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Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah, has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa. The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year won thirteen out of fifteen counties. His 73-year-old opponent and current vice president, Joseph Boakai got only two counties. Weah becomes the 25th President of Liberia. The ex-Liberian international played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea ...

An electricity bill for more than $284bn (£212bn) left a woman in the US state of Pennsylvania stunned… until she found out the amount was wrong. Mary Horomanski from Erie said the latest bill showed that she had to pay the entire amount by November 2018. “My eyes just about popped out of my head,” she told the Erie Times-News. ...

JOSE MOURINHO is right to bemoan Manchester United’s spending, because he lacks world-class talent at Old Trafford. That’s according to former Republic of Ireland star Tony Cascarino, who claims Mourinho’s squad is filled with “very good” players. Mourinho said yesterday after United’s 2-2 draw with Burnley the £300million he has spent during his time with the Red Devils is “not ...

JOSE MOURINHO says spending £300million is “not enough” for Manchester United to beat Manchester City to the league title. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.express_logo_christmas Manchester United drew 2-2 against Burnley today to further dent their title hopes. Both United and City spent big money in the transfer window last summer. City can move 15 points clear of ...

A Francophone journalist has said the grace to grass fall by former Ivorian star Emmanuel Eboue actually began with a pastor’s counsel. According to Aliou Goloko who worked closely with the former Arsenal star, the pastor, whose name he did not mention, managed to alienate Eboue from his family during this period of great success. “It started with a pastor ...

Kylian Mbappe says Cristiano Ronaldo was his childhood hero, but that is no longer the case. Mbappe was given the chance to team up with Ronaldo at Real Madrid this season but rejected them to join his boyhood club Paris Saint-Germain in a deal that will cost €180 million when made permanent at the end of the season. The 19-year-old’s ...

Serena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth. The American, 36, will play world number seven Jelena Ostapenko in an exhibition match on 30 December during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Williams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams, said she was “delighted to be returning to the court”. ...

Joseph Boakai’s tenure as Liberia’s vice-president will be remembered as a period of uninterrupted peace – no small feat in a country torn apart by years of civil war. Unfortunately for Mr Boakai, he will also be remembered for an apparent tendency to fall asleep during official functions, leading some to call him “Sleepy Joe”. He, of course, vigorously denies ...

George Weah has lived a life in three acts – one which he hopes will end with him as Liberia’s president. It has seen him move from a childhood in the slums of the capital Monrovia, to Europe’s most famous football pitches and now Liberia’s halls of power. So how did the man known as “King George” to his supporters ...

Juba – South Sudan’s government and main rebel group on Sunday accused each other of breaking a ceasefire that went into effect shortly after midnight. The ceasefire is the latest bid to end a devastating four-year war which broke out after a falling out between former vice president Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir in 2013. In a statement on ...