After scoring twice for Barcelona in their Champions League victory over Newcastle, England international Marcus Rashford says it was “the perfect night.”
HIGHLIGHTS: Rashford scores brilliant double to help Barcelona defeat Newcastle.
Manchester United’s journey is just beginning.
They have played four qualifying matches to become the Women’s Champions League’s main draw for the first time, but they don’t want to stop there.
Elisabeth Terland’s hat-trick helped Marc Skinner’s side defeat Brann 3-1 on Thursday night, but they will need to move up a gear when they face the elite of Europe in the new-look competition.
It presents a new challenge for United to evaluate their squad depth, Skinner’s rotation, how they handle long distance trips and competing with better-quality opponents.
“We create history, and that’s really important,” she said. I told the players that we couldn’t just enter the draw and calculate the numbers, Skinner said.
“We are very excited to play against Europe’s best teams,” says the team. You must perform against them if you want to go there.
Manchester United, which underwent only a minor overhaul of its women’s team in 2018, placed third in the Women’s Super League (WSL) last year before reaching the Champions League qualifying round in 2023. Paris St-Germain beaten by United.
Although PSV, Hammarby, and Brann were perceived as easier opponents this year, United still needed to overcome a 1-0 deficit in the third qualifying round against Norwegian side Brann.
In the main draw on Friday (11:00 BST), they will face WSL champion Chelsea and European champion Arsenal, and Skinner hopes nobody will want to face United.
If you play against us, the team will likely think, “Hmm, that’s tricky for us,” he continued.
To enter the main draw, I simply believe it was now or never. It was necessary for us to do it. We had the necessary quality, in my opinion.
I want to go through it,” she said. I want to take on the best teams in the European championships.
United have so far managed their busy schedule, winning two of their opening WSL games and advancing through four European qualifying matches.
Skinner hopes that the challenges of playing in the Champions League will be overcome by Fridolina Rolfo and Julia Zigiotti, who have both managed for the United States and have long-distance travel.
Before joining United in August, Rolfo won two European titles with Barcelona, including three Champions League titles.
However, Skinner claims United will need to shop again in January to advance in the market despite the improvement.
“We’re looking forward to it despite being a whole new challenge. As we added that, “we have the players who have that experience,” Skinner said.
There is no denying that we need a bigger squad. But I am at this moment in no way able to stop it. It is being welcomed by the players.
United have a player who appears prepared for the Champions League at Terland.
She scored with both feet and a header to complete a flawless hat-trick at Leigh Sports Village on Thursday.
She is one of the best finishers I’ve ever worked with. We simply placed her in appropriate spaces, “said Skinner.
The keeper doesn’t notice the first goal before it disappears into the net because it’s a snapshot. She fires quickly and has a very short backlift, which surprises everyone.
She has a brilliant mind in the box. She thinks constantly, which is precisely what she does.
Skinner claimed that when she returned to Norway after losing their first-leg match against Brann, Terland played for Brann between 2021 and 2022.
But she reacted decisively and silencing a small group of Brann fans who were traveling with her ruthless second-leg performance.
She seemed angry, I believe. Perhaps she needs to wind up a little bit. She responded, “I’m really proud of her tonight,” Skinner said.
To accept those goals demonstrates her level of play. Although it may have had an impact on her a little bit too much, responding to it as she has has demonstrates to you that she can overcome psychological strains.
The senator representing the Ogun East Senatorial district, Gbenga Daniel, has yet to resign due to the state ministry of works and infrastructure’s alleged failure to “stop work” on a road infrastructure that the senator allegedly helped the state’s Sagamu region recover from.
Steve Oloyede, the senator’s media aide, claimed the move was motivated by politics.
The state government quickly responded to the report that it had stopped a federal road project in order to settle political disputes with the project’s facilitator, calling it an egregious falsehood.
The Ogun State government stated in a statement that the governor, Kayode Akinmade, the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, had requested that Minim and Tonye Nigeria Limited follow all legal instructions and obtain government approval because the road involved is a state road.
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The state government requested permission from the contractor after learning about it, which was being repaired by Governor Abiodun, and provided a description of the work schedule that would allow the state government to remove the road from its schedule.
The state government requested from the “writers of the fake news” to release any material legally objectionable material accompanied by a letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Yusuf L. O., informing the contractor to stop operations because the State Government had not obtained the necessary authorization or approval prior to the start of the process.
No one can carry out any repair work on a road without getting the necessary permission, the statement read. As a result, a state government that wants to repair a federal road must first get the permission of the federal government.
“Nigerians will recall that the Ogun State Government was unable to carry out any repairs on federal roads, including the Abeokuta-Sango Ota road, for a long time due to Babatunde Fashola, the state’s then-Minister of Works, who had refused to grant the state’s request. The fake news’ creators made the claim that the Federal Government had approved the construction of an Ogun State highway in their total ignorance.
How can anyone compare asking a contractor to obtain the necessary approval before working on a state road to stopping the project because of alleged political hostility, if not for the outright mischief they committed on behalf of their drowning principal? Without getting the necessary approval, how can you work on a state road, or any road at all?
Hon. Hon. Hon. was a former federal lawmaker who was questioned by the statement on February 1, 2025. In addition to other projects, Adewunmi Onanuga requested permission to begin construction on four rural roads, including Sokanmade Road, Ewuga, Oko and Ada Road, Simawa, Ita Maro to Ilara Road, and Alhaja Ogunsanya Street, Irolu.
In response to the Gaza War, the European Commission calls for the suspension of free trade agreements with Israel.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza, according to the European Union, is unsustainable.
The bloc proposes that Israel’s trade agreement be suspended.
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Additionally, it wants to impose sanctions on settlers in the occupied West Bank as well as two ministers.
The change would increase Israel’s costs of trade with the EU.
The European Council must grant the proposal’s approval, and some nations, including Germany, may have veto power against the proposal.
Will Israel’s war be slowed by these financial measures, then?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault
Guests:
Analyst for European affairs, Yannis Koutsomitis
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar
Published On 18 Sep 2025
The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) and the state government have been prevented from conducting planned local government by-elections in the state’s 59 wards by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.
Following a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ex-parte motion, Justice Mary E. Itsueli, who is currently serving as a vacation judge, granted the order on September 16, 2025.
In the lawsuit B/247M/2025, the PDP’s attorneys, Oluwole Osaze Uzzi, Michael Ekwemuka, and P. W. Akwuen, requested permission to request judicial review of EDSIEC’s decision to conduct by-elections to fill councillorship positions.
Any attempt to make their seats vacant be against the party’s argument that the councillors’ terms are valid up until September 2026.
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Justice Itsueli also requested that the applicant’s Chief Judge of Edo State be notified of the decision to transfer the matter to a regular court, setting the return date for September 30th, 2025.
The lawsuit also includes the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Edo State.
The PDP requested an order granting the applicant’s request for judicial review of the first respondent’s decision to hold elections in 59 wards allegedly to fill vacancies in their legislative seats or offices sponsored by the applicant until September 2026 in the enrolment order that our correspondent visited.
In addition, the PDP requested that the court grant “An Order that the Respondents stay further action and be restrained from conducting the election or taking any further steps in connection with the planned Local Government by election in their respective Wards, particularly as it relates to the seats/offices of the duly elected Councillors,” pending the hearing and determination of the Originating Motion on notice for judicial review to be filed pursuant to the grant of leave.
The Court granted the applicants’ requests for judicial review of the first respondent’s decision to hold alleged fill-fill vacancies in the legislative offices/seats of Councillors sponsored by the Applicant until September 2026 after carefully considering the applications and submissions of the PDP’s attorneys.
The Court also directed that the Respondents are prohibited from holding any further elections or taking any other actions in connection with the planned Local Government by-election in each of their wards, particularly in regards to the seats/offices of the duly elected Councillors, pending the hearing and determination of the originating motion on notice for Judicial review to be filed pursuant to the grant of leave.
Katie Price has slammed her son Junior Andre’s red carpet look for the National Television Awards and demanded her children “sack the stylist” after not being impressed with Princess’ dress either.
The former glamour model had a lot to say about her children’s NTA outfits in the most recent episode of her podcast, The Katie Price Show, but none of it was complimentary. She apologized to the listeners and told them to fire their stylist.
However, I did say to them, “You’ve got to sack the stylist.” Junior made me feel sorry. What was he f***ing wearing, I asked Princess? It appeared to be “fancy dress.”
She continued, noting that she thought Princess’s appearance was “too old” for the 18-year-old. Katie also compared Maura Higgins, a former Love Islander, to her daughter. “Princess, I didn’t like your dress either,” I said. You couldn’t handle it because it was too old. Look at Maura Higgins, she was amazing!
“I told you, “I don’t know who is involving these stylists,” I said. They might style you for a photo shoot, but not a red carpet, she continued. The outfits “just went so wrong,” he said.
For the first time since their famous parents, Princess and Junior have walked the red carpet. They also saw appearances from Junior and Katie in the subsequent Princess’ solo reality show, The Princess Diaries, which featured her father, Peter Andre, but didn’t really include Katie.
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Junior and Princess explained to the press that they had informed their parents to abstain from visiting the NTAs while on the red carpet. Although they are very family-oriented, they said it was their turn.
However, some have questioned whether Katie’s absence from Princess’ reality show and the NTAs is related to something else. In the past, Katie and Princess have engaged in well-known feuds, most recently when Katie canceled her daughter’s 18th birthday celebration. Katie asserted on her podcast that “everyone is aware that she is producing this documentary, and I’m not a part of it.”
Some people don’t believe that having Princess with me is a good idea. People used to care for me, but Princess said, “I’m having a party. And I wasn’t invited because the event was “filming.”
Peter Andre then sued her for missing her invitation. Because I’m his ex, Pete doesn’t want to be in the same room with me. Because I disagree, she said, we need to have some home truths about this when the kids get older and get married. Will he still have the mindset that only one parent can be there?
Later, Princess refuted the feud and claimed that her mother wouldn’t show up if Peter was present. Katie also made a statement later in the podcast that she was correct in saying that she doesn’t post about it because she actually sees Princess all the time. I see her constantly, much like with Princess. I don’t have to take as many pictures as I would.