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Luka Modric has been named in Croatia 24-man squad for the opening matches of their Uefa Nations League campaign. The Croat, who turns 39 in September, has made 178 appearances for his country, having made his debut at the age of 20 in 2006. Following Croatia exit at the group stage of Euro 2024 this summer, there was uncertainty over whether Modric would continue to play for the national side. But after team-mates Domagoj Vida and Marcelo Brozovic both announced their retirements from international football, head coach Zlatko Dalic said he was “happy that our captain remains on board”. “He…

Thierry Henry has resigned from his position as France Under-21s manager after leading his country to a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. The 47-year-old signed a two-year deal to manage the side in 2023. Thierry Henry lead an under-23 side on home turf at the Paris Games, where France lost the final 5-3 to Spain in extra time. The former Arsenal and Barcelona striker’s contract had been due to run until after next year’s European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia, but Henry has decided to step away from the role. “Winning the silver medal at the Olympic Games for my…

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on Sunday, according to police at the scene. In their statement the Brigades added that their “martyrdom operations” inside Israel would return to the forefront as long as the “occupation’s massacres and assassination policy continue” – an allusion to Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the July…

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Zacch Adedeji, said there are plans to introduce a law that would overhaul the process of revenue administration in Nigeria next month. This is as he decried the fact that Nigeria had no law guiding the digital market in Nigeria, particularly the crypto currency. Adedeji made this statement at the 2024 stakeholders’ engagement with the Senate and House Committees on Finance, organized by the Intergovernmental Relations Department of the FIRS, with the theme “Repositioning The FIRS To Achieve Its Mandate”. He pointed out that the government plans to regulate crypto…

Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week after they launched a nationwide action demanding a safer workplace and swift criminal probe. Doctors across the country have held protests and declined to see non-emergency patients following the Aug. 9 killing of the 31-year-old medic, who police say was raped and murdered at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata where she was a trainee. A police volunteer has been arrested and charged with the crime. Women activists say the incident has…

The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain. The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history outside the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “We are awaiting sequencing results and will update once available,” its spokesperson Albert Domingo said when asked about the strain. The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest form of alert, following an…

US President Joe Biden will give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for November’s election. Less than a month after his stunning withdrawal and Harris’s astonishing ascent, Biden can expect a hero’s send-off from many of the same people who helped push him out due to concerns about his age. The 81-year-old is expected to say that Harris — America’s first female, Black and South Asian vice president — is the best person to finish the job he started of protecting American democracy…

President Bola Tinubu embarked on a trip to France on Monday, the presidency has said. However, he did not state the reason for the visit. Ajuri Ngelale, spokesman for the president, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the president would return to the country after his stay in the European nation. “President Bola Tinubu will embark on a trip to France on Monday, August 19, departing from Abuja, the nation’s capital. The President will return to the country after his brief work stay in France,” the terse statement read. Tinubu hails IBB at 83 This is coming…

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed the Nigeria’s stagnation to what he described as “self-centred” leadership lacking relevant knowledge, Channels TV reported on Sunday. Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday, made these comments while attending the Leadership Empowerment International Conference as a Special Guest of Honour. The ex-president remarked that leadership is a lasting virtue that endures until the end of one’s life. He added that once the issue of poor leadership is resolved, “we will get all other things right.” Obasanjo, who became Nigeria’s first democratically elected president on May 29, 1999, said,…

Erling Haaland scored on his 100th Manchester City (Man City) appearance as the Premier League champions began their title defence with a win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Haaland opened the scoring on 18 minutes with a dinked finish over Robert Sanchez for his 91st City goal since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2022. Former Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic made the game safe late on with a curling shot from just outside the penalty area. A low-key match only fleetingly burst into life, with Kevin de Bruyne curling just wide from the edge of the box shortly after Haaland’s opener,…