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Former France international Franck Ribery on Thursday issued a public apology to French television pundit Patrick Guillou, who he reportedly insulted and assaulted following Bayern Munich’s away defeat to Borussia Dortmund at the weekend. “I had a meeting with Patrick Guillou yesterday in Munich,” Ribery said in a video posted on Bayern’s website in German. “We spoke for a long ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho was spotted at Belgium’s UEFA Nations League showdown with Iceland on Thursday night. United have endured a lacklustre start to the season which has left them a disappointing eighth in the Premier League standings. Last weekend’s 3-1 derby defeat to rivals Manchester City compounded the difference in quality between the two sides. Jose Mourinho started ...

Theresa May has insisted her Brexit agreement is “truly the best deal for Britain” amid speculation over whether she retains of the support of key ministers, including Michael Gove. The BBC understands Mr Gove rejected the PM’s offer to make him Brexit secretary, because the prime minister would not let him renegotiate the deal. Ex-Brexit Secretary David Davis has urged ...

Ethiopia’s former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested amid investigations into corruption and human rights abuses committed by the security forces. Yared Zerihun, the former deputy head of the national security agency, is one of more than 60 intelligence and military figures arrested since Monday. Mr Yared has not yet commented on the allegations. The move has been widely welcomed ...

Ivy Lizette Ewell Eldridge has sued Entertainment Hub Disneyland claiming bedbug bites during a stay at the Disney Land Hotel in Anaheimin April this year. In the law suit obtained by TMZ, she said she developed a severe skin rash over her entire body after an April stay in the Disneyland Hotel and the hotel failed to tell her about ...

English Premier League strugglers Fulham sacked manager Slavisa Jokanovic and appointed former Leicester supremo Claudio Ranieri on Wednesday. Jokanovic, a 50-year-old Serbian, led Fulham back into England’s top flight in May 2018 but the Londoners currently sit bottom of the table with just five points from 12 games. It is Ranieri’s second appointment since leading Leicester to the Premier League ...

US First Lady Melania Trump has called for a top national security aide to President Donald Trump to be fired. The first lady feuded with Mira Ricardel, the deputy national security adviser, during her tour of Africa in October, US media report. “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honour ...

Theresa May faces a crunch cabinet meeting later as she tries to win colleagues’ support for a draft Brexit agreement between the UK and Brussels. Senior ministers will gather at Downing Street at 14:00 GMT amid calls to reject the deal from both senior Brexiteers and Remain supporters. The PM is also continuing one-to-one briefings with ministers on the plans. ...

okyo Olympic Games football qualifying fixtures in Africa from Wednesday (all kick-off times GMT): First round, first legs Wednesday At Bujumbura Burundi v Tanzania (1300) At Addis Ababa Ethiopia v Somalia (1300) At Nairobi Kenya v Mauritius (1300) At Rubavu, Rwanda Rwanda v Democratic Republic of Congo (1330) At Victoria Seychelles v Sudan (1330) At Kampala Uganda v South Sudan ...

UEFA warned Monday that clubs whose finances have already been scrutinised by its Financial Fair Play regulations may not be out the clear yet, European football’s ruling body told AFP. Less than a week after the latest revelations in the Football Leaks series, UEFA suggested it could reopen previously concluded cases should new information arise. Every club affiliated to UEFA ...