Author: David Great

Liverpool have not made contact with Brighton over a move for 24-year-old Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. (Athletic) Tottenham have asked Barcelona to name their price for Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, 26. (Sport – in Spanish) Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis says the Serie A champions will not sell 24-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, who has been linked with some of Europe’s top clubs, this summer. (Cinque Minuti, via Mail) Former Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33, will leave Chelsea – and wants to return to Barcelona. (Fabrizio Romano) Barcelona are confident of finalising a deal to sign Manchester City and Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 32. (90min) Aston Villa are preparing a move to sign Serbia forward Dusan…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has assured the public that the Friday, May 5 fire incident at gutted the Enugu Zonal Command will not affect its operations. The Secretary to the Commission, George Ekpungu gave the assurance on Sunday, May 7, 2023, during an inspection visit to the EFCC Command. Speaking with journalists after a tour of the facilities affected by the fire incident, Ekpungu expressed relief that the inferno did not affect critical components of the work of the Commission, noting that the digitisation process initiated by the Abdulrsheed Bawa leadership of the Commission had ensured that…

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the multi-billion dollar Dangote oil refinery in two weeks, an aide to the president said on Sunday, setting up the plant for its first production since construction started in 2016. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, sees the 650,000 barrels-per-day refinery – being built by billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote’s Dangote Group – as a solution to ending the country’s reliance on imports for nearly all of its refined petroleum products. Spokesperson Bashir Ahmad said Buhari will commission the refinery, near Lagos, on May 22, a week before he is due to leave office after serving the…

Arsenal showed no sign of slowing down in the hunt for the Premier League title race with a 2-0 victory at Newcastle United on Sunday to close the gap on leaders Manchester City to one point. Defeat would have left Arsenal’s hopes of a first title since 2004 hanging by a thread but Martin Odegaard’s brilliant strike and a Fabian Schar own goal sealed a vital victory. Newcastle, bidding to cement third place and take a big step towards a top-four finish, dominated early on but Odegaard’s sweet strike after 14 minutes gave the visitors the lead. Schar then inadvertently…

A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas, Texas on Saturday, police said. The gunman, whom authorities said they think acted alone and whose motive was not yet known, was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside of the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, the city’s police chief Brian Harvey said at a press conference. Allen fire department chief Jon Boyd told the same press conference that his department took at least nine victims with gunshot wounds to area hospitals. Two of those…

A Mohamed Salah first-half goal was enough to give Liverpool a 1-0 Premier League win over Brentford on Saturday that keeps the pressure on fierce rivals Manchester United in the hunt for Champions League football next season. Their sixth league win in a row left the Merseysiders in fifth spot on 62 points, one behind fourth-placed United, but the Red Devils have two games in hand over Liverpool. Brentford are ninth on 50 points. Before the game got underway, the Liverpool fans loudly booed, whistled and chanted their team’s name as the national anthem was played to mark the coronation…

Federico Dimarco and Romelu Lukaku were both on target as Inter Milan secured a 2-0 victory at AS Roma in Serie A on Saturday, their fifth consecutive win in all competitions. Inter defender Denzel Dumfries squared the ball inside Roma’s six-yard box and Dimarco was in the right place to tap it in from a tight angle just after the half-hour mark. Lukaku sealed the win in the 74th minute with a low strike from the edge of the box after an error by Roma’s defence gifted the ball to the visitors. Inter bounced back to fourth in the table…

Chelsea claimed their first win under interim manager Frank Lampard with a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday to snap a nine-match winless run in all competitions. Late goals from Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix helped Chelsea move up to 11th with 42 points while Bournemouth slipped to 14th, three points behind the London side having played a game more. It was a welcome win for Lampard who had lost his first five games in charge during his second stint while it was also Chelsea’s first win since early March. “It feels great, we just wanted…

Leeds United threatened a late comeback against Premier League leaders Manchester City in Sam Allardyce’s first game in charge. City scored two first-half goals and looked like they will stroll past Leeds but late drama at the Etihad Stadium created a nervy ending for Pep Guardiola’s team. Ilkay Gundogan who scored City’s two goals was handed an opportunity to take the match ball home after Phil Foden was fouled in the box but his penalty was saved by but Leeds goalkeeper Joel Robles sparking an angry reaction from Guardiola who was pointing at Erling Haaland and telling the Norwegian that…

Genoa secured promotion to Serie A on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 win over Ascoli and Bari’s 1-1 draw at Modena, a return to the top flight after one season away. They were relegated last year under German Alexander Blessin after finishing 19th in the standings. US owners 777 Partners sacked Blessin in December and replaced him with former Italian World Cup winner Alberto Gilardino. They moved to 70 points, eight clear of third-placed Bari and four behind leaders Frosinone, and can celebrate direct promotion to the top flight with two games remaining. Their local rivals Sampdoria are bottom of…