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Simone Biles will return to competition at the Olympic Games for the closing women’s gymnastics beam final on Tuesday, USA Gymnastics announced. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow – Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch you both!” the US gymnastics federation posted on social media on Monday. The confirmation followed the appearance of Biles’ name on the starting list of eight finalists for the beam. Biles, the four-time Olympic champion widely considered to have pushed the sport to new limits, has said she is…

England defender Tyrone Mings has revealed he struggled with mental health problems at the start of Euro 2020 after critics questioned whether he deserved a place in the team. Mings started England’s first two Euro goup games against Croatia and Scotland while Harry Maguire recovered from an ankle injury. Aware there were doubts among fans and pundits about his ability to play at the highest level, the Aston Villa centre-back spoke with a psychologist to help him cope with the pressure. Mings impressed as England kept clean-sheets in both the games he started before he was replaced by Maguire for…

Harry Kane reportedly failed to turn up for his scheduled pre-season tests with Tottenham on Monday amid mounting speculation the striker wants to force a move to Manchester City. England captain Kane was due back at Tottenham’s training headquarters for a coronavirus test and a fitness assessment following his three-week holiday after Euro 2020. However, it was widely reported Kane did not make an appearance at Tottenham’s Enfield base, sparking fresh talk that he is determined to engineer a transfer to Premier League champions Manchester City. Tottenham, who ironically face Pep Guardiola’s team on the opening weekend of the new…

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, failed to produce four out of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, before a Federal High Court, Abuja. However, the DSS brought eight of the detainees before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, following the ex-parte motion moved by Counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, on July 23. The four detainees, who were not in court, include Abdullateef Ademola Onaolapo, Uthman Opeyemi Adelabu, Oluwafemi Olakunle and Opeyemi Tajudeen. Those in court were Amudat Babatunde, aka Lady K; Tajudeen Erinloye, Diekola Ademola Jubril, Abidemi Shittu, Jamiu Noah…

Folarin Balogun has been promoted to the first-team changing room this season, and now the young striker is itching to show his worth. The New York-born forward has been handed the No 26 shirt this season, having signed a new contract in April, and could get a chance to impress as Emirates Stadium hosts the Mind Series match against Chelsea. Speaking exclusively in the matchday programme for Sunday’s match, Balogun said: “I don’t see pressure as a negative – it’s a privilege. It’s always a good opportunity to show people what you can do. “I’m really happy that the fans are there…

A former Director-General/Chief Executive, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that the National Identity Card does not qualify anybody to be a Nigerian Onyemenan, currently Head, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Baze University, also disclosed that National Identity Number (NIN) is only meant to get a unique identification number for everybody and to prevent criminality and multiple identity. He made these revelations recently during the 2021 Annual Lecture and Conference of the Department of Sociology held at the University of Lagos recently under a theme, Nigeria’s Data Challenge.” Among others, a former Statistician-General of the Federation, Prof. Vincent Akinyosoye;…

A legal practitioner, Chidi Amamgbo has called on the National Assembly to take the advantage of the ongoing constitution review to make Nigeria a true federal system. Speaking with journalists in Abuja at the weekend, Amamgbo said states must be empowered to be independent economically. Amamgbo, who is also admitted to California State Bar, said that the way the country is being run presently negates all principles of federalism. According to him, the idea of the centre taking resources from the states and sharing it out to states is antithetical to federalism. He said: “Why do we call it a…

The word “relationship” means a lot of things, but we all know the first idea that pops into our head when we hear the word. Yes, you know it- that romantic idea that probably makes you smile. Everyone wants a great relationship, and it is probably good that many are aware that great relationships do not happen overnight. They involve commitment, compromise, forgiveness and effort. Then the one vital value – love. Falling in love happens to be the easiest part of a relationship. Different people fall in love for different reasons. For some, it is shared values, financial goals…

Barely 19 months to Nigeria’s high-stakes 2023 presidential elections, intense lobbying and permutations have heightened among political actors on who or which geo-political zone should produce the next president. In “A Message to Nigerians,’’ released in Abuja on Sunday, elder statesman, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, wrote that the political class should “toe the path of reason above other considerations in their search for the man or woman to take over from incumbent President Muhammed Buhari’’. Nigeria is scheduled to go to the polls in 2023 for another round of general elections, since the return of democratic rule in 1999. He said…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police and head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the powers and functions of his office. According to the spokesman of PSC, Abba Kyari’s suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31, 2021 and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for…