Roberto Mancini, the Manchester City manager, looks set to miss out on midfield target Daniele De Rossi for the third consecutive transfer window. Read the full story here.
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Lyon goakleeper Hugo Lloris expects to move to Tottenham once the English Premier League club has sold Luka Modric to Real Madrid, according to his father.
The Croatian playmaker has been heavily tipped to move to Spain this summer, with Andre Villas-Boas looking to capitalise on the boost to his transfer budget - starting wth a move for the French goalkeeper.
The player's father and agent Luc admits the deal is still in the offing, telling The Sun newspaper: "I'm sure that Hugo's move will be acceleerated if Modric joins Real."
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Lucas Moura could become a Manchester United player within the next 48 hours, according to reports in the UK.
The Brazilian teenager, in the UK as part of the Olympic football squad, is thought to be travelling to Manchester today for a medical ahead of a £30m (Dh171m), pve from Sao Paulo.
Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, stayed behind in the UK yesterday as the rest of the team flew out for a pre-season fixture against Valerenga, with expectation he will complete the deal to sign the midfielder - who started yesterday's game on the bench for Brazil.
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Al Dhafra have signed Senegal forward Papa Pate Diouf from Copenhagen. Read the full story here.
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Arsenal are set to complete the £16m move for Santi Cazorla this week - with the Spanish midfielder set to be included in the squad travelling to Germany for a friendly next Sunday.
The Euro 2012 player is thought to be in London to finalise his transfer from crisis-struck Malaga.
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Legendary Bulgarian player Hristo Stoichkov is to return to the club where he first made his name as president.
The country's most successful footballer of all time, who guided Bulgaria to the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup, will be named CSKA Sofia's president if a planned takeover goes through, according to reports.
Stoichkov was named as coach of rival side Litex Lovech in January, but prospective new owner and MP Emil Dimitrov said the 46-year-old would take over running CSKA once the deal was completed.
CSKA - 31-times Bulgarian champions - have been hit with financial problems in recent years. They were hit with a transfer ban and forced to sack six players following their Europa League qualifier exit.
ROUTE TO TITLE
Round 1: Beat Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 6-2
Round 2: Beat Naomi Osaka 7-6, 1-6, 7-5
Round 3: Beat Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2
Round 4: Beat Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0
Quarter-final: Beat Marketa Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2
Semi-final: Beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4
Final: Beat Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-2
The Freedom Artist
By Ben Okri (Head of Zeus)
Green ambitions
- Trees: 1,500 to be planted, replacing 300 felled ones, with veteran oaks protected
- Lake: Brown's centrepiece to be cleaned of silt that makes it as shallow as 2.5cm
- Biodiversity: Bat cave to be added and habitats designed for kingfishers and little grebes
- Flood risk: Longer grass, deeper lake, restored ponds and absorbent paths all meant to siphon off water
MATCH INFO
Manchester United 1 (Fernandes pen 2') Tottenham Hotspur 6 (Ndombele 4', Son 7' & 37' Kane (30' & pen 79, Aurier 51')
Man of the match Son Heung-min (Tottenham)
Living in...
This article is part of a guide on where to live in the UAE. Our reporters will profile some of the country’s most desirable districts, provide an estimate of rental prices and introduce you to some of the residents who call each area home.
Libya's Gold
UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.
Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.
About Seez
Company name/date started: Seez, set up in September 2015 and the app was released in August 2017
Founder/CEO name(s): Tarek Kabrit, co-founder and chief executive, and Andrew Kabrit, co-founder and chief operating officer
Based in: Dubai, with operations also in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon
Sector: Search engine for car buying, selling and leasing
Size: (employees/revenue): 11; undisclosed
Stage of funding: $1.8 million in seed funding; followed by another $1.5m bridge round - in the process of closing Series A
Investors: Wamda Capital, B&Y and Phoenician Funds
The biog
Siblings: five brothers and one sister
Education: Bachelors in Political Science at the University of Minnesota
Interests: Swimming, tennis and the gym
Favourite place: UAE
Favourite packet food on the trip: pasta primavera
What he did to pass the time during the trip: listen to audio books
Results
5pm: Maiden (PA) Dh 80,000 (Turf) 1,400m. Winner: Al Ajeeb W’Rsan, Pat Dobbs (jockey), Jaci Wickham (trainer).
5.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh 80,000 (T) 1,400m racing. Winner: Mujeeb, Fabrice Veron, Eric Lemartinel.
6pm: Handicap (PA) Dh 90,000 (T) 2,200m. Winner: Onward, Connor Beasley, Abdallah Al Hammadi.
6.30pm: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown Prep Rated Conditions (PA) Dh 125,000 (T) 2,200m. Winner: Somoud, Richard Mullen, Jean de Roualle.
7pm: Wathba Stallions Cup Handicap (PA) Dh 70,000 (T) 1,600m. Winner: AF Arrab, Tadhg O’Shea, Ernst Oertel.
7.30pm: Handicap (TB) Dh 90,000 (T) 1,400m. Winner: Irish Freedom, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar.
MATCH INFO
Who: UAE v USA
What: first T20 international
When: Friday, 2pm
Where: ICC Academy in Dubai
