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Aaron Cockman, the father of four children found shot dead along with their mother and grandmother in Osmington, a rural community in Western Australia has pointed the finger of blame at their grandfather. Cockman said he believed that Peter Miles, 61, had not “snapped” but had been “thinking this through for a long time”. The bodies of Miles, his wife Cynda, daughter Katrina and four grandchildren were found in Osmington on Friday. Police have said they are not looking for any other suspects. They have not confirmed the identity of the killer but say they believe him to be among…

Chelsea missed out on a place in next season’s Champions League after being beaten by Newcastle’s outstanding performance on the last day of the Premier League campaign. The Blues had a chance of sneaking into the top four by winning against the Magpies, but Liverpool’s victory over Brighton means they finish fifth and must settle for a Europa League spot. Last year’s champions were second best throughout the game at St James’ Park and fell behind through Dwight Gayle’s close-range header. A barrage at goal from the hosts forced visiting goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to make sharp saves off the impressive…

Tottenham ended the season by winning a sensational nine-goal thriller against Leicester in their final Premier League game at Wembley. The hosts trailed 1-0 after four minutes and 3-1 after 47 minutes but were pegged back to 4-4 in the second half before Harry Kane curled in the winner in the 76th minute. It was Kane’s second goal of the game, after he levelled following Jamie Vardy’s opener, which takes him to 30 goals for the season for the first time. Spurs were 2-1 behind at half-time after Riyad Mahrez had added to Vardy’s early header and three minutes after…

Arsene Wenger’s reign as Arsenal manager came to an end with a victory over Huddersfield on the final day of the Premier League season. The game had little riding on it, with Huddersfield having already avoided relegation and Arsenal finishing sixth no matter what, and was played in front of a carnival atmosphere at John Smith’s Stadium. It was Wenger’s 1,235-game and he came out to a rapturous reception and went over to applaud the Arsenal fans, taking a bow before kick-off. Both sets of fans gave him a standing ovation after 22 minutes – to celebrate his 22 years…

Mohamed Salah set a Premier League scoring record as Liverpool sealed a place in next season’s Champions League with victory over Brighton. Jurgen Klopp’s side were slow to start but blew the Seagulls away once they had found their best. It was an impressive performance on a perfect sunny afternoon at Anfield with the Champions League final against Real Madrid to come on 26 May. By providing the game’s opener, Salah scored his 32nd goal of the campaign – the most by a player in a 38-game Premier League season. After Salah’s low finish from Dominic Solanke’s pass, Dejan Lovren…

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League’s Player of the Season award. The 25-year-old Egypt international has scored 31 goals in 37 league matches in his first season since signing from Roma for £34m. He will beat the record of 31 goals in a 38-game season if he scores against Brighton on Sunday. Salah also won the PFA Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Association of the Year awards. Salah, who had an unsuccessful spell at Chelsea from 2014 to 2016, has scored 43 goals in 50 games in all competitions for Liverpool. READ: Roberto Mancini leaves…

Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has agreed to leave Zenit St Petersburg by mutual consent. The 53-year-old has been heavily linked with the vacant manager’s job of the Italian national team. Former Inter Milan boss Mancini took charge of Zenit in June 2017, and they are fifth in the Russian Premier League “Zenit and Roberto Mancini agree to an early end to the manager’s contract,” the club said in a statement. “The contract will be terminated by mutual consent without any compensation payable.” Mancini began his managerial career at Fiorentina who were cash-stricken at the time. At 35, he…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned Mr. Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers requesting him to use his good offices to “prevail on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to end persistent disobedience of court rulings and orders and uphold the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended) and the country’s international obligations on protection of the independence and integrity of the judiciary.” The organization said, “Selective enforcement of court orders if not urgently addressed would ultimately put the rule of law in Nigeria under siege.” In the petition dated 11 May 2018 and…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, NSCDC, says it has deployed about 2,000 personnel ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to Jigawa, beginning on Monday. The corps’s Spokesman in the state, SC Adamu Shehu, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday. “The Jigawa State Command of NSCDC has fully prepared towards the two-day visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. “The command is deploying about 2,000 special tactical operational squad and Intelligence officers drawn from the state command and neighbouring formations in Kano and Bauchi States to assist in the provision of security,” Shehu…

Kayode Fayemi, winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti state has called on other contestants to join him in ensuring APC wins the governorship election on 14 July. The APC flag bearer said his victory was not his alone, but belonged to all the contestants. He announced the formation of a Candidate Advisory Committee, with all the contestants as members and said he would be ready to work with all of them to achieve victory for the APC. Fayemi, who is a former governor of Ekiti was followed to the podium by all the…