on Manuel Pellegrini who will leave Manchester City at the end of the season to be replaced by Pep Guardiola. – Respect for Guardiola Despite being moved aside for the trophy-laden Catalan, Pellegrini has previously expressed his admiration for Guardiola and other unassuming successful coaches like Spanish World Cup winner Vicente del Bosque […]

A stellar cast of football figures including Jose Mourinho and Luis Figo appeared in support of Gianni Infantino’s FIFA presidential bid at an event at London’s Wembley Stadium on Monday.

Defence lawyers for fallen Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo on Monday accused his bitter rival President Alassane Ouattara of seizing power by force aided by former colonial power France, after disputed 2010 polls.

A college picnic to the beach turned into a tragedy on Monday when at least thirteen students drowned off India’s west coast after they went swimming, police and officials said.

The tail end of 2015 already gave discerning Nigerians a sign that the coming year would be challenging and many citizens expected the introduction of policy that would help ameliorate the difficulties of these austere times and the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration did not disappoint them. Commendably, the government reduced the price of premium motor spirits by 50 kobo.

As was recently reported in the news, I have taken up the new position of Chairman of the Board for Konga.com. We looked ahead into 2016 and beyond, and saw the challenges coming with the slower Nigerian economy, given the drop in the price of oil and other commodities, and the expected “knock on” effect for consumer retail in the country. And I came to the realization that I had a difficult choice to make; Either continue to manage the day-to-day affairs for konga.com as CEO, or prepare the company for the implications of the coming 4th Industrial Revolution, the slower overall economy and help identify the new opportunities that all these changes present as Chairman of the Board. Well, given those two options the choice was easy for me to make.

Pope Francis told gossip-loving priests and nuns to bite their tongues on Monday, and warned those breaking their vow of obedience to fall into line sharpish. “If you get an urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, bite your tongue! Hard!” the pontiff said in an improvised speech to members of the clergy marking the end of the Year of Consecrated Life.

Outgoing Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola will take over from Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City on a three-year deal from the end of the season, admitting it was a “risk” but also an opportunity he could not turn down.

At least 85 people were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram insurgents in a village near the restive north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a state commissioner said on Monday. Borno State health commissioner Haruna Mshelia said 75 bodies were brought into the hospitals, while 10 others had been buried on Sunday. He gave the new toll while briefing the state deputy governor and a military commander on Saturday’s attack in Dalori, some 12 kilometres (seven miles)from Maiduguri, the state capital.

Outgoing Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola will take over from Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City on a three-year deal from the end of the season, the English club announced Monday.

African leaders have backed a Kenyan proposal pushing for a pullout from the International Criminal Court, leaders said Sunday, repeating claims it unfairly targets the continent. Chad’s President Idriss Deby, elected African Union chairman at the two-day summit, criticised the court for focusing its efforts on African leaders. “Elsewhere in the world, many things happen — many flagrant violations of human rights — but nobody cares,” Deby said at the close of the summit late Sunday, which had an official theme of protecting human rights.

Donors at the African Union summit pledged on Monday $250 million (229 million euros) for the fight against Boko Haram insurgents, AU Peace and Security Council chief Smail Chergui said. Boko Haram, facing the heat of a military onslaught in Nigeria, has in the past year stepped up cross-border attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon, while continuing shooting and suicide assaults on markets, mosques and other mostly civilian targets within Nigeria itself.

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, has remanded, Johnson Fabelurin, 23; Olalekan Oladejo, 21; and Toheeb Farayola, 22; in prison custody for alleged ganged rape of a 19-year-old lady. The accused persons were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful carnal knowledge and exhibiting its video coverage.