Dimitar Berbatov says Wes Brown and Nemanja Vidic used to “kick” him around on the training pitch during their days together at Man Utd. The ex-Bulgaria international signed for Manchester United in 2008 from Tottenham for a reported £30.75m fee. Berbatov went on to score 56 goals in 149 appearances for the Old Trafford outfit […]

League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has warned the season could be cancelled if clubs did not agree to playing at neutral venues. When asked if clubs voted against playing at neutral venues would lead to the season being cancelled, Bevan told BBC Radio 4: “Yes, I think that probably is correct.” “The Government, […]

  By Bashir Bello KANO – The Kano State government says it has recorded five additional deaths from the coronavirus pandemic as number of confirmed positive cases rise to 427 in the state. The State Ministry of Health confirmed this in an early Thursday morning tweet on it official twitter handle. With the five more […]

The German Bundesliga looks set to be the first of Europe’s ‘Big Five’ leagues to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic after the federal government gave the go-ahead on Wednesday. Clubs in the top two tiers of German football have been back in training since last month with a view to restarting the 2019-20 season in […]

Video game publishers EA and Activision soundly beat earnings estimates Tuesday, but their stocks went in opposite directions on their future guidance. Activision ended Monday up more than 6 percent after predicting that gamers will continue turning to free-to-play games like its mega-popular “Call of Duty: Warzone” due to the financial impact of the coronavirus. […]

Kano State Ex-commissioner of Works and Infrastructural Development, Engr. Mu’az Magaji sacked for celebrating the death of late Abba Kyari has also tested positive for coronavirus pandemic.

Former Nigeria international John Utaka believes Gernot Rohr needs support to succeed as coach of the Super Eagles. The German tactician was appointed as manager of the West Africans in 2016 and has made a meaningful contribution to the side since his arrival. Rohr is set to sign a new contract with the Nigeria Football […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni has debunked reports of Covid-19 related deaths in the state, and asked Nigerians to disregard an online report alleging the contrary. An online news portal had claimed that scores of people had died in the state in recent days as a result of Covid-19, but […]

A major aviation stakeholder, Mr  Fortune Idu, Chairman, FCI International (NIGAV Centre) has called on the federal government to urgently establish aviation development bank to assist the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN to  maintain and run the current 22 federal airports in the country.

By Rotimi Fasan Does anyone still believe the lie of the Kano State government that the sudden increase in the number of dead people in the state is the result of some mysterious disease? Even before the presidential committee on COVID-19 returned the damning report that the so-called mysterious deaths in Kano were caused by […]

The Ekiti Government on Wednesday said it would prosecute a positive case of COVID-19 who defied the interstate travel ban to enter the state from Katsina State. The woman, who came from Katsina to visit her husband working in the state, was discovered to have contracted COVID-19. The discovery was made after her husband, a […]

San Francisco is using private donations to deliver alcohol, tobacco, and medical marijuana to a few dozen people dealing with addiction as they isolate or quarantine in city-leased hotel rooms during the pandemic, officials confirmed Wednesday. There are about 270 people, mostly homeless, staying in hotel rooms to recover from COVID-19 or to wait out […]

Demand inclusion of Almajiris in social register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Non Governmental Organisations under the auspices of Advocates for Dan Almajiri, ADA, have alleged exclusion of over 9.5 million Almajiri children from the government’s palliative under the current lockdown and stay-at-home orders. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of five […]

British Airways owner IAG said Thursday it plunged into the red in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic grounded planes, adding that pre-crisis passenger demand would not return until 2023. The company suffered a huge net loss of 1.68 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in the three months to the end of March, when the […]

Rafa Nadal believes he’s played his last tennis of 2020 and has predicted the sport won’t return until next year’s Australian Open. Like every other major sport, tennis has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen Wimbledon, which was scheduled for July, and September’s French Open cancelled in recent weeks. The ATP […]