The families of some of Argentina’s soccer players are having a difficult time at the World Cup in Qatar, enduring power outages at their hotel and even finding glass in one of their drinks. MailOnline reported on Thursday that a number of the women were forced to flee the five-star Waterfront Hotel late on Wednesday…
Fifa is to reconsider the format of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, says president Gianni Infantino. As reported by ThisDay, the teams will increase from 32 to 48 for the competition and were set to be divided into 16 groups of three, with the top two progressing to the…
At eight years old, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi stormed to victory in the New York State Chess Championships while living in a homeless shelter. He rose to national stardom with that performance, which saw him defeat 73 of the best chess players in his age group and win his division. His success in 2019 came less…
If you thought you’d seen a stressful underwater movie before The Abyss, you’d be wrong. To date, there is no tenser time spent beneath the waves. It’s difficult to explain the plot without spoiling it, but the movie is propelled by twists and turns, nail-biting revelations, and the perpetual threat of water crushing and drowning…
Tiger Woods knows playing through pain caused by plantar fasciitis in his right foot probably isn’t the best thing for his long-term recovery, but the 15-time major champion said it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make to compete with his son in this weekend’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. As reported by ESPN, Woods and…
Croatia defeated Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third place play-off on Saturday, with Mislav Orsic curling home the winner. As reported by Punch, Josko Gvardiol, one of the stars of the tournament in Qatar, headed Croatia into the lead in the seventh minute at the Khalifa International Stadium but Achraf Dari brought Morocco level…
Emma Raducanu has appointed Sebastian Sachs as her new coach, British media reported, as the German became the fifth person in 18 months to take the role. As reported by Hindustand Times, last year’s US Open champion Raducanu was watched by Sachs on Friday as she lost to world number two Ons Jabeur on her…
NBA free-agent guard Tyrell Terry announced his retirement from basketball at the age of 22 in an Instagram post. Terry, who was a second-round pick of the Dallas Mavericks in 2020, cited the anxiety that basketball caused him while explaining his decision to step away from the game he’s “fallen out of love with.” “This…
Nigerian media guru, Osi Suave has a new show and it’s titled “The Sauce With Osi.”Osi Suave discusses the business of music, love, family and acting with iLLBLISS in the engaging and insightful first episode. In the second episode, he speaks with his friend, Toke Makinwa about the entertainment industry, their friendship, how she deals…
With a couple of exceptions, nobody on the San Francisco 49ers knows better than defensive lineman Arik Armstead just how hard it is to beat the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field as reported by ESPN. For all of Armstead’s eight years in the NFL, he has been part of teams that have come to Seattle…
A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet, the fallout continues. Twitter apparently suspended its open source competitor Mastodon from the service on Thursday afternoon. Just prior to its suspension, Mastodon (@joinmastodon) tweeted a link to the jet tracking account on…
Joao Felix is desperate to make a move from Atletico Madrid to Paris-Saint Germain, according to reports. As a result, it seems as though a transfer to Arsenal is unlikely. The Gunners are in the market for an attacking player this January, especially since Gabriel Jesus picked up a damaging knee injury in Qatar. Plenty…
American rapper, Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, known professionally as Gunna, has been released from jail on Wednesday, after entering a negotiated guilty plea on a racketeering conspiracy charge. As reported by Vanguard, the 29-year-old rapper received a five-year term, with the first year of that sentence being suspended due to time already spent, according to the…
Karim Benzema has been invited to be present at the 2022 World Cup final. As reported by Marca, Didier Deschamps gave a cold response in the press room after the victory against Morocco when he was asked if Karim had a chance to return either to be in the stands or to play if he…
Young Thug appeared in court ahead of the expected start next month of a trial centered on the widely criticized YSL RICO case. While multiple livestreams for the hearing in question had surfaced, both appeared to have been riddled with audio problems and other issues, with regional outlet 11Alive noting in the description of one…
Sammie Okposo, the Nigerian gospel singer, has been laid to rest in Lagos State. Okposo passed away on November 25, with associates revealing that he died in his sleep.A night of tributes was held for the late musician on December 13, at the La Madison Place, Oniru in Lagos. On December 14, a service of…
2022 will be remembered as the year we experienced great, intricate, and outstanding music from rising Africa-based superstars. We had ambitious albums and daring EPs, and the music kept rolling. It’s not a surprise that some of our best musical albums have enjoyed remarkable success globally. Music by African artists has been on a steady…
Sinisa Mihajlovic, the former Serbia national team manager and an iconic figure of 1990s Serie A football, has died at the age of 53. As reported by Daily Mail, Mihajlovic has succumbed to his illness following a struggle of over three years having still been in the dug-out at Italian club Bologna just three months…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a tribute to Chadwick Boseman. It’s a wide-ranging yet self-contained story about moving forward in the face of grief. Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Nakia, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje fight to defend Wakanda against various attempts by outsiders to take advantage of King T’Challa’s untimely death. As the Wakandans prepare…
An estimated five billion people are expected to watch the FIFA World Cup being held from November 20 through December 18, 2022. Many feel that such sporting events have the potential to accomplish much more than just unite people as spectators. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire….
Chelsea look set to complete their first January transfer by signing David Datro Fofana from Molde in an £8.6million move. The 19-year-old striker has scored 15 goals and provided a further five assists in 24 appearances so far this season. As reported by Football London, Armando Broja suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a…
Portugal have sacked manager Fernando Santos after they failed to progress beyond the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals. As reported by Eurosport, Santos made headlines after dropping superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for the last 16 match with Switzerland, but his decision proved inspired as replacement Goncalo Ramos bagged a hat-trick in the 6-1 win. But Portugal were…
Will Smith has spoken about his shock after a co-star in his newest film Emancipation spat on him during an ad-libbed scene. As reported by HIPHOPDX, Smith reflected on the experience during a conversation on Red Table Talk this week alongside his three children, Willow, Jaden and Trey Smith. (His wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, usually…
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has sold another 22 million shares, worth around $3.58bn (£2.9bn), in the electric car maker Tesla. The shares were sold on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week, according to a filing with a US financial regulator. It brings the total of Tesla stocks sold by Musk over the past year to…
Actor Henry Cavill has been dropped as Superman by the new bosses of DC Studios, less than two months after he announced his return to the role. “I have just had a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it’s sad news, everyone. I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,” Cavill said….
Reports in Spain suggest that France striker Karim Benzema could be in line for a shock return to Qatar to play in the World Cup final. The Real Madrid forward had been expected to miss the whole tournament after returning to Spain following a thigh injury that he suffered the day before the tournament began….
James Cameron has reflected on the “problem” with Terminator: Dark Fate after “butting heads” with the director. The filmmaker behind the first two Terminator films returned to produce the sixth installment in the franchise, which was directed by Tim Miller and released in 2019. Months after its premiere, Miller vowed to never work with Cameron…
Rumours broke out recently that Brazil have their eyes on Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti, for the national team job, with Tite stepping down following their quarter-final exit from the World Cup. Then reports came out in the Spanish media though that the Italian manager had no interest in leaving Santiago Bernabeu anytime soon. And…
It would be difficult for the Atlanta Hawks to perform worse than they did in Memphis on Monday night. Yet, tonight’s game against the Eastern Conference bottom-dwelling Orlando Magic was much uglier. As reported by SI, Atlanta surrendered 50 points to Orlando in the first quarter and fell behind by 29 points in the second…
Omar Bailey, the former head of the Yeezy-Adidas Innovation Lab, is gearing up to launch BIPOC-led, L.A.-based footwear prototyping lab and venture studio FCTRY LAb with an initial $6 million tranche round of financing. According to the company, the funding comes from a diverse group of venture capital firms, top professional athletes and angel investors…
Will Smith said that his “Emancipation” costar Ben Foster purposely avoided interacting with him while on the set of the film. “He didn’t speak to me, he didn’t make eye contact with me, he didn’t say a word, he didn’t acknowledge me for six months,” Smith recalled during his takeover of the latest episode of…
Like so much great art, the T-800 came to James Cameron in a dream. In 1981 (the same year the legendary director broke into the industry with his worst movie ever), Cameron found himself unwell in a cheap hotel Roman hotel room. The world would never be the same. “The Terminator came from a dream…
A video shared online shows Los Angeles Clippers superfan ‘Clipper Darrell’ getting knocked out during an altercation at Crypto.com Arena during Monday’s (December 12) win against the Boston Celtics. As reported by iheart, the footage, which was shared by TMZ Sports, shows Darrell — whose full name is Darrell Bailey — involved in an argument…
France forward Kylian Mbappé hasn’t missed often this World Cup. As reported by SI, the 23-year-old has five goals this tournament, tied with Argentina forward and Paris Saint-Germain teammate Lionel Messi for the most in Qatar. He has a chance to become the first French player to lead the tournament in goals since legendary striker…
Elon Musk has officially lost his spot as the world’s richest person to Bernard Arnault, the Chairman and CEO of French luxury conglomerate, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton as reported by The Whistler. According to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Bernard Arnault and family are now worth $191 billion while Musk is worth $174.9 billion….
Former disk jockey and co-producer of the Ellen DeGeneres TV show, Stephen Boss, popularly known as ‘tWitch’ has died at the age of 40. As reported by Punch, Boss’s wife, Allison Holker made a report to a Los Angeles police station on Tuesday that the disk jockey left home without his vehicle – an occurrence…
Investors withdrew as much as $3 billion from Binance on Tuesday, according to blockchain analytics firm Nansen, as a deluge of negative headlines about the cryptocurrency industry rattled users of the world’s largest exchange. Andrew Thurman, content lead for Nansen, told CNN that at its peak, Binance saw “as high as $3 billion in net…
Dua Lipa is reportedly dating Jack Harlow. As reported by Crow River Media, the 27-year-old pop star had in recent months thought to have struck up a relationship with comedian Trevor Noah but now rapper Jack Harlow is said to have been “strongly pursuing” a romance. After reportedly meeting at the Variety Hitmakers brunch in…
Cousin to popular singer Davido, Adesina Adeleke, popularly known as Sina Rambo, has denied domestic violence allegations made against him by his estranged wife, Korth. As reported by Punch, Korth, in a series of Instagram stories on Monday, accused Sina of violence as she announced that their marriage was over. Reacting to the claims, Sina…
Manchester United upgraded their midfield with Christian Eriksen and Casemiro in the summer but they missed out on their main target. Frenkie de Jong was linked with a move to Old Trafford throughout the summer and was Erik ten Hag’s top target but a transfer never materialised. This was mainly due to the Dutch midfielder’s…
Ronaldinho reunited with Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Ronaldo and Dida at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, all while cheering on Lionel Messi and Argentina in their semifinals win over Croatia on Monday. As reported by MARCA, the Brazilian soccer legend won the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea & Japan alongside the aforementioned retired…
A World Cup security guard has died after suffering a “serious fall” while on duty at the Lusail Stadium for Argentina’s quarter-final match against the Netherlands. The man has been named as John Njau Kibue, a 24-year-old from Kenya who moved to Qatar a year ago. The precise details of how he fell are unclear…
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was adamant that a fan be ejected during a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. Green could be seen talking back and forth with a fan during some free throws, but the dialogue from Green continued after the free throws, as he spoke to the refs while…
Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani may bid for North London-based Arsenal Football Club rather than Liverpool and Manchester United. Many news channels and reports had claimed that Ambani may bid for other English clubs, including giants like Manchester United and Liverpool, which are currently up for sale. According to an article in The…
Liverpool have reportedly reached an agreement in principle to sign Benfica and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez. As reported by Sports Mole, the 21-year-old has become one of the most sought-after lynchpins in Europe after starring for club and country since making the move to the Estadio da Luz in the summer. Fernandez made a name…
France beat Morocco 2-0 in the semifinals of the World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday night to end the African side’s dream run in Qatar. As reported by ESPN, an early goal from Theo Hernandez and a late tap in from substitute Randal Kolo Muani earned defending champions France a hard-fought win…
Nigeria’s award-winning singer, Teni Makanaki takes us to the beautiful plains and sights of South Africa in crisp and colorful new video for her latest song ”Maitama.” The music video directed by Darion and Teni features Costa Titch, Ch’cco and Mayorkun whose scene was shot by Dessy Gray in Atlanta, USA. Watch the music video…
The nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes are in. Tems has been nominated as a songwriter for “Lift Me Up” (soundtrack from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) in the “Best Original Song, Motion Picture” category alongside Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “White Lotus,” and “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” were…
Elon Musk joined Dave Chappelle on stage Sunday in San Francisco, home of Twitter’s headquarters where the world’s richest person recently laid off many of its employees. It went about as well as you’d expect. As reported by the CNN, the crowd at the Chase Center loudly booed Musk, who had spent much of the…
England and Wales fans have been praised for their “exemplary behaviour” after emerging for the first time from a World Cup without a single arrest. While the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) said there had been 531 football-related incidents domestically — with 115 arrests — there had been no incidents in Qatar despite the involvement…
