70-year-old former Nigeria’s under-20 team coach, Ben Duamlong achieves outstanding academic success as he graduates with a first-class honours degree from the University of Jos (UNIJOS). Despite his age, he pursued his passion for education after retiring as a football coach, Daily Trust reported.
The 70-year-old graduate from UNIJOS, Ben Duamlong. Source / Credit: Daily Trust In 2023, Duamlong was one of the 20,532 students who graduated from the university, and he excelled among his peers as one of the 112 students awarded first-class honours. While studying painting at the university, he showcased his dedication and commitment to his academic pursuits. Speaking on his reason for returning to school, Ben Duamlong revealed he had a deep passion for art, specifically painting. He added that the knack for drawing had always been part of him, but never had the opportunity to explore painting. 
Ben Duamlong. Source / Credit: Daily Trust He, however, found himself drawn to the art form and wanted to enhance his skills in that area. After retiring from his football career in 2014, made up his mind to go back to school. He added that pursuing further education seemed like the perfect way to channel his energy and an avenue for his newfound passion for painting. “What prompted me to go back to the university at this age is because of my passion for art. All my life, I have always drawn but never painted. I like painting. I can draw but I can’t paint. So, after retiring in 2014, as a footballer, I stayed home doing nothing. That is why I decided to go back to school,” he revealed to a correspondent of Daily Trust. Reactions trailing Ben’s academic excellence @tfm.digital.initiative wrote: “Ah don’t let my parents see this o😩😩😩 what’s my excuse 😭😭😭” @__tayor opined: “It’s all about fulfilling his longtime dream, nothing else matters. Education can never be scam ✌️” @enchif_w stated: “Limitations exist in the mind as long as you can think it you can do .just do it like Nike says Cheers .” @nelobae30 penned: “If he has the same name as his son it can be transferred like next of kin 😂😂” @leochard1 wrote: “How you wan see work sir, when retirement age na 70.”
Mauricio Pochettino at a match. Source: Getty Pochettino verbally agreed to take charge at Chelsea in April, but the appointment was put on hold until the end of the season. Pochettino will take up the role on July 1, after agreeing to a two-year contract, with the club having the option of keeping him on for another year. Chelsea’s sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley said in a statement; “Mauricio’s experience, standards of excellence, leadership qualities and character will serve Chelsea well as we move forward. He is a winning coach, who has worked at the highest levels, in multiple leagues and languages. His ethos, tactical approach and commitment to development all made him the exceptional candidate.” 
Chelsea players at a match in Stamford Bridge. Source: Getty Chelsea described Mauricio Pochettino as a coach who is “renowned for his sides’ high-energy and eye-catching style.” This is Pochettino’s first coaching role since leaving Paris Saint-Germain in July last year and this marks his return to the Premier League where he had an impressive 5 1/2-year spell with Tottenham that included a run to the Champions League final. The Argentine is the permanent successor to Graham Potter, who was fired in March after nearly seven months in charge. Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has led the team on an interim basis since then and they finished the Premier League in 12th place, the bottom of the Premier League for the first time since the 1995-96 season. 
Mauricio Pochettino speaking at a press conference. Source: Getty Pochettino will arrive at Stamford Bridge to find a club in crisis. They also lost to Manchester City in the FA Cup and League Cup and made a limp Champions League quarter-final exit against Real Madrid. Believed to be keen to sign a new goalkeeper, central midfielder, and striker, Pochettino has a big job on his hands. This is despite a haphazard £550 million ($679 million) spending spree on new signings which the club’s co-owner, Todd Boehly embarked on earlier this year. 
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola took a dig at a reporter after his team drew against Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League clash on Tuesday night. City controlled possession but couldn’t translate it into significant scoring opportunities. Their talisman, Erling Haaland wasted a few early chances but wasn’t much of a threat throughout the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. 
Vinícius Júnior put Madrid ahead with a shot into the top corner in the first half and De Bruyne equalized for the visitors with a powerful one-time shot in the second half. After the match, Guardiola was shocked to hear a reporter suggest that ‘everyone’ thought his side would ‘destroy’ Real Madrid. “Everyone thought we would see City destroy Real Madrid,” a reporter who works with beIN SPORTS told the Manchester City coach. 
Responding to this, Guardiola said; “Who’s everyone? Do you know who we are playing against? “Do you know how many Champions League titles they [Real Madrid] have? It’s not my fault you thought we would win 6-0.” The second leg will be played next week in Manchester. The first leg of the other semifinal between Italian rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan is on Wednesday, May 10. 
An Igbo woman took to Twitter to write her opinion about her kinsmen from the Eastern part of Nigeria. According to the lady, identified as @Aphrodiety__, Igbo men are very annoying, arrogant, and have a striking dislike for successful women. As expected, her opinion has been met with a lot of criticism and also stirred up a whole controversy. While most ladies agree with this point, the men are unabashedly unrepentant with their egoistic and snarky responses. However, writer and life coach, Solomon Buchi Bartholomew, has come to the lady’s defence, saying that what she said about Igbo men is true, though she should try not to generalise. Solomon Buchi, who is also an Igbo man, took to his twitter page to weigh in on the controversial post and also call out his tribesmen for being control freaks. He accused Igbo men of acting like “demigods” when they have money and forcefully trying to turn their wives to housewives. He said they see women as the “lesser gender” and are obsessed with male children. He wrote, #Thread If I say that Igbos are hardworking, a lot of y’all will nod and agree with me. But if I say that Igbo men are typically misogynistic, you bash and cuss me out. Why would you agree to a conclusive positive statement and not take criticisms that way too? — Solomon Buchi (@Solomon_Buchi) May 15, 2019 If I say that Igbos are hardworking, a lot of y’all will nod and agree with me. But if I say that Igbo men are typically misogynistic, you bash and cuss me out. Why would you agree to a conclusive positive statement and not take criticisms that way too? First off, there’s really a problem with selective stereotypes. Besides, stereotypes are stereotypes because they have truths in them. We will say Yoruba people love parties. Hausas are hospitable and United. Igbos are hardworking and business oriented. Yeah? Now, in that same light, there are sides to the positives too. Igbo men are highly misogynistic; this is not tribalism. This isn’t fueling ethnocentrism; this is just a truth. If you call it a generalization then let’s look at our hypocrisy.. Nigerians will come online and say the police is tough, bad and tyrannical towards the citizens. The police is mostly painted in bad light. Nobody remembers that’s stereotyping. There are freaking good police men but outnumbered by the bad ones. What am I trying to say? When someone calls out a tribe; criticizing them, don’t even come claiming its stereotyping because we all freaking stereotype and it’s not always bad! We all know every stereotype has exceptions! Do Akwa Ibom people love dog meat? Yes! Many but then not ALL! Are Nigerian politicians corrupt? Most not all! What am I saying? There’s always something peculiar to a group of people! Good and bad! Now back to the main talk.. They usually feel like they are demigods especially when they have money; they feel entitled to a woman and everything about her. Their ego is bloated and honestly usually uncouth. This is the truth. They’d tell you how they can feed you in disdain just because you refused to comply to their proposal. They’d remind you how they have someone your mate that they are taking care of. They’d get married to a woman and turn her to a housewife by force. Control you like you don’t have a mind of your own. The Igbo traditional practices don’t help. They have misogyny so entrenched in them. The woman is seen as a lesser gender. It’s prevalent with Igbos, the obsession with male children is just so much. And even when a there’s a girl child, there are Igbo sayings like: “Nwoke bu ugwu nwanyi”. This means that a man is the dignity of a woman. Like saying a woman is incomplete without a man. There are many instances. Ask women around you. Many of them will conform to you. I am not saying all Igbos are this way but trust me it’s more difficult to make a typical Igbo man to consider gender equality than any other tribe. We are very traditional. Always clenched to how our fathers did it. Always. Well, this isn’t a hate post. This is a call out post that we can do better. There are good Igbo men who are progressive. So yeah, Igbo men should strive to be more open and shed the stripes of misogyny. I know it’s how we were conditioned but you should make the difference. Gracias! 
Silva was sent off during the game following a 72nd-minute incident that resulted in United being awarded a penalty by referee Chris Kavanagh. Speaking to reporters after the match, the Fulham coach had said; “Our story with Chris Kavanagh this season has been tough for us. Unfortunately, we have been very unlucky with him this season. Many moments. It is difficult to understand some of the decisions. We had that West Ham game away from home [in October]. We lost the game with two clear handball goals and it was Chris Kavanagh in that moment. Today, everyone saw what is happening in this game. It is difficult for them to not look for these things.” 
The Football Association has now alleged that Silva’s post-match comments “constitute improper conduct in that they imply bias and/or question the integrity of the match official, and/or bring the game into disrepute”. 45-year-old Silva has until Wednesday, 29 March to provide a response. This is coming after the Fulham coach was handed a first charge of abusive behaviour towards match officials during the 3-1 quarter-final defeat at Old Trafford. It was alleged that he threw a water bottle in the direction of an assistant referee. Silva faces a minimum of a significant fine in addition to a likely three-game ban for his touchline behaviour, although FA beaks could add an extra game to the suspension. 
Brazil is yet to announce a new head coach months after Tite decided to step aside after a disappointing 2022 World Cup campaign. Though Ancelotti and Real Madrid have both recently denied speculation of becoming Brazil’s new coach, Ederson said he and his national teammates have been discussing the possibility. 
He said at a press conference; “I was discussing this with Casemiro, Vinicius Junior, [Eder] Militão. There is a big possibility that he comes. “Just look at his CV. We will know shortly whether he will be here or not. I hope we can have a new coach quickly. I feel the anticipation too because there’s too much speculation. Is it a Brazilian or a foreign coach? We are also living that phase of anxiety.” 
He added; “No player was pleased with his departure as you could hear or read. “Karim knows that too. I don’t know who spread those rumors. It’s not even controversy anymore, it’s malice. If smiles appeared, it wasn’t because Karim had left us, it was because the team was winning. “I called him after I renewed my contract. “We had a long chat. I called him again more recently to know his predisposition for the next call-ups and he confirmed his decision to end his international career. Don’t ask me about his arguments. It will be up to him to communicate them or not”. Shortly after the interview went viral, Benzema took to social media to post some of Deschamps’ quotes. He posted a clown emoji and wrote: “The audacity”. Then he wrote: “That Didier. Goodnight” to caption a video of a man saying “You lie. You’re a liar.” 
Dyche was appointed as coach of Everton on a two-and-a-half-year contract, and his main task would be to get the team out of the relegation zone. Speaking to the club’s website, Dyche said; “It’s an honour to become Everton manager. My staff and I are ready and eager to help get this great club back on track. 
“I know about Everton’s passionate fanbase and how precious this club is to them. We’re ready to work and ready to give them what they want. That starts with sweat on the shirt, effort and getting back to some of the basic principles of what Everton Football Club has stood for for a long time.” Prior to his recent appointment, Dyche was in charge of Burnley for 10 years. He enjoyed a good spell with the club, taking them to the 2018-19 Europa League play-offs, and keeping them in the Premier League for six consecutive seasons. Dyche was sacked by Burnley last season with eight games to go. He left the club in a relegation fight, which ultimately saw them drop down to the Championship.