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The Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has barred anyone being investigated for sexual misconduct from its glitzy Paris ceremony. The decision by the organisers comes after protests broke out at the event on February 25 over the latest #MeToo furore involving newcomer Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police on two allegations of rape and one of violence against a partner. Bennacer, 25, who denies any wrongdoing, had been seen as an awards frontrunner for his part in 'Les Amandiers' (titled 'Forever Young' abroad) about a sexually promiscuous group of drama students in the 1980s. It also follows protests at the 2020 ceremony when Roman Polanski, convicted of raping a child in the 1970s, won best director - which triggered a major reorganisation of the Cesar Academy.     In a statement, the Academy said anyone facing a potential prison sentence for 'violence, notably of (a) sexual or sexist nature' would be excluded from...

738 Peruvian children have reportedly been named after Brazilian football legend, Pele following his death.  According to the list published by the Peruvian National Civil Registry at the end of 2022, a total of 738 babies were registered as Pelé, Rey Pelé, Edson Arantes or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the real name of the triple world cup champion. On Monday January 2, thousands of football fans and dignitaries gathered at the stadium of Brazilian club Santos, where he played from 1956 to 1974, to bid a final farewell to the Brazilian player who died on December 29 at the age of 82. Among Peruvian girls, 551 were baptized as either Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Second or Elizabeth II, after the British monarch who died in September after 70 years on the throne.  Despite Pele’s passing, the most popular famous name used by Peruvian parents was that of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, with Ronaldo or his full name chosen 31,583 times.

Footballer, Lionel Messi is reportedly set to sign a one-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain this week. The Argentine's current deal expires at the end of the season and there had been speculation linking him with a return to former club Barcelona, while there was some suggestions that David Beckham's Inter Miami could sign him.   But Messi gave PSG an assurance that he would sign a new deal with them last month.   Spanish publication, Marca now says the 35-year-old will put pen to paper on a new one-year deal "until June 30 2024 as early as this week."   Messi had scored 12 times in 19 games for the French champions before the World Cup break Messi joined PSG in an emotional move from Barcelona in 2021. In his first season he scored 11 times in 34 games and although the French side regained their Ligue 1 championship, it took time for Messi to settle at the club.  But this season, the World Cup winner already surpassed his performances a...

  An Iranian chess player was reportedly warned not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.   In solidarity with other Iranian women, Iran chess player Sara Khademalsharieh, born in 1997, appeared with uncovered hair Monday, Dec 26, at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, an international chess tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A source close to Sara, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Sara subsequently received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament, while others said she should come back, promising to "solve her problem".     The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details. Due to the threats, newspapers including Le Figaro and El Pais reported last week that Sara would not be returning to Iran and moving to Spa...

Founder and General Overseer Of The Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin is currently trending on all social media platforms as he presumably hosts the historic largest CrossOver Service in Africa, as everybody seems to be talking about the massive, gigantic crowd in Mercy City Warri to CrossOver with PapaJ.     Twitter users have gone agog over a video currently trending on social media where a mammoth crowd of worshipers stormed Mercy City, Warri Nigeria to crossover into the new year 2023 with the famous Billionaire Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin.     The Man Of God who is very popular for his philanthropy, who just recently gave over one hundred million naira cash gifts and truckloads of noodles to Nigerians in celebration of Christmas, is on the news again.   This time, his Mercy City Warri church was packaged out as millions of worshipers floods the massive Christ Mercyland Prayer City, Warri, Nigeria....

A new report claims that Cristiano Ronaldo's lucrative contract with Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr could see him return to the Premier League to join Newcastle United if they make the top four. When Ronaldo became a free agent, it was claimed that the Portuguese star was seeking Champions League football. But he instead opted to go to Saudi Arabia, away from Europe's top club competition. According to Marca, Ronaldo could be back to the Premier League sooner than expected.    A clause in Ronaldo's new contract is reported to say he will be allowed to join Eddie Howe's Newcastle on loan if they finish in the top four, and qualify for Champions League football in 2023-24.  A takeover of the Tyneside club by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was completed in October 2021.    Over the past 15 months, they have invested heavily in players, and turned around the club's fortunes from the relegation spots to being in the r...

Brighton star, Alexis Mac Allister has revealed that he and his Argentina teammates are pushing Lionel Messi to feature in another World Cup for Argentina.  Messi had shelved his international retirement plan after winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.  Ahead of the next tournament scheduled to hold in the United States, Mexico and Canada in 2026, Mac Allister disclosed that they want Messi to stay.    He said;    “We don’t want him to leave the national team. He said he was going to be his last World Cup but we don’t want that. We want him to stay with us. He knows it. So let’s see what happens. He sent a message to us yesterday, wishing us a very good year. He was very grateful to us. After the game we couldn’t speak too much because we wanted to celebrate. I think we still don’t realise what we achieved, but in the next five or 10 years we will.”   On what it feels like playing alongside Messi who completed his medal colle...