Liverpool captain, Virgil van Dijk has been banned for one further match and fined £100,000 for using abusive and insulting words to match officials after he was sent off against Newcastle. The Dutch defender was shown a straight red card for denial of a goal-scoring opportunity when fouling Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, but was seen visibly remonstrating with referee John Brookes and fourth official Craig Pawson. Van Dijk appeared to label the decision a ‘f***ing joke’ and took his …
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Virgil van Dijk has been named the new Liverpool captain with Trent Alexander-Arnold appointed vice captain as Jurgen Klopp appointed his successor to Jordan Henderson. The Netherlands defender will fill the void left by Henderson who joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq, after being lured to the Middle East and putting pen-to-paper on a staggering £700,000-per-week deal. Van Dijk joined the Reds from Southampton in 2018 and has become one of the club’s top performers, leading the club to …
Bruno Fernandes has been named the new club captain of Manchester United, replacing Harry Maguire after the England defender was stripped of the honour by coach Erik ten Hag. The Portuguese midfielder has been the de facto captain since Ten Hag ended the defender’s status as an automatic choice after two matches last season. On Sunday, England international Harry Maguire revealed via a post on social media that he had been stripped of the role as United captain by boss …
Greek Prosecution lawyer, Loannis Paradissis, has slammed Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire’s account of his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos. Maguire was arrested this week after allegedly assaulting police officers while holiday in with friends and family in Greece. The brawl allegedly started as a result of two Albanian men injecting the defender’s sister with a date-rape drug. He was found guilty of charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and repeated attempts of bribery after the incident, …
An Army Captain identified as GSM Abubakar has been shot dead by bandits who attacked him and some members of his family along the Okene-Lokoja highway. The Nation reported that the army captain who was attached to 353 Artillery Regiment, Ojo Barracks in Lagos and with army number N/13600, was traveling in his Honda Accord car when he ran into a blockade mounted by the armed bandits. It was alleged that he was travelling from Lagos to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, …
Retired army captain, 73, arrested for allegedly defiling his 4-year-old niece who calls him grandpa
The police in Calabar have arrested a 73-year-old retired army captain for allegedly defiling his four-year-old niece. Bassey Ekanem allegedly fingered the girl in his residence at 12, Edim Ibangha Street, Big Qua Town, Calabar. According to Vanguard, a source said Ekanem claimed he was under the influence of alcohol. The retired army Captain, who the child refers to as grandpa, has been in the North for years before he came to Calabar after retiring from the …