Mourinho to Miss Stoke Clash As He Refuses To Appeal Stadium Ban

Jose Mourinho has not appealed his Football Association stadium ban and will be forced to watch Chelsea's crucial clash with Stoke City away from the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.

The Portuguese coach had until midday on Friday to lodge an appeal to defer his one-match ban but will now leave his backroom staff to run the show from the sideline in Saturday's 5.30pm kick-off.

Mourinho, who will also have to pay a £40,000 fine, says he will not communicate with his team but confirmed the tactical decisions taken mid-game will be decided in pre-match planning meetings.

Mourinho will be absent for Saturday's clash after being slapped with a one-match stadium ban by the FA

When asked about his decision not to appeal the ban in his Friday press conference, Mourinho made it clear that he thought his prospects of having a successful case were slim.

'The match is tomorrow,' he said. 'I know the result of the appeal already, so I decide to give up.

'I think it's stupid to fight a fight you know you already lose.'

The Portuguese coach will travel with his squad up until the point he is told he can go no further ahead of Saturday's game.

He will watch the clash from the team hotel but could use his mobile phone to contact his coaches on the bench, although he says that will not be the case.

Assistants Rui Faria, Steve Holland and Silvino Louro will be briefed on every possible scenario that Mourinho envisages.

The under-fire manager went on to hint that the decision to hand him a stadium ban could set a precedent with more to follow for bosses who fall out of line in future.

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'One thing is not to be on the bench. I'm stopped being in a football stadium. I'm stopped being in what I love so much which is football,' he said.

'When I go into the punishment, it opens a range of options. I imagine there will be lots of managers with stadium bans in the future. Bans should be something really serious in terms of aggression, using words I don't want to use. This one is about words, about campaigns.

'It could happen a lot more. Unless we have our association or other associations around Europe to talk about the rights of the managers and having stadium bans as I mentioned. From my point of view, from my side, I want to be out of it. I want to let the game tomorrow finish. That's it.'

The 52-year-old (above in our artist's impression) could to use his mobile phone to contact his coaches

Mourinho was handed the one-match stadium ban and £40,000 fine for comments made to referee Jon Moss at half-time during Chelsea's 2-1 loss at West Ham on October 24.

The Portuguese is understood to have said to Moss: 'Arsene Wenger was right, you are f****** soft.' Banished from the dug-out, he was forced to watch the second half unfold from an executive box.

Mourinho is alleged to have got around a UEFA stadium ban in 2005 by hiding in a laundry basket, which allowed him to give pre-match and half-time team talks during a Champions League match against Bayern Munich.

He says that will not be a tactic he uses in Saturday's game. 

 

 

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Egypt says intelligence not shared over Russian plane crash

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has accused unnamed countries of failing to share intelligence relating to the crash of the Russian Metrojet plane a week ago.

The US and the UK have both said intelligence points to the strong possibility it was caused by a bomb.
The UK halted flights to Sharm el-Sheikh and is repatriating tourists.

The Airbus 321 came down in the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 on board shortly after leaving the resort.
"We are the party that is the most closely connected to the issue," Mr Shoukry said.

"We expected that the information provided on a technical level would be provided to us on a technical level, instead of it being released to the media in this public manner."

"Egypt is co-operating to reassure these countries that the [security] measures adopted in Egyptian airports conform to international standards," he added. 

Mr Shoukry also criticised a failure to co-operate in fighting terrorism, accusing some countries of "concentrating on their self-interests" and underestimating the terrorism challenges facing Egypt.

The UK ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, said he had personally been in close contact with the Egyptian government round the clock.

"We've made all the information available and we explained to them the basis for our decision-making," he told the BBC.

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The UK announced on 5 November that it was suspending flights and working to bring its citizens home after reviewing airport security at Sharm el-Sheikh.

Most of the victims of the crash were Russian. Russia said on Friday it was suspending flights to Egypt as a whole and recommending its holidaymakers - numbering some 80,000 - return home.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Saturday that 10 flights carrying returning Russians had already left Egypt.


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Buhari's Wife Visits Father Mbaka in Enugu (Photos)

The wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari recently visited Enugu state during which she paid the famous man of God, Father Mbaka a courtesy visit.


After holding another edition of her women health initiative project tagged “Aishatu Buhari women health initiative” at the queens school Enugu and screening over 2000 women for free, Mrs Aisha Buhari paid a courtesy visit to Enugu Catholic priest and the founder of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka.

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Prior to the visit, Mrs. Buhari was received by the wife of the governor of Enugu state Mrs Monica Ugwuanyi and other dignitaries, while addressing a mammoth crowd of women at queens school, Enugu.

Speaking while addressing the mammoth crowd at the initiative, Mrs Aisha Buhari said all hands must be on deck in the fight against the ailments that severely affect women which include cervical and breast cancer, diabetes, hypertension and more.

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