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United face Davide FrattesiManchester United have sent scouts to watch Sassuolo midfielder Davide Frattesi. The club will face competition if they want to sign the 23-year-old, though. The player is attracting attention from Tottenham, Brighton and West Ham, and there are clubs from Italy interested as well, according to The Sun. Inter Milan and Roma are both looking at the Serie A player.La LigaLlorente and Morata score as Atletico seal victory at Sevilla01/10/2022 AT 16:08Paper Round’s view: Under Erik ten Hag, United have done well so far to get some obvious improvement but there is plenty of work to do…

Exclusive: The British men may be eligible for a payout from Ukrainian authorities after spending months in detention being tasered and beaten by Vladimir Putin’s soldiersFive Brits who were captured and tortured by Russian forces could be in line for financial compensation from Ukraine authorities. The men, who were released and returned to the UK two weeks ago after months in detention, have been told they may be eligible for a payout from the Kyiv government. One said they could be entitled to around £2,400 each after they told of being tasered and beaten by Putin’s henchmen. Dylan Healy, 22,…

Liz Truss is said to have drawn up plans to send cash directly to parents to spend as they see fit, instead of paying nurseries, with Labour criticising the scheme as “half-baked”Free nursery hours could be axed as part of a “half-baked” childcare plan reportedly under consideration in No10. The PM is said to be hoping to send money directly to parents to spend as they see fit, instead of paying nurseries for free hours. As it stands, childcare funding is sent straight to approved providers, such as nurseries or childminders. However, the Prime Minister and her Education Secretary, Kit…

Georgia football legend Vince Dooley, 90, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia, his daughter Deanna told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The AJC reported the expectation is that the legendary football coach’s hospital stay will most likely be short. His daughter added Dooley, who coached the Bulldogs from 1964-88, is also dealing with a minor case of COVID-19. “He’s better off having the meds through an IV at the hospital,” Deanna said to AJC. “He sure hates missing the game, but he has a great setup to watch all the games all day.” Vince Dooley, a legendary former Georgia Bulldogs football coach,…

Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. At least two people were killed.Marchers chanted anti-government slogans and twirled headscarves in repudiation of coercive religious dress codes. In some areas, merchants shuttered shops in response to a call by activists for a commercial strike or to protect their wares from damage.The protests erupted Sept. 17, after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police. Amini had been detained for an alleged violation…

CNN  —  Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US in his apartment in Kabul in late July, two officials familiar with the talks said. The administration sent the CIA’s deputy director and the top State Department official responsible for Afghanistan to the Qatari capital of Doha for the talks with the Taliban delegation which included their head of intelligence, Abdul Haq Wasiq. This is a breaking story and will be updated. Source: CNN

Tottenham dedicated their 1-0 victory over Brighton to the memory of their fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone, who died during the week from leukaemia. As the news broke on Thursday morning, reports were filled with mentions of Ventrone’s impact on the Tottenham squad, and the high place he held in their affections. And there were emotional scenes before and after tonight’s match. Tottenham coach Antonio Conte, who had known Ventrone since his playing days at Juventus, was especially hard hit by his assistant’s passing.Premier LeagueTottenham fitness coach Ventrone dies from leukaemia06/10/2022 AT 09:57Before the match, Conte was asked about the…

A man allegedly on magic mushrooms was arrested after assaulting crew members during a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington D.C. on Tuesday, according to an affidavit filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.Approximately one hour into the flight, Cherruy Loghan Sevilla allegedly started “wandering around the plane, running up and down the aisle, clapping loudly near the cockpit, and yelling obscenities,” according to the affidavit.At one point during his outburst, Sevilla allegedly “broke a small plastic piece off the bathroom door” and opened it while another passenger was inside.Sevilla allegedly also got in other passengers’ faces and stared…

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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) ended his 21-year career as a professional bike racer with a 6th place finish at Il Lombardia, the final Monument of the 2022 season.Interviewed immediately afterwards, the Spaniard said his main feeling was one of “sadness to leave the peloton but I enjoyed it.”Whether “it” was the race itself, or his career was unclear, but in no doubt was that the 42 year-old has gone out on a high.Cycling’We can go higher again’ – Ganna after smashing Hour Record19 MINUTES AGO”I’m happy with the level I have,” he said. “I’m really happy.” ‘That is unbelievable!’ – Valverde’s…