Time for disgraced Ronaldo to prove ‘best timing is always my timing’ after Man United exit
“In my life, the best timing is always my timing,” Cristiano Ronaldo said this week. Well, now we are about to find out if he is right. Less than 48 hours before Portugal are due to kick off their World Cup campaign against Ghana, arguably the most-high profile footballer in...
Ex-Arsenal defender fears England can’t cope with stronger attacking side without cover for wing-backs
Tony Adams is worried Gareth Southgate doesn’t have a “proper plan” when England come up against top teams like France at the World Cup as he revealed his concerns over the Three Lions’ defending against Iran. England were stunning going forward in their opening group game against Iran as they...
Fear of early Qatar World Cup exit strikes panic in German camp after shock loss to Japan
Minutes after Germany was served a 2-1 defeat soccer minnows Japan, panic has gripped the Bavarians’ camp with the prospects of exiting the tournament in the group stage as was the case in 2018 looking real possibility. Germany slipped to defeat in their first World Cup group game once again...
Rattled by Ronaldo’s dim view of Man United owners, Glazers cave in to pressure to sell club
The Glazer family are ready to sell Manchester United and will listen to offers in the region of £5 billion, ($6 billionb) it has emerged. United confirmed the sensational news that the world’s biggest football club is effectively up for sale in a statement issued at 9.30pm on Tuesday night....
Restless Ronaldo kisses $19 million goodbye as he exits Man United to try unknown ‘new challenge’
Cristiano Ronaldo has kissed goodbye to £16 million ($19 million) after it was confirmed that he has left Manchester United with immediate effect. Ronaldo’s exit has been agreed by mutual consent but it can be revealed that United have not paid any compensation for the remaining seven months of his...
Qatar temperatures: How teams are dealing with extreme heat to ensure high player performance
The first match of the men’s football World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday November 20 when the temperature was around 30 °C and humidity was nearly 60 per cent. When Qatar first won the bid to host the tournament 12 years ago, extreme heat was one of several...
Uganda announces it’ll deploy 1,000 troops in eastern DR Congo to add to its already unknown number
Uganda’s army has announced that it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of instability. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which DRC joined this year, agreed...
Fancied Argentina gobsmacked by ‘riotous’ Saudi Arabian foxes to sound a wake call to fading Messi
Lionel Messi was left stunned after his Argentina side suffered one of the great World Cup shocks. Saudi Arabia came from behind to beat Argentina 2-1 in their opening game of the tournament in Qatar. Messi had given his team the lead inside the opening 10 minutes. A VAR check...
South African society is ‘criminogenic’, made worse by policing style that’s archaic in structure and texture
Rising levels of murder and robbery, gender-based violence, embedded organised crime and police corruption characterise South Africa’s crime crisis. Can the country’s system of policing and safety be fixed? And if so, how? Our continuing reference point for answers is the decade-old National Development Plan that advises on strengthening police...
US Centre for Food Safety challenges GMO in court to shield consumers and the earth from harmful agriculture
Centre for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of food labelling non-profits and retailers filed an appeal earlier this month with the 9thCircuit Court of Appeals, challenging a previous ruling that allows the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue using the misleading terminology “bioengineered” and avoid labelling the majority...
