Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Man United team must ‘get going’, too open in EPL title race

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Man United team must ‘get going’, too open in EPL title race

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his Manchester United team to improve otherwise they risk being left behind in the Premier League title race. United have won just one of their last four Premier League matches, a run which has included disappointing defeats against Leicester and Aston Villa. The Red Devils...

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Newcastle big bucks problem settled after board agrees to appoint Paulo Fonseca club manager

Newcastle big bucks problem settled after board agrees to appoint Paulo Fonseca club manager

Paulo Fonseca is inching closer towards taking the Newcastle manager’s job following a disagreement at board level, according to a report. The Magpies have continued to search for a new head coach while installing Graeme Jones as caretaker boss. The 51-year-old has revealed that he will manage the team for...

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Studies confirm mix-and-match Covid vaccines generate more potent body immunity responses

Studies confirm mix-and-match Covid vaccines generate more potent body immunity responses

Combining two different Covid-19 vaccines provides protection on par with that of mRNA vaccines – including protection against the Delta variant. Study after study has shown that people who receive two different Covid-19 vaccines generate potent immune responses, with side effects no worse than those caused by standard regimens. But...

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Man United’s Ronaldo courts resentment in dressing room after he raps teammates’ ‘unacceptable’ attitude

Man United’s Ronaldo courts resentment in dressing room after he raps teammates’ ‘unacceptable’ attitude

Cristiano Ronaldo turned on his Manchester United teammates during a furious half-time rant against Atalanta in midweek. Ole Gunnar Stolkjaerres side were staring down the barrel of an ignominious group stage exit at the break, with the unfashionable Serie A side leading 2-0 and carving their opponents open, almost at...

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Scintillating Mason Mount earns praise in Chelsea’s 7-0 win over EPL base team Norwich

Scintillating Mason Mount earns praise in Chelsea’s 7-0 win over EPL base team Norwich

Former Chelsea stars Joe Cole and Chris Sutton hit out at Mason Mount’s doubters after the midfielder scored a hat-trick in the side’s thumping 7-0 victory over ten-man Norwich. Top faced bottom in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off and the gulf in quality was enormous, with Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Reece James and...

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Refugees: How Ukrainian war has destroyed our plans, our future; living a quiet life on pension is pointless

Refugees: How Ukrainian war has destroyed our plans, our future; living a quiet life on pension is pointless

For children Ukraine know just one thing: war. Not a day goes without the rumbling of bombs, gunfire and the inevitable outcome: bloodshed and death. Love and peace are remote to the point of sounding unreal. Earlier this year, Veronika and half a dozen other children spoke to photojournalist Jakub...

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Children in Ukraine’s conflict regions live with wounds and need support to address emotional trauma’

Children in Ukraine’s conflict regions live with wounds and need support to address emotional trauma’

On the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, nearly half a million children are living childhoods defined by war. “I see that war made people here negative, abusive, and violent,” says 12-year-old Veronika. “That used to be just an adult thing, but children are now like that too here.”...

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Facebook brand crisis: New name might give the company a facelift, but that doesn’t book a rebrand

Facebook brand crisis: New name might give the company a facelift, but that doesn’t book a rebrand

When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, in 2004, it was a mere directory of students at Harvard: The Face Book. Two decades, 90 acquisitions and billions of dollars later, Facebook has become a household name. Now it wants a new one. Zuckerberg is expected to announce a new name for the...

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Flooding of ‘worst thing in my lifetime’ scale ravage war-beat, food-stressed South Sudan

Flooding of ‘worst thing in my lifetime’ scale ravage war-beat, food-stressed South Sudan

The worst flooding that parts of South Sudan have seen in 60 years now surrounds his home of mud and grass. His field of sorghum, which fed his family, is under water. Surrounding mud dykes have collapsed. Other people have fled. Only Yel Aguer Deng’s family and a few neighbours...

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How ivory trading to finance civil wars led to evolution of tuskless herds of elephants in Africa

How ivory trading to finance civil wars led to evolution of tuskless herds of elephants in Africa

African elephants have evolved towards tusklessness in an area where they were intensively hunted for ivory, finds a study of elephants’ traits and genetics in Mozambique. The results, published on October 21, in Science, could have implications for the recovery of elephant populations in the country. Ivory trading was used...

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