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Kylian Mbappe is fit to start at Real Betis this weekend after missing Real Madrid's midweek Copa del Rey game after dental surgery, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday. The France forward was rested for Wednesday's 1-0 win at Real Sociedad in the Cup semi-final first leg after having a wisdom tooth removed. "Mbappe's tooth? Well…
24 Jan
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti quashed rumours regarding the future of star forward Vinicius Junior on Friday, saying the Brazilian is committed to staying with the reigning European and Spanish champions. Spanish media have reported that Vinicius, 24, received a stratospheric offer to join a Saudi Arabian club. "From what I've heard, as someone who…
18 Jan
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed "humble" striker Kylian Mbappe on Saturday, saying the French forward was improving, and increasingly involved, in every match. The former Paris Saint-Germain superstar struggled to find his top level after completing his dream move last summer but now has 16 goals in 29 games across all competitions. Mbappe has…
11 Jan
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said his players could avenge their thrashing earlier this season by Barcelona to win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, if they avoided making the same mistakes. Hansi Flick's Barcelona routed Los Blancos 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu in October in La Liga, although a slump before the winter break…
6 Dec
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said star forward Vinicius Junior will be back from injury quicker than expected to face Atalanta
25 Oct
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said La Liga leaders Barcelona's revival is not keeping him up at night ahead of Saturday's Clasico. Hansi Flick's Barca visit the Santiago Bernabeu sitting three points ahead of the second-place Spanish champions and thrashed German giants Bayern Munich 5-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday. However Real Madrid are…
21 Oct
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday he wants striker Kylian Mbappe to focus on scoring goals over pressing to help the team. The Spanish and European champions have not been at their peak this season and are still searching for the best way to incorporate the former Paris Saint-Germain superstar following his arrival this…
4 Oct
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday that two of the main factors behind his team's poor play this season are "lack of intensity in defence and slow ball circulation". Real Madrid sit second in La Liga on 18 points, three points behind leaders Barcelona, but have not set the new season alight despite the…
17 Aug 2024
With Kylian Mbappe set to make his La Liga debut for Real Madrid on Sunday against Real Mallorca, coach Carlo Ancelotti said the superstar
1 Jun 2024
Thibaut Courtois was named in Real Madrid's starting line-up for the first time in the Champions League this season as the Spanish giants take on Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's final at Wembley. The Belgian goalkeeper has been sidelined for most of the season due to a knee injury, but returned to fitness last month to…
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Nigeria is heading towards the "light at the end of the tunnel" as the country grinds through the second year of a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu said Friday. The West African heavyweight has been beset with soaring inflation after Tinubu, elected in 2023, scrapped a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the exchange rate for…
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India will finalise a "mutually beneficial" free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. "We have asked our teams to work out a mutually beneficial bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year,"…
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Nigerian music star, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, has broken his silence after being accused of failing to buy socialite Sophia Egbueje a Lamborghini. On Friday, February 28, 2025, the Grammy-winning singer took to his Instagram story, singing, "I no buy Lambo, is that why you're shouting?" His response has since stirred…
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A man who ran an illegal network of cryptocurrency ATMs was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, in the first such criminal case in the UK. Such ATMs, which allow users to buy cryptocurrency or convert it into cash, are illegal to operate in the UK without approval from Britain's financial watchdog, the…
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Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concerns about the Federal Government’s plan to move Bands B and C to Band A. The consumers expressed their concerns to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, stating that the move would lead to significant hardship for them. Mr Emmanuel…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command has paraded a couple in connection with alleged cultism, illegal drug dealings, cyber fraud and assault. This is contained in a statement by the command Spokesman, SC Tolulope Afolabi to newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. The suspects (names withheld) were arrested at Tosin Aluko park…
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday spoke to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urging him to release a British citizen and activist jailed in Cairo, Downing Street said. "The prime minister discussed the case of British national Alaa Abd El-Fattah with President Sisi. He pressed for Alaa's release, having met his mother Laila Soueif…
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The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has described the impeached speaker, Mudashiru Obasa’s plenary with four lawmakers and the disruption of the assembly as a ‘show of shame’. Speaking to journalists after the court hearing at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Friday, Meranda said that a quorum in the Assembly…
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Lebanese on Friday conducted a delayed burial in a border village for more than 90 civilians and fighters from the Hezbollah movement who died during the war with Israel that ended with a November ceasefire. Under the truce, Israel had an initial 60 days, later extended to February 18, to pull out its troops from…