Mens transfer window January 2024 all deals from Europes top five leagues | Transfer windo
Posted on June 16, 2024
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Transfer windowMen’s transfer window January 2024 – all deals from Europe’s top five leaguesAll the latest Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A deals and a club-by-club guide
Women’s transfer interactive – all the January deals Last updated: NaN/NaN/NaN 12.NaN GMTDeals completed262Total value£279mArsenal's transfer balance is£0All transfersTransfers by clubShowSort on23 January 2024Michael ObafemiIRLForwardBurnley to MillwallStriker with 'proven quality' in second tier will wear No 21 while on loan after just two Premier League appearances this term
[Read More]Motherwell captain dies after collapsing on pitch | Soccer
Posted on June 16, 2024
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The ObserverSoccer This article is more than 16 years oldMotherwell captain dies after collapsing on pitchThis article is more than 16 years oldPoliticians, team-mates and senior figures in Scottish football paid tribute to the Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, who died yesterday after collapsing during his team's Scottish Premier League match against Dundee United.
O'Donnell, who was 35, was set to be replaced in the closing stages of the game by substitute Marc Fitzpatrick, but fell to the ground before the substitution could take place.
[Read More]PJ ORourke obituary | Media
Posted on June 16, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
PJ O’Rourke at his home in Sharon, New Hampshire, in 2009. Photograph: David Howells/Corbis/Getty ImagesPJ O’Rourke at his home in Sharon, New Hampshire, in 2009. Photograph: David Howells/Corbis/Getty ImagesMediaObituaryPJ O’Rourke obituaryConservative American humorist, political satirist and writer who took aim at his own generation – the baby boomersThe American humorist PJ O’Rourke, who has died aged 74 of lung cancer, was a writer of sharp wit that ranged from dry to lusciously over the top, but was always leavened by a measure of self deprecation that stopped it from being cruel or harsh.
[Read More]Poet Shane McCrae: They kidnapped me to get me away from Blackness | Books
Posted on June 16, 2024
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BooksInterviewPoet Shane McCrae: ‘They kidnapped me to get me away from Blackness’Emma BrockesAt the age of three, the author was taken from his father and raised by his racist maternal grandparents, who told him he was white. He reveals how writing gave him the confidence to confront the lies he grew up with
For many years, Shane McCrae would describe the experience of his childhood and adolescence while assiduously avoiding use of the word “kidnap”.
[Read More]Samantha de Bendern | The Guardian
Posted on June 16, 2024
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The Russian leader, having faltered, is likely to renew his assault on Ukraine and increase repression at home, says Samantha de Bendern, associate fellow at Chatham House
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Ariana Grande apologizes for doughnut video: 'I'm so disgusted with myself' | Music
Posted on June 15, 2024
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Ariana Grande’s doughnut apology video: ‘I’ve never been prouder of this country actually.’Music This article is more than 8 years oldAriana Grande apologizes for doughnut video: 'I'm so disgusted with myself'This article is more than 8 years oldThe pop singer issued a second apology for saying ‘I hate America’ in a viral video taken without her knowledge, saying the incident has been a ‘rude awakening’
Ariana Grande has issued a second apology for “the whole doughnut fiasco” – a video that went viral of her licking doughnuts and saying “I hate America.
[Read More]Arina Rodionova accuses Tennis Australia of disrespect after being overlooked for Open wildcar
Posted on June 15, 2024
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Australian Open 2024Arina Rodionova accuses Tennis Australia of ‘disrespect’ after being overlooked for Open wildcardAustralian top-ranked women’s player misses out to Daria SavilleRodionova claims governing body ‘just don’t like me simply’Arina Rodionova has criticised Tennis Australia, claiming a personal vendetta cost her a wildcard into her home grand slam despite being the nation’s top-ranked women’s player.
Rodionova suffered a straight-sets first-round loss in Australian Open qualifying on Tuesday, then accused the governing body of causing undue stress on players – not just her – by not being transparent and awarding the wildcards sooner.
[Read More]Bad fortune
Posted on June 15, 2024
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MusicIn the mid-80s Michael Jackson was the biggest star in the world, having made the most successful album of all time and amassed a fabulous fortune. This week he was cleared of child abuse charges - but with debts of $270m, his life is in ruins. What went wrong? Oliver Burkeman and David Teather unearth a tale of folly and outlandish excessOn the surface of things, 1998 was an unremarkable year for Michael Jackson - which is to say, of course, that almost any of the things that happened to him would have been interpreted as highly bizarre had they happened to anyone else.
[Read More]Better than finding gold: towers remains may rewrite history of English civil war
Posted on June 15, 2024
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English civil warArchaeologists say finding medieval gatehouse at Coleshill was ‘real shock’ and ‘highlight of our careers’
When archaeologists working on the route of HS2 began excavating a stretch of pasture in Warwickshire, they were not expecting to uncover what one of them calls “the highlight of our careers”. Their excavations revealed the monumental stone bases of two towers from a late medieval fortified gatehouse, the existence of which had been completely lost to history.
[Read More]Great white shark thwarts marathon swimmer's Golden Gate bridge quest | California
Posted on June 15, 2024
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California This article is more than 8 years oldGreat white shark thwarts marathon swimmer's Golden Gate bridge questThis article is more than 8 years oldMan was trying to swim about 28 miles from bridge to Farallon islands
Shark spotted when he was just three miles from accomplishing featA great white shark thwarted a northern California man’s quest to become the first person to swim from the Golden Gate bridge to the Farallon islands.
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