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The US Justice Department is taking a preliminary look at whether managers at Uber violated a law against foreign bribery, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The agency is reviewing allegations that managers at the ride-hailing startup violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits bribing foreign officials to secure favorable action from that government, anonymous sources told the newspaper. ...

A female nurse has lost her job after being accused of accessing medical record of pop star Justin Bieber illegally when he was taken in for twisted testicle. The nurse, Kelly Lombardo was accused by her employer of accessing the medical record due to rumors that Bieber had sexually transmitted infection when he was taken ill, according to billboard. The ...

Chelsea appeared to have moved ahead in the race to sign the England international after having a bid of £40million accepted. But Liverpool have been monitoring the situation of the 24-year-old, who is in the final year of his contract, for several months and Express Sport understands they made their move to start negotiations this morning. It is understood Oxlade-Chamberlain ...

ATLETICO MADRID president Enrique Cerezo is confident of signing Chelsea striker Diego Costa this summer. Chelsea are desperate to offload Costa this summer after manager Antonio Conte informed the striker he is no longer in his first-team plans. The Spain international is currently on strike and refusing to return to training with the Premier League champions. Costa, who joined Chelsea ...

The US city of Houston is under a night-time curfew as it battles the impact of Hurricane Harvey The storm has dumped record rainfall, leaving large parts of the Texas city underwater, homes destroyed and more than 20 people reported dead. Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said the curfew was needed to head off looting. Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical ...

GARY NEVILLE believes Jose Mourinho will be happy with Manchester United’s transfer business this summer. United have spent around £150million this summer on Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof. But Jose Mourinho has repeatedly discussed his desire to land a fourth player ahead of this season to bolster their Premier League and Champions League hopes. While Manchester United have ...

ARSENAL and Manchester City look close to a ‘done deal’ to swap Alexis Sanchez with Raheem Sterling, according to pundit Ray Wilkins. Sanchez is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the season and is keen on moving on from the Emirates. Manchester City have had a bid rejected for the Chile forward worth £50million. Arsenal would be ...

MANCHESTER CITY are prepared to offer £30million plus Raheem Sterling to Arsenal in their latest attempt to sign Alexis Sanchez. The Chile international is keen to reunite with Pep Guardiola at the Etihad despite Arsenal being desperate to keep hold of him. Sanchez is out of contract with Arsenal at the end of the season and City are keen to ...

Standings for 2018 World Cup South American qualifying after Bolivia lost their appeal to CAS over FIFA sanctions for fielding an ineligible player (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Brazil 14 10 3 1 35 10 33 — qualified Colombia 14 7 3 4 18 15 24 Uruguay 14 7 2 5 26 17 23 Chile 14 7 ...

World Cup Africa zone match-day 3 qualifying fixtures this week (times in GMT): Group A Thursday At Conakry Guinea v Libya (1700) Friday At Rades, Tunisia Tunisia v Democratic Republic of Congo (2000) Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) DR Congo 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 ...