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Transfer news: Aston Villa sign Egypt star Trezeguet from Kasimpasa

Aston Villa have taken their summer spending spree up to £99.25m with the signing of Trezeguet from Kasimpasa. The 24-year-old has joined for £8.75m.




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Jurgen Klopp says moving AFCON to January will make clubs think twice about signing African stars

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has warned that the decision to move the African Cup of Nations back to a January slot will have an impact on the club's transfer policy.




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Patrice Evra reveals Alex Ferguson 'hairdryer' after players didn't sign autographs for fans

The French defender became a firm favourite at United, spending eight-and-a-half seasons at Old Trafford after joining the club from Monaco in January 2006. But he wasn't always in favour.




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Sir Alex Ferguson wanted Gareth Bale and to resign Cristiano Ronaldo at Man United in 2013

Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra revealed that Ferguson was also trying to bring Gareth Bale from Tottenham along with Ronaldo to United just weeks before he retired.




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Manchester United make £30,000-a-week offer to sign Angel Gomes to a new deal

The 19-year-old starlet's contract expires on July 1 and there are suggestions that Premier League sides - including Chelsea - are keen on snapping him up if he decides to end his time at Old Trafford.




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Manchester United to 'reignite interest in £38m-rated Napoli star Hirving Lozano'

United were in the hunt to sign the Mexican foward while he was at PSV last summer, but Napoli won the race for his signature and broke the transfer record in doing so.




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Manchester United 'to sign Marc Jurado from Barcelona this summer'

The defender celebrated his 16th birthday last month but turned down the offer of a contract extension from Barcelona in favour of making the move to England.




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Juventus handed major boost in race to sign Paul Pogba as 'Real Madrid end interest'

The Manchester United midfielder has been keen to leave the Red Devils since last summer. Juventus, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have all shown interest in him in the past.




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Billboard shows wealthy foreigners encouraged to take up 'buy your way in' Australian investor visa

Australian visas are being adverstised 'for sale' to rich foreigners at a time when Sydney is on water restrictions and migration growth is straining infrastructure.




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Melbourne shop put up sign saying doesn't stock baby formula while closed after string of break-ins

The shop owners told the would-be thieves to 'go home and sleep', instead of trying to source the in-demand product in the Asian neighbourhood.




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Driver left baffled over parking sign in Melbourne's CBD

The motorist was trying to park outside Collins Place in the heart of Melbourne's CBD on Thursday but took to Reddit to ask other drivers if they were allowed to stop there.




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Creative bibliophiles design magical 'book nooks'

Book lovers from around the world shared their creations to the BookNooks sub-Reddit, include miniature replicas of locations from Harry Potter, Les Miserables and Star Wars.




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Coronavirus: Engineers share designs for DIY ventilators

With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the coronavirus pandemic, a number of DIY groups have begun working on open source designs that could be made at home.




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O2 admits Apple's iPhone XR loses signal 'several times a day' on its network 

It is unclear whether a recent update to the iPhone operating system may have caused the connectivity issues for users of the UK-based mobile network provider.




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CRAIG BROWN on fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld's VERY wealthy cat 

CRAIG BROWN: No doubt she breakfasts with Gwyneth Paltrow, exchanges selfies with Kim Kardashian and makes impassioned calls for inclusivity at all the major red-carpet events.




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Catch launches a mega 69 per cent off sale on designer products

Catch.com.au has released a '48-hour non-stop deal drop' for customers looking to purchase the latest Apple, Casio and KitchenAid products at a discounted rate.




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Apple's next iPhones will be redesigned to have flat sides, smaller bezel, and new 3D-sensing camera

A new line of iPhone Pros will be reimagined to appear more like the company's current line of iPads, specifically making use of a chassis with flat sides like the one seen on the iPad Pro.




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Celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Anna Wintour are auctioning off signed sneakers for charity

Starting today through December 12, eBay shoppers can bid on athletic shoes that have been autographed - and in some cases actually worn - by top athletes and coaches.




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Aldi shopper left baffled after purchasing a Kevin the Carrot toy with  MAJOR design flaw

Aldi shopper Michelle Denny, from Fallowfield, Manchester was left baffled after she purchased a toy of the store's festive character, Kevin the Carrot, with an upside down face.




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Small UK firms are losing sales to dodgy foreign rivals who are targeting shoppers with fake reviews

The Competition and Markets Authority has sounded the alarm over the problem as online reviews influence an estimated £23 billion of transactions a year in the UK alone.




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Mother bags £25,000 worth of freebies dressing her children in designer labels on Instagram

Aleksandra Hoyles, 32, from Yorkshire is so popular on Instagram that clothes sellers are using pictures of her and her daughter on eBay without her permission to sell their look-alikes,




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Virgin Atlantic's bumper credit card sign up bonus ends today, should you sign up now?

Virgin Money is currently running a bumper sign-up offer on its Virgin Atlantic Rewards+ credit card - enough points to get a free return flight to New York. but it ends at 4pm - should you sign up now?




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Mastercard and Visa agree deal with the EU to slash foreign card fees by 40%

The European Commission says that interchange fees, where the merchant's bank pays a charge to the cardholder's bank, result in higher prices for consumers.




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Buy now, pay later firm Klarna signed up 60,000 new merchants in 2019

Buy now, pay later juggernaut Klarna announced it has signed up over 60,000 retailers so far in 2019, including Microsoft and travel agent Expedia, as it prepares for a bumper Black Friday.




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Amex charged me a foreign exchange fee on my holiday refund

Banks and credit card providers may levy fees on refunds as well as purchases, meaning a double whammy of charges on trips hit by coronavirus.




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Joe Exotic's ex-husband stars in ad campaign for tiger-themed emergency kit

Finlay featured in the wildly popular Netflix documentary alongside his then-husband Joseph 'Joe Exotic' Maldonado-Passage.




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Wildlife campaigners slam leopard death in Maharashtra

The female cat was said to have mauled to death seven people in the last three to four months in Chalisgaon taluka near Nashik. Its last claimed victims were a boy and a 70-year-old woman.




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Rian Johnson reveals signature line still in The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has kept up the tradition of including a signature line associated with the sci-fi franchise.




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CPI(M) decision to align with Cong greatest blunder: Mamata Banerjee

Referring to charges of corruption against her party, she dubbed it as 'a propaganda by a section of media and that Bengal is a corruption free state'




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Congress MLAs in West Bengal sign affidavits swearing allegiance to Rahul, Sonia Gandhi

The Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the recent Assembly elections bagging 44 seats in the 294-member house




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Premier League clubs 'fear foreign stars won't be able to return to England in time'

A number of top-flight players fled the UK when the country was placed into lockdown and now there are fears that travel restrictions could prevent them from returning in time for the season's restart.




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Borussia Dortmund believe they can convince Jadon Sancho to sign new deal

The 20-year-old is the subject of major interest from Premier League giants like Manchester United and Chelsea but Dortmund are hopeful they can get him to sign a contract extension.




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Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud to sign new one-year deal at Chelsea

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud is to sign a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2021. The Blues hope to get a transfer fee for him amid interest from Italian clubs.




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The good, bad and ugly of the Premier League's foreign owners after Newcastle takeover

Newcastle United's ambitions may be about to be transformed by their £300m Saudi takeover. But there are plenty of cautionary tales from previous foreign owners in the Premier League.




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Arsenal leading the race to sign Chelsea forward Willian on a free transfer

The Brazilian's current deal at Stamford Bridge expires at the end of June and talks over a new one have stalled, with the club unwilling to offer him more than a 12-month extension according to ESPN.




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Arsenal 'offered chance to sign Willian when he leaves Chelsea at the end of the season'

The 31-year-old is said to be demanding a three-year deal which matches his current salary in west London, but Arsenal are against signing off such a long-term deal for a player who turns 32 in August.




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Barcelona 'make record signings Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele available for swap deals'

Barcelona are also interested in Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic and would be willing to part ways with Brazilian midfielder Arthur Melo in an exchange deal.




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Manchester City set to sign 16-year-old Celtic midfielder Josh Adam

The 16-year-old is viewed as one of the best youngsters in Scotland and City, among other Premier League's leading teams, including Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea, are keen.




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Chelsea 'close in on £4.8m signing of Derby's Max Bird' after Frank Lampard hailed 'all-rounder'

Frank Lampard worked with Bird when he was the manager of the Rams and is ready to clinch a £4.8million deal for the midfielder - £200,000 short of Derby's asking price.




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Manchester United make £30,000-a-week offer to sign Angel Gomes to a new deal

The 19-year-old starlet's contract expires on July 1 and there are suggestions that Premier League sides - including Chelsea - are keen on snapping him up if he decides to end his time at Old Trafford.




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Newcastle's prospective Saudi owners 'want to make £70m Philippe Coutinho their first signing'

Assuming the takeover goes through, Newcastle's spending power would be transformed with former Tottenham manager Pochettino seen as the man to deliver a potential title challenge.




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Former NASA astronaut Nicole Stott stars in Olay's empowering beauty campaign

Stott, 57, is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. She partnered with Olay for its #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign.




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Moving to Mars: Designers reveal their visions for how humans will live on the Red Planet

The role that design will play in humanity's journey to the Red Planet is explored in an exhibition running at the Design Museum in London until 23 February 2020, entitled 'Moving to Mars'.




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Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbour alien LIFE: Scientists find signs of CO2 below the icy crust

Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals secrets about the composition of water beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon, including an abundance of CO2.




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Greta Thunberg signs up for BBC TV documentary series focusing on her 'international crusade'

The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist will explore what actions can be taken to limit climate change in the series produced by BBC Studios, the corporations' commercial arm.




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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is fitted with a LASER that vaporizes rock to search for signs of life

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser that can vaporize rocks from up to 20 feet away to search for life.




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Alien hunters are searching for signatures emitted from 'interstellar beacons' using telescopes

SETI scientists are sure aliens have placed a beacon in the center of the galaxy and are building a system that 'piggyback' off VLA telescope in New Mexico to detect the device's signatures.




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NASA asks public to design a sensor for its next VENUS rover

The space agency says exploring different geological areas on the surface of Venus will provide insights into the planet's evolution and even our own climate.




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NASA engineers design a mass-producible ventilator tailored to coronavirus patients

The 'Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally' (VITAL) device passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York on April 21.




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NASA chooses SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to design human landing systems for Artemis mission

NASA 's Artemis mission has turned into a space race between billionaires, as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX have been chosen to develop human landing systems for mission.