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Former England football great David Beckham has taken a key step towards his goal of launching a Major League Soccer franchise by buying land for a stadium in Miami, one of his partners said on Thursday. Beckham's group of investors acquired land in the Overtown neighborhood northwest of downtown in the Florida city. "Big News: We've closed on our #Miami stadium site. Excited to bring a world-class @MLS club to our fans," tweeted Beckham's partner Marcelo Claure, CEO of Sprint telecom company. Beckham, 40, has pursued the project for a 20 000-seat stadium since late 2013. Several attempts to buy land at other sites failed in the face of opposition from residents and local authorities concerned about increased traffic in a city already afflicted by heavy congestion. The Miami Beckham United group must now buy additional public land for parking and convince the city to permit construction, which will require overhauling zoning regulations, the ...

Giuseppe Marotta has stressed Juventus do not want to sell to Chelsea amid speculation managerial target Antonio Conte would want some of his former players   Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta has warned Chelsea they have no intention of selling any key players ahead of the expected appointment of Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge. Conte enjoyed a successful spell with Juventus between 2011 and 2014, before leaving the Turin side to become Italy coach. He is widely expected to replace Guus Hiddink as Chelsea manager at the end of the season and is allegedly keen to take some of his former players with him. However, Juventus have stressed they will not sell any important players, having previously lost Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Carlos Tevez ahead of the current campaign. "It makes us proud that our players are being linked with some of Europe's biggest clubs, but Juventus are a big team as well," Marotta told reporters when asked about Conte p...

(CNN) As the Brussels attacks jarred Europe and sent shockwaves through U.S. politics, President Barack Obama stuck to his agenda: a speech to the Cuban people and a baseball game. Critics such as Republican presidential candidate John Kasich railed at Obama for failing to return to the U.S. immediately. But the President argued that sticking to his schedule denied terrorists any victory in their goal of upending daily life. "The whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives," Obama said Tuesday in Havana when asked if he had second thoughts about attending the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team. The clashing approaches offer a window into the president's worldview -- his desire to emphasize long-term interests over short-term emergencies and project calm at a time of high public concern. It's a dynamic that has sometimes caused him problems, leaving aides concerned that Obama's cool ...

State broadcaster says at least one man "neutralised" during the new raid in Schaerbeek neighbourhood of Brussels. Armed police have launched a major new raid in Brussels in the wake of the suicide attacks in the capital, Belgian media reported, a day after six suspects were arrested over the carnage. Two explosions were heard at the start of the operation in the neighbourhood of Schaerbeek on Friday, and a man had been "neutralised", according to the RTBF state broadcaster, but there was no immediate confirmation by officials. Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane, reporting from Brussels, said the explosions were consistent to the sound of stun grenades, usually used by police during raids. Images captured by Al Jazeera showed armed police officials and security officials donning special suits crowding around an area with mixed residential and business establishments. Our correspondent said there is still "no clarity" if the latest raid was...

Readers think Genevieve Nnaji is the hottest female celebrity in Nigeria  Readers think that big actress Genevieve Nnaji is the hottest female celebrity in the country.    On March 17, 2016 Pulse posted an article about the top 10 most desirable female celebrities in Nigeria. The list features female celebrities such as Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Damilola Adegbite, Ini Edo, Adaeze Yobo, Adesua Etomi, Mercy Aigbe, Yemi Alade, Osas Ighodaro , and Caroline Danjuma . Desmond Elliot, Ramsey Nouah, Genevieve Nnaji and RMD at the 2016 AMVCA (Instagram/Genevieve Nnaji) At the end of the article we put up a poll asking if Nollywood superstar Genevieve Nnaji is the hottest female celebrity in Nigeria. After so much voting, majority of Pulse Nigeria readers say that Genevieve is the hottest female celebrity in Nigeria. A majority of 68.3% believe that she is the hottest female celebrity in Nigeria. A minority (31.7%) d...

Singer calls out fans comparing him to Wizkid  what idiot will compare wizkid with reekado banks This is not the first time the ‘Katapot’ singer is being compared to other artiste.   Yesterday, Thursday , March 24, 2016, Nigerian Twitter was agog in a raging debate kicked off by a Reekadict who felt that Mavin singer, Reekado Banks was a much better artist than Wizkid . (Press) But Reekado 'being the humble guy that he is' has set the records straight reminding fans he is still an upcoming artiste. He took to Twitter and wrote, “ Let me clear the air real quick. Wizkid isn’t only my mentor but one of the GREATS who have paved way for the young ones like me,” Reekado Banks tweeted yesterday, adding, “Please dont disrespect Wizkid by comparing him to me wey just dey start abeg. ” This is not the first time the ‘ Katapot ’ singer is being compared to other artiste. 2015 Next Rated winner Reekado Banks (Instag...

Kiss Daniel Singer claims he gained admission into University at age 13 The 'Woju' hit maker has since the revelation been a target for criticism.   Popular Nigerian singer, Kiss Daniel has revealed he graduated with a 4.32GPA in ‘ Water Engineering ’ from the Federal Univeristy of Agriculture, Abeokuta , in 2013, putting his age, as at the time of graduation, at 18.   Kiss Daniel (expressng) The ' Woju ' hit maker has since the revelation been a target for criticism. A Twitter user with the name, @Zubairthedream shared the newspaper clipping and asked, “How old are you, really? @iamkissdaniel," before going on to list out these: “ 1. Engineering is a 5 year course. 2. Graduated in 2013 3. 21 last week. ” Now, Twitter has been thrown into a debate with fans of the singer trying so hard to defend him. The question on Nigerians lips now is if the singer lied about his age, or if he didn’t attend the University....

Teacher offered fine option for sexually assaulting teenage girl The ruling was too lenient when compared with the weight of the crime.   A teacher in Edo State named Rotimi Olayemi , has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Olayemi, 47, was sentenced by the Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin , Edo State. He was arraigned on four counts bothering on sexual assault. Mrs. Osasu Ewemade , who was the prosecutor in the case told the court that Olayemi, committed the crime on May 26, 2014, in his office in the college. He invited the to young girl to his office where he hugged, kissed and fondled her. The act is a violation of Section 360 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo. Though the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges, Mrs. Igho Braimoh, the presiding magistrate found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him to one year in prison f...

The woman and her partner constituted a public nuisance.   A woman named Samantha Truslove, has been jailed for public indecency when she was found having sex on a bus in front of passengers, which include women. Truslove, 26, was involved in the indecent act with Peter Walker , 37, who had just been released from prison. This happened a few hours after Walker regained his freedom. She has been jailed for 28 weeks after pleading guilty to outraging public decency. Walker, who just left prison, was also jailed for 17 weeks after he also admitted the charge. According to reports, three children aged just eight and nine saw the couple having sex on the bus. Linda Gudgeon , who is the prosecutor in the case said, "It was school leaving time and two eight-year-old boys and a nine-year-old girl saw and had to have their eyes averted." "One mother said she has had to have a discussion with her child about it several times since." Truslove has always been...

Tom Block hopes one day the Captain America shield in his eye will be a sign a child is safe Largo, Florida (CNN) Ret. Sgt. Tom Block is sitting in the classroom, looking restless. He and 23 other highly specialized, highly coveted candidates are all vying for a job where they will be exposed to some of the most horrifying images humanity can produce. Each candidate is a veteran of America's recent wars. Many were part of the elite special ops forces. They conducted daring, covert missions to take out America's most dangerous enemies. Many were wounded in battles across Afghanistan and Iraq. And now that their military career has come to a close, they are looking for a second chance to find purpose in their lives back at home -- and the answer could be the HERO Child-Rescue Corps, saving at risk kids. J. Christian, CEO of the National Association to Protect Children (Protect) , says: "A lot of the individuals who come into the HERO Corps are truly i...

"Several contractors were apparently overpaid, while others were given full upfront payments contrary to their contract terms and agreements in force," it said.   Nigeria has accused 300 firms and individuals, including army officers, of embezzling 48 billion naira ($241.45 million) through overpaid defence contracts or fraud, the presidency said on Thursday in a widening a crackdown on graft. President Muhammadu Buhari was elected a year ago on a pledge to root out endemic corruption that has held most of the 180 million Nigerians in poverty despite the country's enormous oil wealth. The former military ruler has fired or investigated dozens of officials serving under his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan , and ordered an audit of key government bodies such as state oil firm NNPC . " A committee set up to probe contracts awarded by the Office of the National Security Adviser from 2011 to 2015 has indicted more than 300 companies and prominent cit...