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SPANISH sports paper Mundo Deportivo believe they have uncovered why Ousmane Dembele is nicknamed ‘Mosquito’. Dembele joined Barcelona last month for a club-record £96million from Borussia Dortmund as their replacement for Neymar following his £200m move to Paris Saint-Germain. Dembele could eventually cost Barca £136m, making him the second-most expensive player of all time after Neymar. The 20-year-old has got ...

LIVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah insists he already feels like part of a ‘family’ over at Anfield. Liverpool smashed their club-record transfer fee to sign Salah from Serie A giants Roma for £36.9million back in June. The Egypt international’s arrival was initially questioned by fans given how he flopped at Chelsea during a previous stint in the Premier League. But Salah ...

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea on Monday — a move that comes just one week after the rogue nation carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test. The resolution is designed to accomplish six major goals: cap North Korea’s oil imports, ban textile exports, end additional overseas laborer ...

THE Labour MPs who defied their party leader Jeremy Corbyn to support Theresa May on the second reading of the EU withdrawal bill have been revealed. Ronnie Campbell, Frank Field, Kate Hoey, Kelvin Hopkins, John Mann, Dennis Skinner and Graham Stringer defied their own party whip to back the bill, which will allow EU law to be passed into UK ...

Volkswagen, the world’s biggest carmaker, will offer an electric version of all its 300 models by 2030, becoming the latest manufacturer to move away from petrol and diesel. VW will double investment in zero-emission vehicles to 20bn euros (£18bn) as it seeks to put the diesel emissions scandal behind it. The German firm plans to offer 80 new electric cars ...

JOSE MOURINHO and Antonio Conte believe English clubs are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs in the Champions League. Five Premier League teams are in the group stages for the first time as Europe’s top club competition kicks off a new campaign tonight with Manchester United manager Mourinho and Chelsea boss Conte insisting they are all at a ...

collated English Premier League results on Sunday: Burnley 1 (Wood 3) Crystal Palace 0 Swansea 0 Newcastle 1 (Lascelles 76) Played Saturday Arsenal 3 (Welbeck 6, 50, Lacazette 27) Bournemouth 0 Brighton 3 (Gross 45, 48, Hemed 63) West Brom 1 (Morrison 77) Everton 0 Tottenham 3 (Kane 28, 46, Eriksen 42) Leicester 1 (Vardy 62-pen) Chelsea 2 (Morata 41, ...

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has blamed witchcraft for his party’s failure to beat the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in its Western Cape stronghold, the Sowetan Live reports: “In the last elections I was satisfied that we were taking the Western Cape‚ I even said so. What went wrong? I too can’t tell you. “I don’t know‚ [maybe] it’s because ...

Sloane Stephens, who missed 11 months with a left foot injury before returning in July, reached her first Grand Slam final by outlasting Venus Williams 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 Thursday at the US Open. Stephens, whose best prior Slam run was to the 2013 Australian Open semi-finals, will play the winner of a later match between US compatriots CoCo Vandeweghe and ...

PREMIER LEAGUE scorers aren’t always great value for money – but these bargains certainly are. Harry Kane may have finished last season as the Premier League Golden Boot winner, but he wasn’t the best value for money goal-getter in the top flight. A new study conducted by SBO.net has uncovered the top value players based on their goals to salary ...