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Cristiano Ronaldo has received a congratulatory message from Iran’s legendary striker Ali Daei after equalling the record for most international goals in men’s football. The Juventus striker scored two penalties in the 2-2 draw with France at Euro 2020 on Wednesday evening, which puts him level with Daei on 109 international goals. Ronaldo now has the chance to break that record in Portugal’s last-16 clash against Belgium on Sunday evening. Earlier today, Daei, who scored 109 goals in 149 games for Iran, praised Ronaldo for his achievement. 'Congratulations to Cristiano who is now one goal away from breaking the men’s international goal-scoring record. he said ‘I am honoured that this remarkable achievement will belong to Ronaldo – great champion of football and caring humanist who inspires and impacts lives throughout the world. Vamos!’    

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino has died of renal failure as a result of diabetes. He passed away on Thursday morning, at the age of 61. Aquino's death was announced by President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, Harry Roque, and his family, hours after local media reported the former president had been transported to a Manila hospital. "It is with profound grief that on behalf of our family, I am confirming that our brother, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III died peacefully in his sleep," the family said in a statement read by one of his four surviving sisters, Pinky Aquino Abellada. "His death certificate pronounced his death at 6:30 a.m. due to renal disease secondary to diabetes." The presidential palace offered condolences to Aquino's family. Vice President Leni Robredo, who ran under the then Aquino-led ruling party when elected in 2016, said it was "heart-breaking" to hear of his death.  "He tried to do what was...

UEFA has announced the scrapping of away goals from all European club competitions with immediate effect after they voted to take the decision.  The rule, which was introduced in 1965, has since been used to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout tie where teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate over the two matches. Now in matches where two teams score the same number of goals over two legs, games will go straight to extra time and then penalties, if they are required. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said: 'The away goals rule has been an intrinsic part of UEFA competitions since it was introduced in 1965. However, the question of its abolition has been debated at various UEFA meetings over the last few years.  'Although there was no unanimity of views, many coaches, fans and other football stakeholders have questioned its fairness and have expressed a preference for the rule to be abolished.  'The impact of the rule now runs counter ...

Five people have been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a pedestrian bridge that was in "poor condition" collapsed onto a busy Washington, D.C., highway.  The incident occurred before noon on Wednesday, June 23,  on DC-295 near Polk Street.  The collapse was caused by a collision, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chris Geldart said during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.     Based on the preliminary investigation, a truck carrying diesel fuel may have collided with the bridge, causing it to separate from its mooring, he said. Multiple cars were then involved in the crash, with five people in those cars transported to local hospitals, he said.     "Everything we see on the accident scene right now leads to this being a collision pulling the bridge off its mooring," said Geldart, who noted they were "very lucky" there weren't any serious injuries. Images from the scene show a truck crushed under the bridge whi...

Former Barcelona striker Kevin Prince Boateng has returned to his boyhood club Hertha Berlin in what is the 16th transfer move of his career. The former Ghanaian international made his Bundesliga debut at the club in 2006, before going on to star in the Premier League, LaLiga, and Serie B.  Boateng, 34, unveiled the news at the same time as Hertha's official Twitter account on Wednesday. He simply tweeted: "I'm back!" "Kevin-Prince Boateng knows Hertha BSC, the Bundesliga and Berlin. He won't need long to settle in. Prince's leadership qualities are a great addition to our team, both on and off the pitch. "He has also proven his skills as a player at the highest level for several years. Overall, everything about this transfer is right," said sporting director Fredi Bobic. Boateng joined the Hertha BSC academy as a seven-year-old and moved up through the ranks of the club's youth sides, before breaking into the first-team squad in ...

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the governorship primary election organized by the Chief Victor Oye-led faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) held yesterday Wednesday, June 23. Soludo scored a total of 740 votes to defeat his closest rival, Hon Okwudili Ezenwankwo, representing Orumba North and South Federal constituency, who scored only 41 votes. The results were announced by National Vice Chairman of the party in the Southwest, Deacon Samson Olalere. 812 delegates were accredited by the party from the 326 wards in the 21 local government areas. The state governor, Willie Obiano, attended the primary.This development comes hours after he was suspended by the Jude Okeke-led faction of the party.

John McAfee, the founder of antivirus company McAfee, has been found dead in a Spanish prison near Barcelona after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States The Bristih technology entrepreneur reportedly commited suicide by hanging on Wednesday afternoon June 23, in a prison cell, just hours after a preliminary ruling for his extradition to the United States on charges of tax evasion. The Catalan justice department confirmed in a statement that the likely cause of death is suicide, Reuters reported. Employees at the Brians 2 penitentiary tried to revive the 75-year-old Mr McAfee but were unsuccessful, according to a statement cited by Spanish newspaper  El Mundo  and reporting by the Associated Press. According to the newspaper  El Pais,  the software entrepreneur was arrested in October and was awaiting extradition to the US when he was found dead. The paper added that police are investigating the circumstances surrounding h...