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enegal international footballer, Khouma Babacar is currently recovering in a hospital after he collapsed during a training session on Thursday, July 8. His club in Turkey, Alanyaspor has confirmed he suffered heart spam in their pre-season camp in Burdur on Thursday. According to the club, the Senegal striker fell to the ground in training and he was immediately rushed to the hospital. “Our football player Khouma Babacar, who became ill this morning in the Burdur camp, was found to have had a heart spasm as a result of the first examinations made at the Burdur State Hospital,” A club statement read. “Further examinations and treatment of our football player will be carried out at Private Alanya Anadolu Hospital under the supervision of our club doctor Ismail Yetkin. We convey our best wishes to our football player and wish him a speedy recovery.” Babacar has also taken to Instagram to reveal he is recovering.   “ I'm fine. Thanks, everyone,” he wr...

Super Eagles midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo has completed his medical ahead of his move to newly-promoted English Premier League club Watford, from Stoke City.  The Nigeria international, 25, spent last season on loan at Turkish club Galatasaray, where he made 29 appearances across all competitions. The details of the contract have not been made known, but there are reports Etebo  will sign a permanent deal with the Hornets.   “It is true he (Etebo) has gone through his routine medicals at Watford but let’s wait for more official details about the deal, and that will be soon. It’s not a loan move,” our source said. Once the deal is completed, Etebo will become the fifth Nigerian at the club after William Troost-Ekong, Isaac Success, Tom Dele-Bashiru and Emmanuel Dennis.

  Joe Biden has staunchly defended his decision to completely withdraw troops from Afghanistan, saying the U.S. has achieved its objectives. The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, for over 20 years the US has fought and decimated Al Qaeda's control of the country forming the major basis for which Biden announced troop withdrawal. Since the troop withdrawal began this year, the Taliban forces in Afghanistan have been taking over territories with fears the country could become a safe haven for terrorist groups in the near future. But Biden insists that the United States had done more than enough to empower the Afghan police and military to secure the future of their people. Biden said he was not declaring “mission accomplished,” but he made it clear that Afghanistan’s fate was no longer in the hands of the American military. President Biden argued that the U.S. had achieved its military objectives against...