Man City’s stock soars above Real Madrid as English clubs dominate Brand Finance ranking

Man City’s stock soars above Real Madrid as English clubs dominate Brand Finance ranking

Arsenal’s brand value had risen 16 per cent to £782 million following their strong challenge for the Premier League title. Chelsea’s had risen by two per cent to £742 million off the back of a disappointing campaign and lower half finish, making them only the sixth-highest English club. Spurs’ value rose five per cent to £774 million.

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Coups become common feature in Africa as Sudan takes lead in power grab between 1945 and 2021

Coups become common feature in Africa as Sudan takes lead in power grab between 1945 and 2021

Coups are not unique to African nations. They have happened in Asia, Europe and South America over the years. A look at coup attempts in Africa since 1950 shows a period of relative calm until about 1963, which could be described as the continent’s post-independence period. From 1960 through 1999, coup attempts averaged just over 40 per decade.

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Russia blows up dam and nuclear plant in Ukraine’s Kherson region, endangering 22,000 lives

Russia blows up dam and nuclear plant in Ukraine’s Kherson region, endangering 22,000 lives

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency later said on Telegram that Russian forces had blown up the dam “in a panic”, in what it said was “an obvious act of terrorism and a war crime, which will be evidence in an international tribunal”.

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Technology-fuelled racism in football is a haunting throwback to 1980s-style monkey chants and banana-throwing in stadiums

Technology-fuelled racism in football is a haunting throwback to 1980s-style monkey chants and banana-throwing in stadiums

A report last year from Fifa, the governing body of world soccer, showed that more than 50 per cent of players competing in two international tournaments in 2021 – the African Cup of Nations and the European Championship – received some form of discriminatory abuse in more than 400,000 posts on social media. More than a third were of a racist nature.

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US warns China’s growing military aggressiveness raises the risk of error in which ‘somebody gets hurt’

US warns China’s growing military aggressiveness raises the risk of error in which ‘somebody gets hurt’

Washington’s sharply worded warning followed the US Navy’s release on Sunday of a video of what it called an “unsafe interaction” in the Taiwan Strait in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a US destroyer in the sensitive waterway.

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