Former Bechem United FC talismanic striker Hafiz Konkoni has officially completed a move to Libya Premier League club Olympic Azzaweya from Young Africans Sports Club. Before leaving the Bechem team to play for the Young Africans of Tanzania’s top division, the striker was an important member of the team. In July 2023, the 25-year-old signed with the Young Africans in the hopes of playing Champions League football. He then completed a loan move to Dogan Türk Birligi, a club in Northern Cyprus, where he played for the rest of the 2023–24 season. After his loan spell came to an end,…
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The 22-year-old son of a pastor from Ghana who resides in the US, Darius Joshua Appiah, will be laid to rest on February 17, 2024. The Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home will host a funeral service on Friday, February 16, 2024, from 5 to 8 p.m., according to the family’s announcement. The Fredericksburg Police Department revealed last week that Darius Appiah did not seem to have been the victim of foul play after he disappeared and was found dead more than ten days later. According to the police, the deceased was last seen driving a dark green 2004 Lexus RX330 SUV…
Emerse Faé, the interim coach for Ivory Coast, revealed in an interview that he defeated Nigeria in the U17 tournament when he was younger and that he will defeat them once more as a coach. Following his successful maneuver to advance Ivory Coast to the finals on home soil, he made a statement during a press conference. Ivory Coast went through at the expense of Ghana. The Elephants, who have already won the cup twice, will lift it a third-time thanks to Faé. They most recently won the cup in Equatorial Guinea against Ghana on penalties. In response to the…
A blue card is set to be introduced in professional football in a major shake-up of officiating rules. According to The Telegraph, the measure was approved as part of the sin-bin trials by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which is in charge of the game’s laws. Confirmation is anticipated on Friday. If players act cynically or show disobedient behavior toward officials, they will be given a blue card and placed in the sin bin for ten minutes. Top-tier competitions are unlikely to be included in the initial testing, but trials may start this summer, and the FA is thinking of offering…
There will be a hexagon-shaped piece of iron from the original Eiffel Tower set in the middle of 5,084 gold, silver, and bronze medals for the Olympic and Paralympic games, resembling a gemstone. According to Estanguet, the medals were created by the prestigious French jewelry house Chaumet and will blend “the most precious metals from the medals—gold, silver, and bronze. “Our goal was to present a fragment of the 1889 Eiffel Tower to every medal winner from the Paris Olympics and Paralympics,” stated Tony Estanguet, the head of the local organizing committee, during the design’s unveiling on Thursday. The iron…
At least three soldiers and two members of a vigilante group have been killed by a militia group that has been terrorizing parts of Nasarawa State. The LGA’s chairman, Abdullahi Tashas, and state legislator Ibrahim Saad, who represents the Ugya-Umaisha constituency, confirmed the tragic news. In the Toto local government area of the state, in the Katakpa community, the attackers ambushed the soldiers, resulting in the attack. According to sources, the Bassa and Egbira communities in the Toto LGA have been at war over boundary demarcation despite numerous meetings called by the state government to put an end to the…
Love Island star Indiyah Polack and comedian, actor, and podcaster Babatunde Aleshe hosted the MOBO Awards, which were streamed live on YouTube from the Utility Arena in Sheffield. Asake of Nigeria won Best African Music Act, and Stormzy’s Mel Made Me Do It video took home the Video of the Year award. What is the MOBO Award? An annual celebration of excellence in “music of black origin,” the MOBO Awards is a British music ceremony that recognizes accomplishments in African, jazz, gospel, R&B, hip hop, UK Drill, soul, and reggae music. Here is the full list of the winners of…
Jesse Lingard, 31, a former midfielder for Manchester United and England, reportedly signed a two-year contract with FC Seoul on Thursday. After leaving Nottingham Forest at the end of the previous season, the midfielder, who was a member of the England team that advanced to the World Cup semifinals and won the Europa League with United, became a free agent. At the airport in Incheon, more than two hundred people gathered to greet him. At a Thursday press conference in the capital of South Korea, he said, “I have received several offers since last summer.” “I’ve always wanted different challenges…
The US Marine Corps confirmed on Thursday that five US Marines perished when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a training flight in a mountainous region of southern California. “It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I share the loss of five outstanding Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and the `Flying Tigers’ while conducting a training flight last night,” Maj. Gen. Borgschulte, commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, said in a statement. The helicopter took off for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Wednesday, “reported overdue,” from Creech Air…
Addi Self, a former member of the Shatta Movement’s Militant Group, recently disclosed the exact circumstances that disintegrated the SM Militant. Addi stated that he had expected the militants to defend him when Shatta Wale and his colleague Kweku Smoke got into a fight over a supposedly stolen track in an interview with Felli and KMJ on Accra-based Joy Prime. According to Addi, the militants’ defiance of Shatta Wale’s request led to their firing and the eventual disintegration of the militant group. “Kweku Smoke was one of the artists who visited the camp once. He had no problems with Shatta.…