Author: Opalim Lifted

Edwin van der Sar has been moved to a Dutch hospital but remains in intensive care following a bleed on his brain, his wife Annemarie van Kesteren says. The former Manchester United and Ajax goalkeeper, 52, had been in a hospital in Croatia, where he was on holiday, for just over a week. In a statement released by Ajax, his wife said he was repatriated on Friday. “His situation remains the same: stable, in a non-life-threatening condition, and communicative,” she said. “The Van der Sar family would like to express their deep gratitude to the University Hospital of Split for…

Three members of a family were allegedly murdered by lightning during a rainfall Wednesday evening in Agatha, Guma Local Government Area, Benue State. The tragedy occurred at 4 p.m. as the victims were returning from the farm. The victims were two girls and a six-year-old kid from the Ayoosu Akpage family. “The two girls and the about six-year-old boy were in the farm to harvest produce for the family when the heavy rain started, Wednesday, around 4 p.m.,” a source said. “They decided to return home. It was while on their way that they were struck by lightning near their…

A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) crashed on Friday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, according to reports. A military source said two personnel of the Nigerian Air Force onboard ejected unhurt. The source said, “An FT7-NI aircraft crashed today in Makurdi. The cause of the crash could not be immediately ascertained. It had two Airmen onboard. They ejected unhurt from the jet.” The spokesperson for the service, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday. He said the crash occurred during training, adding that the pilots are ”under observation” at…

Addiction to sleeping pills in football is “much wider than people realize,”, according to former Oxford United psychotherapist Gary Bloom. Everton midfielder Dele Alli said he spent six weeks in rehab for sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. Bloom was the first psychotherapist to work at an English club. Former Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland agreed, saying, “Addiction is a massive problem in football.” During an emotional interview with The Overlap podcast, Dele talked about the abuse he suffered as a child before being adopted at 12. And in talking about his own addiction to sleeping tablets, he added that…

Wolverhampton Wanderers have been fined £100,000 by the Football Association for homophobic chanting by their fans in a game against Chelsea in April. The incidents in the 61st and 71st minutes involved “a large number of supporters for a prolonged period of approximately 20 seconds each”. Atletico fans filmed chanting racist abuse at Vinicius Jr in Real’s win Fans at the game were told over the PA system that “discriminatory behaviour and chants” were not tolerated. Three arrests were made for the alleged homophobic chanting. The FA said an independent regulatory commission “imposed an action plan and £100,000 fine on…

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy met with Bayern officials on Thursday over the possible sale of England captain Harry Kane. However, the Spurs striker will be part of the squad for their pre-season tour of Australia and the Far East. PSG to snatch Harry Kane deal, Liverpool make Colwill bid Tottenham fly to Perth later on Friday for Tuesday’s all-Premier League encounter with West Ham. With one year left on his contract, Kane’s future has been subject to much speculation so far this summer. Bayern are keen to sign Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer but have not been able to strike a…

India has launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with an orbiter, lander, and rover lifted off at 14:35 on Friday (09:05 GMT) from Sriharikota space centre. The lander is due to reach the Moon on August 23–24. If successful, India will be only the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the US, the former Soviet Union, and China. Thousands of people watched the launch from the viewer’s gallery, and commentators described the sight of the rocket “soaring in the sky” as…

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is no longer “participating in any significant capacity in support of combat operations in Ukraine”, a Pentagon spokesman has said. It comes weeks after the group’s short-lived mutiny in Russia, a challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s authority. Wagner has fought some of the bloodiest battles since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. But Mr. Putin now appears to have hinted that Wagner has no future in Russia. “Wagner does not exist,” the president told the business newspaper Kommersant when asked whether the group would be preserved as a fighting unit. “There is no…

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, died of a bowel obstruction, the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office has said. The obstruction was a result of adhesions caused by weight-loss surgery she underwent several years ago. Presley, also a singer, died after being rushed to a California hospital on January 12. She was 54. Her last public appearance was two days before her death, at the Golden Globes. At the time of Presley’s death, local officials said first responders had been dispatched to her home in Calabasas, where they found her in cardiac…

Two staff members of the KFC eatery in Festac Town, Lagos, have been arrested by police over the death of a 20-year-old colleague last Friday. Relatives and friends of the deceased, Anita Chiwendu, stormed the eatery to demand her corpse on Wednesday morning, five days after she was reported dead. Late Anita, according to her employers, slumped while spreading her clothes on the line. The tragedy happened two months after she was employed. Her family and loved ones are yet to take in the explanation of the circumstances surrounding her death, insisting rather on seeing her corpse first. One of…