FA Cup replays are set to be scrapped from next season, with plenty of clubs in the EFL and Non-League condemning the decision. For one Premier League manager, though, the decision is “much better” for the best teams in England who are competing in European competition, because it will help …
Read More »Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire, With Deaths Reported on Both Sides
Hezbollah militants fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday, in what they said was retaliation for an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon overnight. The militants’ barrage came as pro-Palestinian protesters turned up the pressure on the government in neighboring Jordan to sever ties with Israel. It …
Read More »Kylian Mbappe to demand staggering £150m signing-on fee – with Premier League sides ‘willing to pay everything he asks for’: report
Kylian Mbappe will seek a reported £150m signing-on fee from whichever club he joins in the summer, as Premier League sides begin to circle. With his PSG contract expiring in June, Mbappe is free to talk to other clubs outside of France ahead of a potential free transfer. But any …
Read More »Army boss charges troops not to take sides in Plateau skirmishes
Lagbaja gave the warning while addressing troops deployed in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau where assailants killed at least 30 persons in Kwahaslalek village on Wednesday. He expressed sadness over the wanton destruction of lives and property in the state and charged the troops to go after lawbreakers. …
Read More »The New York Times Tried To Both Sides 1/6 But Reader Backlash Made Them Change Their Headline
The New York Times played into Trump’s narrative by trying to both sides the 1/6 attack, but reader backlash made them change their headline. Here are the two headlines side by side: The New York Times wrote a cowardly “both sides” headline and — after getting slammed by me and …
Read More »Mills outlines side’s goal after ‘disappointing’ World Cup campaign
Patty Mills has described Australia’s FIBA World Cup campaign as ‘disappointing’ after they finished the competition with a 100-84 win against Georgia. The Boomers went into the match knowing it would be their last, after an earlier loss to Slovenia proved costly. But beating Georgia – winning the first, second …
Read More »Super Bowl LVIII Exact Matchup: Predict The Final Two Sides
This season’s Super Bowl LVIII will be staged on Sunday February 11, 2024 – so the next six months will be all about which two sides will reach the big stage at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. With that in mind – did you know you can bet on …
Read More »Fragility & Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Two Sides of the Same Coin
A South Sudanese soldier carries a machine gun. Credit: punghi/ Shutterstock Opinion by Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, Christoph Lakner (washington dc) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 17 (IPS) – In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East …
Read More »DeAndre Hopkins Meeting With Patriots “Positive For Both Sides”
DeAndre Hopkins became a free agent for the first time in his career last month when he and the Arizona Cardinals parted ways. It has been a few years since he was the dominant wide receiver that we knew him to be, but there is thought that he can still …
Read More »Russians Hit Ukrainian Hospital as Both Sides Step Up Long-Range Strikes
KYIV, Ukraine — Explosions far behind the front lines shook Ukraine on Friday, as a Russian missile demolished part of a hospital complex and apparent Ukrainian strikes hit Russian-occupied cities, in their escalating, long-range aerial war. The attack on a medical center in the central city of Dnipro killed at …
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