FC Barcelona have beaten Paris St-Germain (PSG) to the signing of one of England’s brightest talents in 16-year-old striker Louie Barry from Championship side West Bromwich Albion. British media had reported that Barry had undergone a medical with French Ligue…
Griezmann close to Barca move – Reports (Punch)
Atletico Madrid’s World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann is nearing a transfer to Barcelona, according to reports on Thursday in his native France and in Spain. Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo says the Catalans will pay Griezmann’s release clause of 120m euros…
U-16 Afro basket: Junior D’Tigers, Tunisia clash in q’finals (Punch)
Nigeria’s U-16 basketball coach, Fubawa Onyanabo, has stated that his boys will play an aggressive, pressing game when they lock horns with Tunisia in the quarter-finals of the FIBA U-16 African Basketball Championship at the Vava Duarte gymnasium in Praia,…
Lukaku misses training amid Inter Milan links (Punch)
Romelu Lukaku missed Manchester United’s open training session amid ongoing speculation about his future. Two years after his big-money move from Everton, there are questions about the 26-year-old’s Old Trafford happiness and Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan are eyeing a summer…
Police arraign 38 Shi’ites for criminal conspiracy, rioting (Punch)
The police, on Thursday, arraigned 38 out of the 40 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria arrested on Tuesday for invading the National Assembly where they shot two police officers and torched three vehicles. They were arraigned before three…
EX-NIHSA DG jailed for using state fund for sallah (Punch)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has secured the conviction of a former Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Mr John Ayoade Shamonda, after being found guilty of using part of the money meant for the…
Ex-gov stopped from stealing N11.5bn hours to handover –EFCC (Punch)
The Zonal Coordinator, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in charge of Bauchi, Taraba and Gombe states, Michael Wetkas, has disclosed how the zone stopped an immediate past governor in the zone from embezzling N11.5bn 11 hours to handover. He stated…
Three dead, four missing in China tourist bus accident (Punch)
Three people died and four remained missing when a tourist bus lost control after being hit by a stone, rolled off a mountain on Thursday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The accident happened around 2.05 p.m. on a road in…
Arsenal captain Koscielny refuses to travel on pre-season tour (Punch)
Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to travel for the club’s pre-season tour in the United States. The Gunners released a statement on Thursday highlighting their disappointment at the 33-year-old Frenchman, who has been at the club since 2010. “Laurent…
Police arraign three for alleged breach of peace in Ogun (Punch)
Three men, Destiny, 27; Jamiu, 19, and Shittu, 42, were on Thursday brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged breach of peace. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing two counts of breach of peace and…