Sir Jim Ratcliffe talking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan in May 2022British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his petrochemicals firm Ineos have confirmed their bid for “majority ownership” of Manchester United.The Glazer family are considering selling the club and a ‘soft deadline’ of Friday had been set for proposals. Ineos said it wants to make the club a “beacon for a modern, progressive, fan-centred approach to ownership”.In a statement confirming its bid for the 20-time English champions, the company added: “We would see our role as the long-term custodians of Manchester United on behalf of the fans and the…
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Vancouver Canucks general manager Partik Allvin announced Saturday that defenceman Travis Dermott has been placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Dermott last played on Jan. 25 against the Seattle Kraken. He was a minus-one in 14:38 of ice time. Dermott was sidelined earlier in the year with a concussion before returning to the lineup on Dec. 29. In 11 games for the Canucks this season, Dermott has scored one goal while averaging 13:45 minutes of ice time. Last season, the Canucks acquired Dermott from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played in…
Kahranmanmaras, Turkey – Emine, a woman in her 20s, lies in a hospital bed in Kahranmanmaras, a city devastated by last week’s earthquakes, as medics perform an ultrasound. The sound of her baby’s heartbeat fills the room as Emine’s eyes fill with tears. Dr Erdogan Nohuz, a Turkish-French obstetrician who flew to southern Turkey from Lyon to help with the medical response, hears from the nurse that the patient is in pre-labour. Emine, her face contorted in pain and anguish, says she isin her 40th week of pregnancy. “My brother’s wife was pregnant. We were in the same week in…
Atsu played 121 games for Newcastle in two spells and left the club in 2021Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed.The Ghana international, 31, had spells with Premier League sides Everton, Chelsea and Newcastle.Atsu had been missing since the 6 February quake that caused the collapse of his apartment in Antakya, Hatay.”There are no words to describe our sadness,” tweeted his Turkish top-flight club Hatayspor.”We will not forget you, Atsu. Peace be upon you, beautiful person.”In the aftermath of the quake, Hatayspor initially…
The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Arber Xhekaj on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, the team announced Saturday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The 22-year-old suffered the injury on Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers when he fought Oilers defenceman Vincent Desharnais in the second period. He did not return to the game. Xhekaj will have a meeting with a specialist in the next few days after which an update on his status will be shared. He has five goals and eight assists in 51 games for the Canadiens this season. In a corresponding move, the Canadiens recalled…
England maintained their 100 per cent start to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and moved a big step closer to a semi-final spot with an impressive 11-run victory over India in South Africa. Renuka Thakur (5-15) ripped through England’s top order to leave them 29-3, having been put into bat after losing the toss, before a half-century from Nat Sciver-Brunt helped lead the fightback. Sciver-Brunt put on a 51-run stand with captain Heather Knight (28) and a quickfire 40 from Amy Jones saw England reach 151-7, while Smriti Mandhana started positively on her way to 52 from 41 balls.Tight…
In the early hours of November 29, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided yet again the village of Kafr Ein in the occupied West Bank, just a few kilometres from where we live, in Beit Rima village. They started shooting tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition at the local people. My brothers Thafer and Jawad joined other youth in defending the community, throwing stones at the soldiers. This cost them their lives. The Israeli soldiers first shot my little brother, Thafer. Then, when Jawad ran to help him, Israeli soldiers hit him with an explosive bullet, too. At 5am, my…
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was warmly welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, but the same issues that have hampered their relationship for years – mainly economic ties – pose a challenge to the deals signed by the two. Raisi wrapped up a three-day trip to China on Wednesday, which marked the first state visit by an Iranian president to the Asian economic giant in two decades. The symbolism of the visit began even before Raisi departed Tehran. In a speech before leaving, he stood in front of a large map of Iran, with “Persian…
A main focus of the two-day African Union (AU) meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.African leaders are meeting in Addis Ababa for an annual summit aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent’s most pressing challenges, which include armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly violence in the Sahel region and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the two-day African Union (AU) meeting in Ethiopia will look to address these…
Marcos Jr earlier summoned Beijing’s envoy to express ‘serious concern’ over China’s harassment of a Philippine ship.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said that his country “will not lose an inch” of territory, remarks that come on the heels of tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea this week that saw China’s ambassador in Manila summoned to the president’s office. “The country has seen heightened geopolitical tensions that do not conform to our ideals of peace and threaten the security and stability of the country, of the region and of the world,” Marcos Jr said in a speech on…