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ITALIAN agent Federico Pastorello has suggested Liverpool star Emre Can has already signed for Juventus. The Germany international came close to joining the Italian side last month and reports in Italy claimed he had reached an agreement in principle to move to the Serie A outfit. Can is out of contract at the end of the season and is yet ...

AJAX star Justin Kluivert has claimed Jose Mourinho did NOT approach him with a transfer offer in last season’s Europa League final clash with Manchester United. Justin Kluivert has been linked with a move to Manchester United ever since he was spotted chatting with Jose Mourinho at the Europa League final last year. The Red Devils boss is said to ...

More than 746,000 phishing emails pretending to be from the NHS were blocked in just one month in 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre says. A report on the first year of the GCHQ unit’s cyber-defence programme found that it removed 121,479 phishing sites hosted in the UK. This reduced the UK’s share of global phishing attacks from 5.3% to ...

The value of Bitcoin has fallen to below $6,000 – its lowest price since November 2017. The price fell to $5,947.40 (£4,256.44) on Tuesday, according to a price index run by news website Coindesk. Bitcoin reached its peak in November, when it hit $19,000, and then began to fall steadily from mid-December. The latest fall comes a day after several ...

A Poundland ad campaign that featured innuendo and depictions of sexual acts has been deemed “irresponsible” by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The pre-Christmas social media posts featured a “naughty” toy elf and were published on Twitter and Facebook. One image featured the elf holding a tea bag in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll. The ASA ruled that ...

The BBC is launching its first augmented reality app. It will enable people to explore historical artefacts from UK museums in virtual exhibitions. It is a companion to BBC Two’s Civilisations series, which will be broadcast in spring 2018. Users will be able to view and explore artefacts virtually – for example, looking at a mummy inside a sarcophagus. Other ...

Ex-Uber boss Travis Kalanick has taken the stand at a trial accusing his former firm of stealing driverless car technology from Google’s Waymo. The San Francisco trial pits two of the biggest players in self-drive technology against each other. Lawyers for Waymo pressed Mr Kalanick on allegations he orchestrated a theft of trade secrets from Waymo, via former Google employee ...

Man Utd star Alexis Sanchez has been handed a 16-month prison sentence over tax fraud by the Spanish authorities, although he won’t serve any time. As reported by the Metro, the Chilean international has admitted to the charges and repaid the money owed with interest to ensure that the sentence was reduced. In turn, given that he is a first-time ...

Luis Enrique has been offered a two-and-a-half year deal to replace Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager, according to reports in Spain. The former Barcelona boss has been out of work since leaving the Nou Camp last summer after a three-year stint in charge that saw him win two La Liga titles and a Champions League. Conte is attempting to save ...

Ronald Koeman has been appointed the new manager of the Netherlands national team. The ex-Everton and Southampton manager has signed a four-year contract lasting until the end of the 2022 World Cup and replaces Dick Advocaat at the helm. Koeman takes over a side who failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the second successive tournament they ...