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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A couple kidnapped by bandits who attacked Shola community in Katsina Local Government Area of Katsina State 10 days ago, have shared their experience in the hands of their abductors. Speaking to Daily Trust, Alhaji Tukur Turaki, said on the night of the attack, his wife heard some people manhandling their son and thought they were soldiers, so she opened their apartment which gave the kidnappers access. Turaki said; “When they came in, they asked my wife where …
England and Tottenham midfielder, Eric Dier has been banned for four matches and fined £40,000 for jumping into the crowd to confront a fan following his club’s FA Cup defeat to Norwich City. The 26-year-old was left furious after a penalty shootout loss to the Canaries in their fifth-round tie at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in March. In an attempts to protect his brother who he noticed was being abused by an angry fan, he left the pitch and …
Austrian Bundesliga top club LASK, have been docked 12 points and fined a massive €75,000 for not observing social distancing during training ahead of the proposed top-flight restart on June 2. According to the Bundesliga, Lask disobeyed coronavirus-related safety rules in practice sessions after the club admitted to staging full contact training sessions even when the Austrian FA told clubs they were only allowed to train in small groups to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. The event which …
Qatar’s interior ministry announced on Thursday that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday, and those who do not comply will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000). Violators could also be jailed up to three years, or fined, according to a statement on the ministry’s Twitter account. The statement added that the only exception will be if the person is alone driving in a vehicle. At a meeting on Wednesday, cabinet …