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Juan Mata becomes Barcelona's target as club wants to sign him for free March 31, 2019 - Juan Mata could be on his way to Barcelona in the summer if he doesn't settle his contract dispute with Man United - Man United are willing to offer him a 12-month extension as against the 2-year deal Mata wants - Mata has scored four goals and registered two assists this season for Man United Barcelona are plotting a move for Juan Mata and could land him for free in the summer following his contract dispute at Man United. The 30-year-old’s contract at Man United runs out in the summer but the club is willing to offer him a 12-month extension as against the 2-year deal Mata wants. It is believed Barcelona are monitoring the situation and could make a move for Mata in the summer if he doesn’t resolve his contract dispute with Man United. According to a UK Sun report, Barcelona have opened negotiations by contacting Mata’s father and agent Juan Sr. The Spanish giants see Ma...

Revealed Europe's best supported clubs - some attract more than a million fans every season March 31, 2019 In Europe, there are 15 clubs with aggregate attendances totalling more than a million. Among those are Manchester United , Celtic and Liverpool, according to football governing body UEFA who in January released its tenth licensing benchmarking report – an overview of the state of football across the continent for the 2017/18 season. One nugget of info to jump out was that more people are watching European football than ever before as the 2017/18 season recorded the highest total attendance level on record, with attendances of 105 million. Celtic’s Old Firm rivals Rangers make the top 20 with an average attendance of 49,174 giving them an aggregate attendance of 934,306 last term, placing them 19th in the list. They are joined by Newcastle (51,992/ 987,848), Benfica (53,209/ 957,762), Stuttgart (56,045/ 952,765) and PSG (46,929/ 891,651). Latest Football News HI...

Comedian Zelensky leads Ukrainian presidential race March 31, 2019 A comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV is likely to top the first round of voting as Ukrainians go to the polls Sunday. Actor Zelensky’s bid started as a long shot but he has leapfrogged establishment politicians amid public frustration over corruption and stagnating living standards. The 41-year-old star of the political comedy “Servant of the People,” which returned for its third season this week, is polling above 25 percent, well ahead of his nearest rivals. If Zelensky wins the presidency he will lead a country of 45 million people that in recent years has known war, loss of territory and uprisings, and remains one of the poorest nations in Europe. The main question now is whether incumbent Petro Poroshenko or ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko will meet Zelensky in a run-off next month. One recent survey put them neck and neck at ...

Is Honesty The Best Policy When It Comes To Money And Relationships? March 31,2019 Relationship It depends. Everyone has their own version of the truth.  For example, my brother might think the woman I set him up with on a date is not intelligent or attractive despite me telling him she was both. Why? Because to me she knows a lot about what I am interested in and she fits my ideal of beauty.  But he is not interested in what I am nor are his standards of beauty the same as mine.  So my "honest truth" is she's wonderful and his truth is she isn't. Many people end up hurting others by claiming to "just telling the honest truth." So honesty must be defined as concrete truths and not opinions. Telling your spouse how much money you won or lost at the casino is a concrete truth. It's not an opinion, it's a fact.  Telling her that she is getting fat is an opinion. Although I know there is a point where the extra weight can be health threatenin...

UNBELIEVABLE: Court Approves Social Media Blackout March 31, 2019 Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout. But the Appeals Court struck out the case allowing the government to continue the blackout which has been in force since March 2018. For a year now, Chadians are unable to use particular social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp. The state says these applications have helped to organize anti-government protests which in turn threaten internal security. The blockade was imposed when a national conference recommended changes to the constitution to allow president Idriss Deby Itno to continue in office until 2033. Despite repeated calls by internet rights groups for the ban to be lifted, the government has serially dismissed them. Chad is not the only African country to have switched off the internet for political and security reasons. Gabon did so briefly in th...

Constitutional Crisis Looms As CJN's Tenure Ends In Three Weeks March 30,2019 The nation may be plunged into a constitutional crisis in about three weeks as the tenure of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Tanko, comes to an end, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Muhammad was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 25, 2019 following an order by the Code of Conduct Tribunal that the substantive CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, be suspended and the next in line of seniority, be sworn in. However, the constitution states that the President cannot re-appoint an acting CJN unless on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. Onnoghen and Muhammad are facing a probe by the NJC, the body responsible for the discipline and appointment of judges. While Onnoghen was given a query by the NJC to respond to allegations on why he failed to declare some of his assets as required by law, the acting CJN was asked to respond to a query on why he allowed h...

Journalist Abiri whisked away by gunmen March 31, 2019 Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri,  to an disclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, who was incarcerated for two years on suspicion of terrorism, was whisked away at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. According to eyewitnesses, Abiri was in company of some collegues at his office at Azikoro junction of Yenagoa when the armed men arrived at the scene in a white Hilux Van and black Prado Jeep. They dragged and pushed him into one of the vehicles and drove off. Austin Bodo, a journalist who witnessed the incident, said “we were sitting outside his office when a black Prado jeep and white Hilux drove into the premises in commando style. “As they parked, two men carrying the type of guns used by DSS operatives, jumped out of one of the cars and said Ab...