Football law: Amended rules now permit keepers’ feet to be behind the goal line for penalties
A relatively minor change, this, but a change nevertheless. In 2019, a rule change stipulated that goalkeepers must have at least one foot on the goal line when facing a penalty kick, but IFAB have now amended this rule to read that goalkeepers will now be allowed to have one...
Premier League clubs can now make five substitutions rather than three during matches
The new English Premier League season that gets underway this Friday comes with a few alterations to the rules of the game. Of interest and appeal to the managers will be the number of substitutions they can now make. It was said at the time when five substitutes were first...
‘Baba-qued’ and ‘Hustled’ Kenyans wait with bated breath to vote in close presidential poll in history
Raila Amolo Odinga, a veteran Kenyan political leader and one-time prime minister, has long cast himself as an anti-establishment firebrand, despite belonging to one of the country’s top political dynasties. But his decision to strike an alliance with his arch-rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and secure the ruling party’s backing as...
Report: Demoralised Russian troops self-mutilating to escape war as Ukraine resumes grain exports
Vladimir Putin has been humiliated by the news that Russian soldiers are allegedly “self-mutilating” in a desperate bid to escape from the front lines, according to British newspaper The Express. “In order to return to Russia, the invading soldiers are mutilating themselves and pretending to be sick, according to Ukraine’s...
Killing al Qaeda chief al Zawahiri sets off scramble for dominance of Africa by Islamists
It was one of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s last victories. Just over a week before the al-Qaeda leader was killed in Kabul by missiles fired from a US drone, militants from the organisation’s biggest affiliate in sub-Saharan Africa attacked the most important military base in Mali. The tactics of the attack were...
WHO reports worsening Ukraine health crisis amid Russian shelling, burn-out and winter
Ukraine is facing a worsening health emergency as the conflict with Russia rages on, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, with a combination of burnt-out staff, increased shelling and the approach of winter fuelling the agency’s concerns. There have been 434 attacks on healthcare facilities in the country, out of...
Sadio Mane brand is what German football needed to turn on African interest in Bayern Munich
Senegal’s Sadio Mane has become Africa’s Bundesliga poster boy after his move from the Premier League. Broadcasters across the African continent are looking to him to help boost the popularity of German football. When Bayern Munich unveiled Sadio Mane at the Allianz Arena on May 17, an unusual sound reverberated...
