Money wars: Chelsea responds to Man City, Man United quid splash with $135 million for Lukaku
Chelsea have answered the mammoth transfer splashes of Man City and Man Utd by securing a €115 million ($135 million) deal to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge, per a trusted source. Blues fans may have been forgiven for feeling a sense of apprehension over recent weeks. Manchester United...
Why menopause crisis and sex discrimination have become serious labour warfronts in the UK
Growing numbers of women are taking their employers to court citing the menopause as proof of unfair dismissal and direct sex discrimination, researchers have said. According to the latest UK data, there were five employment tribunals referencing the claimant’s menopause in 2018, six in 2019 and 16 in 2020. There...
Arsenal door swings wide open as club fail with big offer for lethal striker
Torino’s Arsenal-linked striker Andrea Belotti has reportedly snubbed a big new contract offer as he seeks an exit, according to a report. The Gunners have already reshaped their squad ahead of what will be a crucial Premier League season. Ben White has bolstered their defence for £50million, while Albert Sambi...
Au revoir, Barcelona stars pay emotional tribute to Messi as move to PSG looks likely next week
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has reached out to Lionel Messi in an emotional message on social media, saying “nothing will ever be the same again” in the iconic forward’s absence. On Thursday evening, the Catalan giants confirmed in a bombshell statement that Messi, 34, had left the club after talks...
Report: G7 Financial Action Task Force idea promotes intolerance in weak democracies
Maja Stojanovic, director of Serbian non-profit Civic Initiatives, which was named in the letter, told Reuters she believes the government is using the data for smear campaigns to undermine NGOs’ work. A report on Financial Action Task Force (FATF), established by the G7 group of advanced economies to protect the...
Fate: Three brothers killed by different trains, on different days in one week
Two brothers were killed after being hit by a train as they mourned their other brother, who died in the same spot. Pablo Tiquiram Us, 29, and Jose Chilambalam Tiquiram Us, 20, died in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the light rail train struck them on Tuesday. In a sad irony,...
Rohingya refugees dread ‘government of the night’ run by rival criminal gangs
Before she fled Myanmar as a refugee, Rozina had worked for an NGO for seven years. Now, fear has gradually taken hold of her every evening, when the sun sets and the last aid worker jeep has rumbled out of the vast refugee camps. The refugees’ security, especially, is considered...
Rohingya crisis: Outspoken women are abused, intimidated for being educated
A climate of fear has spread across Bangladesh’s sprawling Rohingya camps as militant groups and criminal gangs compete for control, refugees and humanitarians warn. Community leaders and female Rohingya in particular are threatened and intimidated for being educated or outspoken about women’s rights, stretching conservative norms to a level of...
Kenya’s Jepchirchir destroys a strong field of women marathoners to bag gold in Tokyo
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympic women’s marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, claiming the country’s second consecutive gold medal in the event. The gold, the third for the East African nation on the penultimate day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, came as a relief to a country that has watched...
Arsenal interest in Inter Milan’s Martinez possible if the Gunners cough up $70m
Arsenal lodged an offer including two first-teamers-plus-cash for Inter Milan hitman Lautaro Martinez that prompted a counter-proposal, according to a report. Amid financial strife caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Inter have been seeking to balance the books this summer. Achraf Hakimi left for PSG to generate an initial €60 million...
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