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Andriy Yarmolenko had an impressive game for Ukraine. Despite a preparation like no other for an international football fixture,   Ukraine   produced a momentous performance to beat Scotland 3-1 in its World Cup playoff semifinal at Hampden Park in Glasgow Wednesday. The emotional victory, that brought many watching Ukrainian fans -- sporting yellow and blue colors -- to tears, puts Ukraine just one win away from qualifying for the  Qatar World Cup  later this year. Wednesday's playoff had originally been scheduled to take place in March, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced the match's postponement. Ukraine now needs to beat Wales in Cardiff on Sunday in its playoff final to reach the World Cup. Before the game, the visitors had spoken about giving those back in their homeland a morale boost during the war and they did just that courtesy of goals from  Andriy Yarmolenko  and Roman Yaremchuk. Ukraine was made to suffer more in the second half after Callu...

A United States jury on Wednesday found both Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard liable for defamation following an intense trial riding on bitterly contested allegations of domestic abuse. The seven-member jury in Virginia awarded Depp $15 million in damages after finding that a 2018 article penned by Heard on the “sexual violence” she had suffered was defamatory to Depp. The jury also found that Heard was defamed by statements made by Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, who told the Daily Mail that her abuse claims were a “hoax,” and awarded her $2 million in damages. Heard said she was disappointed “beyond words” on Wednesday after the jury found she had made defamatory claims of abuse against her ex-husband, calling it a “setback” for women. “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband,” Heard said in a statement released shortly after...

Presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to rehabilitate the displaced people of Bakassi if elected president. He made the promise on Wednesday in Calabar when he came to consult delegates ahead of the party’s forthcoming presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu said,”We will create jobs, we will rehabilitate those displaced in Bakassi,” adding that he will make Calabar port functional. Tinubu, who came with an entourage including the Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, told the delegates to vote for success and progress and that they should ask about his achievements in Lagos. “I can turn Nigeria around. We will bring back Nigeria’s prosperity. We will create commodity markets. Economic prosperity will be there for you and your children,” he said, adding that he will replicate his achievements in Lagos nationwide if elected president in 2023. Former governor of Borno, Hashim Shettima, said equity, justice and fairness demand that power must go...