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Man Utd transfer rumours: Mount alternative; Neymar & Mbappe update
Man Utd transfer rumours: Mount alternative; Neymar & Mbappe update
The latest Manchester United transfer rumours includes stories on Leon Goretzka, Neymar & Kylian Mbappe.
2023-06-25 00:15
Barbie production designers reveal hardest part about bringing Barbieland to life
Barbie production designers reveal hardest part about bringing Barbieland to life
The production designers who worked on Barbie have revealed the biggest challenges about bringing Barbieland to life - after nine whole months of conversations with director, Greta Gerwig, on how it should look. Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer were responsible for the incredible aesthetics of the dream houses. “What do you put in a house with no walls? And through these walls, you see the house next door", Spencer says. “There’s nowhere to hide. It has to look utterly gorgeous but relatable. And then there’s the scale of things… the lower the house, the shallower the rooms. You couldn’t put an awful lot in them.” Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter
2023-08-02 23:05
LaLiga requests greater powers to punish racism following Vinicius Jr incidents
LaLiga requests greater powers to punish racism following Vinicius Jr incidents
LaLiga will request greater jurisdiction to punish clubs whose fans are guilty of racist abuse after feeling “powerless” at the lack of current sanctions in the wake of the latest Vinicius Junior incident. The Spanish league is engulfed in a racism scandal after Real Madrid forward Vinicius was allegedly subjected to racist chants during Sunday’s game at Valencia and later claimed it was an example of “continuous episodes spread across several cities in Spain”. LaLiga, according to the country’s law, can currently only identify and report incidents, and punishment is rarely handed out. Now it wants legislation changing so that it has the power to impose punishment such as forcing games to be played behind closed doors or financial penalties. It said in a statement: “LaLiga will request more sanctioning powers, with the aim of being more agile and effective in the fight against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport, where LaLiga has been leading the identification and reporting of such behaviour in football stadiums for years, but feels powerless when observing how its reporting ends. “Despite its intense and continuous fight against violence and racism to the full extent of its powers (currently, according to Spanish legislation, limited to identifying and reporting the facts that occur), LaLiga feels tremendous frustration at the lack of sanctions and convictions by the sports disciplinary bodies, public administrations and jurisdictional bodies to which it reports. “Faced with this serious situation, in the coming days LaLiga will formally request the amendment of Law 19/2007 of July 11, against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport and Law 39/2022 of December 30, on sport. “The purpose of the proposal is to request that LaLiga may exercise disciplinary authority over incidents of this type which occur in matches of the professional competition, so that the disciplinary bodies of LaLiga may proceed to sanction them, among other things, with the total or partial closure of the sports venue, the prohibition of access to it in the case of members/fans and the imposition of financial penalties, without prejudice to the adoption of provisional or precautionary measures that may be appropriate, depending on the nature and seriousness of the incidents. “As we have been repeating in recent days, LaLiga has been leading the fight against violence, racism and intolerance on football pitches, both inside and outside the stadium, identifying such behaviour through its match directors, security officers and television cameras, and subsequently reporting it to the relevant bodies.” It comes on the day four people have been arrested in Spain under suspicion of hanging an effigy of Vinicius off a bridge in January. An inflatable doll dressed in a Vinicius shirt was hung from the railings with a banner that read ‘Madrid hates Real Madrid’ ahead of Real’s Copa del Rey game with city rivals Atletico at the start of the year. And Spanish police confirmed on Tuesday that four suspects had been apprehended. They tweeted: “Arrested in #Madrid 4 people who allegedly hung a mannequin with the #Vinicius shirt on a bridge near the Ciudad Deportiva del @realmadrid.” The arrests follow the latest racism scandal that has engulfed Spanish football, with Vinicius targeted by racist chants during Sunday’s LaLiga game with Valencia. The Brazil international threatened to leave the pitch in the second half after being subjected to alleged monkey chants at the Mestalla. Real Madrid said the abuse constituted a “hate crime” and filed a complaint with the Spanish State Attorney General’s Office. Valencia confirmed police had identified a fan who made racist gestures at Vinicius and that individual faces a lifetime stadium ban. Vinicius tweeted on Monday night: “Every round away from home is an unpleasant surprise. And there were many this season. Death wishes, hanged doll, many criminal screams… All registered. “But the speech always falls on ‘isolated cases’, ‘a fan’. No, these are not isolated cases. They are continuous episodes spread across several cities in Spain (and even in a television programme). “The evidence is there in the video. Now I ask: how many of these racists had names and photos exposed on websites? I answer to make it easier: zero. None to tell a sad story or make those fake public apologies. “What is missing to criminalise these people? And punish clubs sportingly? Why don’t sponsors charge LaLiga? Don’t televisions bother to broadcast this barbarity every weekend? “The problem is very serious and communications no longer work. Not blaming me to justify criminal acts either. You are not football, you are inhuman.”
2023-05-23 18:51
Hunter Biden's former business partner testifying behind closed doors for GOP-led committee
Hunter Biden's former business partner testifying behind closed doors for GOP-led committee
Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer is meeting behind closed doors Monday with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, the latest development in the Republican-led investigations into the president's son.
2023-07-31 23:47
Internet slams 'The Five' host Greg Gutfeld after he recalls cocaine investigation at White House
Internet slams 'The Five' host Greg Gutfeld after he recalls cocaine investigation at White House
Greg Gutfeld said, 'So they closed the case in just 11 days, the same amount of time it takes Joe to find his way offstage'
2023-11-16 15:07
'RHOBH' star Lisa Rinna calls out work environment on 'Days of Our Lives' set amid Albert Alarr misconduct allegations: 'Karma is a b***h'
'RHOBH' star Lisa Rinna calls out work environment on 'Days of Our Lives' set amid Albert Alarr misconduct allegations: 'Karma is a b***h'
As the results of director Albert Alarr's misbehavior inquiry are made public, Lisa Rinna complains that the working climate on the 'Days of Our Lives' set 'was disgusting'
2023-07-26 11:05
Valorant Arcade Skins Apparently Leaked
Valorant Arcade Skins Apparently Leaked
According to leaks, the highly popular Arcade Collection could finally be coming to Valorant for the first time since they briefly appeared in the Closed Beta.
1970-01-01 08:00
Ireland preparing for difficult debut in Women's World Cup opener against co-host Australia
Ireland preparing for difficult debut in Women's World Cup opener against co-host Australia
Overwhelming demand for tickets meant co-host Australia’s opening match at the Women’s World Cup had to be shifted to the tournament’s biggest stadium and will be played in front of an expected record crowd of 82,500
2023-07-18 18:42
EU Climate Chief Timmermans Resigns in Bid to Be Dutch Prime Minister
EU Climate Chief Timmermans Resigns in Bid to Be Dutch Prime Minister
European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans will step aside from his role as he leads the Dutch left
2023-08-23 00:05
Ha-Seong Kim's grand slam leads Padres over Marlins 6-2
Ha-Seong Kim's grand slam leads Padres over Marlins 6-2
Ha-Seong Kim hit a grand slam and a double, stole third and scored twice to lead the struggling Padres to a critical 6-2 win against the Miami Marlins in a battle between two NL wild card hopefuls
2023-08-22 12:34
New York construction crane catches fire, and its arm hits skyscraper as it crashes to street
New York construction crane catches fire, and its arm hits skyscraper as it crashes to street
A fire on a tall construction crane in Manhattan has caused its arm to hit a building as it crashed to the street below
2023-07-26 20:47
Macy's and Costco sound a warning about the economy
Macy's and Costco sound a warning about the economy
Macy's, Costco and other big chains say shoppers are pulling back at their stores and changing what they buy. That could be a red flag for the US economy.
2023-06-01 19:43