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BARCELONA star Lionel Messi’s new contract will see him earn more than Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, according to reports in Spain. After months of speculation, Messi has pledged his future to Barcelona by signing a new deal that lasts until 2021. The Argentina international was at his brilliant best last term, scoring 54 goals from 52 games across all competitions ...

ANTOINE GRIEZMANN has revealed he never talked to Jose Mourinho saying he would be rejecting Manchester United. Manchester United were determined to sign Atletico Madrid star Griezmann earlier this summer. Many thought the deal was done after the Red Devils won the Europa League to secure Champions League football for next season. However, Atletico’s transfer ban meant that United boss ...

The 26-year-old will soon join up with the rest of the Gunners squad for pre-season training in July after he’s penned a five-year contract Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has passed his Arsenal medical and is on the brink of completing a £46 million transfer to the Premier League club. The 26-year-old underwent a medical at London Colney training ground on ...

During his presidential campaign, Republican Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “strong leader” with whom he would like to reset tense U.S.-Russian relations. But as Trump heads to his first face-to-face meeting as president with Putin on Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, he is under pressure at home to take a tough line with the ...

The US has confirmed that North Korea tested a long-range missile which some experts believe could reach Alaska. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a “new escalation of the threat” and warned that Washington “will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea”. Pyongyang claimed on Tuesday to have successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). However, most experts believe that ...

Public servants in Uganda are facing a strict dress code after the government issued a circular warning them to “dress decently”. Female staff have been told not to show any cleavage, wear brightly coloured braids or hair extensions, sleeveless blouses or any clothing made out of see-through material. Men must wear long-sleeved shirts, jackets and ties, and loose trousers. Staff ...

Freddie Roach told Yahoo Sports on Monday that he suggested to former champion Manny Pacquiao that he should retire, and said that if the Filipino superstar chooses to fight on, he should do a rematch with Jeff Horn before walking away from boxing for good. Roach, in Hawaii on Monday on his way home from Brisbane, Australia, where he cornered ...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – China’s UN ambassador on Monday warned of “disastrous” consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea which he said could “get out of control”. Ambassador Liu Jieyi made the remarks a day after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ...

An eight-month-old Canadian baby has been issued a health card without a gender marker, in what could be the first case in the world. Parent Kori Doty – a non-binary transgender person who identifies as neither male nor female – aims to allow the child to discover their own gender. The health card has been issued with a “U” in ...

TAP operation between Lisbon and the cities of Bucharest and Budapest has begun. These destinations are now back to the destinations map of the Portuguese Airline, and joins the 44 international European destinations already served by TAP. Flights between Lisbon and Bucharest will operate six times a week, on A319 and A320 aircraft, will depart from Lisbon in the first ...