Tag: Season
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: A new season
Part of my early morning prayer ritual is to open the little window in my bathroom whilst it is still dark outside and declare into the emerging dawn, how I want my day to turn out. On this morning, it began to rain as I opened the window. And then I heard the following words…
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EPL votes to allow five substitutes next season
English Premier League clubs have agreed to allow five substitutions from the start of next season following Thursday’s shareholders meeting. A temporary amendment to the rules had been implemented to increase the number of substitutions from three when football resumed in the summer of 2020. This was in the wake of its mid-season suspension because…
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Advent; A season of preparation and recollection, By Margaret Ogbebor
In the Catholic Church, the feast of
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INEC votes technology in a season of untruth, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe While our law makers were voting for a journey to the past penultimate week, by turning their back on modern technology in the conduct of elections, two significant things happened one after the other. Richard Branson went to the edge ofspace aboard Virgin Galatico’sSpaceShip Two on July 11, 2021. Nine days later,…
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Rise of politics, fall of reason, By Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside In a constitutional democracy, politics is the only legitimate route to governance. And the primary role of government is to provide security, the legal and social framework for economic enterprise, provide public goods and services, social welfare and maintain law and order. Politics is synonymous with competition. And the competitors…
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Players allowed to play for 3 clubs in a season — FIFA
Players will be allowed to play for up to three clubs, instead of two, during the course of a season, FIFA said. The global football body said this was a temporary rule change to alleviate the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the sport. It added that the move was “to avoid any concerns…
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La Liga training to resume this week with season restart in June
Soccer clubs in Spain’s top two divisions will return to individual training this week for the first time since activity was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, while organisers will aim to re-start the season in June, La Liga said on Monday. A statement from the organising body said clubs would follow the league’s protocol…
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Eredivisie season effectively over, says Dutch FA
The Dutch football season was effectively ended on Tuesday after the government extended a ban on major public events by three months, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said in a statement. The KNVB said it would not continue efforts to try to complete the 2019-20 campaign, but would first consult with European football’s governing body,…
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COVID-19: ‘Top four clubs will qualify for Champions League even if season is abandoned’
The Spanish Football Association (RFEF) has taken a decision on what to do if the La Liga season is cut short or abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official says. RFEF general secretary Andreu Camps disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the four clubs on top of the most recent completed…