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  Liverpool beat Villarreal to reach Champions League final Villarreal’s French midfielder Etienne Capoue (R) vies with Liverpool’s Scottish defender Andrew Robertson (C) during the UEFA Champions League semi final second leg football match between Liverpool and Villarreal CF at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real on May 3, 2022. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) Liverpool held off a stirring comeback from Villarreal to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday as second-half goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane secured a 5-2 aggregate victory. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, Villarreal sparked hopes of a remarkable turnaround in the return at the Estadio de la Ceramica after Boulaye Dia finished in the third minute and Francis Coquelin headed in another to level the tie at 2-2. But Jurgen Klopp threw on Diaz for Diogo Jota at the interval to shake Liverpool into life and it worked, the visitors scoring three times in 12 minutes to kill off Villarreal’s revival and advance to the...

  Champions League win would ‘change the narrative’ around City, says De Bruyne Manchester City’s Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne reacts as he speaks during a press conference at the Manchester City training ground, in Manchester, north west England, on May 3, 2022, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match against Real Madrid. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) Kevin De Bruyne says winning the Champions League would “change the narrative” around Manchester City as they prepare for the second leg of their semi-final against Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola’s go into Wednesday’s match in Spain with a 4-3 lead after a thrilling first leg, seeking to reach the final for the second consecutive season. City have been the dominant force in English football over the past decade but have never been crowned European champions despite the transformation of the club under their wealthy Abu Dhabi owners. Belgium international De Bruyne said winning the trophy would “...

CAN denounces pastor auctioning heaven’s ‘ticket’ for N310,000 04 May 2022   |   Rev. Joseph Hayab Photo: Global Peace Foundation<br /> Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has disowned a ‘pastor’ who promised members of his congregation heaven for N310,000 each. The Chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, denounced the proclamation of Ade Abraham, while urging Christians in the state to disregard the fraudulent proclamation. In a statement, yesterday, in Kaduna, Hayab noted: “The attention of CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has been drawn to the news in some sections of the media about one pastor described as Ade Abraham, offering to take his members to heaven if they pay N310,000. “Though Abraham’s offer of a ticket to heaven is cheaper than the ransom Kaduna bandits ask their victims; sadly, CAN has not found anyone that knows the location of the church or established a church in Kaduna town with that name.” According to Hayab, a faceless character like ...

  Super Eagles update: Omeruo, Aribo, Dennis, 15 others in camp March 22, 2022 Kenneth Omeruo joined the Super Eagles camp on Tuesday to make the number of those on ground 18. Jo Aribo, Calvin Bassey, Innocent Bonke and Emmanuel Dennis had earlier arrived before Omeruo. The count ended at 13 yesterday when Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho joined the team. Bonke came in as replacement for Wilfred Ndidi who got injured during a UEFA Europa Conference League game against Rennes. Emmanuel Dennis returns to the side after failing to join up for the AFCON campaign due to misunderstandings between club and country. Napoli hitman, Victor Osimhen is among those still being expected. Full list of players in camp: Jo Aribo Calvin Bassey Innocent Bonke Emmanuel Dennis William Troost-Ekong Leon Balogun Semi Ajayi Ola Aina Frank Onyeka Odion Ighalo Daniel Akpeyi Ahmed Musa Oghenekaro Etebo Kelechi Iheanacho Shehu Abdullahi Francis Uzoho Mose Simon Kenneth Omeruo

Germany hammer Armenia 6-0 to top World Cup qualifying group 5 September 2021 Germany players jubilating Serge Gnabry netted twice as Germany thrashed Armenia 6-0 on Sunday in Stuttgart to replace the visitors at the top spot of their World Cup qualifying group. Gnabry showed off his stirring-gesture celebration with early goals before Marco Reus and Timo Werner also netted in the first-half as Germany raced into a 4-0 half-time lead.  Jonas Hofmann netted the fifth, then helped set up 19-year-old Karim Adeyemi to score on his debut as the Germans usurped the shell-shocked Armenians, who last lost a competitive game more than a year ago, to go two points clear at the top of Group J. The Germans made amends for their shock home defeat by North Macedonia last March to climb the table. In only his second game in charge, Germany head coach Hansi Flick made six changes from the starting side which laboured past minnows Liechtenstein 2-0 last Thursday and this was a completely different ...