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Arrive in Edinburgh on any given day and there are certain things you can guarantee. The fairy-tale Gothic of the royal castle, built on an extinct volcanic plug. The medieval riddle of alleys and lanes. The majesty of the churchyards and macabre spires set against a barb of basalt crags, all as if created by a mad god. Yet there ...

Twitter has suspended a network of accounts that appeared to be pushing pro-Saudi messages about the Jamal Khashoggi scandal, a person familiar with the situation told CNN Friday. The accounts were behaving like typical spam accounts, the person said, adding that Twitter had been aware of them for some time. Twitter said it has no evidence the accounts were pro-Saudi ...

MAURIZIO SARRI has declared he was happy with his side’s performance against Manchester United, after Ross Barkley’s last-gasp equaliser saved Chelsea from their first defeat of the season, but was disappointed with the final half an hour from his side. Chelsea topped the table after the draw against United, and are one of just three teams still unbeaten after nine ...

MARCO IANNI was at the centre of a spat with Jose Mourinho at the end of Chelsea’s draw with Manchester United. But who is he? Jose Mourinho was fuming on the Chelsea touchline after seeing his Manchester United side surrender a 2-1 lead late on today. Ross Barkley popped up with the equaliser to spark wild celebrations on the Chelsea ...

THIS is the moment Jose Mourinho was seen making a gesture towards supporters following Manchester United’s stalemate with Chelsea. After going 1-0 down in the first half, two goals from Anthony Martial put Manchester United in a great postition to take three points away from home. However, a late goal from Ross Barkley spoiled Manchester United’s afternoon in London as ...

Former Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has cast doubt on Usain Bolt’s hopes of re-inventing himself as a football player and earning a professional A-League contract at the age of 32. The Olympic champion sprinter is undergoing trials at Central Coast Mariners in Australia’s top-flight and scored two goals in a pre-season match a week ago. However, the Jamaican has yet ...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has brushed off reports he was involved in the attempted kidnapping of an acquaintance who owes him 50,000 euros. “This must stop,” Benzema said on his Twitter page Friday following a report by the Mediapart website implicating the exiled France international in the attempted kidnap. Mediapart’s report, published late on Thursday, claimed Benzema was personally ...

CHELSEA’s over-reliance on Eden Hazard is one of three reasons why it would be a shock if they won the Premier League. That is the view of Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson. Chelsea are joint top of the Premier League with Manchester City and Liverpool after winning six of their opening eight league games. And on Saturday, they host Manchester ...

With 92 mayors and 18 regional councilors, the ruling party of Ivory Coast is ahead of Henri Konan Bédié‘s PDCI, which has obtained 56 municipal and 6 regional councilors. It was an election that saw the rise in the strength of independent candidates. After the final results, it is time for electoral litigation. Candidates still have a few days to ...

When hundreds of soldiers from Ethiopian army’s elite unit marched with arms to the National Palace, they were said to be demanding pay rise and better service conditions. They were disarmed and invited to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who gave them assurances that their grievances were going to be looked into. A week on, PM Abiy has told lawmakers that ...