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Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up multiple awards at the Globe Soccer Awards held in Dubai today, January 19.   In recognition of his prolific form in the calendar year under review, Al Nassr and Portuguese striker won the Best Middle East Player award, beating Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed El Shenawy to it.     The five-time Ballon d’Or winner also won the Maradona Award for being the top scorer in 2023, ahead of Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe who scored 52 goals each for club and country, and Erling Haaland who scored 53 goals in 2023.     He also picked up the Fans' Favourite Player of the Year award at the ceremony.      In his acceptance speech, Ronaldo who was at the award ceremony in Dubai alongside his lover, Georgina Rodríguez, said: I did an amazing season. I have to say thank you to my teammates and my coaches from Al Nassr and the Portugal national team.”     He continued: “I never won...

  Namibian President Hage Geingob will be undergoing treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups led to the detection of “cancerous cells”.    Namibian Presidency said on Friday, January 19, that “as part of regular annual medical examinations” the 82-year-old leader had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on January 8, followed by a biopsy.   “On the advice of the medical team, President Geingob will undertake appropriate medical treatment to deal with the cancerous cells,” it added.   Geingob’s office gave no more details on his diagnosis but said he would continue working.  Geingob, who has been president of the southern African nation since 2015, is due to finish his second and final term in office this year.    In 2013 Geingob underwent brain surgery. A year later, he told the public that he had survived prostate cancer. In 2023, the tall, deep-voiced leader, underwent an aortic operation in neighbouring South Africa.   Na...

  A Pennsylvania man has been stabbed to death by his neighbour for snoring loudly.   The incident came to light last Sunday evening in Upper Moreland Township, where police responded to the home of Christopher Casey after receiving a 911 call from him reporting a stabbing. C ops discovered Casey's neighbor, Robert Wallace , about 50 feet from the house with two knife wounds in his body. Casey was stabbed in the right thigh and police found blood inside and outside the residence.   Both men were rushed to a local hospital, where Wallace died. Casey was treated for his non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators were able to piece together that Wallace went over to Casey's home that night and stepped onto his porch to detach a screen from one of the windows.    The duo had gotten into a heated argument, during which Casey produced a military-style knife, plunging the blade into Wallace twice. It was not clear how Casey suffered his wound. Police recove...