Author: David Great

Chelsea will turn to Paris St-Germain and France defender Presnel Kimpembe, 26, if Barcelona succeed in hijacking Jules Kounde’s move to Stamford Bridge. (Express) Barcelona hope to beat Chelsea’s bid of 65m euros (£55.3m) in instalments for France defender Kounde, 23, by offering Sevilla a smaller sum in one go. (Sport – in Spanish). Bayern Munich have made contact with the representatives of Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane, 28, who has not ruled out a move to the German champions next summer. (Bild – in German) Atletico Madrid have stepped up their pursuit to sign Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, by placing France striker Antoine Griezmann, 31, on the…

Barcelona’s new signing Raphinha scored the only goal as Barcelona beat Real Madrid in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Brazil international joined the La Liga giants from Leeds United in a deal worth up to £55m earlier this month. ???? Barça capture #ElClásico in Las Vegas! pic.twitter.com/2kIYdS8Wy1 — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 24, 2022 He has now scored two goals in two pre-season games in the United States. His goal came in the 27th minute after he intercepted a wayward pass from Real’s Eder Militao to secure the win in a match in which Robert Lewandowski made his debut…

Erling Haaland scored on his debut as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich in a match twice held up by a lightning storm in Wisconsin on Saturday night. Haaland, who joined City for £51.2m from Borussia Dortmund, scored after 12 minutes in the pre-season friendly. The 22-year-old missed the first match of City’s US tour, against Mexico’s Club America, with injury niggles. And City boss Pep Guardiola said the forward “needs time”. ➡️ @KevinDeBruyne ➡️ @JackGrealish ⚽️ @ErlingHaaland ⚽️#ManCity | @Sure pic.twitter.com/eaoGPnZsut — Manchester City (@ManCity) July 24, 2022 Haaland’s goal came from a whipped cross from man of the match…

Thomas Tuchel questioned Chelsea’s commitment and said they need signings urgently after a 4-0 pre-season defeat by Arsenal in Florida on Saturday. Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Albert Sambi Lokonga scored in a comprehensive Gunners win. Chelsea manager Tuchel suggested his side may not be ready for their Premier League opener at Everton on 6 August. “I am far from relaxed,” Tuchel said. “We were simply not good enough. We were simply not competitive.” Three games. Nine goals. Three wins. ???????? USA: ✅ pic.twitter.com/OuRXsXau0w — Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 24, 2022 The Gunners dominated the match in front of…

A Max Air aircraft, flight VM1645, on Saturday evening made an emergency landing in Abuja after the pilot detected a fault. Chronicle NG reports that the Abuja to Lagos bound Boeing 737 MAX aircraft developed a fault midair, causing the plane to stop-start. After several attempts by the pilot to fire the plane failed, he announced that the aircraft will have to return to Abuja about 25 minutes after it left the Abuja airport. A Chronicle NG staff on the flight noted that the plane eventually landed in Abuja and was forcefully brought to a stop on the ramp of…

Barcelona are ’99 per cent’ certain to sign Sevilla defender Jules Kounde after hijacking Chelsea’s transfer agreement, according to some reports in Spain. The 23-year-old French international was expected to undergo medicals in London as he looked set to complete a £55million switch. On Friday, Barca put in an improved bid for Kounde who reportedly prefers a the Spanish giants. According to reporter Gerard Romero, the La Liga rivals have successful negotiated a deal and the transfer is virtually completed. He tweeted: “This morning Barca and Sevilla have reached an agreement principle for Jules Kounde. “The operation is closed by…

Respondents voted for Glo in the “Most Innovative Network” category owing to its unique products and value-added services such as Glo Berekete, Glo Café, and friendly recharge and data plans”, organizers of the Beacon of ICT Awards have revealed. Besides these, the award organizers further disclosed that the company’s remarkable achievements conferred the “Most Reliable Mobile 4G LTE Network” and “Most Innovative Mobile Network of the Year”. The awards were given at the 13th edition of the event recently held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, with the theme “Impact of Blockchain Technology in a Digitalized Nigeria” during which…

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the defeat suffered by the ruling party in the just concluded governorship election in Osun state, was a divine test from Almighty Allah. He said this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored in Kaduna.a He said it has now become imperative to all party members to rectify all that they were doing which are not in line with the mission of the APC , as they approach the Presidential election in 2023. “This has shown that we have a big task ahead.…

A Nigerian Army Staff Sergeant, Bulama Salish from 232 Battalion, attached to 23 Brigade SP BN in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa state, has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl. The victim is said to be the daughter of Malam Abubakar, a resident of Maiha LGA in Adamawa. According to reports, the rape incident was disclosed in a memo on the situation report on a rape case. The Staff Sergeant, Bulama Salish with 97NA/45/7383 is said to have been apprehended and locked up in 23 Brigade SP BN custody for further action. A soldier, Corporal Aliyu…

Ukraine and Russia have signed “mirror” deals which will allow Kyiv to resume exports of grain through the Black Sea. The agreement will allow millions of tonnes of grain, currently trapped in Ukraine by the war, to be exported. The world shortage of Ukrainian grain since Russia’s 24 February invasion has left millions at risk of hunger. However, Kyiv refused to sign a direct deal with Moscow, and warned “provocations” would be met with “an immediate military response”. Both sides attended the signing ceremony in Istanbul but did not sit at the same table. Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu signed…