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Former Tottenham Boss Denies Reports Linking Him To Nigeria Coaching Job
Former Tottenham Hotspur coach Harry Redknapp has denied speculations linking him with the three-time African champions’ job.
Recent reports indicated that the 73-year-old English manager was being considered to take over from Rohr, whose contract was billed to expire in June.
Redknapp was in Nigeria with Portsmouth in 2008 for a pre-season friendly match against Manchester United at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Following confirmation from the Nigeria Football Federation that Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has signed a new two-year deal, former Tottenham Hotspur coach Harry Redknapp has denied speculations linking him with the three-time African champions’ job.
Recent reports indicated that the 73-year-old English manager was being considered to take over from Rohr, whose contract was billed to expire in June.
Redknapp was in Nigeria with Portsmouth in 2008 for a pre-season friendly match against Manchester United at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Joined by Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist on Thursday’s talkSPORT Breakfast show, Redknapp said coming to Nigeria was the last thing on his mind, he was quizzed on the Eagles’ job.
“Yeah, well I spoke to Sandra (Redknapp’s wife) and she’s always wanted to live in Nigeria,” he joked when he was asked about the Nigeria job.
“She said it’s amazing that this has come up now, because that was her dream. So, we’re looking to sell up, we’re putting the house on the market and we’re looking to get somewhere over there if possible.
“I’m sure, she’d love it there. I’ve told her, she’d absolutely love it… hehe! I’m ready to go!”
On a serious note, Redknapp added, “I actually went there a few years ago with Portsmouth, we played Manchester United… but I don’t think I’ll really be going back.”
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Robinho To Serve A 9 Year Jail Term Over Gang Rape
Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho will reportedly serve a nine-year jail sentence for gang rape – Imposed on him by an Italian court — in Brazil, judges in Brasilia has ruled.
The 40-year-old was found guilty in Italy in 2017 and according to Globo, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (BSCJ), made the ruling on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
The former Premier League player, whose real name is Robson De Souza, was one of six men who were found guilty of a§§aulting an Albanian woman in an Italian nightclub in January 2013.
In January 2022, the Supreme Court in Rome dismissed his final appeal against the conviction, according to the report.
Robinho claims he is innocent and has been living in Brazil for the past seven years. It came after nine of the court’s 15 ministers had voted in favour of the decision to incarcerate the footballer in Brazil.
Globo also claims that the ex-footballer, who also spent time at AC Milan and Real Madrid, will now be arrested in Santos, where he currently resides.
Robinho, who was 28 and was playing for AC Milan at the time, admitted during his appeal to having ‘contact’ with the woman, but the Brazilian insisted it was consensual.
The Milan Court of Appeals found Robinho had ‘belittled’ and ‘br¥tally h¥miliated’ the victim as it upheld his original sentence in December 2020.
Intercepted phone calls between the Brazilian and those allegedly involved in the assault were used as key evidence in his initial conviction.
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Former Tennis Champion, Tania Okpala Returns To Tennis After Rehabilitation
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has revealed that former tennis champion, Tania Okpala, has resumed playing on the courts.
This development follows Soludo’s assurance that she would undergo rehabilitation after a video surfaced online showing her in distress on the streets of Awka, pleading for assistance.
In an update on his social media handle on Thursday, Soludo expressed his satisfaction with Okpala’s return, stating, “Tania Okpala is back on the courts!
“A few months ago, social media was flooded with a viral video showing Ms. Tania in a distressing state on the streets of Awka. I am pleased to report that we have successfully restored Tania to her winning ways.”
Okpala, who hails from Anambra and has a Belarusian mother, represented Nigeria in the 1990s.
Here are pictures of her in the tennis court.
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AFCON: Victor Osimhen Now Cleared To Join The Other Super Eagles Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Game
Good News has it that Victor Osimhen has finally joined the Super Eagles Nigeria team in Bouake, Ivory Coast.
He has been given the clear from the medical team on the abdominal discomfort issue. Earlier it was reported that the player could not join the rest of the team who flew to Ivory Coast ahead of Tomorrow’s football match against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
He’s fully fit and ready to play in the Semifinals against South Africa tomorrow.
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