Argentine league restarts with tributes to Diego Maradona

By Reuters,

The Argentine league restarted on Saturday following the country’s emotional goodbye to Diego Maradona, with players, coaches and even referees expr...

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Image rights, fast cars and a ‘tank’: Maradona’s death triggers complex inheritance

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Now comes the scramble for a share of the soccer legend’s complex fi...

Daeath , diego maradona , Image rights , Inheritance

Arteta praises bad-boy Pepe after Molde show

By Reuters,

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised record signing Nicolas Pepe after the Ivory Coast forward’s goal helped send the Gunners through to the last 32...

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Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...

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Obituary: Argentine genius Maradona saw heaven and hell

By Reuters,

World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius w...

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Diego Maradona: Argentina legend dies aged 60

By Agencies,

Football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain...

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Rangers thrash Aberdeen, go 11 points clear of Celtic

By Agencies,

Rangers surged 11 points clear of Celtic at the Scottish Premiership summit as they romped to  a 4-0 victory over Aberdeen. A deflected long-ran...

Aberdeen , Celtic , rangers , Scottish Premier League , Steven Gerrard , summit

President Kenyatta to make State of the Nation Address under tight COVID-19 protocols

By Stephen Letoo,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is today expected to make a State of the Nation address to Parliament and the country at large under tight COVID-19 protocols...

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Diego Maradona to be discharged on Wednesday

By Reuters,

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona will be released from hospital on Wednesday and taken to a recovery clinic where he will be treated for alcohol ...

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Premier League managers could ask for reintroduction of 5 substitutes

By Agencies,

Disgruntled Premier League managers could ask for the return of the five substitutes rule this season, despite the concept twice being rejected. ...

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Maradona to be discharged within days, says doctor

By Reuters,

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona is recovering well from a brain operation and post-surgery complications and should be discharged over the next c...

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Maradona ‘confused’, to spend more time in hospital

By Reuters,

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona is to be kept in hospital for several more days after suffering from “confusion” caused by an unexplained �...

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‘Disgrace’ and a ‘mess’: Africans taken aback by U.S. election turmoil

By Reuters,

For some Africans, President Donald Trump’s actions in the aftermath of the U.S. election have been a cause for dark humour, while others reacted wi...

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Maradona ‘joking’ with visitors, recovering well from surgery

By Reuters,

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona is cracking jokes as he makes an “amazing” recovery following surgery for a brain clot, his personal physici...

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Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery

By Agencies,

Argentina legend Diego Maradona has undergone successful brain surgery, his doctor has said. The 1986 World Cup winner, 60, was admitted to Ipens...

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Maradona taken to hospital

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital in Argentina with undisclosed “health problems” although it is not related to COVID-19 and his condit...

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Tributes pour in for Maradona on 60th birthday

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday with tributes from around the world and a 100-metre long billboard being erected in his honour i...

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Uhuru on 2022 succession: Ruto is like a relay runner dashing off in the wrong direction

By Tonny Ndungu,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has faulted Deputy President William Ruto's early campaigns, asking him to tone down and be patient. Uhuru was speaking at...

Civil society groups blast big ticket infrastructure for ‘creating’ Kenya’s debt crisis

By Kepha Muiruri,

Civil society groups (CSOs) under the moniker Okoa Uchumi have faulted the government’s obsession with big ticket infrastructure projects for saddli...

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Solskjaer backs ‘leader’ Tuanzebe to shine at Man Utd

By Reuters,

Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe can enjoy a long career at the Premier League club and needs to improve his consistency to realise his full p...

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