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Soccer Digest . West Ham signed former Real Madrid and Liverpool defender Alvaro Arbeloa on a free transfer on Wednesday. Spain international Arbeloa agreed a one-year contract with the Premier League club after being released by European champions Real at the end of last season. The 33-year-old full-back won the Champions League twice with Real and also helped them lift the Spanish title in his seven years at the Bernabeu. He also won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and the European Championships in 2008 and 2012. "For me, this is a great chance to be back in England and in the Premier League, which is a fantastic league and I want to put myself here again," Arbeloa told West Ham TV. "This is a big club and a great club with fantastic players and a great coach."  

Soccer Digest. P remier League champions Leicester paid a reported club record fee of £29.7 million to sign Algeria striker Islam Slimani from Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday. Slimani agreed a five-year contract with Claudio Ranieri's side after scoring 27 times in 33 league games for Portuguese side Sporting last season. The 28-year-old's arrival shatters Leicester's previous transfer record of £16 million, which they paid for Nigerian striker Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow in July. "To join a team like Leicester City is a huge honour and I can't wait to get started," Slimani told Leicester's website. "I've always wanted to play my football in the Premier League and to get the opportunity to do that with the reigning champions was something I simply could not turn down."

Soccer Digest. Chelsea agreed terms with Paris Saint Germain to re-sign Brazil defender David Luiz on Wednesday, while Manchester City allowed five players to leave on season-long loan deals as the transfer deadline approached across Europe. Luiz was sold by Chelsea to French side PSG for a world record fee for a defender when he joined the French club for £50 million in 2014. But the 29-year-old centre-back was in danger of losing his place to compatriot Marquinhos this season and, with new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte desperate for defensive reinforcements, the Premier League club have agreed to bring him back to Stamford Bridge for a reported £32 million. "Chelsea Football Club and Paris Saint-Germain have agreed terms for the transfer of David Luiz back to London," a statement on Chelsea's website read, similar to PSG's own statement. "The move is now subject to him agreeing personal terms and passing a medical." Chelsea had already land

Soccer Digest. Jack Wilshere's fall from grace shows no sign of slowing as the Arsenal midfielder made a shock move to Bournemouth on a season-long loan on Wednesday. Wilshere was once regarded as one of the most promising youngsters in the Premier League, but Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has allowed the 24-year-old to leave the Emirates Stadium in a bid to revitalise his career. Wilshere has been hampered by a series of injuries and unsavoury off-field incidents in recent seasons and was left out of Sam Allardyce's first England squad this week. He has been limited to two substitute appearances this term after dropping behind Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla in Arsenal's central midfield pecking order. Wilshere last played 90 minutes in a Premier League fixture in September 2014, and had drawn interest from Crystal Palace, Roma and AC Milan after mutually agreeing with Wenger that he would benefit from playing regular f

Soccer Digest. Chelsea have agreed a fee with Paris Saint-Germain for the return of Brazil international defender David Luiz, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. "The move is now subject to him agreeing personal terms and passing a medical," said a statement on the club website (www.chelseafc.com). PSG paid a reported 50 million pounds ($65.59 million), a world record fee for a defender, when Luiz moved to west London in June 2014. British media put the fee for the Brazilian's return to Stamford Bridge at about 30 million pounds as new manager Antonio Conte moves closer to securing the extra cover in central defence he has craved since taking over. In three seasons at Chelsea after joining from Benfica in 2011, Luiz won the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup but was sometimes criticised as being unreliable under pressure. He has played more than 50 times for Brazil since his first cap in 2010 but was left out of the 2016 Copa America sq

Politics Digest. OSGF PRESS RELEASE 31st August, 2016 NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR NIGER DELTA POWER HOLDING COMPANY (NDPHC) His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and two Executive Directors for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC). The new appointees are: (i) Joseph Chiedu Ugbo - Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (He is currently acting in the same capacity). (ii) Mallam Babayo Shehu- Executive Director (Finance and Administration). (iii) Engineer Ife Oyedele -Executive Director (Engineering and Technical Services). 2. Mr. Ugbo is a legal practitioner and infrastructure regulations specialist with extensive experience in electricity industry reform and privatization. He has Bachelor and Master of Law Degrees from the University of Lagos and was admitted to practice Law in Nigeria in 1991. For over 15 years, he provided legal advisory services to public sector powe

Politics Digest.  Amaechi signs Lagos-Ibadan, Calabar-Port Harcourt rail lines Honourable Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, flanked by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Sabiu Zakari,Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, Jack Li and Director, Legal Services in the Ministry, Mrs. Uche Okoro during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan and Calabar-Port Harcourt rail line, respectively, on behalf of the Federal Government at Ministry of Transportation headquarters on Wednesday, in Abuja.  

Science Digest. National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) has urged the public not to panic over the Annular Eclipse which will be experienced between the hours of 7:15am and 10:03am on Thursday, September 1 with slight variations in actual timing across the country. In a press statement by the Head of Media and Corporate Communications, Dr Felix Ale, the Agency appealed to the general public not to panic or adduce any mystical interpretations to this event, urging them not to observe the eclipse with Nakked eyes, as this can cause damage. According to the statement, in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, there will be a partial eclipse, with an obscurity of 60 per cent, and the first contact at about 7:17am, with maximum eclipse at 8:32am and end at 10:00am. Also, Lagos will experience its first contact with the eclipse at 7:15am, with a maximum eclipse occurring at 8:32am and ending at about 10:00am. The Agency has arranged a viewing centre tomorrow to en

Entertainment Digest. Nigerian-American artist Jidenna Theodore Mobisson, known professionally as Jidenna, is currently in Nigeria. The ‘Classic Man’ crooner, is in Nigeria to advance his anticipated introduction collection, ‘Long Live The Chief.’ His visit will incorporate a restrictive collection dispatch occasion which will occur at Hard Rock Cafe in Lagos.

Soccer Digest. Franco-German Gernot Rohr took charge of the Nigeria senior men’s squad, Super Eagles, for the first time on Tuesday as the team began training sessions ahead of Saturday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania. Rohr and a number of players could not fly to Uyo from Lagos on Monday as ARIK airline eventually cancelled their flight after many hours. But the entourage landed in Uyo just after noon on Tuesday. On arrival at the team’s Le Meridien Hotel, Coach Rohr had a meeting with his assistants, backroom staff and players present, before the evening’s training session at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. In camp as at Tuesday evening were Skipper Mikel John Obi, assistant captain Ahmed Musa, goalkeepers Emmanuel Daniel and Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Musa Muhammed, Chidozie Awaziem, Abdullahi Shehu, Jamiu Alimi, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong and Elderson Echiejile, midfielders Ogenyi Onazi, Wilfred Ndidi and Nosa Igiebor and forwards Brown

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Entertainment Digest. (CNN) Singer Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Tuesday evening, LAPD Lieutenant Chris Ramirez said in a press conference. Officers responded to a woman's call for help at Brown's suburban Los Angeles residence around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to an LAPD spokesman. A search warrant was obtained by police Tuesday afternoon and law enforcement officials spent several hours at Brown's residence before he was taken into custody. Brown will be transported to an LAPD jail for processing. The LAPD Robbery-Homicide division in handling the investigation. More details on the events that led to Brown's arrest have not yet been made available. Earlier Tuesday, Brown, posted three videos to his social media accounts. In one video, the singer railed against the police and media and said he was being unfairly portrayed as a villain. "Good luck. When you get the warrant or whatever y

News Digest.  http://pmd.cdn.turner.com/cnn/big//sports/2016/08/28/nfl-colin-kaepernick-sits-in-protest-during-national-anthem-newday.cnn_iphone_wifi_hi.mp4 Story highlights The 49ers quarterback says flag "oppresses black people and people of color" Similar sentiments have been made by other athletes throughout history (CNN) "I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world." That's not Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose refusal to stand during the national anthem has invited criticism from all corners of the sports world. That's Jackie Robinson, beloved baseball pioneer and civil rights activist, writing in his 1972 autobiography, " I Never Had It Made ." After Kaepernick was spotted sitting during the anthem preceding last Friday's NFL preseason game, the struggling quarterback said he would not stand "to show pride in a