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Actress Rose McGowan says she was offered $1m (£760,000) from Harvey Weinstein in exchange for her silence. McGowan says she turned down the money the day before the New York Times ran an expose on the movie mogul. She told the paper through her lawyer that someone close to Weinstein said she could have the money if she would sign ...

ALVARO MORATA was forced into an embarrassing climbdown last night after throwing his Chelsea future into doubt. Morata gave an interview claiming he did not see himself staying in London “very long” because he finds the city too big and too stressful. But ahead of Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Roma he now claims he would be happy to stay ...

Cairo – Egyptian state security prosecutors have extended the pre-trial detention of a young man arrested on charges of “promoting deviance” after fans waved rainbow flags at a rock concert last month. Lawyer Hoda Nasrallah says on Monday that the hearing for her client, Ahmed Alaa, took place a day earlier. The case involves another young defendant, Sarah Hegazy, whose ...

Goma – Four civilians and a policeman were killed on Monday in clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as demonstrations took place to demand President Joseph Kabila stand down this year, an AFP correspondent said. The journalist said he saw the bodies of four civilians lying in blood in the Madjengon district of Goma, capital of the troubled North ...

London (AFP) – Neither Anthony Martial nor Marcus Rashford are happy spending time on the bench, but the competition between them is pushing both to greater heights for Manchester United this season. With Romelu Lukaku the first-choice number nine and Henrikh Mkhitaryan generally preferred by manager Jose Mourinho on the right flank, Martial and Rashford have had to fight it out for the left-wing slot. Rashford tends to start, but ...

Jose Mourinho has defended Romelu Lukaku once again after Manchester United’s 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. When Mourinho subbed out Marcus Rashford for Anthony Martial (who went on to score the winner) boos were heard from the home fans at Old Trafford. Mourinho took exception to that after the game, seeing it as a lack of respect towards ...

Jose Mourinho angrily deflected questions about injured Paul Pogba, insisting he has “no idea” when the midfielder will be available for Manchester United. The Red Devils were dealt a blow in September when their French star pulled a hamstring in a Champions League clash against Basel. While Pogba has been as active as usual on social media in that interim, ...

If you doubt whether Manchester United’s players are all-in with Jose Mourinho’s cagey system, listen to Nemanja Matic‘s post-match verdict after a defensive but effective 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday. “They had more of the ball in the first half but we had more chances than them,” Matic said. “They play great football but it’s ...

Neymar paid a surprise visit to his old Barcelona team-mates at a training session on Sunday. The Brazil international turned up at a session at the Ciutat Esportiva as his old club began their preparations for their Champions League trip to Olympiacos. Barca even posted a picture of the 25-year-old on their official Twitter account, with the simple caption: “Neymar ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have received a huge boost ahead of their Premier League clash with Tottenham on Saturday (12.30pm). Jose Mourinho will be delighted to see several key men back in training ahead of Saturday’s clash with Tottenham. The Manchester United manager had been facing an injury crisis this weekend, with a number of stars including Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini and ...