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Barcelona have not given up hope of signing Adrien Rabiot from Paris Saint - Germain , according to Marca.  The 23-year-old midfielder has attracted the interest of the La Liga champions although it is expected to be difficult to agree a deal with PSG. The Barcelona transfer target is in the final year of his contract but the strained relationship between the clubs, following the Neymar signing, means it could be tough to pull off this summer.

Cristiano Ronaldo will start his Serie A career with Juventus at Chievo. The Portugal forward became Juve's club record signing last month when he joined from Real Madrid for £99.2m. And Thursday's announcement of the opening round of Italian top flight fixtures sees him head to the Stadio Bentegodi for the champions' first match of the 2018/19 campaign, on the weekend of August 18-19.

Marcus Rashford has been living it up with his stunning girlfriend Lucia Loi in Barbados as he enjoys his post-World Cup break. The 20-year-old has been granted an extended break by Jose Mourinho following his displays for England at the World Cup. And he was certainly making the most of his free time as he raced around the crystal clear waters on a jet ski as his partner held on for dear life. Both Rashford and Loi , 20, have taken to social media to document their holiday before he heads back to Carrington. In one picture, the forward ditched his partner and uploaded a snap of himself on a jet ski captioned “ Wavvy ” as he cruised around the Caribbean coast. Although he failed to score or provide an assist in Russia, he still managed to rack up six appearances as the Three Lions finished in fourth place. Rashford along with 11 of his Red Devils team-mates look set to miss the opening game of the season against Leicester on August 10. United’s warm up for the upc...

Brazil and Bordeaux winger Malcom is on his way to Barcelona , the club have tweeted - but he's due to undergo a medical on Wednesday morning before signing terms at the Nou Camp. Here's what they said about "enjoying" the impending arrival.

  Super Eagles player, Brian Idowu has spoken out about the game he played against Lionel Messi during the world cup in Russia. Brian Idowu has shared memories of the 2018 World Cup, which he will remember for a long time after a personal duel with Barcelona’s Argentina striker Lionel Messi. Speaking to the official website of Lokomotiv Moscow, the former Amkar Perm defender has thanked his Super Eagles teammates, the likes of Leon Balogun, Kenneth Omeruo and Wilfred Ndidi, for assisting him to limit Messi’s impact in their last Group D fixture at the Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg on June 26. Idowu told fclm.ru:- “For life I will remember, of course, the game against Messi. He made me prepare for the match even more seriously”. “Fortunately, the teammates helped, rarely leaving me alone with him, but when such cases were, he tried to play as tightly as possible. “The base of our team was in Yessentuki – we were well supported after the victories, and aft...

  Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah are among the nominees for FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player of the Year award for 2018. World Cup winners Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane join international team-mate Mbappe on the list, while Golden Boot winner in Russia Harry Kane is also included. Salah , meanwhile, is rewarded for an incredible season at club level with Liverpool, with the 26-year-old having scored 32 goals in 36 league appearances to help the Reds finish fourth in the table. Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric also makes the final 10 as he claimed Champions League glory, the club’s third in a row, and played a pivotal role in Croatia’s run to the World Cup final. See The Full Nominees Below *Note That This List Will Eventually Be Skinned To 3* Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid >> Juventus) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Antoine Griezmann (Atl Madrid) Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Harry Kane (Tottenham) Kylian Mbap...

Nigeria’s chief coach Salisu Yusuf has denied any wrongdoing after footage broadcast on Tuesday showed him accepting money from undercover reporters posing as football agents. The BBC showed video of Yusuf taking what it said was $1,000 (850 euros) after a conversation about the selection of two players for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). He was also told he would receive 15 percent of the fee if the players were included in the Nigeria squad for the tournament, which is open only to home-based African footballers. The BBC said the footage was part of a wider investigation into corruption in African football by Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. His expose has led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, after he was accused of soliciting bribes and kickbacks. The two players in the latest report were not identified. In a letter to the BBC, made available by Yusuf, he confirmed he met two people who in...

  President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is leading senators to the Apo Legislative Quarters residence of Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, whose house has been under a siege by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and men of the Nigeria Police. Saraki had told lawmakers at the plenary that a solidarity visit would be paid to Ekweremadu.

Six months old Baby Chanco is fast becoming an internet sensation and it’s all because of her incredible hair! At just half-a-year-old, Baby Chanco boasts of an impressive 100,000 Instagram followers as at the time of writing, and the number keeps going up! It’s no doubt that most parent feel their child(ren) have something that sets them apart from the crowd, Chanco’s mum and dad are clear winners. Their lovely daughter girl was born in December 2017 in Japan and her Instagram page has ‘hair diary’ written in the bio. It’s quite lovely that they have decided to track their daughter’s amazing hair on social media for many to follow because the pictures are too cute! Because of hormones, some babies are born with plenty of hair, only to lose it in the following weeks. Chanco’s hair may not be lost, but its texture and color could change as she grows. There are only 46 posts on the page so far but the pictures often get well over 10,000 likes and hundreds of comment...

  The Lagos state commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has banned policemen in the state from patrolling in mufti and commercial vehicles. This is contained in a statement released today by the spokesperson of the command, SP Chike Oti. Read the statement below:- To ensure that policemen in Lagos are at their professional best always, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi has banned police operatives in the state from operating in mufti and commercial vehicles such as the yellow buses popularly known as Danfo or other commercial buses. Unmarked vehicles will only be used occasionally for covert operations targeted at a specific individual or group based on credible intelligence. The Command is not unaware that some unscrupulous individuals impersonate as SARS operatives. To this end, the CP urges members of the public to take note of the dress code for SARS operatives in the Command. The dress code is as follows:- 1. A black jacket an...

Health minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Oly Ilunga officially announced the end of the Ebola haemorrhagic fever epidemic in a statement made on national television Tuesday. On May 12, officials declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the eighth to date in the sprawling country, in Bas-Uele province – an equatorial forest zone near the Central African Republic. “I declare the end of the Ebola outbreak in Likati in DRC from midnight tonight,” Ilunga said. An Ebola outbreak in 2014 left 11 300 people dead, mainly in west Africa

Brazil superstar Neymar admits that after his nation’s quarter-final defeat to Belgium at the World Cup he couldn’t look at a ball and didn’t want to see any of the remaining matches. “I wouldn’t go as far as to say I didn’t want to play again but, I didn’t want to see a ball, or to see any more football played,” 26-year-old Neymar told AFP in an exclusive interview on Saturday. The PSG  forward was talking at his Neymar Praia Grande institute where the Red Bull Neymar Jr 5’s (five-a-side-soccer) tournament was being played. Dressed in a sleeveless t-shirt, with his six-year-old son Davi Lucca sat upon his knee, the striker was however in a relaxed mood as he explained his post-World Cup blues. “I was in mourning, I was really sad about it, but sadness passes, I have my son, my family, my friends and they don’t want to see me moping around. I’ve got more reason to be happy than sad,” said Neymar, reflecting on his team’s 2-1 quarter-final defeat to Belgi...

The Federal Government on Monday directed the contractor handling the new Lagos-Ibadan railway project, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, to extend its work from Ebute Meta to Apapa as part of measures to facilitate the movement of goods from the Lagos seaports to other parts of the country by rail. Although the extension is in the second phase of the standard gauge railway project, the government said the decision to bring it forward was informed by the need to address the near stagnation of import and export business due to the gridlock on roads leading to Apapa and the Lagos seaports.

The College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has inducted 154 graduates of medicine and surgery and 32 dentists into the profession. Speaking during the induction ceremony, which took place at the college’s New Great Hall, last Wednesday, the Provost of the college, Prof. Foluso Lesi, urged the graduates to be change agents and work with dignity.Lesi said, “I congratulate the parents, families, well-wishers and friends of the graduands and pray that your joy and investment in them will yield bountiful harvest. I also congratulate their teachers for delivering qualitative teaching to these young doctors. I congratulate my young colleagues for finishing the race, as I welcome you to this noble profession. “I enjoin you to be change agents. I want you to work with empathy, not sympathy. Strive to know more and don’t think that you know everything. The power to change a trend and nation resides in every individual as a change agent. I ...