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A picture taken on July 11, 2018, shows a saleswoman making the shop window with a Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus jersey in a shop in downtown Turin. Portuguese football superstar transfer from Real Madrid to Italy’s Juventus was announced on July 10. Isabella Bonotto / AFP Cristiano Ronaldo has landed in Turin ahead of his official unveiling as Juventus’ superstar summer signing on Monday afternoon, the Serie A champions announced on Sunday. “Now arriving in Turin: @Cristiano!” the club wrote on its Twitter account, alongside a photo of Ronaldo with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez in front of the private jet that brought him to Italy at Turin’s Caselle airport. Juventus then posted a video of the plane landing and the player stepping down from the plane his entourage before being whisked off by club officials in a car with blacked out windows. Ronaldo was expected to land in Italy on Monday morning after surprising the world and asking for a 100 million-euro ($116 mill...

French fans dared to dream of a World Cup victory on Sunday as they prepared to watch the final on a sunny summer weekend after a tournament that has lifted spirits and led to a rare sense of national unity. Across the country, parks, bars and balconies have been transformed into a sea of blue, white and red flags as football fever sweeps the nation, with a flood of excited fans hungry to watch the action. Much of the younger generation is hoping to taste the same euphoria their parents knew 20 years ago when France won its first World Cup. “They’ve talked so much about ’98 but I wasn’t even born. We’re going to make a new ’98!” said 15-year-old Martin said after the team’s semi-final win this week. Football fever has built over the last four weeks as the country took its young national team to heart, with ecstatic scenes after their semi-final victory. Just a day after France celebrated its Bastille Day national holiday, many families gathered on Sunday to watch from cam...

Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao (L) and Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse pose for pictures after the weigh-in event in Kuala Lumpur on July 14, 2018, ahead of their world welterweight boxing championship bout on July 15. Mohd RASFAN / AFP Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao weighed in Saturday comfortably under the 147-pound (67-kilogramme) limit and said he was “ready” to win back the welterweight belt against WBA champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. Pacquiao, the only man to have won world titles in eight weight divisions in a glittering 23-year career, tipped the scales at 146 pounds. “I am ready. Everything is under control,” said the 39-year-old Pacquiao. “I am motivated, I am happy and I am hungry.” The heavily tattooed Matthysse played up his one-inch height advantage by looking down on Pacquiao as the two came face-to-face for the last time before Sunday’s 12-round showdown in Kuala Lumpur. “I am feeling good,” Matthysse told AFP as he was about to demolish a fruit plat...

Germany’s Angelique Kerber poses with the winner’s trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, after her women’s singles final victory over US player Serena Williams. Glyn KIRK / AFP Angelique Kerber became the first German woman to win Wimbledon for 22 years as the 11th seed shattered Serena Williams’ bid for Grand Slam history with a shock 6-3, 6-3 victory in Saturday’s final. Kerber avenged her defeat against Williams in the 2016 Wimbledon title match, overwhelming the seven-time champion with a stunning 65-minute upset on Centre Court. “I knew I had to play my best tennis against a champion like Serena,” Kerber said. “It was my second chance to play in the final. I think I’m the next one after Steffi who won. That’s amazing.” Williams had hoped to equal Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles by winning her first major prize since becoming a mother in September. The 36-year-old, who last won a Grand Slam at the 2017 Australian Open, went into the final...

The third main land bridge in Lagos will be shut down for three days, starting from July 27, the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. He said this on Monday while addressing some confusion over the period for the road closure, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According him, the bridge will only be closed for three days, contrary to reports that it will be closed for 27 months. “I think somebody mistook the date 27th of July for 27 months, I don’t know how that came about but there was a signed statement from my office and it didn’t contain 27 months”. The 3-day closure according to him, will enable the contractors assess the true state of the road, after which repair works will commence by the end of the year or at the start of next year (2019). The minister also noted that the closure would have come much earlier, but the government decided to wait until schools begin to go on vacation, in order to reduce the amount of traffic on ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun to clear the air over the allegations of certification forgery leveled against her “without further delay’ and settle the facts of the case once and for all.” SERAP states that “Suspicions of certificate forgery involving a senior member of the government if not urgently and satisfactorily addressed would weaken public trust in the government’s oft-expressed commitment to transparency and accountability.” According to the organisation, Several days after being accused of forging her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate, Mrs. Adeosun is yet to make any official statement in reaction to the alleged scandal. In a statement, on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale, “Clarifying the allegations of certificate forgery would show a commitment to doing the right thing and a natural disposition toward openness. The continuing failure and/or refusal...

fayemi The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has won the Ekiti State governorship election. Fayemi defeated the Deputy Governor of the state and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Professor Kolapo Olusola, and over 30 others in a keenly contested election. He was victorious in 11 out of the 16 local government areas of the state, polling 197,459 votes, and edging out his closest rival Olusola who got 178,121 votes by 19,338 votes. Based on the votes secured, INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idowu Olayinka, named Fayemi the winner. 6.2K 109 Fayemi and his wife arrive at their polling unit to vote on Saturday The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has won the Ekiti State governorship election. Fayemi defeated the Deputy Governor of the state and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Professor Kolapo Olusola, and over 30 others in a keenly contest...