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Burnley have sacked manager, Sean Dyche, with eight games left of their season in the Premier League. Burnley chairman, Alan Pace said it was "an incredibly difficult decision" to part with Dyche, but "they felt a change was needed. The Clarets, who have lost five of their last six top-flight games, are 18th and four points from safety. Dyche was the Premier League's longest serving manager, having taken over at […]
Russia's defense ministry has said a Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk in the black sea.The Defense ministry said the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Moskby, which had 510-crew missile cruisers was being pulled to port when stormy seas caused it to sink, adding that the vessel lost its balance due to damage sustained in the hull as fire broke out after ammunition […]
American actor, Cuba Gooding Junior yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of forcible touching in a protracted criminal case accusing him of violating three different women at various Manhattan nightspots in 2018 and 2019. The single guilty plea came nearly three years after Gooding Juniors's arrest in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to get the charges reduced or dismissed. The 54 year old Gooding Junior who also admitted […]
A car carrying the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison's security team overturned and rolled down a dam today with four officers taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. In a statement released by the state’s police, disclosed that their car overturned after an accident with unmarked police car while the prime minister was on the campaign trail in Tasmania ahead of May 21 elections. Though the Prime Minister was not […]
Authorities say the death toll from floods and mudslides after rainstorms struck the South African port city of Durban and surrounding areas in Kwazulu-Natal province has reached 59. The country’s meteorologists last night forecasted more disruptive rains on the way, but expected the rainfall system to weaken considerably today, a disaster that has unleashed massive damage to lives and infrastructure, affecting all races and classes from rural areas, townships to […]
Arnaut Danjuma's early goal secured Villarreal a deserved 1-0 win against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Former Bournemouth winger Danjuma gave the Spaniards a slender advantage going into the return leg by scoring the only goal early in the first half at Estadio De La Ceramica but it could have been worse for Bayern, who produced a disappointing display, as Villarreal had another effort […]
Germain and Morocco right-back Achraf Hakimi are among the 12 nominees for the 2022 Marc-Vivien Foe award for the best African player in France's Ligue 1. Mali and Rennes captain Hamari Traore and Saint-Etienne and Tunisia midfielder Wahbi Khazri are also on the shortlist. Meanwhile, two former winners - Angers' Sofiane Boufal of Morocco and Lyon's Cameroon forward Karl Toko Ekanbi - are in the race to succeed last year's victor, Gael Kakuta of […]
Burkina Fasos ousted President Roch Kabore has been allowed to return to his home in the capital, Ouagadougou. Kaboré was under house arrest in a ministerial villa in the capital since January when he was ousted in a coup led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henry Damiba, who is now the head of state. His party confirmed to newsmen that he had been freed, without giving further details. The announcement of his […]
Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle over his 2017 hit, Shape of You. A judge ruled today that the singer-songwriter had not plagiarised the 2015 song Oh Why by Sami Chokri. Chokri, a grime artist who performs under the name Sami Switch, had claimed the "Oh I" hook in Sheeran's track was "strikingly similar" to an "Oh why" refrain in his own track but Sheeran said he […]
