Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday, April 6. The charismatic Marxist revolutionary Sankara was gunned down in the West African nation’s capital Ouagadougou at the age of 37, four years after he took power during the 1987 coup d’état that brought Compaoré to power. Thomas Sankara Compaore was charged in absentia …
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Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel has reiterated his support for the crisis hit club saying he is ‘fully committed’ to Chelsea amid links to Manchester United . Following uncertainty over the future of Chelsea following UK sanctions on on the club’s billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovic , Tuchel has been linked with a move to rivals , Manchester United. His former mentor Ralf Rangnick, who is the current United interim manager, will also play a role in determining who will be …
German club, Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Thomas Meunier from Paris Saint-Germain on a four-year deal. The 28-year-old Belgium right-back had been linked with Premier League clubs Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham but he decided to join the Bundesliga giants Dortmund on a free transfer. Announcing the deal on Twitter, Meunier tweeted: ‘A great day has arrived! I have the immense honor to announce my engagement with Borussia Dortmund! A new chapter opens to us, …
Former English professional footballer, Thomas Beattie has announced he is gay. The 33-year-old, from Goole in Yorkshire, played for Hull City’s youth team then played professionally for more than 10 years in the United States, Canada, and Singapore before sustaining a serious head injury in a game, forcing him to end his playing career early. Speaking in an interview with Advocate, Beattie admitted that he did not feel comfortable coming out during his professional career. He said: ‘I never thought …
Looks like Lil Wayne is now only into plus-size models. The American rapper, 34, has moved on with Savage X Fenty plus-size model, Denise Bidot, pictured in the middle, just two months after calling off his engagement to Australian plus-sized model, La’Tecia Thomas – pictured above far right. Fans first suspected the love connection between Lil Wayne and Denise Bidot after noticing that the model is the only person the rapper is following on Instagram. Wayne also made reference …
Thomas Lane, one of the four Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd, has been released from jail after posting bond. Lane, 37, who had been held on $750,000 conditional bail, was freed from the Hennepin County jail at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records. His family members had set up a fundraising page for the ex-cop earlier this week, asking the public for donations for his ‘defense fund’ they set at $1 million. …