Only six managers in modern football have ever finished a league season above a team coached by Pep Guardiola, a striking statistic given his dominance across spells with FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City F.C. Across 17 seasons as a senior manager, Guardiola has won 12 league titles, finished second three times, and placed third twice. Yet on the rare occasions he has been beaten over a full campaign, it has taken elite managerial performances to do so. According to Planet Football on Thursday, these are the six managers who beat the Spaniard to the league race. 1. Jose Mourinho breaks Barcelona’s dominance. (2011-12) Jose Mourinho was the first to finish ahead of Guardiola, doing so in the 2011-12 La Liga season with Real Madrid CF. After Guardiola’s Barcelona won three consecutive league titles between 2008 and 2011, Mourinho’s arrival at Real Madrid sparked one of football’s fiercest rivalries....

Entre les incidents dénoncés par la Fédération sénégalaise de football avant le match à Rabat et la controverse actuelle autour du blocage des Sud-Africains de Mamelodi Sundowns à Johannesburg avant leur déplacement au #Maroc Maroc, plusieurs voix dénoncent un climat de fortes tensions autour des grandes compétitions organisées dans le Royaume. Facebook

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The Municipality of Swakopmund has praised the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), for making meaningful strides in addressing housing challenges and improving the lives of residents in Swakopmund. They said that since they signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the SDFN in 2018, the SDFN has established 56 savings groups with over 1125 […] Source link

3 EDMILSON JOSÉ, em Rabat, com o apoio da Elephantbet Moçambique apurou-se esta noite para o “play-off” de qualificação ao Mundial Qatar-2026, após derrotar Angola por 2-1, em partida referente à terceira e última jornada do Grupo “C” do Campeonato Africano das Nações (CAN) Sub-17. Apesar do triunfo, os “Mambinhas” falharam o apuramento aos quartos-de-final da competição, que decorre em Rabat, Marrocos. Ainda assim, o principal objectivo mantém-se intacto, uma vez ter garantido a presença no “play-off”, agendado para as 18.00 horas de sábado, frente à Etiópia. O primeiro golo surgiu aos 21 minutos, por intermédio de Allan. Na sequência de um canto curto, Chausson colocou a bola na zona frontal da área, onde Allan apareceu a rematar de pé esquerdo, sem hipóteses para Gelson Dalas, inaugurando o marcador. Angola restabeleceu a igualdade aos 27 minutos, por Eliseu, aproveitando uma saída infeliz do guarda-redes João. Aos 55 minutos, o recém-entrado...

بانجول 11:34 مساءً | 20 مايو 2026 اختُتمت اليوم الأربعاء، في العاصمة الغامبية بانجول، أعمال الدورة العادية السابعة والثمانين للجنة الإفريقية لحقوق الإنسان والشعوب، بمشاركة وفد من مفوضية حقوق الإنسان والعمل الإنساني والعلاقات مع المجتمع المدني.وأكدت مفوضية حقوق الإنسان، في إيجاز صحفي، تلقت الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء نسخة منه، مساء اليوم الأربعاء، أن الوفد الموريتاني سجل حضورا فاعلا خلال أشغال الدورة، من خلال مشاركته في مختلف جلسات اللجنة وعقده سلسلة لقاءات مع عدد من أعضائها ومسؤوليها، خصصت لاستعراض الجهود الوطنية في مجال تعزيز وحماية حقوق الإنسان، إلى جانب تقديم الإيضاحات القانونية والمؤسساتية المتعلقة بالقضايا المطروحة خلال الدورة.ووفق الإيجاز الصحفي، فقد عبرت المفوضية، باسم الحكومة، عن ارتياحها لأجواء الحوار والانفتاح التي ميّزت أعمال الدورة، مشيدة بحرص اللجنة الإفريقية على تعزيز التعاون البنّاء مع الدول الأعضاء، بما ينسجم مع مبادئ الميثاق الإفريقي لحقوق الإنسان والشعوب.كما جدّدت الحكومة تأكيد التزامها الراسخ باحترام تعهداتها الدولية والإقليمية في مجال حقوق الإنسان، ومواصلة جهودها...

By Lincoln G. Peters Temple of Justice, Monrovia, May 20, 2026—Presiding Judge Ousman F. Feika of Criminal Court “C” has summoned lawyers representing former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr. and his co-defendants for immediate investigation into the not guilty verdict in the US$6.2 million corruption case. In a citation dated May 18, 2026, the court ordered defense counsels, Cllr. M. Wilkin Wright, Cllr. Arthur T. Johnson, and Cllr. Mammie S. Gongbah to appear on Wednesday, May 20, at 9:00 a.m. The hearing follows affidavits filed by three trial jurors alleging jury tampering during the high-profile trial. The court’s notice states: “You are hereby ordered to appear on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. for an investigation into alleged jury misconduct, as filed under oath by three former jurors. The hearing of the Motion for New Trial is suspended pending this investigation.” Tweah and his co-defendants faced trial on...

  ONE of the criticisms often levelled against Prime Minister Sam Matekane by his detractors is that he is a weak and indecisive leader who loathes taking firm action when circumstances demand it.  If ever there was an opportunity for the Prime Minister to prove his critics wrong, it is in the matter of Minister Lebona Lephema’s reported refusal to be redeployed to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development.  Reports suggest that Mr Lephema wants to retain his unwieldy Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police?which has now been rightly splintered into the two ministries of Home Affairs and Police and Local Government and Chieftainship. Needless to say?the combined?ministry?from which Mr Lephema has been redeployed?exposed his lack of depth as a stellar public administrator.??More than three years after he was appointed to run that ministry, Basotho cannot access simple things such as IDs and passports.  The option before Mr Matekane is simple: he must reject Mr Lephema’s?selfishexhortations. It is high time the Prime Minister proved...

CONAKRY-À l’occasion de l’intronisation de Monseigneur François Sylla en tant qu’archevêque métropolitain de Conakry, le Cardinal Robert Sarah a prononcé une homélie qui résonne comme un “électrochoc”. Pointant l’état spirituel du clergé et les maux profonds qui rongent la société guinéenne, le prélat dénonce un fossé grandissant entre les vœux prononcés et la réalité du quotidien des ministres de l’Église. « Beaucoup d’entre nous, prêtres et évêques, avons publiquement déclaré être prêts à boire la coupe du Christ. Mais en fait, concrètement, dans le quotidien de notre existence, nous menons une vie totalement contraire à l’Évangile », constate Robert Sarah. Le Cardinal fustige l’attrait des richesses et les luttes d’ego qui s’immiscent au sein de la communauté ecclésiale : « Chaque jour, nous devenons de plus en plus tièdes, médiocres, avides de biens matériels. Jésus n’occupe plus la première place dans notre cœur ! […] Nos cœurs débordent de jalousie,...

ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ አሜሪካ ፊቷን ወደ አፍሪካ ቀንድ እያዞረች ነው፡፡ አሜሪካ ወደ ቀጣናው ያመጣት የራሷ ምክንያትና ጥቅም ሲኖራት፣ ፍላጎቷን ለማሳካት ደግሞ ስትራቴጂካዊ አጋሮችን በእግር በፈረስ ታስሳለች፡፡ ከኢራን ጋር በሆርሙዝ ሰርጥ የገባችበትን ምስቅልቅል በቀይ ባህር ለማስተካከል ስትል ነው አፍሪካ ቀንድ ደጃፍ የደረሰችው፡፡ ለዚህ ደግሞ ቀደም ሲል በወጡ መረጃዎች መሠረት ከኤርትራ ጋር ያላትን የተበላሸ ግንኙነት እንደገና ማደስ ሲሆን፣ በዚህ መሠረት በኤርትራ ላይ የጣለችውን ማዕቀብ ማንሳት የመጀመሪያ ዕርምጃ ይሆናል ተብሏል፡፡ በመቀጠል ደግሞ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ያላትን ወዳጅነት የበለጠ በማጠናከር መከላከያን ጨምሮ፣ በተለያዩ ጉዳዮች ትብብር ለማድረግ የሚያስችሉ ትብብሮች ለማድረግ ተስማምታለች፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ ላይ የጣለችውን የጦር መሣሪያ ማዕቀብ ማንሳቷንም አስታውቃለች፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ በኩል ከአሜሪካ ጋር የሚደረገው ቅርርብ ትልቅ ትርጉም እንደሚኖረው ይታመናል፡፡ በዚህ ላይ በመመሥረትም ውስጣዊ ሰላምን ለማፅናት የተለያዩ ዕርምጃዎች ይጠበቃሉ፡፡ በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ አንገትን በኩራት ቀና አድርጎ ተደማጭ ለመሆን ውስጣዊ ሰላም አስፈላጊ ነው፡፡ ውስጣዊ ሰላም እንዲገኝ በተቻለ መጠን ከፍተኛ ጥረት ማድረግ አስፈላጊ ነው፡፡ አንዱ ወደፊት ሲስብ ሌላው ወደኋላ እየጎተተ ሰላም አይኖርም፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ በሕግና በሥርዓት እንድትመራ ሁሉም የፖለቲካ ኃይሎችና...