La Liga champions FC Barcelona are 442 million euros (£369.5 million) in debt following a loss of more than 77 million euros (£64.4 million) last season a new audit has revealed. The recent audit performed by Deloitte for new president Sandro Rosell is a stark contrast to the 11 million euros in the black that [ Read More ]
Scottish Premier side Celtic have completed the £2.4 million ($3.7 million) signing of Scunthorpe United striker Gary Hooper. The 22-year-old Hooper had attracted the attention of several clubs after scoring 50 goals in the past two seasons for the Irons. But Celtic were always favourites to sign the striker who was playing non-league football with [ Read More ]
James Bond actor Daniel Craig has been lined up to star in an English-language remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” and two possible sequels based on the best-selling trilogy by author Stieg Larsson. The remake will be directed by David Fincher, while Scott Rudin will produce and Steve Zaillian has signed up to [ Read More ]
Two veteran Real Madrid players are in negotiations to find new clubs ahead of the forthcoming season. Both Raul and Guti, with 33-years combined service to Real’s first team and names synonymous with the club, have left the Bernabeu and are in search of a new challenge. Former Spain striker Raul had clocked up 18 [ Read More ]
Alex Jones has been announced as the BBC’s replacement host for The One Show following Christine Bleakley’s highly publicised departure to network rivals ITV. The 32-year-old saw off a host of bigger names such as Melanie Sykes, Gabby Logan and Kate Silverton to be awarded the £100,000 ($155,000) per year contract. Jones is an established [ Read More ]
Kansas City Wizards 2 Manchester United 1 Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 pre-season defeat against 10-man Kansas City Wizards in Missouri on Sunday. A bad-tempered match at the Arrowhead Stadium saw Jimmy Conrad of the Wizards sent off in the first half as the MLS outfit got stuck into a young United team. The [ Read More ]
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez escaped injury on Sunday after getting hit by a pitch but revealed he was disappointed not to have hit his milestone 600th home run in front his home supporters. The 34-year-old had one final shot to reach his target at Yankee Stadium crowd when it was his turn to [ Read More ]
The Chief Executive of BP, Tony Hayward, is due a pay and pension package worth a minimum of £11.8 million ($18.03 million) when he leaves his role at the company, it was reported over the weekend. In a report by The Sunday Times, Hayward intends to hand over 546,000 share options and a maximum of [ Read More ]
The new spy thriller starring Angelina Jolie, “Salt”, failed to replace Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Inception” at the top of the North American box office this weekend. Studio estimates claimed “Salt” earned $36.5 million while “Inception” experienced a stronger-than-expected hold in its second weekend and took $43.5 million during the three days beginning on Friday. Inustry experts [ Read More ]
Media magnate Richard Desmond has completed his purchase of UK broadcaster Five from European broadcasting group RTL Group for £104 million ($160 million). Desmond, the publisher of the Daily Express and OK! magazine was the favourite to buy the broadcaster, which owns one of the UK’s five network television channels and also has two digital [ Read More ]
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