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Liverpool defender Joe Gomez faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery on Thursday, leaving manager Jurgen Klopp grappling with a deepening defensive crisis. The centre-back damaged a tendon in his left knee on Wednesday during an England training session. There were fears that the injury was similar to that suffered last month by Virgil van Dijk, who required surgery for knee ligament damage, but Liverpool have confirmed Gomez did not suffer ligament damage. “Liverpool Football Club can confirm Joe Gomez has today undergone successful surgery to repair a tendon in his left knee,” the Premier League…

Harry Kane believes an influx of experienced players and the “aura” of manager Jose Mourinho could help Tottenham finally end their trophy drought after falling agonisingly short in recent years. Spurs, without silverware since 2008, are second in the Premier League, through to the League Cup quarter-finals and well-placed to qualify for the Europa League knockout stages. The London club came close to winning trophies under former boss Mauricio Pochettino, even reaching the Champions League final, but they always fell just short. Serial winner Mourinho arrived 12 months ago while a number of their recent signings, including loan signing Gareth…

A controversial French professor who touts the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment — without evidence, scientists say — will appear before a disciplinary panel charged with ethics breaches, an order of doctors said Thursday. Marseille-based Didier Raoult stands accused by his peers of spreading false information about the benefits of the drug. His promotion of hydroxychloroquine was taken up by US and Brazilian presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, who trumpeted its unproven benefits in a way critics say put people’s lives at risk. No clinical trials have yet found in favour of using hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19, and…

Since US media declared Joe Biden’s White House victory on Saturday, President Donald Trump has refused to concede and repeatedly made baseless claims of election fraud. Trump’s team has mounted legal challenges in at least five key states yet experts see the possibility of the courts overturning the result of the vote as vanishingly small. And a manual recount ordered in Georgia is unlikely to overturn Biden’s slim lead. Here is an update nine days from Election Day on how long the vote can be disputed and whether Biden’s victory is at risk: When will the results be final? Though…

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died of coronavirus-related complications at the age of 73, according to multiple reports from Ghanaian media. The development comes less than a month after he buried his mother. Rawlings, who is one of the most respected African leaders, was a military leader in Ghana and later became a politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001. The former President initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979. Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling…

•No plan to stop ex-govs’ pension, says Okowa The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind the decision of the state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to repeal a law that empowers the state government to pay pension and provide other benefits to former governors of the state and their deputies. However, Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his administration has no plans to stop pensions of past governors and their deputies. Tinubu tweeted yesterday that he supported Sanwo-Olu’s push and urged all APC…

By Olusegun Adeniyi Initial election returns seemed to be going Donald Trump’s way until absentee ballots were being counted. And nobody was sure how he would respond to the change of fortune that put his vote tally behind that of former Vice President Joe Biden in key battleground states. So, when the president scheduled a press conference for prime time last Thursday evening, Americans were glued to their television sets. A few seconds into his rant, the anchor of MSNBC interrupted the broadcast. Other major networks except CNN and Fox News did the same. Nicole Carrol, USA TODAY editor-in-chief would later…

Germany midfielder Toni Kroos feels that footballers are just “puppets” used by governing bodies FIFA and UEFA and are powerless in discussions about competitions such as the Nations League or a possible new European Super League. “At the end of the day, as players, we’re just puppets for all these new things which are invented by FIFA and UEFA. Nobody asks us,” Kroos said in his podcast ‘Einfach mal Luppen’. Kroos, who made his 100th appearances for Germany last month, is in the squad for Wednesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic as well as Nations League matches against Ukraine and…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says that the N4 billion unspent money in its 2020 Budget is meant for recruitment of staff. Mr Mohammed Umar, the acting Chairman of the commission, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during its budget defence, before the House Committee on EFCC. Umar said that the staff recruitment, which should have taken place in the year, was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the globe in the course of the year. According to him, the commission was in the process of conducting the recruitment when COVID-19 took over, and that is why it…

Philippe Coutinho is desperate to return in time for Barcelona’s La Liga clash with Atletico Madrid. Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman will be depending on the services of Coutinho after losing Ansu Fati to a long-term injury. Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho is reportedly accelerating his recovery in hopes of being fit enough to play against Atletico Madrid. Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in a crucial La Liga game immediately after the international break. Coutinho has been out of action since sustaining an injury to his left hamstring on October 24. Coutinho is now said to be training separately in a bid to make himself fit for…