Angel Di Maria claimed that ex-Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is the “worst” manager he’s played for but put Diego Maradona in his top three. The Dutch manager was at the helm of the Red Devils when Di Maria was signed from Real Madrid for close to £60 million ($79m) in 2014 – the highest transfer fee ever paid by a British club at the time. However, he struggled to adapt to Van Gaal’s methods and only lasted one season in Manchester before heading to Paris Saint-Germain. WHAT DI MARIA SAID In an interview with ESPN Argentina, Di Maria said:…
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Jadon Sancho has been accused of joining Chelsea “for the money” as the Manchester United loanee walks into a club with “two dressing rooms”. Sancho has shifted base from Manchester to London following a deadline day loan deal to Chelsea which includes an obligation to purchase the Englishman next summer, with the fee ranging between £20 million (€23m/$26m) and £25 million (€29m/$32m), depending on where the Blues finish in the Premier League. After a nightmare spell at Old Trafford, Sancho was eager to revive his career and hence joined Chelsea after reportedly accepting a significant reduction in his salary. However, not everyone is…
Nominees for the Golden Ball will be announced on Wednesday – so which of the game’s biggest stars are true contenders, and who are merely pretenders? After a season headlined by him finally getting his hands on the World Cup, Lionel Messi took home his eighth Ballon d’Or after picking up the 2023 prize in Paris back in October. The footballing world has long since moved on, though, and now debate is raging as we gradually move towards knowing the identity of the 2024 winner. It was an intense race. Along with the usual domestic ups and downs, 2023-24 was a…
After an eventful summer, the US 2024 fall campaign kicked off this week with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris addressing Labor Day rallies on Monday in two swing states. Her Republican rival, Donald Trump, did not have any scheduled public events. But it’s still a close race as the candidates brace for the last two months of campaigning before the November 5 election. Labor Day in the USA is celebrated on the first Monday of September, marking the end of summer and the start of the hard-working fall season. In presidential election years, it heralds the final lap to the November vote,…
This year has been a special one for astronomical events, with the April 8 total solar eclipse giving millions of Americans a once-in-a-lifetime view of a rare space phenomenon. Another total eclipse like April’s won’t be viewable from the contiguous U.S. for two decades, according to NASA, which pinned the date as Aug. 23, 2044. Even then, that total eclipse won’t have the same broad reach across the U.S. as the 2024 eclipse. That said, there are plenty of other space events on the docket in coming years, including a few more set to occur before this year is over. One such event, an annular…
Now more than ever, it’s important that Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris make this a central issue of the presidential campaign – and remind people what the GOP’s agenda has been. For the past two years, reproductive rights have been an issue driving voters to the polls. According to KFF, formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation, “Up to 10 states may have abortion measures on their ballot seeking to either affirm that the state constitution protects the right to abortion or that nothing in the constitution confers such a right.” The Democrats made abortion a key issue at the Democratic…
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. The seizure of the aircraft came amid continuing pressure on Maduro at home and abroad over a contested July 28 election that he claimed to have won, while the opposition said its vote tallies showed its candidate to have soundly defeated him. The Venezuelan government, which confirmed Maduro had used the plane, said in an afternoon statement the seizure was…
A Russian court on Tuesday ruled that French researcher Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June and accused of failing to register as a “foreign agent”, be held in jail until late February. Vinatier, who had been in pre-trial detention since his arrest, works with a Swiss-based NGO and is a researcher on Russia and other post-Soviet countries. The court’s ruling comes amid high tensions between Russia and France, where authorities have charged Russian-born Telegram founder Pavel Durov on several counts of failing to curb extremist and illegal content on the messaging app. https://youtu.be/8SaPWy9KS6c A Moscow court on…
After Hamas’s execution of six hostages in Gaza sparked massive strikes and protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout Israel over the weekend, US President Joe Biden, one of Netanyahu’s staunchest allies, on Monday called for more “urgency” from Netanyahu to reach a hostage deal. This prompted the prime minister to push back on the comments and Hamas to frame them as validation of Israel’s refusal to cooperate on a ceasefire deal. President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the US was close to presenting a final…
Social media has helped spread the word about a treatment that involves getting Botox in the neck. It’s for a condition that’s gaining awareness but still often dismissed: the inability to burp. In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens. She releases a succinct, croak-like belch. Then, it’s wide-eyed surprise, followed by rollicking laughter. “I got it!” the Denver resident says after what was her second burp ever. “It’s really rocking my mind that I am fully introducing a new bodily function at 26 years old,”…
It’s a different race. In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll, Democratic prospects have brightened and Republican confidence has been shaken in a presidential campaign that has unexpectedly pitted Vice President Kamala Harris against former president Donald Trump. With President Joe Biden sidelined − to the dismay of Republicans, not Democrats − Harris in the space of six weeks has eclipsed the enthusiasm gap with the GOP and narrowed Trump’s advantage on handling the economy and immigration, the survey finds. She now leads Trump 48%-43%, an edge within the poll’s margin of error. At least one televised debate is ahead, and about 1 in 10 voters say…