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Ten-Man Leeds Snatch Last-Gasp 2-1 Win At Manchester City

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Emenike Agu
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A dramatic last-gasp winner from Stuart Dallas earned 10-man Leeds United a shock 2-1 victory against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (April 10).

A much-changed City side struggled to get going in the first half, with Leeds taking a surprise lead in the 42nd minute, full-back Dallas drilling the ball in off the post with the visitors’ first shot at goal.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-9783057869190981&output=html&h=280&adk=2927687966&adf=1690953223&pi=t.aa~a.1106109002~i.5~rp.4&w=878&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1618114419&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=8281617068&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=878×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsvillagesquare.com%2F2021%2F04%2F10%2Ften-man-leeds-snatch-last-gasp-2-1-win-at-manchester-city%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=200&rw=877&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8JnFgwYQ4aTnirGflIQ0EkwAQpWIc0CyhKjVL8Kvo0m7ACN7f3NkEZBOm-QXcTGiEcMo0JG99OxlQLlwoe4vwwdsBiD14cuFXKKDmkLUu7jiYNPBl7r7v0q_Vs56&dt=1618114418999&bpp=6&bdt=4671&idt=6&shv=r20210406&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D264c6e9007bc90a9-226525b563a6003c%3AT%3D1604519649%3ART%3D1604519649%3AS%3DALNI_MZUWl30DW2CYd6GGKYezm3RWGucnw&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x600%2C300x600&nras=2&correlator=8625516225050&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1504953199.1600877215&ga_sid=1618114418&ga_hid=939102184&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=5&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&adx=60&ady=1808&biw=1329&bih=555&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=42530671%2C44735932%2C44736524%2C44740079%2C44739387&oid=3&pvsid=25333359842981&pem=794&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsvillagesquare.com%2F&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=4%2C0%2C4%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1362%2C728%2C1346%2C555&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&jar=2021-04-09-19&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=iQYC8pjaOH&p=https%3A//www.sportsvillagesquare.com&dtd=171

Leeds’ joy was short-lived, however, as a VAR intervention saw their captain Liam Cooper sent off just before the break for a dangerous looking challenge on Gabriel Jesus.

The depleted visitors then defended en masse, with City struggling to break through, but Ferran Torres broke their resistance in the 76th, levelling the score with a fine finish.

The drama was not over however.

As City threw everything at Leeds in search of a winner, the visitors broke at pace, with Dallas racing through to grab a sensational win for Marcelo Bielsa’s side in the 91st minute.

He to BBC Sport: “The value of the victory increases because it was achieved in a game where we were dominated and demanded character, effort and personality.

“From the adversity and effort of the players it was emotional for me. It was a rebellious team.”

Dallas added: “We came with a game plan we always have but going down to 10 that changes. We are man to man so that changes. We dug in and showed a different side to us. We have been criticised has our defending but we stood up.

“You should never give up. Down to 10 and they equalise. But we managed to find something. It is about how much you really want it.”

The result means City’s six-game winning streak in all competitions has ended as they remain 14 points clear of second-placed Manchester United having played two more games, while Leeds move up to ninth.

City boss Pep Guardiola said his team did not create enough chances for the forwards.  He noted: “When they defend in the way they were you have to stop them running and we did not do that. The best moment we had in the game we make a mistake behind and we tried but could not score.”

Thugs Disrupt PDP North West Congress In Kaduna, Party Suspends Process

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Emenike Agu
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The North-West Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended abruptly on Saturday after it was disrupted by thugs.

Scores of party faithful had stormed the International Trade Fair Complex in the Kaduna State capital for the exercise, which was attended by some PDP chieftains.

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and a former National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, were among those present while Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, was absent at the congress.

The congress was disrupted by thugs midway into the voting process by delegates from the seven states of the north-west region to elect their zonal chairman and other executive members.

During the violence that rocked the congress, ballot papers and other voting materials were destroyed – a situation that forced most of the party chieftains to hurriedly leave the venue for fear of being caught in the attack.

The Chairman of the Media Sub-Committee of the congress, Abdulrahman Usman, said that the fracas was caused by delegates from Kano State over who would emerge as the PDP chairman in the zone.

He explained that as soon as the exercise was disrupted, the congress was put on hold to avoid further escalation of the crisis.

Usman, however, said that the leaders of the party would meet to address all pending issues before fixing a new date for the zonal congress.

Sources said there were two top contenders for the position of the zonal chairman from Kano State, Senator Bello Gwarzo and Muhammad Yusuf.

Gwarzo is said to enjoy the support of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, who is the leader of a faction of the PDP in Kano.

On the other hand, Yusuf is said to be fronted by a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who leads another faction of the party in the state.

Some of the delegates from both factions in Kano, Aminu Abdulsalam, Hamza Safiyanu, and Yusuf Bello, described the disruption of the congress as shameful and undemocratic.

The PDP zonal congress was held to elect new leaders that would pilot the affairs of the party in the zone for the next four years.

Meghan Won’t Attend Prince Philip’s Funeral Service, Harry Will: Palace

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Emenike Agu
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The funeral service for Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will be held on April 17, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday, adding that their grandson Prince Harry would attend.

Long-established plans for his funeral have had to be redrawn and scaled down because of Covid-19 restrictions, but Buckingham Palace said they remained very much in line with Philip’s wishes.

Philip, known as the Duke of Edinburgh and at his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, died on Friday at Windsor Castle aged 99.

He will be given a ceremonial royal funeral, not a state funeral, with no public processions, held entirely within the grounds of Windsor Castle and limited to 30 mourners.

“The occasion will still celebrate and recognise the Duke’s life and his more than 70 years of service to the queen, the UK and the Commonwealth,” a palace spokesman said.

The funeral will be held at the castle’s St George’s Chapel and will be preceded by a minute’s silence across the country.

Exact details of who will attending were not released, but among those present will be Prince Harry, whose explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey alongside wife Meghan last month plunged the royal family into its greatest crisis in decades. Meghan, who is pregnant with their second child, will not attend on doctor’s advice, the palace said.

During the interview, Meghan said her pleas for help while she felt suicidal were ignored and that one unnamed member of the family had asked how dark their unborn child’s skin might be.

Harry, the Duke of Sussex, also bemoaned his family’s reaction to the couple’s decision to step back from official duties and move to Los Angeles.

“The Duke of Sussex is planning to attend,” the palace spokesman said.

“The Duchess of Sussex has been advised by her physician not to travel. So the Duke will be attending.”

Buckingham Palace stressed the service would be held in line with government coronavirus guidelines, meaning members of the royal family including the queen would be expected to wear a mask.

▪︎ “A FAMILY IN MOURNING”

Tributes have flooded in from across Britain and from world leaders for Philip, who was a pillar of strength for the queen. At 94, she is the world’s oldest and longest-reigning living monarch.

The armed forces marked Philip’s passing at noon (1100 GMT) on Saturday with a Death Gun Salute. Artillery units in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and Gibraltar, and some navy warships, fired their guns.

The royal family asked the public to heed social distancing rules and avoid visits to its residences, but people still laid cards and bouquets outside Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.

“It’s not something I’ve ever done before,” said Joanna Reesby, 60, who came to pay her respects at Buckingham Palace. “I brought yellow roses for friendship because I think that’s what he exhibited to everyone who came into his world.”

The queen has lost her closest confidante, the one person she could trust and who was free to speak his mind to her. They had been married for 73 years and Philip would have turned 100 in June.

Asked how the queen was coping, the palace spokesman said: “It’s a family in mourning”.
Members of the family have been visiting the grieving monarch at Windsor Castle.

“The queen has been amazing,” said a tearful Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, as she left with her husband Prince Edward, the youngest son of Elizabeth and Philip.

On its official Twitter feed, the royal family put up a tribute paid by the queen to her husband on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1997.

“He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know,” she said.

Flags at Buckingham Palace and at government buildings across Britain were lowered to half-mast and billboard operators replaced adverts with a photo and tribute to the prince.

A Greek prince, Philip married Elizabeth in 1947 and broke the news of her father’s death five years later while they were visiting Kenya, meaning that she was queen at the age of 25.

He went on to play a key role helping the monarchy adapt to a changing world in the post-World War Two period, and also to support the queen as the monarchy faced numerous crises over the years. He finally stepped back from public duties in 2017.

Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Kenyan, Emmanuel Naibei & Ethiopia’s Meseret Dinke Win 2021 Edition

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Emenike Agu
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Emmanuel Naibei and Meseret Dinke on Saturday emerged winners of the 2021 edition of the Lagos City Marathon race, taking away a cash prize of $30,000 each.

Naibei, who is from Kenya returned a time of 2:11:37 to claim the top prize of $30,000 while Meseret Dinke, Ethiopian, won the female category also winning a cash prize of $30,000.

Daresa Geleta of Ethiopia took second place in the men category while Demiso Legese also from Ethiopia took third place.

In the second place, women category Celestine Chepchirchir (Kenya) won, taking a cash reward of $20,000 while Desta Muluneh (Ethiopia) took third place with a cash prize of $15,000.

Just like it is in the Men’s category, this is the fourth time an Ethiopian will be winning the female race.

Plateau-born, Istifanus Peter Mahan was the first Nigerian to cross the finish line.

As the first Nigerian, he will be going home with a whopping sum of ₦1,000,000, while the second and third Nigerian will bag ₦750,000 and ₦500,000 respectively.

Championed by Access Bank, the race started in the wee hours of Saturday in front of the National Stadium, Surulere, and ended at the Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, a 42-kilometer stretch.

Unlike previous years where over 100,000 participated in the marathon, only 300 athletes were allowed to participate in the 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The race was flagged off by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare.

Spanish Man Receives New Heart, New Baby Same Day

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Angel Gimalo
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Spaniard Antonio Salvador was with his wife as she went into labour when doctors told him they had a matching heart for a transplant he had been awaiting for years.

After a moment of doubt, he agreed. When the 39-year-old woke up from the surgery at Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital that same day in mid-March, he had a healthy new heart, and a healthy baby boy.

“Samuel came carrying a heart for his father under his arm,” the hospital quoted Salvador’s wife, Ana, as saying of their baby.

The hospital said it had waited to ensure the patient had adapted well to the new heart and the baby was fine before announcing the successful transplant.

Heart surgeon Manuel Ruiz Fernandez said the transplant had saved Salvador’s life, as his condition, a hardening of the heart muscle known as hypertrophic heart disease, had been getting progressively worse: “He was born again on that day, and his son was born too. They will certainly remember that day.”

China Fines Alibaba Record $2.75 billion, 4% of 2019 Domestic Revenues

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Angel Gimalo
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China slapped a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Saturday, after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant had abused its dominant market position for several years.

The fine, about 4% of Alibaba’s 2019 domestic revenues, comes amid a crackdown on technology conglomerates and indicates China’s antitrust enforcement on internet platforms has entered a new era after years of laissez-faire approach.

The Alibaba business empire has come under intense scrutiny in China since billionaire founder Jack Ma’s stinging public criticism of the country’s regulatory system in October.

A month later, authorities scuttled a planned $37 billion IPO by Ant Group, Alibaba’s internet finance arm, which was set to be the world’s biggest ever.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced its antitrust probe into the company in December.

While the fine brings Alibaba a step closer to resolving its antitrust woes, Ant still needs to agree to a regulatory-driven revamp that is expected to sharply cut its valuations and rein in some of its freewheeling businesses.

“This penalty will be viewed as a closure to the anti-monopoly case for now by the market. It’s indeed the highest profile anti-monopoly case in China,” said Hong Hao, head of research BOCOM International in Hong Kong.

“The market has been anticipating some sort of penalty for some time … but people need to pay attention to the measures beyond the anti-monopoly investigation.”

Discovery Of 3,000-year-old Lost Golden City, Largest Ancient City Uncovered In Egypt

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Angel Gimalo
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Archaeologists have hailed the discovery of what is believed to be the largest ancient city found in Egypt, buried under sand for millennia, which experts said was one of the most important finds since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the “lost golden city”, saying the site was uncovered near Luxor, home of the Valley of the Kings.

“The Egyptian mission under Dr Zahi Hawass found the city that was lost under the sands,” the archeology team said. “The city is 3,000 years old, dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, and continued to be used by Tutankhamun and Ay.”

It called the find the largest ancient city, known as Aten, ever uncovered in Egypt.

Betsy Bryan, Professor of Egyptian art and archaeology at Johns Hopkins University, said the find was the “second most important archeological discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun”, according to the team’s statement.

Items of jewellery such as rings have been unearthed, along with coloured pottery vessels, scarab beetle amulets and mud bricks bearing the seals of Amenhotep III.

Hawass, a former antiquities minister, said: “Many foreign missions searched for this city and never found it.”

The team began excavations in September 2020, between the temples of Ramses III and Amenhotep III near Luxor, 500km (300 miles) south of the capital, Cairo.

“Within weeks, to the team’s great surprise, formations of mud bricks began to appear in all directions,” the statement read. “What they unearthed was the site of a large city in a good condition of preservation, with almost complete walls, and with rooms filled with tools of daily life.”

After seven months of excavations, several neighbourhoods have been uncovered, including a bakery complete with ovens and storage pottery, as well as administrative and residential districts.

Amenhotep III inherited an empire that stretched from the Euphrates to Sudan, archaeologists say, and died around 1354 BC.

He ruled for nearly four decades, a reign known for its opulence and the grandeur of its monuments, including the Colossi of Memnon – two massive stone statues near Luxor that represent him and his wife.

“The archaeological layers have laid untouched for thousands of years, left by the ancient residents as if it were yesterday,” the team’s statement said.

Bryan said the city “will give us a rare glimpse into the life of the Ancient Egyptians at the time where the empire was at his wealthiest”.

The team said it was optimistic that further important finds would be revealed, noting it had discovered groups of tombs it reached through “stairs carved into the rock”, a similar construction to those found in the Valley of the Kings.

“The mission expects to uncover untouched tombs filled with treasures,” the statement added.

After years of political instability linked to a popular revolt in 2011, which dealt a severe blow to Egypt’s key tourism sector, the country is seeking to bring back visitors, in particular by promoting its ancient heritage.

State Department announces intent to break law – comment

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Henry Williams
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 9: Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (L) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) in Ramallah, West Bank on March 9, 2016. Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency *** Local Caption *** 21.01.21

That decision is shameful, illegal and immoral, and Congress should not let it happen.
The US State Department announced this week that the Biden administration intends to distribute $235 million in aid to the Palestinians, reportedly to “regain their ‘trust and goodwill’ after the Trump-era cuts.” The assistance package is set to take effect on April 10.


That decision is shameful, illegal and immoral, and Congress should not let it happen.
It is shameful to blame the Palestinians’ loss of aid on former president Trump. It was Congress, not Trump, who set the conditions for Palestinian aid. And it was the Palestinians, not Trump, who violated those terms with impunity. Hiding behind fake partisan politics to call what happened “Trump-era cuts” is nothing more than revisionist history.


It is illegal for the Biden administration to restore that aid because every year since 2014 the United States has made clear in annual appropriation legislation – adopted by a massive bipartisan majority each time – that if the Palestinian Authority were to initiate an International Criminal Court investigation, and/or so long as they were actively supporting such an investigation, the US would cut funding for the PA.
This requirement was reaffirmed again very recently by a strong bipartisan majority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Despite these clear and repeated warnings, the PA did initiate, and does continue to openly and officially support, just such an investigation. By law they must be held to account for the willful disrespect of and disregard of American laws, values and interests. Anything else reflects the soft bigotry of low expectations.


Finally, restoring aid is immoral because the Biden administration knows exactly what the PA does with its international aid money. In a recent non-public report to Congress, the administration confirmed that the PA has continued to use that money to pay stipends through its official “Martyrs Fund” to murderous terrorists and their families. The PA spent at least $151m. in 2019 on its “pay-to-slay” program and at least $155m. in 2020. The fact that this program is codified in PA law – including that deadlier attacks get more money, thereby incentivizing bloodshed – is beyond sickening.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Gov Gavin Newsome’s Restrictions on At-Home Bible Studies

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Henry Williams
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In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency injunction pending appeal, thus finding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on home Bible study and worship violate the First Amendment.

The Court wrote: “This is the fifth time the Court has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s COVID restrictions on religious exercise. See Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom, 592 U. S. _ (2020); South Bay, 592 U. S. ; Gish v. Newsom, 592 U. S. (2021); Gateway City, 592 U. S. _. It is unsurprising that such litigants are entitled to relief. California’s Blueprint System contains myriad exceptions and accommodations for comparable activities, thus requiring the application of strict scrutiny. And historically, strict scrutiny requires the State to further ‘interests of the highest order’ by means ‘narrowly tailored in pursuit of those interests.’ Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U. S. 520, 546 (1993) (internal quotation marks omitted). That standard ‘is not watered down’ it ‘really means what it says.’ Ibid. (quotation altered).”

The Court also gives a summary list of everything Liberty Counsel has been arguing for the last year:

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Gov. Gavin Newsom has lost every time before the Supreme Court regarding these worship bans. You would think he would wake up by now. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been wrong every time regarding the worship restrictions. We will not rest until all these unconstitutional restrictions are struck down. It’s been more than one year since we began the fight to prove that the constitutional rights of churches under the First Amendment do not evaporate in a time of crisis. We cannot allow one person, whether state or local, to have the unchecked discretion to write a church into or out of existence by one word–‘essential.’ Such authority is extraordinary and runs counter to American history.”

Lagos City Marathon: Kenya’s Emmanuel Naibei Claims Grand Prize of $30,000

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Angel Gimalo
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Emmanuel Naibei of Kenya has won the 6th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Naibei beat about 300 marathoners on Saturday morning to win the 42km race in 2 hours 11 minutes and 37 seconds and also claim the grand prize of $30,000.

He bested the Ethiopian duo of Daresa Geleta and Demiso Legese who finished second and third respectively and will go home with $20,000 and $15,000, respectively.

Ethiopia’s Meseret Dinke was the first woman to cross the finish line at a record-breaking 2 hours 32 minutes and 16 seconds.

She was followed in second place by Kenya’s Celestine Chepchirchir and in third place by Desta Muluneh of Ethiopia.

Istifanus Peter Mahan was the first Nigerian to breast the tape, thus claiming the one million naira prize.

The 42km race began at the National Stadium in Surulere and ended at the Eko Atlantic City in Victoria Island.

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