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Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world's highest paid athlete, due to an enormous cash transfer to Saudi Arabia, in keeping with Forbes.His wage, considered within the area of $75m (£59m) a yr, and his off the pitch actions, earned him round $136m (£108m) within the final yr - the best of any athlete on Earth, Forbes journal has estimated. It's a part of the enterprise journal's annual collation of sports stars, which maps out who the cash goes to in skilled sport.Down from first final yr and coming second is Argentina's captain Lionel Messi, who had an estimated earnings of round $130m (£103m) within the 12 months.Messi, who captained his nation to victory finally yr's World Cup, has a hefty wage invoice at Paris Saint-Germain, and rumours counsel ...

NEW YORK — Text messages that helped lead Fox News to half methods with star host Tucker Carlson included one by which he declared that Trump supporters beating a protester was “not how white men fight,” in response to The New York Times. The textual content was considered one of a trove of messages from C...

Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney together with Wrexham AFC's gamers and employees have celebrated their latest success with an open-top bus parade.Thousands of followers lined the route within the northeast Wales metropolis to cheer each Wrexham AFC's males's and girls's groups gaining promotion of their respective leagues this season. The males's workforce are returning to the English Football League for the primary time in 15 years - they are going to play in League Two within the forthcoming marketing campaign.Wrexham Women have been promoted from the Adran North League and can subsequent play within the Adran Premier, the very best league for ladies's soccer in Wales. Image: Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds hav...

Chris Packham has informed a courtroom he fears for his and his household's safety - and that he doesn't "expect to live a long life free from violence and intimidation".On the second day of a libel case which he initiated, the TV star mentioned he was a "victim of a campaign of vile and relentless intimation", including: "I do go to walk my dogs in the woods and wonder: is today the day that a psychopath fuelled by all this hate turns up and kills me?" The BBC Springwatch presenter, 61, is suing three males over allegations in 9 articles regarding his involvement in Wildheart Trust, a charity that runs a wildlife sanctuary on the Isle of Wight.Mr Packham informed the High Court trial he believed the "defendants' unsubstantiated claims have misled, agitated and fuelled a voc...

Actor Stephen Tompkinson slapped and punched a person who was drunk and making noise outdoors his house, leaving him with traumatic mind accidents, a courtroom has heard.The 57-year-old, finest recognized for reveals together with Ballykissangel and DCI Banks, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of inflicting grievous bodily hurt within the early hours of 30 May 2021.Tompkinson denies the cost and beforehand advised police he acted in self-defence.On the primary day of the trial, prosecutor Michael Bunch advised the jury that police have been made conscious of an incident when Tompkinson referred to as at about 5.30am to report two drunken males outdoors his home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.The actor advised officers he had taken a bottle of Jagermeister from the ...

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Costner and his spouse of almost 19 years, Christine Baumgartner, are divorcing, a consultant for the actor mentioned Tuesday. “It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of mar...

ATHENS, Greece — Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two historical Greek sculptures, a transfer which may have a knock-on impact for the world’s thorniest cultural heritage dispute: the destiny of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures. The talks introduced by...

Upon additional assessment, this 12 months’s Super Bowl ended up setting a viewer document. Nielsen launched a revised variety of 115.1 million for Fox Sports’ broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in February. ...

It was a becoming finale for the unlikely coronation of the seventeenth world chess champion: The solely time Chinese GM Ding Liren led in his epic monthlong title match with Russian rival Ian Nepomniachtchi was when the clocks had been stopped on the fourth and closing recreation of the speedy playoff that determined the competition. ...

Western cooks too usually go too mild on contemporary herbs, treating them extra as garnish than flavoring. We favor the Thai method, which makes use of substances corresponding to basil, mint and cilantro by the fistful. Take Thailand’s chicken-and-basil stir-fry - gai pad krapow - which piles on basil, i...