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Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo said he was "disappointed" by Antoine Griezmann's decision to leave the LaLiga club. Griezmann announced this season would be his last for Atletico, the club he joined from Real Sociedad in 2014. The France international has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona despite signing a contract extension with Atletico until 2023 just last year. A surprised Cerezo said he was saddened by Griezmann's decision to depart the Wanda Metropolitano. "More than annoyed, I am disappointed. I thought that Antoine had a great future at Atletico, with big titles and big league wins," he told Fox Sports on Wednesday. "The problem is that everyone thinks in their own way. We respect his decision, I and Atletico fans. We wish him all the luck in the world. One goes and others will come. "I don't know where he will play, ask him. He can play where he likes. "

Golf's revamped major season began with one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. What will the second major tournament have in store? It's a tough performance to follow, but the PGA Championship annually has the best field in all of golf and 2019 is no different. Despite Justin Thomas' late withdrawl, the field is stacked once again. Tiger Woods is coming off arguably the biggest win of his career, Dustin Johnson is No. 1 in the world again, Rory McIlroy has been red-hot in 2019 and Brooks Koepka is still being slept on (allegedly) despite winning three of the last seven majors. With the 2019 PGA Championship teeing off Thursday at Bethpage Black, SI.com paneled its golf experts and asked them for their predictions. One sleeper to watch? Michael Rosenberg: Brooks Koepka. Nobody pays attention to him! (What? We're tired of that narrative?) How about Cameron Champ? Monster hitter, hasn't made a cut since February ... if he pulls it together this week

 Zinedine Zidane will lead Real Madrid's summer overhaul, and the Spanish giants will not be alone in their makeover. (Associated Press) Success, or a lack thereof, doesn’t really matter. One way or another, there will be transfers this summer. Lots of them. Provided it doesn’t lose its final Bundesliga game of the season on Saturday, at home against a collapsing Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern Munich will win its seventh straight German championship. This summer, however, a major overhaul of its squad awaits with a slew of veterans and underperformers moving on, and even title-winning manager Niko Kovac not entirely sure of his job. FC Barcelona won an eighth La Liga title in 11 years and a fourth in five. A fifth straight Copa del Rey is still in play as well, with Barca favored against Valencia on May 25. But its team will likely get a major makeover during the summer. Its two most expensive signings ever, Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele, could both be gone before nex

The joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates are now free to also access the results of their UTME on-line. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin stated  this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday night in Lagos. According to him, already, over 1.5 million candidates that sat for the board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) had accessed their results, using the result checker code, 55019 as at the time of filing this report. He said that the board had commenced posting the results to the portal, adding that they were now also free to go on- line, view and print their results. “Candidates can now check their results on the portal. “They must first log in their profile and then, click on ‘check UTME Examination Results’, ” he told NAN The spokesman dismissed rumours that the result checker code (55019) was not functional. Recall that the board on Saturday, May 11, announced the rel

The summary of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which continued hearing earlier today in the petitions filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, his party and three other political parties challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential poll. This online news platform recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, winner of the February 23 election, defeating his closest challenger, Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with over 3 million votes. The former Vice President and the main opposition party, however, rejected the results and are challenging it in court. Also, another opposition party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP), has set a motion to seek an order of the presidential election tribunal restraining President Muhammadu Buhari from presenting himself to be sworn-in on

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to “fully restore” strained ties between Washington and Moscow, during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “I would very much like your visit to Russia to benefit Russia-U.S. relations and promote their development,” Putin said as he received Pompeo at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Putin also praised the Mueller report, despite its findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “Despite the exotic nature of Mr. Mueller’s commission, on the whole, he conducted quite an objective investigation and confirmed the absence of any collusion between the U.S. administration and Russia,” he said. Moscow has rejected these claims “from the very beginning as complete nonsense.” A Kremlin aide later said Putin is also open to a new meeting with Trump at the G20 summit in Japan next month if Moscow receives a formal proposal for such an encounter. Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin aide, said P

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State Nkechi Ikpeazu, Abia State First Lady and Founder of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Sickle Cell Anemia, has advised would be couples to go through genotype test before marriage and child bearing. Ikpeazu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, that it was important to curb sickle cell disease. The NGO, Vicar Hope Foundation, is also involved in maternal and child health care for teenagers as well as battling diseases that affect adults. “As part of efforts to improve the health status of our women, we carry out sensitisation workshops on cancer and sickle cell anemia,” she said. Ikpeazu said that the foundation has established clinics both in Aba and Umuahia and remained steadfast in organising seminars and workshops for women, by advising them to caution their children against marrying without getting to know their genotype. The First Lady also expressed commitment to empowerment programmes for