LIONEL MESSI SAYS FINAL WILL BE LAST WORLD CUP GAME FOR ARGENTINA
Argentina captain Lionel Messi says Sunday’s final will be the last World Cup game of his career. The 35-year-old forward scored his fifth goal of Qatar 2022 and helped set…
META SUED FOR $2BN OVER ETHIOPIA VIOLENCE
Facebook’s algorithm helped fuel the viral spread of hate and violence during Ethiopia’s civil war, a legal case alleges. Abrham Meareg, the son of an Ethiopian academic shot dead after…
UMAR PATEK: ANGER & FEAR IN AUSTRALIA AS BALI FREED
After the deadly bombings on two Bali nightclubs in 2002, some survivors say they got a “life sentence”. “My life changed forever,” Australian man Andrew Csabi told the BBC. On…
CRISTIANO RONALDO SAYS GLAZERS DON’T CARE ABOUT MANCHESTER UNITED
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo says the club’s owners, the Glazer family, “don’t care about the club” on the sporting side. Ronaldo made headlines after telling Talk TV he felt…
UKRAINE WAR: US & RUSSIAN SPY CHIEFS MEET FACE-TO-FACE IN TURKEY
US and Russian spy chiefs have met face-to-face to discuss Moscow’s nuclear threat in Ukraine and American prisoners held “unjustly” by Russia. The discussions between CIA Director William Burns and…
MAN UNITED BEAT VILLA TO REACH EFL CUP FOURTH ROUND
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has warned Alejandro Garnacho he needs to make sure his attitude and lifestyle are right if he wants to make a sustained impact at…
TRUMP TEARS INTO RISING REPUBLICAN RIVAL DESANTIS
Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as the simmering rivalry between the two top Republicans boiled over. Mr Trump belittled his former political apprentice…
ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL’ KELLEHER SAVES LIVERPOOL
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised the “absolutely exceptional” Caoimhin Kelleher after last season’s Carabao Cup hero set a club record as he saved three spot-kicks to spare the holders’ blushes…
UKRAINE WAR: US ESTIMATES 200, 000 MILITARY CASULATIES ON ALL SIDES
The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the…
AWARDING QATAR THE TOURNAMENT WAS A MISTAKE, SAYS FORMER FIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “mistake”. Blatter, 86, was president of world football’s governing body when Qatar…