•Late Olivia Hussey Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” garnering her a Golden Globe, died yesterday at age 73, her family announced. “Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her,” her family said in […]...
•Australia’s Matt Dawson and Belgium’s Nelson Onana during a hockey game An Australian field hockey player identified as Matt Dawson has decided to remove a finger on his right hand after getting injured during a team training in Perth two weeks ago. Dawson’s decision was aimed at ensuring he competes at the 2024 Paris Olympics [&h...
One of Nollywood’s veteran movie directors and former Vice President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Frank Okpokoro Vaughan is dead. Mr. Vaughan, who had been battling illness for some time, reportedly succumbed to his condition earlier today. His younger brother, Philip Okpokoro, a renowned cinematographer and the series direct...
•Robinho Former Manchester City and Real Madrid footballer Robinho spent his first night in jail in Brazil since being convicted for rape in Italy in 2017, prison authorities said today. Robinho, 40, was arrested yesterday after losing a last-minute court bid to delay serving his nine-year sentence for raping a woman a decade ago, reports [&he...
•Emeka Ike Top Nollywood actor and producer, Emeka Ike has released burial arrangements for his late mother, Evangelist/Deaconess Okwuchi Comfort Ike (nee Okpara). Mama Comfort Ike, as she was fondly called, died late October 2023 at age 93. Detailed arrangements released by the popular actor and made available to The Frontier today, state tha...
•Jude Bellingham If Jude Bellingham’s red card against Valencia was silly in itself, imposing a two-game ban on the Real Madrid protege took it a step too far. After all, he was only protesting against what was a fair goal disallowed. The English international sat out Los Blancos’ clash against Celta Vigo last weekend and […]
The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has suspended 62 players after finding evidence they had been lying about their ages, in some cases by over a decade. It will be noted that one of the highest-profile players caught up in the bombshell controversy is Wilfried Nathan Douala, the 17-year-old AFCON 2023 star. The Victoria United midfiel...
•Paul Pogba France star Paul Pogba has been given a four-year ban from football by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal after testing positive for testosterone last August, his club Juventus said today. A spokesman for the club told our correspondent it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup winner, who had been provisiona...
•Brazilian footballer Dani Alves A Spanish court today sentenced former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. “The victim did not consent and there is evidence that, beyond the complainant’s testimony, permits the rape [&hel...
•Phyna Big Brother Naija Level Up winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has recounted how she escaped a kidnapper’s attack in Delta State. Phyna took to her X account to explain her ordeal while also grateful for not being a victim. Narrating her experience, she said the kidnappers hijacked four cars in front […]...
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