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The Union of European Football Associations, on Thursday said that the Russian club Rubin Kazan has been banned from European competition for one season. The ban is for breaching restrictions placed on the club under break-even rules known as financial fair play. The European soccer body said in a statement that the ban would come into effect if the club ...

Nigeria’s women’s team Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has invited a total of 29 home –based and 19 overseas –based professionals for the first phase of camping of Super Falcons, ahead of next month’s 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Ghana. In all, there will be 48 players in camp. They are enough to compose four football teams ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho must start Juan Mata against Chelsea this weekend. That is the verdict of former Red Devils star Wes Brown, who says the playmaker will be eager to feature against his old club. Mata has experienced mixed fortunes since joining United from Chelsea during David Moyes’ failed stint as manager. But he is a firm fans’ ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has been backed to continue to stand up for himself amid the criticism he’s received in recent weeks. Jose Mourinho’s third season at Manchester United has got off to a shaky start with the club eighth in the league, seven points behind joint-leaders Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool. The Portuguese boss reportedly risked facing the ...

There is no God — that’s the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published Tuesday. The book, which was completed by his family after his death, presents answers to the questions that Hawking said he received most during his time on Earth. Other bombshells the British scientist left his readers with include the belief that ...

Lady Gaga has spoken out about the objectification of women in entertainment, saying she wants to “take the power back”. The actress and singer also spoke about her experience of sexual assault. In a powerful speech at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event, she said the oversized suit she was wearing was a break away from her usual choice of outfit. ...

MANCHESTER UNITED hero Paul Scholes has launched an attack at Jose Mourinho once again. The former Red Devils and England ace has often slammed the Special One for United’s dour performances under him at Old Trafford. Mourinho was on the brink of being sacked as Manchester United boss, only for the Red Devils to come from behind against Newcastle before ...

The first recreational cannabis to be legally bought in Canada was purchased at midnight on Wednesday (02:30 GMT) on the eastern island of Newfoundland amid queues of hundreds of people. Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis. Medical marijuana has been legal in the country since 2001. But concerns remain, including ...

JOSE MOURINHO has been charged by the Football Association over comments he made after Manchester United’s late comeback win over Newcastle earlier this month. The action by the FA is related comments made by Mourinho as he walked off the Old Trafford pitch. It is claimed Mourinho said ‘fodas filhos de puta’ which translates as ‘f*** off sons of b*****s’ ...

Oil retreated before weekly U.S. inventory data even as the disappearance of a critic of the Saudi Arabian regime threatened to spark a diplomatic crisis. Crude in New York dropped 0.8 percent. U.S. stockpiles probably rose by 1.25 million barrels last week, the longest streak of gains since March 2017 if confirmed by government data Wednesday. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of ...