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The iconic Alessandro Nesta is now at the helm of Monza for their upcoming Serie A stint. At 48, Nesta steps in to fill the void left by Raffaele Palladino, who recently departed for Fiorentina. While Nesta's coaching career has been unremarkable when juxtaposed with his storied time on the pitch, he remains a revered figure in Italian football. This marks Nesta's maiden voyage into Serie A coaching, following tenures at Perugia, Frosinone, and most recently, Reggiana. At Reggiana, he boosted the team to 11th in Serie B,…

Will Still, the English football strategist, has now taken the helm at Ligue 1's Lens, having vacated his position at Reims. This 31-year-old inked an agreement, ensuring his stay at Stade Bollaert-Delelis until 2027. He steps in for Franck Haise, who recently made the jump to Nice. Born in Belgium, Still was crowned the most youthful coach across Europe's elite leagues upon his October 2022 enlistment with Les rouges et blancs. He initially joined as deputy to ex-leader Oscar Garcia. Following Garcia's exit, Still was…

Chelsea Women have bid farewell to the iconic manager Emma Hayes, as Sonia Bompastor is set to lead in west London. Bompastor has been appointed as the new head coach of Chelsea Women, replacing Hayes at Stamford Bridge. Hayes, who led the Blues to a fifth consecutive Women's Super League title, left to join the United States Women's national team. Bompastor was expected to step in for Hayes, and the news was confirmed after Chelsea reached a compensation agreement with Lyon Women. The 43-year-old has signed a four-year…

Following the recent dismissal of Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus has selected Paolo Montero to lead the team for the remainder of the season. Allegri was let go on Friday due to his behavior during and after the Coppa Italia final, where he received a red card. Montero, who currently coaches the Juventus Under-19s team, will step in for the team's final two matches against Bologna and Monza. The 52-year-old former Juventus player will begin his coaching duties on Sunday. Juventus praised Montero as a club legend who embodies…

In Beledweyne, the Hawadle community's leader, Ugas Yusuf Ugas Hassan Ugas Khalif, became the 21st chief of the Hawadle clans in a vibrant ceremony in Hiiraan. Many attended, including federal and regional leaders, elders, held in the Dara Ugas neighborhood on the outskirts of the Halgan district. Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo congratulated the new chief, urging him to carry on the legacy of past chiefs for Somalia's progress, peace, and unity. Last year, Somali army forces and local militias freed the…

In Tunisia, more than three weeks after taking temporary power, the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, has not yet proposed a roadmap or a new head of government, but he continues the messages and sharpens the tone against corruption and political parties. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaiseIt is a status quo that remains…

On the third day of the trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives for "conspiracy" and "attempt to undermine state authority", the court tried to understand why weapons were found in the lagoon in Assinie. During the hearing, Commander Jean-Baptiste Kassé Kouamé admitted that he had ordered his men on December 23, 2019 to destroy weapons stored at GPS's political movement quarters and throw them…

The trial of the bombing of the French military camp Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire in 2004, which left ten dead (nine French soldiers and one American civilian), enters its third and final week on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris. The French politicians of the time will be heard as witnesses: Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and three ministers.…

In Africa, not everyone is happy with the election of South African Patrice Motsepe as president of the African Football Confederation (CAF). Last Friday, during a CAF general meeting in Rabat, the South African billionaire benefited from the withdrawal of three West African candidates in his favor. But for Senegalese Abdoulaye Thiam, editor-in-chief of the "Sud Quotidien" and chairman of the Senegalese sports press association, politics…

In Mali, October 28 was the second day of the trial against the alleged perpetrators of the Bamako attacks in 2015, which killed 30 people, at the Terrace bar restaurant and at the Radisson Blu hotel. This new day opened with the hearings of the two defendants. The main suspect, the Mauritanian Fawaz Ould Ahmed, aka "Ibrahim 10", who for almost two hours detailed the operations he performed, showed no remorse. At the stand, Fawaz Ould Ahmed, surrounded by his two lawyers in front of the anti-terrorism assistants, had most…