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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital Sunday after a coronavirus battle that took him to ‘death’s door’, according to Daily Mail Online. The report said Downing Street confirmed Sunday afternoon that he had been released from St Thomas’s Hospital in central London, after being admitted last Sunday. It also stated that a No 10 spokesman said: ‘The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers. “On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work. “He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas’ for the brilliant care…

Mike Tyson has insisted that he would have lost a hypothetical fantasy fight against Muhammad Ali if they’d both met in their primes. During the current period in which all sport has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic, boxing’s age-old debate has resurfaced on a couple of occasions. First, current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua said on a JD Sports Instagram Live: “It’s quite interesting because in the era of Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight reign, the heavyweights were ranked as the cruiserweights of the Mike Tyson era. “With Lennox Lewis, you know how they started getting bigger, hence why in…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that restarting football too early would be “irresponsible”. Most domestic leagues around the world are on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic while major tournaments such as Euro 2020 and the Copa America have been postponed for one year. “No match, no competition, no league is worth risking a single human life,” Infantino said. “It’s better to wait a little bit longer than to take risks.”   Infantino, head of football’s world governing body, insisted that safety should come first. “I cannot stress this enough,” he told FIFA’s 211 member associations yesterday. “Our first…

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 2nd Vice President , Shehu Dikko ,  believes the new contract to be offered Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr will allow the German  to consider more local-based players for  the national team. He said the idea of relying solely on foreign-based to make up the Super Eagles will be a thing of the past in  the proposed new  contract. “Honestly to demand that Rohr as the head coach of the national team  spend more time in Nigeria by living here as the contract envisaged should be a win-win situation for both parties and indeed Nigeria football,”…

• Says God Will Direct Him Odion Ighalo has revealed that he has yet to receive an offer from Manchester United over a permanent deal. The striker joined United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua in January, with the temporary deal set to expire at the end of June. Despite having fared rather well so far – he has scored four goals in eight appearances for United – Ighalo is uncertain where he will be playing next season. Ighalo, a boyhood United fan, says that God will direct him over his future. He told Elegbete TV: ‘There is no offer on…

League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan said Friday that the English season can only be restarted if all footballers are tested for coronavirus. “Tests must be made available first to National Health Service (NHS) workers and patients,” Bevan told the BBC. “Once that’s happened, by all means let’s access it in sport.” Football has already been shelved for a month due to the virus which has killed nearly 9,000 people in Britain. Football League chiefs believe they can finish the season in 56 days once it is safe to resume. “We’re not really going to see more accurate forecasting…

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has agreed to supply a food package of everyday essentials to the elderly during the coronavirus lockdown. Maguire and his father approached Herrings Top Shop in Mosborough, his hometown near Sheffield in the north of England, about the idea of giving the parcels to those aged 70 and over or their carers in the area. “I am very proud of my Mosborough roots – it’s where I grew up and where my family still live. I come back to visit everyone as much as I can,” Maguire said on Friday. “There’s always been a real…

The World Health Organisation says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. “People can also be infected by touching a contaminated surface and then their eyes, mouth or nose,” it said. WHO added that COVID-19 was spreading in many countries that did not have 5G mobile networks. It also said being infected with the new Coronavirus did not mean that the person would be infected with…

Ondo State Government has suspended 25 civil servants in its employment for allegedly engaging in fraudulent activities, including placing fictitious names in workers payroll. One of the suspended workers was a man, who ‘employed’ and placed a worker on level Grade Level 14 without any interview even as the government was not aware of such employment. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties, Dr. Doyin Adebowale, disclosed the suspension of the workers when they were being paraded at a police station. Odebowale said the civil servants were caught for various offences, including stealing millions of naira,…

Coach accepts new contact The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have concluded plans to adopt a pay cut for members of the Super Eagles, including coach Gernot Rohr and backroom staff as a way of cushioning the impact of the coronavirus, which has affected sports and other businesses across the globe. NFF President Amaju Pinnick had said on Monday that contract extension papers would be sent to Rohr next week, for him to study. The contract entailed that the coach would be paid in naira and would have to stay in Nigeria to monitor matches in the local league. However,…