Tiemoue Bakayoko being frisked at gunpoint by Italian cops.
Midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, who joined Milan on loan from Chelsea last season, has faced a particularly tense standoff with Italian police after taking aim with a pistol and searched in traffic.
The 27-year-old Serie A winner was pulled from his car and immobilized by police to another man who was being frisked while other officers pulled guns.
Video of the incident shows Bakayoko looking embarrassed and did not resist as officers cleaned out her pockets and stroked her.
Another police officer approached the scene of the crime and apparently told colleagues the identity of the suspect, leaving the detainers with surprised expressions.
Milan police released a statement saying the incident took place in early July.
They said Bakayoko and his friend matched the descriptions of the two men involved in the shooting that day.
“The search was carried out on July 3. The reason was the shooting that took place a few hours ago in the area. Both match the description of the suspect. One of them is black in a green shirt. That’s why he aims the gun.”
Tiemoue Bakayoko
Bakayoko joined Chelsea in 2017 for a fee of £40m but was loaned out to AC Milan, Monaco and Napoli after a setback at Stamford Bridge.
Jamaican star Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica has made history by winning her fifth 100m world title on Sunday and Team USA claimed other titles in Eugene.
The 35year-Old mother, led from gun to ribbon in an amazing age-defying sprint with a championship record of 10.67seconds.
Shericka Jackson won the silver medal with a best time of 10.73seconds, while four-time Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.81 seconds) won the bronze medal. This is the first time a championship, just a women’s 100m medal at the world championships, just a day after Fred Keeley led the US in the men’s 100m.
”It was definitely something on the cards,” said Fraser-Pryce on the potential sweep. ”I’m glad I was the one who finished first in the sweep and I’m glad the other ladies came through and we were able to celebrate the 1-2-3. It’s special, it’s my fifth world title in the 100m, and doing it at 35, yes I said 35!”
The African Football Federation (CAF) has announced that Morocco will host the Women’s Champions League in 2022.
CAF has announced that it has opened the bidding process for the tournament twice but has received only one offer from the North African country.
“The Executive Committee, therefore, resolved to award the competition to Morocco as the only bidder,” CAF said in a statement.
The Ampem Darkoa Ladies are looking to represent Ghana in this year’s competition after defeating the Hasaacas Ladies for the Ghana Women’s Premier League title in June.
The Hasaacas ladies represented their country in the first edition of 2021 and reached the final.
The 2021 competition was held in Egypt and the championship was won by the Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.
Zambia captain Barbra Banda has been exempted from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after an unsuccessful gender eligibility tests.
In spite of being allowed to compete in last year’s Olympics, the 22-year-old striker failed to meet the standards required by global governing body FIFA, whose gender rules are those of the African Football Confederation (Caf) on WAFCON.
“All the players had to undergo gender verification, a Caf requirement, and unfortunately she did not meet the criteria set by Caf,” Andrew Kamanga, the president of Zambia’s FA (Faz), told BBC Sport Africa.
“It’s unfortunate that we find ourselves going into the tournament without our best players.”
Zambia started Group C with a 0-0 draw against second-placed Cameroon in the third inning on Sunday and ended on Wednesday against Togo, who made their weekend debut after meeting Tunisia.
Banda gained international fame when she became the first female athlete to score a consecutive Olympic hat-trick in Tokyo.
When asked by BBC Sport Africa on Sunday how Banda could possibly be at the Olympics instead of WAFCON, the cafe’s communications director Lux in September replied: “There is no such decision by the cafe medical board”.
The response has riled Kamanga however, who has told BBC Sport Africa that “whatever happened was purely a Caf requirement”.
Banda, who was left out of the team by Faz after failing tests before the final, is one of the highest scoring strikers in African women’s football, currently inactive but training in Morocco with the Copper Queens team.
“Everybody at home [in Zambia] has been made to believe that Faz did nothing and decided on their own to exclude the player,” Kamanga added.
“We the federations are compelled to undertake the tests and then we pass on the information to Caf, and Caf, equally, test the players if needs be in the tournament.
“So it will be unfair to turn around and say Caf is not part and parcel of whatever has transpired.”
BBC Sports Africa groks that three other Zambian players were affected by their gender qualifications but chose not to play for the national team with 22 players instead of the allowed 26.
She was first included in the WAFCON Zambia team after taking medication to lower testosterone levels . Of course, testosterone levels were too high, but still not up to par, BBC Sport Africa perceives.
The striker has signed with Chinese club Shanghai Shengli but is said to have a chance of promotion to Spain’s top flight.
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