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Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho has been ruled out of the 2015 African U23 Championship in Senegal, coach Samson Siasia has revealed. The forward who part of the Super Eagles that silenced Swaziland in the 2018 Fifa World Cup second round qualifier will not join the Dream Team VI as they hope to secure a place in Rio 2016. “The initial plans I had with the player and his representative was that he would join us at least five days to the competition and also help the team till the semi-finals stage which he agreed but later he told somebody very close to me that his club Manchester City is not convinced to release him again since he was dumped on the bench at the last Fifa U20 World Cup under Coach Manu Garba. So as it is right now I don’t think Kelechi Iheanacho will join us again,” Siasia told Goal. “The good news is that Junior Ajayi who is based in Tunisia has since Sunday joined us and we are expecting the team captain Azubuike (Okechukwu) and Taiwo Awoni

Opposition candidate Mauricio Macri is poised to become Argentina's next President after a runoff vote that marks the end of a political dynasty. "Thank you for believing in me. ... I am here because you have decided," a triumphant Macri said from his campaign headquarters Sunday night as throngs of supporters erupted in cheers. "Today is a historic day," he said, "a new era." Macri spoke shortly after Daniel Scioli, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's hand-picked successor, conceded defeat. With more than 98% of votes counted, Macri of the Let's Change coalition had won 51.4% of votes, while Scioli had garnered nearly 48.6%, elections officials said .

Arsene Wenger could delve into the transfer market in January if Arsenal's injury crisis doesn't improve. The Gunners received another fitness blow after it was revealed Francis Coquelin is facing a lengthy spell out of the team after sustaining a knee injury in the defeat at West Brom on Saturday. The club are in the process of conducting tests on Coquelin but they suspect he has ligament damage and Wenger confirmed he will be out for a minimum of two months. Wenger said: “I’ll do what’s needed in January even though in January it is not an ideal transfer market.” Also on the treatment table and unavailable for Tuesday's crunch Champions League encounter with Dinamo Zagreb are six more players. Danny Welbeck, Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and Mikel Arteta are all sidelined. Wenger admitted he may have to use Calum Chambers as a makeshift midfielder in place of Coquelin against Dinamo Zagreb. “We have players t

Nicki Minaj didn’t look too impressed with Jennifer Lopez and the singer's opening American Music Awards medley on Sunday Jennifer, who was this year’s host of the annual bash, rattled through a number of songs including a snippet of Nicki’s hit track Anaconda. As the singer writhed around on stage with her backing dancers at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, a camera panned to Nicki who looked like she wasn’t completely bowled over by the performance. Wow, that was some serious shade @Nickiminaj just threw at Jennifer Lopez," one viewer wrote on Twitter shortly after J-Lo took to the stage. "Nicki Minaj is throwing the ULTIMATE shade at Jennifer Lopez," added another. Nicki's no stranger to making her feelings known - earlier this year she lashed out at Miley Cyrus when the former Disney star hosted the MTV Video Music Awards.

Officials say that Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the woman found dead after police raided in Saint-Denis, Paris did not blow herself up as preliminary information suggested. http://ht.cdn.turner.com/cnn/big/ads/advertiser/2015/2015/11/44417_MTN_PRE-ROLL_2015NOV3.768x432.mp4

Belgium organizers of a showpiece tennis event say there's no need to panic over its staging despite the "serious and imminent" threat of a Paris-style attack in Brussels.The city of Ghent, 35 miles from the Belgian capital, will host the Davis Cup final between Belgium and Great Britain -- tennis' blue riband team competition -- between 27-29 November with 13,000 spectators attending each day. The moment a recommendation comes in from our government that we should consider to cancel the event -- that will change everything. But that hasn't happened," Gijs Kooken, CEO of Tennis Flanders, which organizes the event, told CNN."There is no reason to panic but it's a shame a great moment for Belgian and British sport is being overshadowed by this. But of course, the security of 13,000 people is much, much more important than sport.

The Hollywood star walks away with a prestigious award despite revealing that during rehearsals she got "real stage fright". Nicole Kidman has won the best actress prize at the prestigious London Evening Standard theatre awards for her portrayal of overlooked DNA scientist Rosalind Franklin in Photograph 51 Speaking before the ceremony to celebrate the best of British acting, she said: "I kind of jumped into it without realising how much I was taking on so halfway through the rehearsals I got real stage fright. "To be standing here today is extraordinary and I am so so glad that I did it. "I did it for my father, who was a scientist - he has been orbiting around this whole thing - and also for Rosalind, who was not recognised in her lifetime. That has been very very important to me.

http://ht.cdn.turner.com/cnn/big//tv/2015/11/21/gop-refugee-rhetoric-serfaty-dnt-erin.cnn_cnn_iphone_cell.mp4 An ugly week in politics turned the tragedy of Paris into a raging domestic quarrel as many of America's leaders struggled to prove they were equal to a terrifying moment. ISIS' multipronged shooting sprees and bombings returned the horrific threat of an international terrorist rampage to a dominant place in U.S. politics that it hasn't held since the fear-filled days after September 11, 2001. Nerves in the United States were set on edge by tales of horror filtering across the Atlantic, by bomb scares aboard French airliners in North America and by blood-curdling ISIS videos warning that the next massacre could unfold over here. But as heavily armed police fanned out in New York City and Washington, there was none of the unity of purpose that sustained the nation after 9/11. In fact, politicians on both sides of the aisle responded by digging

The France international has been tipped to replace Rafa Benitez but has explained why he is not looking to succeed the Spaniard this season Zinedine Zidane admits he is not ready to replace Rafa Benitez as Real Madrid’s new manager. Calls for Benitez’s removal escalated on Saturday evening following Madrid’s crushing 4-0 defeat at home to Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo and his team-mates were booed after the full-time whistle, while supporters also waved white handkerchiefs following the loss. Zidane is among the frontrunners tipped to succeed Benitez, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti in June, but the former France international insist he is happy to continue his progress with Madrid’s Castilla. "I am coach of Castilla and Benitez of the first team. Things are fine at the moment," said Zidane. "I am with Castilla and if I stay at the club it is the coach Castilla. Last year, at the end of the season, I had the feeling that I still lacked something to take ove

French police have issued a photograph of the third man involved in the attacks at the Stade de France - admitting they do not know who he is. The National Police published the image of the man, who blew himself up at France's national stadium along with two other attackers on 13 November, on Twitter. A tweet from the Police Nationale account said: "The #PJ seeks to identify the 3rd author of one of the attacks of the 13/11 #StadeDeFrance #ParisAttacks" The first funeral has taken place of a victim of the attacks which left 130 people dead. The funeral of Proisy Sebastien, 38, who was killed on the terrace of a restaurant in the Bichat area of the city, was held in Hasnon on Saturday, according to La Voix du Nord newspaper. Police ha

The former Napoli manager is feeling the pressure at Real Madrid after being humiliated in the Clasico - if Florentino Perez does pull the trigger, who should replace him? Rafa Benitez appears to be on borrowed time at Real Madrid , with his much criticised style of play compounded by a humbling 4-0 defeat at home to Barcelona in Saturday's one-sided Clasico . According to the latest rumours , Blancos president Florentino Perez is set to show Benitez the exit door - though is still deciding whether to do so now, or wait until the summer - and has even been given a 'him or me' ultimatum by Cristiano Ronaldo. Goal has already rundown some of the coaches Perez could look to should he axe Benitez so soon into his reign, with Zinedine Zidane the clear favourite. There is just one problem: Zidane has suggested he's still not ready to take over the top job , and would prefer to cut his teeth with the club's Castilla "B" team for a while longer. T

Five more people have been arrested in Belgium bringing the number taken into custody by police in the last 24 hours to 21. The government said last night that fugitive Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam was not among those detained in raids last night but it is not known if he has been captured in the latest raids. At a news conference soon after midnight, officials said a total of 19 houses were searched in the city - and during the operations, police fired two shots at a vehicle in Molenbeek. One of those arrested was injured when his car tried to ram into police during an attempted getaway. Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal prosecutor, said no firearms or explosives were discovered. The Belgian prosecutor's office has since said that the five e

Brussels remained under partial lockdown Monday after police carried out raids around the Belgian capital amid warnings of possible terrorist attacks similar to those that killed 130 people in Paris 10 days ago. Five more people were arrested Sunday night, bringing to 21 the number of people arrested in raids across Brussels and in Charleroi, another Belgian city, said federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt. But authorities found no firearms or explosives in the raids, suggesting they hadn't defused the threat that has prompted the government to raise the terrorism alert to its highest level for Brussels. The operation also didn't uncover Salah Abdeslam , a key suspect in the November 13 attacks on Paris who fled to Belgium in the aftermath and remains on the loose.  CNN security analyst Paul Cruickshank said there's "unprecedented concern" among Belgium authorities. "The worry is that there's another attack team out there, that t

Brazilian struck a superb set-piece late in the game to defeat Dynamo Kiev and claim the latest prize Willian ’s wonder free-kick in Chelsea ’s 2-1 victory over Dynamo Kiev in Group G has been named the Uefa Champions League Goal of the Week, presented by Nissan. With the game at 1-1 in the 83 rd minute, the Brazilian attacker calmly curled the ball into the back of the net from 25 yards out to score his third goal in the competition this season. The goal came at a crucial time for Chelsea, ensuring the Premier League champions recorded an important three points to stay in contention for qualification to the knockout stages of the competition. Willian beat off the likes of Luis Suarez, David Alaba, Luuk de Jong and Stephan Lichtsteiner to claim Uefa Champions League Goal of the Week, presented by Nissan, for matchday 4. The former Shakhtar star will be hoping to continue his fine goalscoring form in Europe when Chelsea faces Maccabi Tel Aviv away from home on Tu

When Bahoz heard the blasts, he guessed they must have come from French jets. There were 14 of them, all around the time that President Francois Hollande said France had started bombing Raqqa. The capital of ISIS's self-declared caliphate is eerily close to Bahoz's position. A fighter with the Kurdish YPG units , he sits on a series of outposts along a lengthy earth trench that is essentially the front line with Raqqa -- about 20 miles away, across flat, hostile ground. "Three days ago we saw 14 airstrikes suddenly hit just nearby, and then the French said they'd started bombing," he told CNN, when we were given rare access to his position near the town of Ayn al Issa. "We will do our best to avenge Paris ," he vowed. Raqqa is now firmly in the sights not only of the U.S.-led coalition, but also the French and Russian militaries. And in a few hours along the front line, you can periodically hear distant thuds. On the day CNN was a