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The Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has raised his bid for Manchester United by making a fourth and last-ditch offer for the club, which is understood to be closer to £5 billion. The businessman has made a late intervention after the lifelong United fan, and petrochemicals billionaire, Sir Jim Ratcliffe had submitted his third bid which valued United at a higher figure. As with all of Sheikh Jassim’s previous proposals, he is trying to buy 100 percent of the club, where the Glazer family are current majority shareholders. The Qatari has also pledged to clear United’s debt of £536 million and has promised a separate fund directed at the club and the community. Ratcliffe’s most recent bid allowed Joel and Avram Glazer, two of the six siblings whose father, Malcolm, bought the club in 2005, to retain a stake while aiming to complete a takeover in the next few years. The American merchant bank the Raine Group are overseeing the process for the Glazers. There have been three previous rounds of bids, without seeming to meet the Glazers’ valuation, though Ratcliffe had emerged as the favourite to complete a deal. Read More You’re asking the wrong person – Emma Hayes not interested in title permutations Ed Woodward accepts first job since Man Utd departure West Ham won’t consider any Declan Rice bids until season is over

Big 12 football fans are only going to have to wait a few months to see this puppy play out.The league may be going through a state of major transition, but what if I told you the Big 12 is actually operating from a vantage point of strength?Outside of the Big Ten and the SEC, the Big 12 loo...

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President Joe Biden is canceling his upcoming visits to Papua New Guinea and Australia due to the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations in Washington, an administration official told CNN.

NFL Rumors: Will the Raiders sign Marcus Peters?Marcus Peters is on the wrong side of 30 years old, and despite putting up big interception numbers and being named to the NFL's All-Pro team just a few seasons ago, he remains available this offseason.For the Las Vegas Raiders, this represe...

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The latest NBA rumors have Chris Paul drawing interest from the Lakers, James Harden from the Suns and everyone else from Dwight Howard in Taiwan.In the past few days, as the NBA world prepared for the opening of the conference finals, the NBA rumor mill caught fire. The Suns might trade Chris P...

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Breaking down PGA Championship DraftKings picks for the week at Augusta National with top plays, top fades and building a PGA DFS golf lineup.As we come to the 2023 PGA Championship, we know that the field at Oak Hill Country Club is obviously going to be loaded. However, as we make our PGA Cham...

Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge's wandering eyes have become the center of controversy. Did he cheat against the Blue Jays or not?On Monday night, New York Yankees star Aaron Judge shifted his eyes to his team's dugout before a Blue Jays pitch in the eighth inning, and he subsequently...

Zimbabwe’s government said it will take control of the production of carbon credits in the country, stipulating that

Inter Milan are on course to reach the Champions League final after taking a two-goal lead in their semi-final tie against local rivals AC Milan. A strong first-half performance saw Simone Inzaghi’s side secured their advantage thanks to goals from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. As both teams play their home matches at the San Siro tonight’s encounter is an almost carbon-copy of the first leg. The difference being that most of the crowd inside the San Siro will be Inter fans as they are the designated hosts this evening. Based on their performance in the first leg AC Milan have serious work to do. Though they improved in the second half Milan were short of threat in front of goal all evening and with them needing to cut a two-goal deficit they cannot afford to be as wasteful tonight. Stefano Pioli will be overjoyed by the return of Rafael Leao. The forward has been passed fit to play after recovering from injury and will be required to play a key role if his side are to reach the European showcase. Follow all the action as Inter and Milan clash in the Champions League semi-final: Read More Being confronted by fans and returning star driving AC Milan bid to reverse history Glorious Milan derby proves football does not need Super League Aymeric Laporte says treble-chasing Manchester City ‘deserve many things’