Author: David Great

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken a swipe at former teammate Wayne Rooney and he says he feels “betrayed” by Manchester United as it seems he is being forced out of the club by some persons who do not want him around. Ronaldo, 37, promised in August he would give his version of life at Old Trafford after failing to secure a move away from United to a club playing in the Champions League, as he had hoped. The Portugal forward has now spoken out in a wide-ranging interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV. United have been asked for a response to…

Inter Milan held on to claim an important victory away to fellow Champions League chasers Atalanta in Serie A. Simone Inzaghi’s side had to come from behind at Gewiss Stadium as Ademola Lookman scored his seventh league goal of the season from the penalty spot to put the hosts in front. Edin Dzeko brought the visitors level before half-time with a clever finish after being teed up by Lautaro Martinez, then added his second 10 minutes after the restart. The lead was extended just past the hour mark when Jose Luis Palomino put one through his own net. Although the…

Alejandro Garnacho came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner for Manchester United as they beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage in their final Premier League game before the World Cup break on Sunday. Christian Eriksen, who is set to play for Denmark at the World Cup, scored the opener in the 14th minute, sliding in at the far post to steer the ball home after Anthony Martial and Bruno Fernandes combined cleverly to create the chance. Eriksen had a great chance to double his side’s lead in first-half stoppage time when he was picked out in the box…

Danny Ings scored twice as Aston Villa beat Brighton for their first Premier League away win of the season. Alexis Mac Allister put the hosts ahead after just 49 seconds when he took the ball from Douglas Luiz, following a heavy pass from Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez, and slotted in. It was the fastest Brighton have ever scored in the Premier League. But Ings levelled from the penalty spot in the 20th minute after Lewis Dunk fouled John McGinn in the box. Despite the game being relatively open, Villa were better in the final third and they continued to cause…

An Iranian man, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived in a Paris airport for 18 years has died. Caught in diplomatic limbo, Nasseri made a small area of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport his home in 1988. His experience inspired the 2004 film, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks. Mr Nasseri was eventually given the right to live in France, but he ended up returning to the airport a few weeks ago, where he died of natural causes, an airport official told AFP. Born in 1945 in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, Mr Nasseri first flew to Europe in search of his…

Wisdom Ewaen Aigbe grew up around the art of bronze casting. He could barely tell his left hand from his right when his father started to teach him the craft, and he never looked back. Now a grown man with his own family, he knows every aspect of the art. And that includes sourcing materials to form the figurines in wax and clay to casting figures that fascinated the colonisers so much they stole thousands. “The Aigbe family to which I belong are from the Inneh family. That is the head of the Guild of Bronze Casters,” says Aigbe, who…

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate has accused his two main oppositions of sponsoring fake news against him. Tinubu in a press statement on Sunday signed by Bayo Onanuga, director, of media and publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, said the opposition parties forged a statement purportedly issued by the electoral body, INEC. “The opposition Peoples Democratic Party and its subsidiary Labour Party having realised they have no sure path to victory in the February 2023 presidential election upped their campaign of calumny, disinformation and misinformation on Saturday by sponsoring fake news against the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate,…

Democrats will hold onto control of the US Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden. Still, Republicans remained close to winning control of the US House of Representatives as officials continued counting ballots cast in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. Cortez Masto narrowly defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. With Masto’s victory on the heels of Democratic Senator Mark Kelly winning re-election in Arizona late on Friday, Democrats will control at least 50…

Former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is the favourite to replace Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone if the Spanish club decide to part ways with their Argentine. (Fichajes) Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says talks are taking place with forward Roberto Firmino about extending the 31-year-old’s contract at the club, with the Brazil international’s current deal running out in the summer. (Liverpool Echo) Manchester United keeper David de Gea, 32, will have to take a pay cut of at least £100,000-a-week if he wants to extend his stay with the club. (Daily Star on Sunday) Brighton and Spain keeper Robert Sanchez, 24, is being monitored by Chelsea and Manchester…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from a press release circulated on Friday, 11 November, that it is going to investigate Bola Tinubu for violating the 2022 Electoral Act. The fake press statement made reference to a drug trafficking verdict in the United States against Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate. Responding to the fake press statement, INEC said, “A press release purported to have been issued by the Commission has been trending online since yesterday Friday 11th November 2022. It claims that the Commission has commenced an investigation into a case of criminal forfeiture…