Ends of thousands of people have joined protests in the Spanish capital Madrid against controversial plans to pardon jailed Catalan separatists. Leaders of Spain’s right-wing parties joined the demonstration against the pardoning of 12 separatists behind a failed independence attempt in 2017. Protesters accuse the Socialist-led Spanish government of using the plan to shore up…
Australian city Brisbane has moved a step closer to being named the host for the 2032 Olympic Games. Brisbane was and has now been proposed as host by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board. Several cities and countries had expressed an interest in hosting the Games, including Indonesia, Budapest, China, Doha and Germany’s Ruhr Valley….
Olamide Francis and Peter Dada The late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua may be buried on July 9, 2021 on the premises of his church in Lagos S Joshua died last week in Lagos State at the age of 57. A member of the family, who spoke on condition…
Cardiff’s airport was hardest hit by the Covid pandemic in the UK last year, seeing an 87% decline in passengers, figures show. Traveller numbers there dropped from 1,656,085 in 2019 to 219,984 in 2020. In Britain and Northern Ireland as a whole, 223 million passengers were lost in 2020 because of coronaviru Some 74 million…
England boss Gareth Southgate says his side’s opening European Championship win over Croatia will “relieve some tension” in his squad. It is the first time England have won their opening game at the tournament. Raheem Sterling scored the only goal in front of 22,500 fans at Wembley after being set up by Leeds midfielder Kalvin…
hair had previously met, when Adesanya claimed a split-decision victory over Vettori igerian-born Kiwi’s second Uaturday night’s rematch Adesanya, 31, showed his class with a virtuoso performance as he ped apahe Italian over the full five-round championship duration at the Gila Vettori started the bout in aggressive fashion and landed an early takedown, but Adesanya…
Novak Djokovic won his 19th Grand Slam title after fighting back from two sets down to beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open final. Top seed Djokovic, 34, was in deep trouble before rediscovering his energy to win 6-7 (6-8) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4. The Serb’s greater experience shone through as fifth seed Tsitsipas…
JD Sports is facing an investor backlash after handing its boss a £4.3m bonus despite benefiting from millions of pounds in Covid support. Executive chairman Peter Cowgill’s total pay, including a short-term salary reduction, reached nearly £5m. Shareholder advisory group Glass Lewis recommends that investors vote against JD Sports’ “inappropriate” pay policy. The retailer received…
Victoria Edeme Former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, on Sunday paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Bello made this known on his Facebook page as he uploaded a picture of himself and the football star. The Governor wrote, “Earlier today, I received in audience my dear brother and friend,…
