Bullish Pep Guardiola says Man City can score minus a stand out striker after Leicester win
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola hailed his side’s ability to get the job done without a recognised striker after victory over Leicester City at King Power Stadium. City secured their third successive top-flight victory to move up to second in the Premier League table. Bernardo Silva bagged the all-important goal...
Arsenal pinch win as Gunners score first league goal and earn first points of the season
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored Arsenal’s first league goal of the season in a 1-0 victory over Norwich to secure their first points and lift some of the pressure on manager Mikel Arteta. Arteta’s future at the club has been called into question after a winless start and three successive defeats. And,...
Ronaldo turns Old Trafford into a new castle on his ‘second coming’ as Red Devils pummel Newcastle
Cristiano Ronaldo announced his return to Old Trafford, helping Manchester United blaze past Newcastle United with 4-1. He turned Old Trafford into his new castle, his former Theatre of Dreams during the reign of legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who was in the in the stadium to watch...
Defiant Arsenal new boy says Gunners are ready to tango for EPL, European honours
Arsenal’s summer signing Martin Odegaard clearly does not lack for confidence after making an ambitious claim as to what Gunners could achieve in the coming years. The Norwegian playmaker, 22, joined Arsenal on a permanent deal this summer after impressing on loan last season. Odegaard was always believed to be...
Guinea opposition leader ready to work with putschists, who set free all political detainees
Guinea’s main opposition leader has said he was open to participating in a transition following a military coup over the weekend, as the soldiers who seized power consolidated their takeover. West African countries have threatened sanctions following the overthrow of President Alpha Conde, who was serving a third term after...
Christiano Ronaldo released early from national duties, joins new Man United teammates in training
Cristiano Ronaldo is gearing up for his return to the Manchester United team. The 36-year-old icon reported for training at the club’s Carrington ground ahead of his potential second debut for the club on Saturday. Ronaldo was released from international duty early after breaking the world record for most international...
Nigeria’s Zamfara state endures telephone blackout as military battles armed gangs
Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents have reported after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle armed gangs of kidnappers terrorising the area. Two residents of Zamfara, reached by phone after they travelled to neighbouring Sokoto State, said their...
Ousted Guinea president Alpha Konde was victim of democracy eating its defenders and abusers
Guinea President Alpha Condé’s already tarnished democratic credentials took a further hit last year when he tweaked the country’s constitution to extend his decade in power. Now he has become the latest casualty of a wave of military takeovers sweeping a region that looked to have shed its “coup-belt” moniker....
Rejected ammunition request may have jettisoned Guinea president out of power
In 2016, Mamady Doumbouya, a commander in the Guinean army, asked his superiors if he could have ammunition to train his troops in marksmanship. He never received it, he said, because they feared he would use the rounds to launch a coup. Five years on, Doumbouya did just that. On...
South Africa Airways ready to resume domestic, continental flights on September 23
South African Airways (SAA) interim CEO Thomas Kgokolo says the airline is moving into a new era. Kgokolo made the comments when he was addressing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on the expected restart of the airline and on other matters concerning its subsidiaries. SAA is expected to resume...
