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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will be honoured with his own exhibit in the British Museum’s Egyptian collection. The Egypt international has impressed this season, winning the Premier League golden boot with a record 32 goals. His boots will go on display in the run up to Liverpool’s Champions League final match against Real Madrid. “The boots tell a story of ...

Didier Deschamps has left Premier League stars Anthony Martial and Alexandre Lacazette out of France’s squad for the World Cup, with Dimitri Payet, Adrien Rabiot and Kingsley Coman also omitted. Bayern Munich winger Coman is on the reserves list, along with Rabiot, Martial and Lacazette, but Payet is out entirely after the Marseille captain was injured in Thursday’s Europa League ...

Three people have been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly tying late students to crosses and flogging them with horsewhips on a Nigerian roadside. The three – including the headteacher – were taken into custody after a police officer stumbled across the incident in south-western Ogun State. Pictures show at least two young people – one boy and one girl – ...

The 2018 World Cup is near. How do we know? Because preliminary squads and 23-man final squads are starting to roll in. As of Thursday afternoon, seven 23-man rosters and 18 other provisional squads had been announced. Teams were required to hand in a preliminary roster of up to 35 players on Monday, May 14, but did not have to make it public. They then ...

The alternates for France’s World Cup roster could put together a pretty good group stage, and underscores the possibilities of a French return to glory at this summer’s tournament in Russia. Amongst the players left out for France are Alexandre Lacazette, Anthony Martial, Lucas Digne, Kingsley Coman, Aymeric Laporte, Dimitri Payet, Karim Benzema, Adrien Rabiot, and Wissam Ben Yedder. So ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed the manager of a plant owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Limited in Ethiopia on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from the factory, officials said. Oromiya, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, was plagued by violence for over two years, largely fueled by a ...

Pep Guardiola is staying at Manchester City into the next decade. After a record-breaking season at the Etihad, Manchester City announced that the club had signed Guardiola to a new contract through 2021. If he stays for the duration of his contract, it will be the longest amount of time he’s spent at one club, after four years with FC ...

Premier League clubs raked in the cash during the 2017-2018 season as television revenues continue to grow. The Premier League released its financial figures on Thursday of how much every club received from the league this season, and the final amount totaled more than $3.2 billion. It’s no wonder so many folks are trying to invest in the Premier League. Despite finishing ...

Serena Williams’ father texted her about an hour before her wedding and told her he couldn’t walk her down the aisle, the tennis star revealed in Wednesday’s episode of the HBO docuseries “Being Serena.” “He was in New Orleans, he had a suit, and I know he was really excited,” Williams said in the third episode of the series, per Vogue. “But ...

Oil prices may continue to rally past three and half year highs and all the way to $85 a barrel as soon as July, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning author and closely followed energy analyst Dan Yergin. Prices in the oil market have been steadily rising since last year, fueled by strong demand and output caps imposed by major producers aimed ...