Thomas Tuchel will earn around £5million a year as the new England national team manager. The 51-year-old has already agreed a deal with the Football Association, FA, and will take up his position in January 2025. This means Lee Carsley will continue in interim charge for the Three Lions’ two Nations League games in November. Tuchel has agreed an 18-month contract with the FA, which will see him stay as England manager until after the 2026 World Cup. According to Sky Sports, Tuchel’s deal is worth around £5m per year. It is similar to Gareth Southgate’s final contract with the…
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Legendary Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has been banned from the team’s dressing room. According to Mail Sport, the board has also been asked to stay away from the dressing room at Old Trafford. It breaks a long tradition that dates back to the days of Sir Matt Busby. Earlier on Tuesday, it emerged that Ferguson’s multi-million pound ambassadorial role has been scrapped by United’s new part owner INEOS, as part of a wide-ranging cost-cutting programme. In another controversial move Ferguson, who is the most successful manager in the club’s history, will no longer enter the inner sanctum after…
Gunmen have again launched a fresh attack on some rural communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing no fewer than five people. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council, Farmasum Fuddang and the Secretary, Duwam Bosco. The duo said the attack occurred on Monday, October 14, decrying previous attacks that have led to the death of several people in the past. They said despite credible warnings, terrorists, identified as members of the Fulani tribe, launched a brutal attack on the village of Rafut in the Kwatas district shortly…
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has admitted he is playing his “last games” after scoring a hat-trick in 2026 World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on Tuesday night. Messi scored three goals and provided two assists as the world champions won 6-0 at the Monumental de Nunez Stadium. Speaking after the game, the Inter Miami superstar said he is trying to savor every moment with the national team. “It is very nice to play here feeling the affection of the Argentina fans,” Messi said. “It makes me emotional to listen to how they shout my name. We all enjoy this connection with…
The Police said they have arrested and detained 10,852 persons across the country over various crimes in the last three months. Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, made this known on Tuesday at a meeting with officers from the rank of Commissioner and above, listing the crimes to include kidnapping, banditry and armed robbery. “The arrests and detention were carried out between July and September. Within the period, a total of 416 arms, 3,672 ammunition, 178 vehicles were recovered, while 369 kidnapped victims were rescued,” he explained. The IGP said that there had been a substantial decrease in crime rates in…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday, lamented what he called repeated activities of cultist members and cybercrimes in all the higher institutions in the state. The Governor, represented by his Special Adviser on Security Matters Brigadier Ebenezer Ogundana, (rtd) said this during a stakeholders’ meeting, organized by the Nigeria Police Strategic forum. The programme was aimed at training the Schools Protection Squad (SPS) on the security of schools protection in Ekiti State. The Governor particularly mentioned the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU) where cultism and cybercrimes are rampant. He, however, promised that his government will continue to support…
Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi was on Tuesday elected president of the African Table Tennis Federation, ATTF. Enitan, a former Lagos State Sports Commissioner was elected unopposed. The sports administrator succeeds Egypt’s Khaled El-Salhy as president of the ATTF. The election took place at the ATTF’s 2024 Annual General Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He’s the first Nigerian to hold the position and currently the only Nigerian presiding over a continental sports body. Oshodi was a former president of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, NTTF. Nigeria’s Oshodi elected African Table Tennis Federation president
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has hit out at the club for their decision to terminate legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s contract as a club ambassador. Ferguson was Man United’s manager for 26 years at Old Trafford. The 82-year-old won 38 trophies during his time with the Red Devils before his retirement in 2013. Ferguson was kept on at Man United as a global ambassador, for which he was paid £2 million a year, as well as a club director. However, as part of INEOS’ cost-cutting measures at Man United, the Premier League club have now terminated Ferguson’s ambassador deal,…
New Zealand captain Alyssha Eglinton says the team is battle ready for their opening fixture at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup against Nigeria. The Oceania champions will confront Bankole Olowookere’s side on Wednesday night. The Flamingos are overwhelming favourites to win the contest going by their past record in the competition. Nigeria finished third at the last edition of the competition hosted by India. Eglinton believed that the Young Ferns have what it takes to beat the Flamingos. “I think as a team, we’ve really come together over the past 10 days that we’ve been here, and over…
The Police on Tuesday took over the Benedictine Order Academy, Nyiman, Makurdi that was recently sealed over poor standards. DAILY POST recalls that the Bureau for Education Quality Assurance, BEQA had, on September 30, sealed the school for operating in an uncompleted hotel building. The Director General of the bureau, Dr Terna Francis, said the school had no qualified teacher, curriculum, lesson plan or scheme of work. He said the Benedictine Order Academy was not only a registered school, but was operating three schools within the uncompleted hotel building. Francis said the government would not allow substandard schools to exist…