There were emotional scenes on Wednesday night, June 1 after Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 in a Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier despite it being their first match played since Russia began its invasion on February 24. Fans of both countries held up Ukraine flags throughout their national anthem in a show of solidarity with the nation amid the ongoing invasion by Russia. The match was initially supposed to be played in March, but had to be delayed because of the …
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Lionel Messi broke down in tears as he confirmed his departure from Barcelona after 21 years at the club in an emotional press conference on Sunday. The Argentina International, 34, has been a free agent since July 1 when his contract at Camp Nou expired, though he had verbally agreed on a new deal on reduced wages only for the Catalan club to pull the plug. Barcelona confirmed on Thursday, August 5, that Messi would not sign a new contract …
Andrew Okeleke, former External Communications Manager of MTN and former Head of Public Relations, Globalcom, pays emotional tribute to wife who was killed by a reckless driver one year ago. Below is his tribute: It’s a year since my earthly angel answered the call How time flies! My dear wife, it is already one year since you exited this wicked world through the reckless driver of BRT bus No. 314 at a spot near Agric bus stop, …
On Wednesday 17th of June 2020, the world lost a beautiful soul as popular radio presenter, Dan Foster died. Linus Idahosa, President of Del-York International, took to twitter to pen an emotional tribute to the radio legend. When d COVID scare was @ its peak in April, I wrote this piece for a client, called on Dan to produce it. Dint know this would be his final farewell message 2 us.May his words inspire Love, Hope and Faith, and …
Minneapolis Mayor, Jacob Frey was emotional as he reacted to the death of George Floyd, an African American man which was caught on video when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for 5 minutes. Jacob Frey said during a press conference: “Being Black in America should not be a death sentence. For five minutes, we watched as a White officer pressed his knee into the neck of a Black man. For five minutes.” At this point …
Didier Drogba took to Twitter to narrate the emotional story about how Spanish footballer, Juan Manuel Mata García, helped him win the Champions League at a time when he thought all hope was lost. It was in 2012 and Chelsea’s manager had just been sacked. He said the team decided to give their all, having chased the trophy for 8 years without doing better than “runner up”. Drogba said he spoke to Juan Mata Garcia saying, “please maestro, help …