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Leeds suffered another damaging defeat in their bid to avoid Premier League relegation as Tottenham secured a dominant victory at Elland Road. Marcelo Bielsa’s struggling side fell behind after just ten minutes when Ryan Sessegnon broke clear down the left and delivered a perfectly weighted cross for Matt Doherty to sweep home. Dejan Kulusevski drilled in the visitors’ second before Harry Kane’s composed finish made it 3-0 on the half-hour mark. Son Heung-min compounded Leeds misery in the second half when he latched on to Kane’s ball over the top of the home defence and beat Illan Meslier with a…

VP commissions diaper manufacturing plant in Lagos, says it marks beginning of greater investments Highlights Government’s Ease of Doing Business reforms Some core economic objectives of the Nigerian government include facilitating private sector collaboration, and adding value through diversification and growth of the country’s non-oil sectors so as to boost rapid economic growth, with jobs and prosperity. This was stated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the official commissioning of the Kimberly-Clark Huggies Diaper Manufacturing Plant in Ikorodu, Lagos State. With about seven million babies born every year in Nigeria, Prof. Osinbajo observed that the market is huge,…

Robert Lewandowski has backed Poland’s boycott of their World Cup play-off against Russia in March because of the invasion of Ukraine, saying “we can’t pretend that nothing is happening”. Polish football association president Cezary Kulesza has said the team “does not intend” to play the game. Russia are due to host Poland in Moscow on 24 March, while Ukraine travel to Scotland on the same day. “The right decision,” tweeted Poland captain Lewandowski. Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski, 33, who is his country’s all-time highest goalscorer, added: “I can’t imagine playing a match with the Russian national team in a situation…

Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, will be seeking to score his record extending 805th official goal when the Red Devils take on Watford in the Premier League matchday 27 set to be televised live on SuperSport Select 2 (GOtv channel 34) at 4pm this Saturday, 26 February 2022. The 37-years-old Portuguese had endured a six-game goal drought before scoring an opener against Brighton and Hove Albion on Matchday 24 as the Red Devils coasted to a 2-0 victory to climb up to number 4 on the league table. Since his return to England, the five time Ballon D’or winner has…

As the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces near Kyiv, some people believe that the United States and NATO could be muting a military action because of President Vladimir Putin’s Satan 2 liquid fueled nuclear missile. The RS-28 Sarmat (Russian: РС-28 Сармат, named after the Sarmatians; NATO reporting name: SS-X-29 or SS-X-30) is a Russian liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under development by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau since 2009. It is intended to replace the R-36M ICBM (SS-18 ‘Satan’) in Russia’s arsenal. The Sarmat is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian President…

Paris St-Germain could make a move for Chelsea’s 30-year-old France midfielder N’Golo Kante in the summer. (Telegraph) PSG’s Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino, 49, has rebuffed advances from Manchester United to take over as boss at Old Trafford as he waits for the chance to take the helm at Real Madrid. (Sport – via Star) England striker Harry Kane, 28, could once again request to leave Tottenham if Antonio Conte leaves his job as Spurs boss. (Express) Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, 31, could leave PSG after just one season, with the ex-Liverpool midfielder linked with Atletico Madrid, West Ham, Newcastle United…

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said “there are so many uncertainties around the situation of our club” amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Blues are owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and a Labour MP has said the UK government should seize his assets. Tuchel was speaking prior to his side’s Carabao Cup final against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday. “We should not pretend this is not an issue,” said Tuchel. “The situation in general [in Ukraine] for me and for my staff, and for everybody at Cobham, the players, is horrible. “Nobody expected this. It’s pretty unreal, like I said…

Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform’s stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused the network of “censorship” and violating “the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens”. Facebook said it had refused to stop fact-checking and labelling content from state-owned news organisations. The move came a day after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. It is unclear what the regulator restrictions mean, or to what extent Facebook’s parent company Meta’s other platforms – WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram – are affected. The regulator had demanded Facebook…

Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been met with fierce resistance, as the Ukrainian military says it has fought off several attacks. The military said in a Facebook post early on Saturday that an army unit managed to repel Russian forces near its base on a major city street. President Zelensky earlier warned Russia would try to “storm” Kyiv. The city government confirmed there was fighting on the streets and urged people to stay at home. According to a report by Interfax-Ukraine, it put out a statement asking people to stay in shelters and to stay away from…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the electoral act amendment bill into law, a development which provides an improved legal framework in the leadup to 2023 electioneering processes and all coming elections. “This is a big win for our electioneering processes and our democracy,” a statement by John Akpanudodehe, APC CECPC national secretary said. He added that, “Since 2015 when the President Buhari-led APC government came into being, our commitment and support for constitutionally-permitted innovations that will improve the transparency and credibility of Nigeria’s electioneering processes and internal democracy, have not been in…