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  Real Madrid take derby honours as Atletico lose marathon unbeaten record Real Madrid reignited their La Liga title push on Saturday beating leaders Atletico 2-0 as their city rivals suffered a first league defeat of the season. Real, who salvaged their Champions League campaign in midweek by making the last 16, moved to third in the table, three points behind Atletico. It was a disappointing night for Diego Simeone's side who had boasted a 26-match unbeaten run in the league, stretching back to February. Zinedine Zidane's team were in front after 15 minutes when Casemiro headed home a corner from Toni Kroos. That was reward for Real's early pressure which had seen Karim Benzema denied by a fine save from Jan Oblak moments earlier. Atletico, who also made the Champions League knockout round in midweek, struggled to make any impression and star striker Luis Suarez was an anonymous figure up front. Real went 2-0 up after 63 minutes with Kroos again the provider. His pass eve

  Everton end Chelsea's long unbeaten run Chelsea spurned the chance to go top of the Premier League as Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty earned Everton a vital 1-0 win in front of 2,000 fans at Goodison Park. A first defeat in 18 games, excluding penalty shootouts, leaves Frank Lampard's men still two points adrift of Tottenham and Liverpool at the top of the table. They can extend that advantage to five points when they are in action on Sunday. Victory lifts Everton up to seventh and within just one point of the top four. Reece James and Mason Mount hit the post for the visitors, but they were made to pay for one rash moment from goalkeeper Edouard Mendy as he bundled over Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Sigurdsson coolly slotted home the resultant spot-kick. A £220 million ($291 million) spending spree had seemingly transformed Chelsea into title contenders, but the Blues badly missed the creativity of the injured Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic to break Everton down once the Toff

  Argentina's lower house approves draft legalizing abortion By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA © Provided by Associated Press Abortion-rights activists rally outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill on its legalization, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The lower house is expected to vote on a legal abortion bill presented by President Alberto Fernández. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women's rights activists. The bill, which needs approval from the country’s Senate in a debate expected before the end of the year, allows for voluntary abortions to be carried out up to the 14th week of pregnancy. The proposed law was approved in a 131-117 vote with six abstentions after a marathon debate that extended from Thursday into the early hours of Friday morning. Demonstrato

  Killer of Lebanon's Hariri sentenced to life by UN court © Mahmoud ZAYYAT Slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, seen on a billboard in his hometown of Sidon in August 2020 An international court on Friday sentenced a fugitive Hezbollah member to life imprisonment for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 other people. Salim Ayyash, 57, was found guilty in absentia of murder and terrorism on August 18 by the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon over the suicide bombing that killed the Sunni billionaire politician and injured 226 others.  Ayyash remains on the run, with Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, refusing to hand him over, alongside three other defendants who were eventually acquitted. "Mr Ayyash participated in an act of terrorism that caused mass murder," chief Judge David Re told the UN-backed court. "In the circumstances, the trial chamber is satisfied that it should impose t

ASUU Strike not suspended Author:  Nurudeen  Category:  Local news ,  Education - ASUU has issued a fresh statement explaining the situation of things regarding its ongoing strike - The lecturers union, through its president, Biodun Ogunyemi, said it never agreed to resume lectures on Wednesday, December 9, as claimed by the FG - Ogunyemi highlighted some things that must be put in place before ASUU can suspend the strike just as he explained the union's decision-making process PAY ATTENTION:  Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reacted to the alleged claim by the federal government that the lecturers agreed to call off their strike on Wednesday, December 9. The Nation  reported  that the lecturers' union countered the claim which was attributed to the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, saying it never agreed to suspend the strike on the sa