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The 19-year-old has already started learning Spanish ahead of a potential move to Camp Nou, which his agent expects to be completed in June Barcelona will activate a purchase option on Sao Paulo teenager Gustavo Maia this June, according to the player’s agent. Maia’s performances in the Copa Sao Paulo – Brazil’s most prestigious youth tournament – at the start ...

The legendary Brazilian frontman considers a Barcelona icon to be the best player on the planet, with Neymar and Eden Hazard in the group behind him Former Barcelona star Ronaldo considers Lionel Messi to be the undisputed “number one” in modern football, with Cristiano Ronaldo overlooked in the Brazilian’s top five as Mohamed Salah, Eden Hazard, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe ...

Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga shared an image of the Blues squad during a session on Tuesday Chelsea have followed Liverpool’s lead in making a stand against racism by creating a symbol in training to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Footballers across Europe have used their online platforms to speak out amid ongoing protests in the United States over the ...

The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination. The 46-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest while being restrained by Minneapolis police, the report found. It listed Mr Floyd’s cause of death as “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression”. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump vowed ...

Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo have decided to challenge the freezing of their assets in the context of an investigation for embezzlement of public funds, their lawyer said Tuesday. Daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos (1979-2017), the billionaire and her husband businessman are accused by the courts and the International Consortium of ...

The Red Devils have been praised for reaching out to their next generation of stars after their season was prematurely brought to an end Manchester United have praised the attitudes of their academy players for the way they have dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, insisting that they have been “overwhelmed” by their attitude and kindness in a letter sent to ...

There have been violent clashes between police and protesters in the US city of Minneapolis following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. Police fired tear gas and protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti on police cars. Video of the death shows George Floyd, 46, groaning “I can’t breathe” as a policeman kneels on his neck. Four ...

Rolls-Royce has said it will cut 9,000 jobs and warned it will take “several years” for the airline industry to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The firm, which makes engines for planes, said the reduction of nearly a fifth of its workforce would mainly affect its civil aerospace division. “This is not a crisis of our making. But it is ...

President Donald Trump has argued it is “a badge of honour” that the US has the world’s highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections. “I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better,” he said at the White House. The US has 1.5 million coronavirus cases and nearly ...

The captain has only one year left on his contract in north London and former Gunners striker Jeremie Aliadiere says he must now be sold Jeremie Aliadiere says Arsenal have no option but to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer – even if it is for a cut-price fee. The Gabon international is about to enter the final year of his ...