Lionel Messi’s bombshell request to leave Barcelona is expected to spark a legal battle over a multi-million-dollar buy-out clause but also raises the question of which club could afford him in the heat of the coronavirus pandemic. Messi’s priority has always been to be part of a “winning project” at […]
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Coup leaders in Mali have released former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a military official said on Thursday. A group of military officers, who call themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), has controlled the West African country since August 18, when the mutineers detained […]
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The additional £4m are seen as ‘achievable’ add-ons, with QPR also having a 20% sell-on clause built into the agreement. Eze, who scored 14 goals in 46 appearances in the Sky Bet Championship for QPR last season, is now on his way to Palace for a medical where he is […]
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American Airlines said on Tuesday it will lay off 19,000 workers on October 1, in addition to thousands more who left the company or agreed to voluntary furloughs, unless Congress offers more aid. According to the airline authority,approximately 19,000 of its team members will be involuntarily furloughed or separated from […]
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French outfit Olympique de Marseille has detected three new suspected cases of COVID-19 among the club’s staff. The Ligue 1 team made this known on Tuesday. Marseille were set to play the 2020-21 season curtain-raiser against St Etienne last Friday but four confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus at the […]
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TikTok is set to launch legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump’s executive order prohibits transactions with TikTok’s owner ByteDance from mid-September. Officials in Washington are concerned that the company could pass data on American users to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has […]
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More than 800,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while 23 million infections have been confirmed in at least 188 countries and territories. More than 14.7 million people have recovered to date. Of the countries that have so far confirmed coronavirus cases, United States […]
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Bayern Munich were crowned Champions League winners on Sunday, giving a final flourish to a campaign which has been near to perfect for the Bundesliga giants. Kingsley Coman struck against former club Paris Saint-Germain to score the only goal of the final, leading Bayern to continental glory in a 1-0 […]
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Manchester United’s English defender Harry Maguire, has been released from police custody owning to the defenders reaction during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Manchester United at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England. Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was released from Greek police custody Saturday […]
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West African envoys met with Mali’s military junta on Saturday to try to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a coup in the troubled nation. The delegation was headed by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan who held talks for half an hour with soldiers who seized power […]
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