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  • Copa America: Argentina mock Canadian rapper Drake for betting against them

    Copa America: Argentina mock Canadian rapper Drake for betting against them

    Argentina have continued to mock Canadian rapper, Drake after losing  a whooping  $300,000 bet on Wednesday morning.

    Drake had placed a bet on the Copa America semi-final clash between his country, and Argentina.

    The Hip Hop star would have won a large sum of $2.8million if Canada had won the semi-final clash against Argentina on Tuesday.

    However, goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi secured  a 2-0 victory for Albiceleste.

    In a post on social media after the game, Argentina made reference to Kendrick Lamar’s iconic diss track ‘Not Like Us’ targeted at Drake.

    The official AFA account posted a picture of Messi and his Argentina team-mates celebrating with the caption: “Not like us, not with us.”

  • Copa America: Messi scores as Argentina beat Canada to qualify for final

    Copa America: Messi scores as Argentina beat Canada to qualify for final

    Lionel Messi, the current Ballon d’Or holder, showcased his talent with a precise touch of his legendary left boot to score his first goal of this summer’s Copa America tournament.

    With Messi’s goal early in the second half and Julián Álvarez’s first-half strike, Argentina triumphed over Canada, 2-0, in their Copa America semifinal at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday night.

    “It’s incredible what this team has achieved and what the Argentine national team continues to do,” Messi remarked after the match. “Now, the importance of all the finals that I and the veteran players have participated in will be recognized even more.”

    Argentina will compete in the Copa America final on Sunday in Miami, awaiting the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal between Colombia and Uruguay, for a chance to further solidify its soccer dynasty.

    As the defending World Cup champions, Argentina aims for its second consecutive Copa America title, potentially securing its fourth major international championship in three years, including the 2022 Finalissima victory over 2021 Euro champions Italy.

  • Copa America: Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez leads scorer’s chart with four goals

    Copa America: Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez leads scorer’s chart with four goals

    Ahead of the Copa America semifinals fixtures on Wednesday and Thursday, below are currently the highest goal scorers in the competition.

    The Copa America has reached the semi-final stage with four countries Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia remaining in the tournament.

    Lionel Messi-led  Argentina will slug it out with Canada in the last-four, while Uruguay will tackle Colombia in an all South America affair.

    Recall that Argentina defeated Canada in its first game of the tournament by 2-0, but but teams will meet again for a place in the final.

    However, Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez, still remains the top scorer in the competition with four goals.

    The Inter Milan striker is ahead of Venezuela’s Salomon Rondon, who has three goals to his name.

    Copa America 2024 top scorers ahead of semi-final fixtures:

    Four goals – Lautaro Martinez

    Three goals – Salomon Rondon

    Two goals – Araujo, Balogun, Bello, Jose Fajardo, Cordoba, Vinicius, Darwin Nunez and Daniel Munoz.

  • Paris 2024: Super Falcons begin training in sevilla

    Paris 2024: Super Falcons begin training in sevilla

    The Super Falcons of Nigeria began their first training session in Sevilla, Spain, on Sunday, kicking off their preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games. The team arrived in Sevilla for a two-week training tour on Friday.

     

    All 18 invited players are expected to join the camp this week. Randy Waldrum’s squad will play a friendly match against Olympic champions Canada on July 17.

     

    The Super Falcons will then head to Paris the following day.The nine-time African champions are set to compete against Spain, Japan, and Brazil in Group C at the Olympics.

  • Copa America: Alvarez, Martinez score as Argentina defeat Canada 2-0 in group A opener

    Copa America: Alvarez, Martinez score as Argentina defeat Canada 2-0 in group A opener

    The Copa América 2024 kicked off on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, United States of America.

    captain Lionel Messi led defending champions, Argentina  took down Canada, 2-0 early Thursday morning to kick start the tournament.

    Julián Álvarez had Maxime Crépeau beat but couldn’t get enough off of the ball on his strike. Argentina and Canada go into the half scoreless.

    However, Julián Álvarez gave Argentina a 1-0 lead just three minutes into the second half of the encounter.

    Messi found Lautaro Martínez who beautifully knocked the ball into the back of the net to give Argentina its second goal of the night and all three points.

  •  Bomb threat on Air Canada Delhi-Toronto flight turns out hoax

     Bomb threat on Air Canada Delhi-Toronto flight turns out hoax

    A bomb threat to Air Canada’s Toronto-bound flight turned out to be a hoax, local media reported on Wednesday.

    The international flight scheduled to take off Tuesday night from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport was taken to the isolation bay immediately after an email stating that a bomb had been planted on it.

    A thorough inspection was conducted and nothing suspicious was found, according to police.

    The incident was the latest among a series of hoax bomb threats that have been sent to schools, airports and hospitals in the national capital.

    Last week, a domestic flight was taken to an isolation bay under similar circumstances at the airport in the Indian capital but the scare turned out to be a hoax.

    Besides in Delhi, schools in Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru have received similar threats.

     

  • Jimi Agbaje’s 1st son, John to be buried Friday in Canada

    Jimi Agbaje’s 1st son, John to be buried Friday in Canada

    Mr John Agbaje,  the first son of Nigeria’s top politician, Mr Jimi Agbaje, will be  buried on Friday in Canada.

    Recall that John died on Monday, May 27, 2024 in Canada.

    John, first son of  senior Agbaje, a former governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State  and Chieftain of Afenifere Renewal Group, was 41 years old.

    Jimi Agbaje, disclosed part of the burial arrangements  to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday via telephone.

    According to him, the family will also hold a special memorial service for the late son in Lagos on a later date, after the burial in Canada.

    Agbaje, who said he had few words to say on the demise of his son, said the family in faith,  has handed the monumental loss over to God.

    “His mother and I , indeed the entire extended family cannot describe our pains. The shock is still there but in all, we give in to the will of God.

    “We cannot question God and we know HE alone will help us to heal with time.”

    Bunmi reportedly died of cardiac arrest.

  • Nigeria’s Jack Mpakaboari wins major scrabble event in Canada

    Nigeria’s Jack Mpakaboari wins major scrabble event in Canada

    Nigeria’s Jack Mpakaboari has engraved his name in the top honour list at the 2024 Division A Class C of the Niagara Falls International Scrabble Tournament in Ontario, Canada.

     

    Mpakaboari won 12 rounds of games and a draw with a cumulative points spread of plus 225 ahead of England’s Rick Blakeway and Daniel Blake of America both on 12 wins each from 22 games each, separated by cumulative points.

     

    Going into the final game 22, Mpakaboari was on 11 wins and a draw, the Rivers State born wordsmith had to dig deeper to brush aside highly rated tournament number 8 seed Bradley Whitmarsh of America 499-396, that’s 103 cumulative points difference.

     

    The widely traveled Mpakaboari’s win in a strong 34 man field is a clear indication of the strength and depth of the growth of the game of words in Nigeria and the continent.

     

    Mpakaboari, is the first Nigerian and indeed the first African to win Division A Class C of the Niagara Falls International Scrabble tournament.

     

    Matthew Tunnicliffe who dropped only two games throughout the three day event won the Division A ahead of Joshua Sokol and Quinn James while Travis Chaney took the top honour in Class B.

     

    Moses Owugah, Willy Nwabor, Fidelis Olotu and Samuel Anikoh are other passionate Nigerian scrabble players who graced the annual tournament that attracted players from Africa, America, Europe and Asia.

     

    Jack Mpakaboari who recently won the Scrabble event at the Nigeria Oil Games dedicated the win to the Almighty God, who has been his source of strength in his journey into the world of scrabble.

     

    “Special thanks to my wife and daughter. I equally appreciate my Nigerian playmates at Niagara Falls International tournament in Canada, Moses Owugah, Willy Nwabor, Fidelis Olotu and Samuel Anikoh.” Mpakaboari, the accountant said.

     

    Jack Mpakaboari, a member of Team Nigeria to the maiden edition of the West African Scrabble Championship in Accra, Ghana in 2022 where he secured 14 wins in 28 games has been very active on the international scrabble circuit.

     

    At the inaugural edition of the MGI International Scrabble Classics UK in Milton Keynes, Mpakaboari recorded 12 wins with a minus 671 points to finish among the top 40 players at the well attended historic event.

     

    It will interest you to know that Jack Mpakaboari and seven other players had the same number of victories but cumulative points separated them in the grueling battle at MGI International Classics UK which took place at Leonardo Hotel in Milton Keynes.

     

    Mpakaboari also had an impressive outing at the last Israeli International Scrabble Championship in Tel Aviv in 2023 where he was ranked 8th. In 2020 he topped the table at the 12th Isreali Open. He also won the MSI World Scrabble Championships (B-Div) in 2016 in Lille, France.

     

    At the last World English Scrabble Players Association Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, he won 15 rounds of games and a draw to cap his American experience.

     

    FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG understand that Jack Mpakaboari has 51.49 percent winning ratio and has shown his word strength and dexterity on the scrabble board in France, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Scotland, Thailand and the United States of America.

  • One severely injured as police confirm shooting outside rapper Drake’s Canada mansion

    One severely injured as police confirm shooting outside rapper Drake’s Canada mansion

    The Police in Canada have confirmed  an overnight shooting right in front of Drake’s Toronto mansion.

    The OVO boss’ mansion was cordoned off by police on Tuesday after a shooting near his property left one person seriously injured after getting shot in the chest.

    However, Police confirmed that the victim is not Drake and has been taken to the hospital for emergency surgery, according to Toronto’s City News.

    On X, Toronto police said they received reports of a shooting at around 2:09 a.m. ET in the city’s upscale Bridle Path neighbourhood.

    The suspect reportedly fled in a vehicle, but no descriptions of either the person or the car were provided as of now.

    But reports say that further Investigation and probe is underway to unravel the mystery behind the shooting.

    Investigation and further probe in underway, according to reports.

    While the motive of the shooting is unclear, it comes amidst the ongoing feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, both of whom have been releasing new diss tracks on a daily basis.

  • WAR: United Kingdom joins US, Canada to sanction Iran

    WAR: United Kingdom joins US, Canada to sanction Iran

    The United Kingdom has  joined the United States and Canada to announce a fresh set of sanctions against Iran’s drone and missile industries after its recent attack on Israel.

    It would be recalled that Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike — widely blamed on Israel — that killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Damascus.

    Iran’s large-scale attack involved more than 300 drones and missiles, most of which were shot down by Israel and its allies including Washington and London, causing little damage.

    Iran was hit by sanctions from the United States and Britain last week targeting individuals and companies involved in the Iranian drone industry.

    The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office said the latest sanctions would target two individuals and four companies closely involved in Iran’s network of drone production.

    Trade sanctions against Iran would also be expanded by introducing new bans on the export of components used in its produce of drones and missiles, it added.

    “The Iranian regime’s dangerous attack on Israel risked thousands of civilian casualties and wider escalation in the region,” Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a statement.

    “Alongside our partners, we will continue to tighten the net on Iran’s ability to develop and export these deadly weapons.”