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Sports / Mohamed Salah Apologises To Young Fan For Scoring Late Against Tunisia by drewsman: 7:37am On Nov 17, 2018 |
The Goal 50 third best player in the world got a last-gasp winner to help the Pharaohs secure a victory against their rivals Mohamed Salah has tendered his apology to a young girl who requested an early goal from the Liverpool star in Egypt's win over Tunisia in Alexandria. The girl tweeted a photo where she held aloft a poster that read: "Salah please score. I want to go home, I have homework." Salah would however score, but his goal - a well-taken one which involved a one-two with Salah Mohsen, nutmeg and cheeky chip over Tunisia goalkeeper, came in the 90th minute to help the Pharaoh clinch a 3-2 victory in the African Cup of Nations qualifier. Salah - who moved past legendary Egyptian playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika in the national team scorers' chart to third with 39 goals in 62 appearances - then responded after the game, tendering his apology. The Goal 50 star replied: “I really tried to let you go home early, and sorry to have kept you here until the last minute. I hope your teacher tomorrow understands the situation.” Prior to the tie, Egypt and Tunisia had sealed qualifications for the Afcon finals but the result saw the Pharaohs move level with their visitors at the summit of Group J with 12 points from five matches. Javier Aguirre's side will round up their qualification campaign with a fixture against Niger while Tunisia take on Eswatini in March 2019. Source: https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/salah-apologises-to-young-fan-for-scoring-late-against/13oonmh7g6hzs1o16leinx3q3g 22 Likes 1 Share
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Sports / Better Than Guardiola? Maradona Backs Mourinho As The World's Best by drewsman: 6:52am On Nov 14, 2018 |
The Dorados manager believes Manchester United's boss is the best in the world, even above his cross-town rival Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is a better manager than Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola, according to Diego Maradona. Guardiola led City to the Premier League title last season and has his team flying again this campaign, while Mourinho's United are struggling, beaten in the derby on Sunday. However, Maradona feels former Real Madrid, Chelsea and Inter boss Mourinho is the world's best coach, and believes Guardiola's style works because of the buying power he's had backing him throughout his career. "For me yes, Mou is the best," he told Marca . "I would give Pep the merit of taking advantage of the launch that Johan Cruyff gave him. "I have said on more than one occasion that tiki-taka was not invented by Guardiola. It was 'Flaco' Cruyff. "At the moment Pep is able to choose any player in the world that he wants. That way tiki- taka is easier." Maradona, now in charge of Mexican second- tier side Dorados , said he still had room to improve as a coach. Asked if he would be interested in coaching in Spain, the 1986 World Cup winner said only a "long-term project" would interest him, but first he wants to go to Manchester to learn from Mourinho. "Myself as a coach I need to learn a lot and for that reason I think I will go to Manchester and Mourinho to ask him a lot of things," the Argentina great said. "Because he is the best without doubt." Despite backing Mourinho as the better manager, Maradona does admit that Guardiola's City side are likely favourites to win the Premier League again and praised the Spanish boss for his understanding of the game. "Yes they could win it," he said. "Before I spoke about Pep and it is clear that he is a coach that understands games better than a lot that think they know it and then lose 3-0." Guardiola and City hold a two-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League table, while Mourinho's side sit eighth in the league table, 12 points back of first. Source: https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/jose-mourinho-pep-guardiola-man-united-man-city-diego/115vbkrpmtran10f6lm2bhaub0
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Crime / Re: Salvadoran Rape Survivor Faces Prison For Giving Birth In Toilet by drewsman: 6:42am On Nov 14, 2018 |
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Crime / Re: Salvadoran Rape Survivor Faces Prison For Giving Birth In Toilet by drewsman: 7:07pm On Nov 13, 2018 |
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Crime / Trial Of Salvadoran Rape Survivor For Abortion Delayed by drewsman: 11:21am On Nov 13, 2018 |
Sequel to the story released earlier, https://www.nairaland.com/4841953/salvadoran-rape-survivor-faces-prison the trial was delayed, see reasons below Judge postpones trial of Imelda Cortez, accused of aggravated attempted homicide, after prosecutor fails to show up. Usulutan, El Salvador - A Salvadoran judge postponed the trial of a young woman, who is accused of attempted aggravated homicide for giving birth to her rapist's child in a toilet, on Monday after the public prosecutor failed to show up to court. According to the judge, the prosecutor did not attend the scheduled proceedings due to a medical issue, but lawyers for Imelda Cortez said their client is being denied justice. "It worries us because I don't think the public prosecutor has much interest in the case," said Bertha De Leon, one of the lawyers. De Leon told Al Jazeera outside the court on Monday that the prosecutor's failure to show up demonstrated negligence. Cortez, 20, is accused of attempted aggravated homicide of her newborn baby. She became pregnant at the age of 17 after being raped repeatedly by her stepfather. Cortez, who said she was not aware she was pregnant at the time, suffered abdominal pain and went to the toilet where she fainted in April 2017. Her baby was found in the toilet. The baby survived, but Cortez was sent to jail to await trial. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Her stepfather has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a minor and faces up to 15 years in prison, according to lawyers with the Citizen Group for the Depenalisation of Abortion. This is the eighth time one of Cortez's hearings has been postponed, according to her lawyers. They had previously asked for the case to be terminated based on lack of evidence, but the request was denied. They also asked for Cortez to be released from prison while awaiting trial, but that request was also denied. The judge rescheduled the hearing for December 17, saying the court is "very saturated" with hearings. Cortez's lawyers believe the repeated postponement of the case is preventing their client from accessing justice. "She is going to remain detained for more time while she is awaiting the sentence," De Leon said. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/trial-salvadoran-rape-survivor-held-abortion-law-delayed-181112214714523.html
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Crime / Re: Salvadoran Rape Survivor Faces Prison For Giving Birth In Toilet by drewsman: 8:18am On Nov 13, 2018 |
dimelo:imagine that she is even getting more sentence than her rapist of a step father |
Crime / Salvadoran Rape Survivor Faces Prison For Giving Birth In Toilet by drewsman: 9:26pm On Nov 12, 2018 |
Imelda Cortez is charged with aggravated attempted homicide after giving birth to stepfather's child in a latrine. Usulutan, El Salvador - The trial of a young Salvadoran woman, who became pregnant after being raped and suffered complications during her pregnancy, is set to begin on Monday in the latest case tried under the country's strict abortion laws. Imelda Cortez, 20, is accused of attempted aggravated homicide of her newborn baby. She became pregnant at the age of 17 after being raped repeatedly by her stepfather. Cortez, who said she was not aware she was pregnant at the time, suffered abdominal pains and went to the toilet where she fainted in April 2017. Her baby was found in the toilet. The baby survived, but Cortez was sent to jail to await trial. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Her stepfather has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a minor and faces up to 15 years in prison, according to lawyers with the Citizen Group for the Depenalisation of Abortion. Cortez's lawyers had previously asked the judge to suspend the case due to lack of evidence of an attempted aggravated homicide. Medical reports from government institution Legal Medicine show that the young mother experienced a natural birth with no signs of having induced it herself. The baby did not show signs of aggression after birth, the institution reported. A verdict in the case is expected sometime this week. Cortez is one of the dozens of Salvadoran women accused of attempting to kill their babies in a country with a total abortion ban and some of the highest rates of disapproval of legalising abortion. The Central American country criminalised abortion in all circumstances in 1998 when the country rewrote the penal code to remove previous exceptions that allowed abortion in some cases. Since then, El Salvador has put dozens of women behind bars for suspected abortions. In the face of national and international pressure, El Salvador released some women imprisoned for suspected abortions earlier in the year. This included Teodora Carmen Vasquez, who was released in February after serving more than 10 years in prison for aggravated homicide in one of the most high-profile cases of women imprisoned for abortion in El Salvador. Carmen Vasquez was convicted in 2008 for allegedly aborting her child and sentenced to 30 years in prison. She maintained she suffered a stillbirth after health complications. Her sentence was reduced before her release. Since Carmen Vasquez was allowed to walk free, at least four other women have been released. "For us women who have been detained in a prison for late-term obstetric emergencies, I consider the system unjust because they have not investigated the things as they have happened," Carmen Vasquez told Al Jazeera in September. "They've accused us of something that we've never done, just because we had these emergencies outside a hospital." Sara Garcia, an activist with the Citizen Group for the Depenalisation of Abortion, called the failed attempts a "step backwards for the assembly, for our democracy and for the human rights of women". She also called on the international community to "be alert because sexual and reproductive rights often take a back seat when there are these steps backwards for human rights. The worst part is always lived by women." Carmen Vasquez stands in solidarity with Cortez because they've gone through the same experience, with just one difference. "Now, I'm free and she's still going through this process," she said. "They should investigate the cases well to serve justice as it should be." Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/salvadoran-rape-survivor-faces-jail-giving-birth-toilet-181112160411323.html
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Crime / Re: Pakistani Political And Religious Leader Sami-ul-haq Killed by drewsman: 2:03pm On Nov 04, 2018 |
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Crime / Saudi Arabia Denies Involvement In Death Of Sisters In New York by drewsman: 2:49pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Bodies of Tala and Rotana Farea were found taped together at a riverbank in New York without obvious signs of trauma. Saudi Arabia has denied any involvement in the death of two Saudi sisters studying in the United States, a spokesperson for the kingdom's embassy in Washington, DC, said. The two young women, identified as Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister Tala, 16, were found on the banks of the Hudson River on October 24 with no visible signs of trauma. The women were dressed all in black and bound together at the ankles and waist by duct tape. According to local media reports, the sisters' mother told US detectives that she had received a phone call from the Saudi embassy in Washington ordering the family to leave the US. The sisters had reportedly applied for political asylum in the US. However, the Saudi embassy spokesperson denied the women were ordered to come back to Saudi Arabia. "Reports that we ordered anyone related to the Saudi sisters to leave the US for seeking asylum are absolutely false," Fatimah Baeshen said on Twitter on Saturday. "Details are still under investigation and will be shared in due course." The sister had a history of running away from their family's home in Virginia where they had not lived since the end of 2017. Investigators said they had not determined the circumstances surrounding their fate, but were "puzzled" as to how they came to be found dead on a riverbank more than 400km from their family's home. They had been placed in a shelter but left Fairfax County in August and set out for New York. They stayed in several different upscale hotels in the city and maxed out a credit card, according to an New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesman quoted by US media. A witness reportedly saw the two girls early on October 24 on a playground near the Hudson, where they appeared to be praying. The NYPD said the two sisters were alive when they entered the river that separates New York from New Jersey. On Friday, the police said they had no evidence indicating that two sisters had been killed. "There is nothing pointing to a crime as of yet," said an NYPD spokesperson, adding that "it is still very much a live investigation" without providing details of any probable cause of death. Suicide is among the hypotheses as to the cause of their deaths. The case has received considerable media exposure in the aftermath of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. The New York Police Department sent a detective to Virginia to learn more about the sisters. Chief of detectives Dermot Shea said they were interested in finding out what happened since they were reported missing, and what led them to New York City. "We are looking at all clues in their past life," Shea was quoted as saying. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/saudi-arabia-denies-involvement-death-sisters-york-181103113533941.html
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Sports / Re: Nigeria Hero Odion Ighalo Nearly Quit After Death Threats by drewsman: 1:56pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
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Crime / Re: Pakistani Political And Religious Leader Sami-ul-haq Killed by drewsman: 1:54pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
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Crime / Pakistani Political And Religious Leader Sami-ul-haq Killed by drewsman: 8:59pm On Nov 02, 2018 |
The octogenarian, who was known for his Afghan Taliban support, was found dead at his residence in city of Rawalpindi. A Pakistani political and religious leader has been killed by unknown attackers at his residence in the northern city of Rawalpindi, according to family members and officials. Sami-ul-Haq, 80, was stabbed to death in his bed on Friday, his son Hamidullah told local television news channel ARY by telephone. "He was resting in his room ... He had been ill, and was a heart patient," said Hamidullah. "His guard had left the room for 15 minutes, when he returned he found Maulana [Haq]'s body covered in blood in his bed." Saeed-ur-Rehman Sarwar, a leader of Haq's JUI-S political party, also confirmed the killing. "Maulana Sami-ul-Haq has been killed," he said from outside the government hospital where his body was taken. Who was Sami-ul-Haq? A divisive figure, Haq was known as the "Father of the Taliban". He led the ideological fight that led to the formation of the mujahideen force that first fought the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan , and later morphed into the Afghan Taliban . Haq was the chief of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in the northern Pakistani town of Akora Khattak, the alma mater of several senior leaders of the Afghan Taliban, including former chief Mullah Omar and Mullah Akhtar Mansour. He openly backed the Afghan Taliban in its fight against the Afghan government and the United States-led NATO forces in Pakistan's northwestern neighbour. Within Pakistan, Haq was considered a hardline right-wing religious leader, but his party contested elections, rather than outright backing armed struggle against the state, as was undertaken by the Pakistan Taliban . He was a former senator, having served in Pakistan's upper house of parliament for multiple terms in the 1980s and 1990s, and again from 2003 to 2009. Prime Minister Imran Khan , in China on a state visit, issued a statement condemning the attack on Haq. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/pakistani-political-religious-leader-sami-ul-haq-killed-181102160125812.html
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Sports / Ex-fa Chairman Greg Dyke Blasts 'old Men' Over Wembley Sale Collapse by drewsman: 3:48pm On Oct 21, 2018 |
The proposed £600 million sale of Wembley
stadium collapsed because of "old men" who are
"living in the past," former Football Association
(FA) chairman Greg Dyke has told the BBC.
Dyke blamed opposition from the FA Council for
causing Shahid Khan, the owner of Premier League
club Fulham and the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL
team, to withdraw his offer to buy the stadium in a
deal that would have helped fund grassroots
football. The council, which has almost 130 mostly male members, should not have been making the decision in any case, Dyke, who was FA chairman from 2013 to 2016, argued. "If I'd been chairman, I would have said it is the [FA) board's decision," he told the BBC's Sportsweek programme on Sunday. "I don't think the council is equipped to make this decision -- that is what the FA board is for. "The council is living in the past, as it always has done. If you want to have a step change in grassroots facilities in this country you need this sort of money to be spent. "It's bizarre that the old men of the FA Council have stopped this." Khan made his offer in April, and the full FA Council was to have voted on whether to accept it on Oct. 24. However, on Wednesday the FA's chief executive Martin Glenn said Khan had withdrawn his offer. "At a recent meeting with Mr Khan he expressed to us that, without stronger support from within the game, his offer is being seen as more divisive than it was anticipated to be and has decided to withdraw his proposal," Glenn said.
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Sports / Re: Nigeria Hero Odion Ighalo Nearly Quit After Death Threats by drewsman: 3:30pm On Oct 21, 2018 |
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Sports / Re: Nigeria Hero Odion Ighalo Nearly Quit After Death Threats by drewsman: 11:20am On Oct 21, 2018 |
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Sports / Nigeria Hero Odion Ighalo Nearly Quit After Death Threats by drewsman: 10:50pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
It was a long and nightmarish northern summer for Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo, who has rebounded to not only top of the scoring list in these Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but worm his way back into the hearts of Super Eagles fans. After a dire World Cup campaign, where he was roundly blamed for the defeat to Argentina that saw the Africans crash out of the tournament, he's gone on to score five goals in two qualifier games against Libya. Scoring a hat-trick, he heard his name sung from the stands as he was subbed off after 75 minutes of the first game on the weekend. He was then serenaded by supporters in the second game on Tuesday, as he scored twice and provided one assist. Beaming as he deflected personal praise in his first interview since the World Cup, the trademark Ighalo smile, which had been dimmed for months, flashed as he pointed to team effort instead. "The team really worked hard, it is a good team performance and I am happy to score five goals in two games but it is an all-round performance and I am happy with the team performance. "We are 99 per cent sealed the ticket to the Cup of Nations," he told KweséESPN in an exclusive interview in Sfax, Tunisia, where the second match was played. But all of this nearly did not happen. Sitting down in the changing room of the Taieb Mhiri Stadium, Ighalo reflected on what has been a challenging last few months for him and his family. For a fleeting moment, the ever-present smile turned wry, then retreated as Ighalo opened up about how he and his family -- including his children -- endured vitriolic abuse, and even received death threats on social media, after a World Cup performance where even he admitted he had not played up to his own high standards. Things got so bad, Ighalo said, that he came this close to packing it all in. "I know the fans want me to score goals. I understand them," the China-based striker said. "But some of them took it to another level. "They said a lot of things. To my innocent kids, to my wife, even to the extent they threatened my life and the life of my family." Despite trying to remain above it all and not respond to critics, he was deeply hurt by the attacks on his family, especially his children. "I felt very bad [when they went after my family]. I had to talk to my wife because she could not take it. Some words they said about my kids, about me. Some words they said to her, threatening and all that. That is beyond football. "You know women and how they react when you talk about their children. But I never said a word to nobody and I never replied anybody." He did not have to take any action to protect his family, as they live in England while he plays in China for Changchun Yatai. But with all of that going on, it was only natural that the forward wanted to quit, especially when his wife advised him to. "My wife said 'you don't have to go there [to Nigeria] any more' and it was because of all what they said to her and to our family." It took national team coach Gernot Rohr's intervention to convince Ighalo to come back and suit up in green and white again. Ighalo explained: "I want to thank Rohr because after the World Cup and all those things happened, he called me before the Seychelles game [in September] and I told him I was contemplating stopping because it is not easy. "But the coach had belief in me. He said 'I know you are a good goalscorer and I know you can do it. Come and show them that you can score.' "If a coach believes in me, then I will come. I told hm 'coach, if I am in your plans hundred percent then I will honour the invitation any time you call me.' "He said 'yes, you you are in my plans for the games'. Then he said 'don't be under pressure, just go do your thing, I know you can do it.' "That gave me the confidence which I believed that I needed. I want to thank him for defending me, and giving me the words like a father, encouraging me, talking to me. He gave me more belief and I thank God for repaying him with these goals." Ighalo has since disabled comments on his Instagram account, where he is still active, and rarely appears in front of the media. And he has no intention of changing that decision anytime soon. So does he feel like he has proven all those doubters wrong? "I am not trying to prove anybody wrong," he said. "I am just trying to work hard for my country and I always give hundred percent. "Unfortunately, it didn't happen the way I wanted it at the World Cup. But life did not end there. I went back to my club, and I continued my game. "Now I am back here to play for my country. I just want to give hundred percent whenever I play, goal or no goal. As long as the team wins, I am satisfied." Nigeria's next Afcon qualifier is against South Africa on 16 November. source: kwese.espn.com/football/nigeria/story/3671428/nigeria-hero-ighalo-nearly-quit-after-death-threats?device=featurephone
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Crime / Re: Journalist Viktoria Marinova Raped And Murdered In Bulgaria by drewsman: 1:35pm On Oct 08, 2018 |
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Crime / Re: Journalist Viktoria Marinova Raped And Murdered In Bulgaria by drewsman: 10:18pm On Oct 07, 2018 |
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Crime / Re: Journalist Viktoria Marinova Raped And Murdered In Bulgaria by drewsman: 8:27pm On Oct 07, 2018 |
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Crime / Journalist Viktoria Marinova Raped And Murdered In Bulgaria by drewsman: 8:16pm On Oct 07, 2018 |
The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova was found in a park, showing signs of blows to the head and suffocation. An investigative television journalist has been raped and murdered in Bulgaria's northern town of Ruse, according to officials. The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova, whom authorities identified only by her initials, was found on Saturday in a park, Ruse regional prosecutor Georgy Georgiev said on Sunday. "Her mobile phone, car keys, glasses and part of her clothes were missing," he said. She was killed by blows on the head and suffocation, Georgiev said, adding that prosecutors were probing all leads - both personal and linked to Marinova's job. Interior Minister Mladen Marinov later confirmed to journalists that the victim had also been raped. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed hope that the investigation would succeed because of the "work that has been done". "Thanks to the large amount of DNA material collected it is just a matter of time before the perpetrator will be found," he said. Police sources told the AFP news agency that the crime did not immediately appear linked to her work. source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/journalist-viktoria-marinova-raped-murdered-bulgaria-181007175756258.html
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Travel / Re: 20 Most Insanely Overloaded Vehicles You Will Ever See On Road by drewsman: 8:46pm On Oct 05, 2018 |
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Literature / Re: Gianaaaaa Wins September 5K Awards by drewsman: 7:05am On Sep 20, 2018 |
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Autos / Re: E Overloaded Bus I Spotted Today At Agbani Road Enugu Town by drewsman: 12:03am On Aug 03, 2018 |
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Career / Re: A Thread For Architects And Aspiring Architects. by drewsman: 10:30am On Jul 15, 2018 |
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Sports / Re: Nigeria Bosses Must Leave Gernot Rohr To Do His Job by drewsman: 9:11pm On Jul 10, 2018 |
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