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The U.S. Soccer Federation has formally denied allegations of gender discrimination made by players of the U.S. women’s national team. Twenty-eight members of the current women’s player pool filed the lawsuit March 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes unequal pay with their counterparts on the men’s national team. The USSF filed its answer on Monday, about one month before the Women’s World Cup. The USSF claims every decision made “with respect to the conduct alleged in the complaint was for legitimate business reasons and not for any discriminatory or other unlawful purpose.” The federation has maintained the differences in pay are the result of different collective bargaining agreements that establish distinct pay structures for the two teams. Those agreements are not public. U.S. Soccer also maintained in the response that any alleged differe...

Few fans and pundits gave Liverpool even a half a chance to come back and tie Barcelona, better yet win the match in regulation. And yet, that’s what Liverpool did. Following Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Barcelona to advance to the UEFA Champions League Final, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praises his team for their fight, effort, and heart to multiple media outlets. “The whole game was too much. It was overwhelming,” Klopp said to BT Sport following the match. “We played against maybe the best team in world. Winning is difficult but winning with a clean sheet, I don’t know they did it. It’s unbelievable. “I saw James Milner crying on the pitch after the game. It means so much to all of us. It’s the best phase of football. There are more important things in the world. But creating this emotional atmosphere together is so special. It’s all about the players. “The mix of potential and unbelievable heart is just a mix I never saw before. You have to be confident in a game like thi...

Liverpool players celebrate win over Barcelona in UEFA Champions League semis_Twitter Liverpool staged a remarkable comeback to beat Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield here to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League. Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, Liverpool bounced back in their semi-final clash to win 4-3 in terms of aggregate to storm into their second consecutive final of Champions League. Liverpool started playing with an aggressive mindset right from the beginning of the game. Their efforts paid rich dividends as Divock Origi netted the first goal for the Reds in the seventh minute. Stunned by the early onslaught, Barcelona then changed gears and played aggressive football to keep Liverpool in check. Their defensive tactics ensured that the match went into half time with 1-0 scoreline. With this, Barca still held the upper hand. Liverpool’s unlikely and remarkable comeback began in the second half when Georginio Wijnaldum scored the Red’s second goal via a low cross by Trent Ale...

The Kano state house of assembly has approved life pension for its speaker and deputy speaker. The assembly passed the pensions rights of speaker and deputy bill during plenary on Tuesday. The bill states the the life pension is “provided for Foreign medical trips and new Vehicles every four year for the duo.  According to the bill, “any person duly elected as Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall, on completion of his term be entitled to a grant of pension for life by the state, provided that such person was not removed from office through impeachment by members of the House of Assembly. “There shall be paid pension to persons who held office as Speaker and Deputy Speaker equal to the emoluments of a serving Speaker and deputy speaker, provided that either the Speaker or the Deputy do not hold any paid elective or selective appointment.’’ The bill, however, exempts any of the principal officers impeached from the benefits. It said in cases where the speaker...

To mark greatest festival of India that comes ones in 5 year that’s General Election of India, festival BSD2019 in Lagos observed with celebration of traditional values, cultural diversity and unity, that’s the specialty of India. It is truly the greatest show on Earth, an ode to a diverse & democratic ethos, where 700 million + of humanity vote, providing their small part in directing their ancient civilization into the future. Sanjay Srivastava the President of OFBJP said, our philosophy is “Vasudev Kutumbakam” i.e. The world is one family, “Sarva Dharma Sambhav” Respect for all religion, The mother land India where Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism were born, which is the second largest Muslim nation on Earth, where Christianity has existed for 2000 years, where the oldest Jewish synagogues & Jewish communities have resided since the Romans burnt their 2nd temple, where the Dalai Lama & the Tibetan government in exile reside, where the Zoroastrians from Pe...

The presidential election petition tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting on Wednesday. A notice of the sitting, a copy of which was made available to the press , showed the tribunal will consider four petitions challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. The presidential election petition tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting on Wednesday Among the petitions is that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its candidate. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Buhari winner of the February presidential election.  INEC had said while Buhari polled a total of 15,191,847 votes, Atiku, his closest challenger, got 11,262,978 votes. But the PDP candidate faulted INEC’s claim, saying results obtained from INEC’s server show he got at least 1.6million votes more than Buhari. Both the president and INEC have countered the claim. Apart from Atiku’s petition, the other three were from Aminchi Habu, presidential candidate o...

In preparing for the deal day ‘May 29’, President Muhammadu Buhari has promised once again not to let Nigerians down, saying he is conscious of the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. Buhari who made the remarks at the daily Tafsir (Quranic interpretations) marking the month of Ramadan fast at the State House Mosque, promised to provide effective and result-oriented leadership, which safeguards and ensures a better life for citizens. In preparing for the deal day ‘May 29’, President Muhammadu Buhari has promised once again not to let Nigerians down, saying he is conscious of the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. Buhari who made the remarks at the daily Tafsir (Quranic interpretations) marking the month of Ramadan fast at the State House Mosque, promised to provide effective and result-oriented leadership, which safeguards and ensures a better life for citizens. In a statement, presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari stated that the reality of h...