The tough-tackling midfielder had been sidelined after picking up a hamstring injury while turning out for Leicester City in an English Premier League encounter against Crystal Palace on April 28. The 21-year-old who missed the Super Eagles’ last two friendlies against Congo DR and England was certified fit and given the nod to start in the team’s final warmup encounter before the big summer in Russia. Also starting the game at the Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion is midfielder John Ogu, who played a starring role after being introduced in Saturday’s tune-up encounter with the Three Lions....

An Economist/YouGov poll conducted on December 12-14 found that 9 percent of Republicans believe it is “very likely” he will be reinstated, while another 9 percent believe it is “somewhat likely.” Another 15 percent of Republicans surveyed said they are not sure if he will be reinstated, according to the poll. Forty-nine percent said it is not likely at all, while 17 percents said it is “not very likely.”...

The petition is one focal point of efforts from anti-police brutality protesters around the country who are responding to the mass resignation of 57 officers from the city’s Emergency Response Team in solidarity with officers Torgalski and Robert McCabe. The two were each charged with one count of second-degree assault and both have pleaded not guilty despite the video recorded by a local WBFO-TV reporter. All 57 members of the unit resigned after the two men were suspended without pay....

According to a report released Tuesday by Gender on the Ballot, a nonpartisan project to examine gender dynamics in politics, 68 percent of women who supported Biden last November said Harris being on the ticket was a factor in their voting decision. For those women polled who supported former President Donald Trump, 39 percent said Harris being on the ballot was a factor in their voting decision. Biden announced his selection of Harris, a former primary rival and a senator from California, to be his vice president in August 2020—three months before the general election....

More than 170 health workers from the Intensive Care Unit of the Regional University Hospital of Málaga—located in the south of the country—attended the meal, with at least 68 people later testing positive for COVID-19, local media outlet Sur reported Monday, although health authorities had only confirmed 22 of these cases on Sunday. All of the professionals had been fully vaccinated—including with booster shots. Most of the workers who tested positive are asymptomatic although in a few cases they have reported mild symptoms....

The poll, which was conducted by Monmouth University, found 74 percent of Americans saying they plan to stay home on Thanksgiving. Among the remaining percentages, the poll found 10 percent saying they plan to travel overnight, 13 percent saying they plan to drive to another place and back in the same day and 3 percent said they didn’t know. In comparison, the poll found a decrease in the percent of Americans saying they plan to stay home for the holiday compared to previous years....

Some 74 percent of people feel the country is going in the wrong direction, down from 60 percent at the start of May, according to a survey by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Only a fifth (21 percent) thought that the U.S. was going in the right direction, down from a third (33 percent) at the start of May. Broken down into party affiliations, nearly half—or 46 percent of Republicans—thought it was on the wrong track—a big leap from 28 percent in May....

MORE: Darius Rucker scores TD in South Carolina’s spring game | TCU unveils new uniforms That mark is the highest reported attendance reported in spring football so far this year, eclipsing the reported 60,000 figure at Michigan two weeks ago. Nebraska has a good chance to finish with 2015’s biggest spring game crowd, but they will have some elite company chasing them in the next couple of weeks. The biggest threats will come from defending national champion Ohio State, which drew 61,058 fans last year and could have a post-title bump this spring....

Marine biologist John Chisholm received a call on Friday from a member of the public reporting a washed up female porbeagle shark. “It happens every year—usually around this time,” Chisholm told Newsweek. With the local harbormaster and other first responders, he went down to the shore to investigate and was taken aback by the rare find. “I could see that it was really fresh,” he said. “The weather was really bad....

Jason Schwartz is a lifelong baseball fan and card collector who had to be socially distant from the game he loves during the 2020 pandemic. He turned his free time into a professional art workshop to bring a new generation of fans to his hobby. Schwartz, the founder of Chicago-based Heavy J Studios, is helping resurrect the interest in baseball trading cards, which has been declining in popularity. The focus of Schwartz’s effort is a collaboration with the Josh Gibson Foundation and the Reviving Baseball In Inner Cities program to pay tribute to the historic minority leagues that have mostly marginalized until now....

But something seems to be haunting the clinic, reaching out to Eli from the windows and beyond the floor-to-ceiling glass quarantining the mansion’s sterile areas. After seeing—or possibly hallucinating—a burnt and mutilated boy while undergoing a brutal bone marrow procedure, Eli begins to suspect not everything is on the level at Horn’s clinic. His suspicions are confirmed by Haley (Sadie Sink), a girl his age who visits him from outside the clinic’s glass....

The highly anticipated limited series tells the story of identical twins Leni and Gina, whose lives are thrown into chaos when one goes missing and their deepest secret is threatened with exposure. Ahead of the show’s release later this week, Newsweek has everything you need to know, including the release date, cast, trailer and a plot synopsis. When Is the Release Date? Echoes will be released on Netflix on Friday, August 19, at 8 a....

According to the Associated Press, the country recently proposed new rules that would restrict access to certain indoor places for its unvaccinated citizens. The purpose of this policy, officials said, is to protect “unvaccinated people against infection, illness and hospital admission in high-risk locations.” The Netherlands has a Pass System that can be used to travel within the European Union and access public spaces such as restaurants or events. The passes can be given to those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, have previously recovered from the virus, or have proof of a negative test....

Harden reportedly wants to be traded to Brooklyn, where he would reunite with Durant and team up with Kyrie Irving. MORE: Best and worst contracts of NBA free agency “I don’t know where you’re making these stories up that me and James talked about any of this at a workout,” Durant told reporters Tuesday when asked about Harden, who played with Durant in Oklahoma City from 2009-2012. “I don’t know where that came from....

Irving has endured a nightmare first season with the Nets, with an ongoing shoulder problem sidelining the 2016 NBA champion since November. IRVING TIMELINE: How long is Nets star out? The six-time NBA All-Star, who arrived from the Celtics in the offseason, is holding off on surgery but will reevaluate in a month or two. “I am in a better place now that it has been a significant amount of time,” Irving told reporters on Saturday....

The Nets and owner Joe Tsai have both released statements condemning guard Kyrie Irving’s promotion of an antisemitic documentary. Tsai issued a response late Friday night, saying he was disappointed in Irving’s promotion of the documentary. He added that he wants to “make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us.” MORE: Kyrie Irving and conspiracy theories, explained: What Nets star has said and shared about flat Earth, COVID-19 vaccines and Alex Jones...

Before the Nets defeated the 76ers at the Barclays Center on Thursday night, the Brooklyn coach told reporters that he was worried about the amount of minutes Durant has been playing. After logging 39 minutes in a 114-105 win over Philadelphia, Durant is now averaging 37.0 minutes per game, which is second in the NBA behind only Raptors guard Fred VanVleet (38.0). NBA MVP RACE: KD, Curry locked in back-and-forth battle...

The Nets decided to honor them before the team’s game against the Pistons on Sunday in Brooklyn. A moment of silence was observed at Barclays Center, and an NYPD hat will stay on the scorer’s table for the duration of the game. MORE: Athletes’ social demonstrations | Nick Mangold wears NYPD hat | Yankees help families of NYPD The Barclays Center staff will also wear NYPD hats during the game in tribute to the officers....

Two nights after getting run out of their own gym, the Nets welcomed in a pesky Raptors team for yet another tough early-season test. It might not have passed with flying colors, but Brooklyn did provide a glimpse of its scary potential in a 109-105 win over Toronto on a night where both teams traded runs. Brooklyn righted a number of wrongs from opening night, benefited from its star duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and enjoyed some key contributions in the margins, all of which bode well for the franchise moving forward....

According to an obituary published by the Lee & Martin Funeral Home in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, Riggs came down with a mysterious illness three weeks ago that had hospitals “stumped”. She was brought home last Sunday and was later diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer, dying just two days later on October 5 at 9:11 p.m. “Her last moment was spent with her No. 1 cheerleader, her mother, holding her hand and whispering in her ear how much she loved her,” her obituary reads....