The semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics come to an an end today as Spain defeated Morocco to set up a final clash with France who also defeated Eqypt. Earlier, Spain U23 defeated Morocco U23 2-1 in the first semifinal men’s football match to reach the Olympic final in Paris. Morocco opened the scoring in…
D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, has made history today, Sunday, 4th August 2024, by reaching the first-ever Olympics quarterfinals. D’Tigress defeated Canada 79-70 in their 3rd group stage match to reach the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. It was a scintillating performance from D’Tigress, especially for Ezinne Kalu, who emerged as the…
By Andrew Korybko Russia and the West exchanged 24 prisoners on Thursday in the largest such swap since the Old Cold War. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and CNN published detailed reports about the diplomacy that led up to this deal, which included the WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich and Russia’s Vadim Krasikov as the highest-profile exchanges….
“The deployment of these missiles, both American and British, is connected to two things,” veteran Russian defence and security affairs commentator Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik, commenting on the story in the UK’s The Times this week that Britain and Germany plan to develop a new conventional missile designed to target Russian tactical nuclear delivery platforms….
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he intends to maintain strict border controls to limit irregular migration. “In general, we intend to continue strictly controlling the German borders,” Scholz said in an interview published in Friday’s edition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung. “We want to limit irregular migration, as I have announced. The numbers have to…
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, kick-started with women’s football from three groups on Thursday, 25th July 2024. The two teams representing Africa, Nigeria and Zambia lost to Brazil and the USA respectively. The Super Falcons of Nigeria put in their best against Brazil but lost to a lone goal scored by Gabriela Nunes Da…
Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. According to Reuters, the Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions over the wars in Ukraine…
England National Team Coach, Gareth Southgate, has stepped down as manager after losing in back-to-back Euro finals. He coached the team for almost 8 years in 102 games, taking them to the 2020 and 2024 Euros, losing to both Italy and Spain in the final. He also took England to the semi-finals of the 2018…
Eight people were injured as police dispersed a large pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin on Saturday evening. One of them was seriously hurt, the Berlin fire brigade told dpa. The police broke up the demonstration after shouts of criminal offences had been heard repeatedly, the police said on request. The demonstration began in the Steglitz district…
Bayer Leverkusen started the pre-season with diagnostics on Sunday, back in action from a Bundesliga and German Cup double they achieved in historic fashion last term. Xabi Alonso’s men became the first German team to go unbeaten all season in domestic action. They lost only once in 53 matches in all competitions, missing an unbeaten…
