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BARCELONA star Lionel Messi should quit La Liga for a new challenge elsewhere, according to Mino Raiola. Barcelona are stuck in a rut ahead of the new La Liga season with the future of Messi a cause for concern. The Catalan giants announced last month that the Argentina international had agreed a new four-year contract extension. But it has since ...

A court in South Korea has sentenced Samsung’s billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption. Mr Lee was accused of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea’s former president. The case has gripped the public amid growing anger against South Korea’s biggest companies, known as chaebols. Mr Lee, who denied all ...

AN Arsenal supporter has admitted if he could take any player from any team in the top flight, then it would be Manchester United’s Paul Pogba. Manchester United have got their season off to a flier with back to back wins over West Ham. Arsenal, contrastingly, have toiled with the Gunners narrowly beating Leicester before slipping to a 1-0 away ...

GARETH SOUTHGATE yesterday refused to rule Wayne Rooney out of playing for England in Russia despite the Everton striker announcing his international retirement. But the England manager also challenged the younger members of his squad to step out of Rooney’s shadow and show they have the leadership qualities to drive the national team forward. Southgate, who has given first call-ups ...

Russia’s ambassador to Sudan has been found dead in a swimming pool at his residence in Khartoum. Sudanese police said a preliminary investigation indicated Mirgayas Shirinsky had died of natural causes. Although his death is not suspicious, Mr Shirinsky is the fourth Russian diplomat to die in service in the past year. In February, Russian UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin died ...

Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman tour show at the Quân khu 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last night was pulled on doctors’ orders due to the 24-year-old singer’s “health problems”. According to a fan account, Ariana apologized via Instagram stories from “the bottom of my heart” and promised to “make it up to you in the future”. So ...

BARCELONA have agreed a deal worth up to £138million with Borussia Dortmund for Ousmane Dembele. Barcelona have been trying to convince Dortmund to sell Dembele for the past few weeks after losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain for £200m. Barca have also been pursuing Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho but appear to have now landed Dembele. According to beIN SPORTS, Barcelona have agreed ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have released pictures of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his new Red Devils shirt. Ibrahimovic put pen to paper on a new one-year deal with Manchester United. The striker is still recovering from the serious knee injury he sustained at the end of last season, but the club hope he will be back in January. “I am back to finish ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2017 UEFA Player of the Year award, as expected by the critics and journalists after a brilliant season where his team conquered the Champions League and the La Liga titles. This will most likely be Ronaldo’s first individual accolade of the year as he is also expected to win FIFA’s The Best and the Ballon ...

Game of Thrones is the biggest show on television by a lot of measures, and certainly the biggest hit in HBO’s history, so it’s no surprise that its actors – the ones who have managed to survive into the seventh season – are making bank. If you’ve ever wondered exactly how much a starring role in Westeros pays, Variety now ...