It’s official: Messi agrees two year deal to join PSG, expected to sign later today

It’s official: Messi agrees two year deal to join PSG, expected to sign later today

Lionel Messi has reached an agreement with Paris Saint Germain (PSG) over a transfer to the French soccer club, sports paper L’Equipe said on its website, adding he was due to arrive in Paris in the coming hours. Messi, the 34-year-old record goal scorer for both Argentina and Barcelona, is...

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Barcelona last minute attempt to keep Lionel Messi, despite imminent transfer to PSG

Barcelona last minute attempt to keep Lionel Messi, despite imminent transfer to PSG

Barcelona have made a last-ditch attempt to keep Lionel Messi at the club despite the Argentine being on the verge of joining Paris Saint-Germain, reports in Spain say. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner confirmed in an emotional press conference on Sunday he was leaving Camp Nou after 21 years, though...

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US universities lose billions in revenue, strain financially as foreign students stay away

US universities lose billions in revenue, strain financially as foreign students stay away

The Biden administration is hoping to attract tens of thousands of international students who stayed away from US campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign enrolment plummeted by 20 per cent last year costing nearly $10 billion in lost revenue. Though some students are starting to return, recovery might not be...

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How resistance to caste system drove over 60 upper-caste students in India to suicide

How resistance to caste system drove over 60 upper-caste students in India to suicide

In the late 1990s, when Raosaheb Kale became a professor at for Jawaharlal Nehru University, or JNU, he sat on a committee to select junior researchers at the Nuclear Science Centre, about a mile away from the university in New Delhi. Among the candidates was a Dalit researcher named Rajendra...

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Pundit: With Lukaku signed Chelsea look EPL favourites, Man City will struggle without Harry Kane

Pundit: With Lukaku signed Chelsea look EPL favourites, Man City will struggle without Harry Kane

Trevor Sinclair has urged Manchester City to sign Harry Kane as soon as possible as it could have huge consequences for the start of the new Premier League season. Pep Guardiola’s side won the title with ease last season and are many people’s favourites to win it again this term,...

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Sudan recalls ambassador to Ethiopia after mediation offer in Tigray conflict rejected

Sudan recalls ambassador to Ethiopia after mediation offer in Tigray conflict rejected

Sudan has recalled its ambassador to neighbouring Ethiopia, citing frustration by the stance of Addis Ababa whom it says have refused Khartoum’s offer to mediate in the ongoing conflict in Tigray. “Ethiopia will improve its position if it considered what Sudan could do…instead of completely rejecting all of its efforts,”...

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Rival South Sudanese factions clash, claim to have killed dozens of soldiers

Rival South Sudanese factions clash, claim to have killed dozens of soldiers

Forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar and a splinter group have clashed in South Sudan, but the two sides gave conflicting reports, with each claiming to have killed dozens of soldiers from the opposing. The latest clashes, threatening the country’s fragile peace process, occurred in Magenis in the Upper...

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