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Inter Milan have signed France winger Marcus Thuram on a free transfer after his contract with Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach expired. Thuram, 25, is the son of former Barcelona and Juventus defender Lillian, who won the 1998 World Cup with France. The younger Thuram played 134 games for Monchengladbach, scoring 44 goals in four seasons with the German club. He moved to the Bundesliga from Ligue 1 side Guingamp in 2019. In April, Monchengladbach confirmed that the winger would not be renewing his contract, leading to the forward being linked with a number of European clubs over the past few…

Liverpool are set to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. The Premier League club informed Leipzig that they will activate the player’s release clause of 70 million euros (£60.1 million). Last season, the 22-year-old offensive midfielder from Hungary helped Leipzig finish third in the Bundesliga and win the German Cup. Leipzig gave Szoboszlai permission to fly to the United Kingdom on Saturday to undertake his medical at Liverpool. Szoboszlai’s release clause, which has also been linked to Newcastle United, expired on Friday. Szoboszlai made 31 appearances in the Bundesliga last season, scoring six goals and registering eight assists. Arsenal eye…

Patrick Vieira is poised to take over as manager of RC Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Vieira, 47, is expected to sign a three-year contract with the club on Sunday, according to BBC Sport. The former Arsenal midfielder has been unemployed since being fired by Premier League club Crystal Palace in March. Chelsea’s owners have decided to purchase a controlling share in Strasbourg, which finished 15th in France’s premier league last season, five points above the relegation zone. It is not the first time that Vieira has worked in a multi-club group. He coached Manchester City Under-23s before taking over at…

Two people have been killed after a man opened fire at Chisinau International Airport, the Moldovan Interior Ministry has said. The gunman was wounded and has been detained, according to police. Officials said the shooting took place after a foreign citizen was denied entry to the country. President Maia Sandu said the two dead were a border guard and an airport security official; a third person was wounded. Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said the suspect was a 43-year-old Tajikistani national. He had arrived from Turkey and was then refused entry, government press secretary Daniel Voda told Moldovan TV. While…

Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, Google’s first West Africa Director, has announced her resignation from the firm. She made the news on LinkedIn on Friday, expressing her desire to take on a larger role in the regional technological sector. She was Google’s Country Director for Nigeria prior to her assignment as West Africa Director. During her tenure as Director, the Google team in Africa successfully taught over 6 million Africans digital skills, trained 100,000 engineers in web and mobile development, and developed a Google for Startups accelerator exclusively for African tech entrepreneurs. Furthermore, under Ehimuan’s leadership, important access projects were executed, including…

President Joe Biden on Friday announced new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans and condemned the U.S. Supreme Court for blocking a plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt that was popular with his voters. Thwarted by the conservative-leaning court, Biden told reporters that his administration would pursue student loan relief through a different avenue, the Higher Education Act. The Education Department launched a regulatory “rulemaking” process that is likely to take months. In a 6-3 decision earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court blocked Biden’s plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The…

Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) who turned social media critic of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, has finally admitted to addressing Bola Tinubu as “Mr. President” on his official Twitter page. Obi, however, suffered backlash from his angry followers, which made him delete the tweet, but the evidence had been screen-grabbed by attentive Nigerians. Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and is now the incumbent president. Obi has challenged INEC’s declaration at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, but with no court judgement against…

The IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has condemned the unprofessional conduct of Policemen in Edo State who ran over an unarmed man with a vehicle. He also called for public calm as the issues would be addressed. Following this incident, the officers have been summoned to report to the force headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Gunmen kill 5 policemen, couple in Imo The force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the disturbing incident in a statement. GROSS MISCONDUCT BY EDO POLICEMEN The Ag. Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has condemned the disturbing incident where a police team ran a vehicle over a…

Bayern Munich were pleased with the services of João Cancelo and Daley Blind and appreciated their exit for their future pursuits. The club’s statement on their official Twitter page confirmed the players exit. https://twitter.com/FCBayernEN/status/1674790715438804992?t=9Yys9HWXiFzD7kVsM5_LgQ&s=08 “Thank you for your efforts at #FCBayern, João Cancelo and Daley Blind. Wishing you both all the best for the future!”

India’s Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed Twitter’s plea challenging the federal government’s orders to block tweets and accounts and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($60,943.65), a lawyer for Twitter told newsmen. The decision comes weeks after Twitter’s ex-CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey accused India of threatening to shut down the social media platform in the country unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the handling of farmer protests in 2021, a charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had called a “lie.” The court on Friday ruled that Twitter was served notices, to which…