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President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes’ Village four days before the Games begin. “We are ready and we will be ready throughout the Games,” Macron said. “We have been working on these Games for years now …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian doctor and artist, Fola David, on his recent accomplishment of setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest painting by an individual. The course of his six-day attempt at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, David broke the previous record of 629.98 square metres, …

The Football Association have identified a “number of candidates” to replace Gareth Southgate as they search for an England manager capable of “winning a major tournament”.   Southgate resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. The end of Southgate’s eight-year reign has forced the FA …

Everton’s potential sale to the Friedkin Group will not go ahead after the Premier League club failed to reach an agreement with the American investors. Led by US billionaire Dan Friedkin, the group entered a period of exclusivity to negotiate a possible purchase on June 21. However, the Goodison Park …

A CrowdStrike update is breaking computers running Windows, causing them to crash and display the blue screen of death. Across industries, companies around the world haven’t been able to reboot, according to reports. Firms affected by the outage include Sky News, which has been unable to broadcast. Concerned users have taken …

A United States reporter who works for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for “espionage,” a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as a sham. Russia has a policy of not exchanging prisoners …

Álvaro Morata has signed his contract as new AC Milan player on a four year deal until June 2028 plus option for further season. According to a statement obtained from Fabrizio Romano’s X account, on Friday, “AC Milan have triggered the €13m release clause from Atlético. Deal completed”. Milan is …

Roman epics nudge two sliders up and down on their dramatic mixing desk: the one that controls political machinations, and the one that dispenses violence and debauchery. Go too far towards I, Claudius and the audience gets bored; veer the other way and a different demographic will flush crimson and …

Manchester City have completed the signing of Savinho from Troyes after his spectacular break-out loan season at Girona. City have signed the Brazilian on a five-year deal until the summer of 2029 as they look to trudge on towards their fifth-straight Premier League title. The defending champions will part with …

Barcelona’s pursuit of Nico Williams will push Raphinha out, and while Arsenal and Newcastle have been spoken to regarding the winger, it’s Aston Villa who are best placed to win the race, according to reports. Barcelona are pushing ahead with their plans to sign Nico Williams fresh off the back of …