The Turkish police said the 18-year-old Nigerian was staying on the sixth floor of a hotel in Istanbul, the capital.
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“UEFA today received three bid dossiers from member national associations interested in hosting the 2028 and 2032 European Championships,” the European football’s governing body announced on April 12.
Atsu, who made 80 appearances for Newcastle United and Everton in the English top flight, was one of the thousands of victims who died in the Turkey earthquake last month.
The quake hit the town of Defne at 8:04 pm (1704 GMT) and was strongly felt by AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north.
The organisation, in a statement issued after its 46th meeting of the D-8 Commissioners, which held from Feb. 15 to February 16 in Istanbul, Turkey, expressed solidarity with the people and Government of the Republic of Turkey.
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said “today the United Nations is launching a $1 billion humanitarian appeal for the people of Türkiye suffering from the most devastating earthquakes to hit the country in a century.”
On February 6, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Southern Turkey and Northern Syria.
As the scale of the disaster became ever more apparent, the death toll looked likely to rise considerably.
As at press time in the early hours of Wednesday, reports had it that over 7,800 persons had died from the earthquake.
The Ghanian player was among those still missing as at Monday afternoon after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep with series of aftershocks, and then a 7.5 magnitude quake later which skyrocketed the death toll with dozens of buildings destroyed.
Another earthquake of 5.6 magnitude struck central Turkey on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, followed by a second of 7.5.
“I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I’ve lived,” said Erdem, a resident of the Turkish city of Gaziantep
The team of 21 players and 12 officials flew out of the Istanbul International Airport to Goa – the Indian city where the Flamingos will prosecute their group B games against Germany and New Zealand. They will fly to Bhubaneswar for their final game against Chile.
The Egyptian youth and sports Minister, Ashraf Sobhidropped hint in a statement issued Saturday, saying that if the bid is successful, it would make it the first Arab or African nation to host the event.
Turkish daily, Fotospor reported that Dennis has become a summer interest in Istanbul, as Galatasaray is impressed with his output at Watford despite not saving the team from the drop.
The player will soon get the invitation he has been waiting for, according to Fotomac.
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“We are in deep sorrow to have lost our player Ahmet Calik who earned our fans’ and city’s love since the first day he arrived at Konyaspor,” the club posted on Twitter.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the D-8 country office in Nigeria.