•Pope Francis Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, suffered a breathing “crisis” yesterday which caused him to vomit but he was given air and responded well, the Vatican said. The episode came just hours after a Vatican source said the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition was no longer considered critical, following a series of incremental imp...
•Gianluigi Donnarumma Unbeaten French leaders Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) secured a 4-2 win against Monaco in a yesterday league match, but the victors’ Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma left the field after suffering a horrifying facial injury. PSG’s French star Ousmane Dembele scored twice for the visitors at Monaco’s Stade Louis II. Eli...
Nigeria’s Air Peace airline has confirmed that its 6:30 a.m. flight today from Abuja to Lagos was forcefully aborted due to a bird strike incident. The incident was disclosed to the public through a post on Facebook by the lawyer to Alaago, Inibehe Effiong, who described how it caused some passengers to panic, reports Nigerian […]
•Lopetegui West Ham manager, Julen Lopetegui, jokingly ruled himself out of his side’s next game after ending up on crutches following their heavy League Cup loss away to Liverpool. Football injuries are usually confined to the players, but so incensed was Loptegui by the London club’s performance during yesterday’s thumping 5-1 defeat, he hur...
•Marinella One of Greece’s most famous singers was in intensive care today after suffering a stroke mid-performance in Athens’ ancient Odeon Theatre, beneath the Acropolis. Videos shot from the stands showed folk singer Marinella, 86, collapsing on stage during yesterday’s tribute concert at the Roman-era Odeon of Herodes Atticus. The hospital...
•Enso Gonzalez Wolverhampton Wanderers have been dealt a blow ahead of the new season after Enso Gonzalez suffered a serious knee injury. Last summer, the Premier League outfit paid in the region of €6m to sign the Paraguayan winger from Libertad, reports SportsMole The business was conducted with Gonzalez viewed as a potential star of [&helli...
•Late Sani Abacha A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the federal government by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, challenging the revocation of the property of the former military ruler located in the Maitama District of Abuja. Justice Peter Lifu dismissed the suit while […]
•Zimbabwe’s two-dollar notes Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency got off to a chaotic start with shops accepting only US dollars today and vexed Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks for hours to access their savings. The ZiG — short for Zimbabwe Gold — officially started trading yesterday, just days after it was announced it would replac...
•Hakan Calhanoglu (L) fights for the ball with Antoine Griezmann (R) Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann is out injured after sustaining a “moderate” ankle sprain, the Spanish club said today. The French forward was hurt during Atletico’s 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan in the Champions League last 16 first leg clash yesterday and Diego Simeon...
•President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden has confused a European leader with a dead predecessor for the second time in a week, telling a campaign event he met Helmut Kohl four years after the German chancellor passed away. The 81-year-old’s gaffe late yesterday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French […]

