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Former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso is facing a possible five-year jail sentence over alleged tax fraud. The provincial prosecutor’s office of Madrid said in a statement on Wednesday that it is seeking a conviction against the 36-year-old ex-Spain international for alleged offences between 2010 and 2012. Alonso, who retired at the end of last season, is accused ...

MOHAMED SALAH has missed more big chances than anyone else in the Premier League. Liverpool hero Mohamed Salah has taken the Premier League by storm in 2017/18 with a stunning 28-goal haul in his return to English football so far. The Egyptian star has been a menacing presence in almost every game for the Reds this season, but the latest ...

Reading have sacked manager Jaap Stam with just eight games of the Championship season remaining. The club sit only three points away from the relegation zone following Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Norwich and have not won since January 30. The former Manchester United and Holland defender led the Royals to the Sky Bet Championship play-off final in his first season ...

MANCHESTER UNITED’s crisis is one of the big talking points during the international break. How can a manager such as Jose Mourinho be failing to get the best out of Alexis Sanchez, Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw? January was a positive time to be a Manchester United fan. Sure, at that point, the Premier League title was already well on ...

The majority of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Nigeria’s Ministry of Information says 76 of the 110 schoolgirls were brought back in the early hours of this morning following “back channel efforts”. The army then “paused” its operations in the area to ensure “lives were not ...

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are both reportedly lining up a potential swoop for RB Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. That is according to ESPN, who claim that the Hungary international has become an attractive option to the European heavyweights with the current goalkeeping situations at both clubs somewhat up in the air. Both clubs are anticipating transfer bids for their current ...

Allegations that research firm Cambridge Analytica misused the data of 50 million Facebook users have reopened the debate about how information on the social network is shared and with whom. Data is like oil to Facebook – it is what brings advertisers to the platform, who in turn make it money. And there is no question that Facebook has the ...

The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations that 50 million users’ private information was misused by a political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica (CA), hired by the Trump campaign in the 2016 US election, has been accused of taking the personal data unknown to users. CA head Alexander Nix has now been suspended by the ...

Washington – A 17-year-old student armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a female classmate at a Maryland high school on Tuesday, officials said, in an outburst of violence just days before a student-organised nationwide march for gun control. St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said the assailant, identified as Austin Rollins, died of a gunshot wound after a ...

Serena Williams’ comeback should not result in a change to the seeding rules after maternity leave, says Mandy Minella, who returned to tennis last month after having her first child. James Blake, the Miami Open tournament director, said female players are being “punished” after pregnancy. Williams, who is unseeded, faces Indian Wells winner Naomi Osaka in the opening round of ...