December 2024
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Newcastle join race for AC Milan player Fikayo Tomori Man City not selling ‘frustrated James McAtee’
Newcastle are among the clubs showing interest in AC Milan‘s Fikayo Tomori with eyes on bringing the defender to the club in January, according to Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy. The former Chelsea defender has found himself surplus to requirements at the San Siro with Milan boss Paulo Fonseca favouring other options at the back. The report suggests that Newcastle…
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Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy may be advising President-elect Donald Trump on cutting federal spending but they also have some advice for him about the U.S. workforce, urging his next administration to bring in more foreign tech workers. Musk and Ramaswamy’s views have sparked an online spat between factions of Trump’s supporters over immigration and the…
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Manchester United target Nuno Mendes’ future is “one to watch in the next weeks”, according to Sky in Germany. Reporter Florian Plettenberg reported earlier in December that PSG want to extend his deal beyond 2026, but that the 22-year-old left-back is considering his options amid interest from around Europe. And he now says that United’s interest…
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Wolves boss Vitor Pereira hopes that Matheus Cunha will stay with the club – but admits the forward could get “opportunities” to move away from Molineux in the future. Cunha got a goal and an assist against Manchester United in Wolves’ 2-0 win over Ruben Amorim’s side on Boxing Day – to make it 14 goal involvements in 18 matches…
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Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Ruben Amorim to turn around Manchester United’s fortunes by insisting the “storm will finish” at Old Trafford under his fellow Portuguese. Amorim has had a tough start to life at United, losing five of his first 10 games in charge since succeeding Erik ten Hag last month. The 39-year-old even suggested…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko is considering whether to retire from the sport, and has set himself a deadline to make that decision. Lomachenko, a brilliant two-weight Olympic gold medallist and three-weight professional world champion, has given himself until after January 1 2025 to come to a conclusion on whether to fight on. The Ukrainian has not boxed…
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Twenty years ago, Sir Chris – or just Chris Hoy as he was then – won the first of his six gold medals at the Athens Olympics. Over his glittering cycling career he won pretty much everything and did it in a way which made him a household name. Not just the power he showcased…
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Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he said was Washington’s “extremely hostile” stance. The resumption of testing by the world’s two biggest nuclear powers would usher in a new and precarious era nearly 80…
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China’s external financial assets stood at 10.21 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of September, official data showed on Friday. The figure, surpassing the 10-trillion-dollar mark for the first time, represented a 4.3 percent growth from that at the end of June, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). The external financial liabilities…
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Conservatives are not the only ones down on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., according to a new poll. Just 38% of likely voters say they have a favorable impression of Johnson, according to newly released Rasmussen Reports survey results. That’s down from 44% in April. Only 14% say they have a very favorable opinion of the…
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Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his brother Nick, who died on Boxing Day aged 60 after suffering from cancer. The prime minister described his brother as a “wonderful man”, saying in a statement: “He met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour. We will miss him very much.…
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Looking at the festive ding-dong that’s broken out between Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, you do wonder if the Tory leader should take on board this famous quote – because there was only ever going to be one winner from this spat. The Reform UK leader has spent the thick end of three decades dragging his political opponents into fights…
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An Oxford University spinout which is developing a new generation of weed-resistant herbicides has begun planting a $40m (£32m) fundraising with prospective backers. MEZIESBLOG understands that Moa Technology, which was co-founded by the world-leading university’s head of plant sciences Professor Liam Dolan, is kicking off a Series C funding round. Moa has already raised $59m…
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In case you missed it, Joe Biden has asked his defence team to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine. After condemning Russia’s Christmas Day attack, Biden said he has already responded by reaffirming Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s defence. “The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to…
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Canada’s foreign ministry has called on Russia to allow for an “open and transparent” investigation into how Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 crashed yesterday. Four sources told Reuters news agency today that Russian air defences had shot the plane, which eventually crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. The plane had diverted from an area of southern…
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