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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says Lionel Messi will finish career with club

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has made the bold claim of reassuring supporters that talisman Lionel Messi will not be leaving the club. The club icon could walk away for free in summer.




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Ruby Rose and Bella Thorne attend a drive-by birthday parade for hairstylist pal Riawna Capri

Ruby Rose was spotted hanging out with Bella Thorne during a socially-distanced soiree on Saturday in honor of celebrity hairstylist Riawna Capri.




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Turkey's Cenk Sahin is released by German outfit St Pauli after post support for Syria operation

Turkey sent troops into Kurdish-held regions of Syria and Sahin's support for the operation caused uproar among some of second division club's supporters.




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Austria 2-0 Sweden: Alaba seals win after horror mistake from Swedish keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt

Sweden started the match brightly as they threatened the Austrian goal but in the end were the cause of their own downfall after a horror own goal put them at a disadvantage early on. 




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Ultra-high-resolution aerial images reveal some of the world's most astonishing mega-cities

Photographer Ryan Koopmans, 33, spent ten years capturing the views. His pictures showcase the stunning variation in architecture in places like Dubai, Singapore, London, South Africa and Chicago.




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France flanker Arthur Iturria ready to tackle Ireland's 'wall of green'

The Clermont back-rower still cannot quite fathom how Ireland shut down Les Bleus in last season's fraught 15-13 victory that was snatched with Johnny Sexton's last-gasp monster drop-goal.




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Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll hails Scotland fly-half Finn Russell ahead of Rugby World Cup clash

Over a long and distinguished career, Brian O'Driscoll became adept at dealing with everything and anything thrown his way.




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RWC 2019: Brian O'Driscoll lauds Japan before branding Ireland 'blunt' and 'devoid of ideas'

Brian O'Driscoll praised Japan and poured scorn on Ireland's performance after the Brave Blossoms produced a stunning World Cup upset. 




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England head coach Eddie Jones scaremongers, says Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll

Brian O'Driscoll has accused Eddie Jones of 'scaremongering' and admitted he relished the sight of the England head coach's comments backfiring so spectacularly against France.




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Brian Hughes crowned champion jump jockey after season is brought to a standstill by coronavirus

It has been decided the 2019-20 titles should be awarded on the standings when the sport was shut down on March 17 with racing suspended due to the coronavirus.




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SERIE A PREVIEW: Police rescue Sampdoria's president Massimo Ferrero from ultras

With Serie A returning after the first international break of the season, plenty of football fans will be turning their attention to a compelling round of fixtures in Italy. 




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Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Halsey and Justin Bieber receive iHeartRadio Music Award nominations

Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Taylor Swift and Halsey are all on the list fore the awards show which will take place on March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.




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Carl Beech trial: Tom Watson refuses to apologise for championing 'Nick'

Tom Watson today refused to apologise for his role in bringing convicted liar Carl Beech's false claims to prominence, insisting his intervention led to the conviction of three child abusers.




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Pooch Perfect viewers are left shocked by 'inappropriate' jokes while others were brought to tears

Viewers were divided by Channel Seven's new offering Pooch Perfect.   




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Zika virus may be stopped by a harmless bacteria carried by bees and butterflies

The bacteria, called Wolbachia pipienti, is found in 60 per cent of insects globally and can be introduced to mosquitoes in the lab, the Madison School of Veterinary Medicine found.




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Zika babies birth defects and miscarriages 'have only been spotted in certain climates'

Brazil should have seen thousands more babies born with shrunken skulls. But all of these cases are restricted to a northern region of the country. It suggests Zika alone may not cause birth defects.




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Zika vaccine '100% successful in clinical trials on rats', researchers declare

None of the rats tested at Philadelphia's Wistar Institute contracted Zika after getting the vaccine. It is the best result of a Zika vaccine to date, and it is the same being tested in the first human trials.




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A malaria drug can protect fetuses from Zika Virus

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that a malaria drug blocks Zika from infecting the fetus. It is the first sign of a drug that could prevent Zika birth defects.




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Austria 0-1 Poland: Sub Krzysztof Piatek stuns hosts with second-half winner in Euro 2020 qualifier

Poland forward Krzysztof Piatek continued his prolific season by scoring 10 minutes after coming off the bench to secure a 1-0 win away to Austria in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.




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THE SECRET SCOUT: Liverpool's Ovie Ejaria is continuing to impress at Reading

THE SECRET SCOUT: This tall 22-year-old attacking midfielder is currently playing in a forward role supporting his frontman in a Reading side trying to revive their season's fortunes.




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CRAIG BROWN: Malaria? I don't even know her. All your health questions answered by Dr Donald 

CRAIG BROWN: Q: I have an ingrowing toenail. What should I do about it, Dr Donald? DR DONALD SAYS: Nobody knows ingrowing toenails like I do, and that's a fact.




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Mariah Carey pays an emotional tribute to friend Prince at her Paris concert

Mariah Carey was devastated to hear the tragic news of his death ahead of her concert in Paris on Thursday and cut a sombre figure as she headed out following her sweet social media tribute.




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Rosario Dawson and Maya Rudolph join Prince's family for special memorial in Minnesota

Friends and relatives of the late singer Prince gathered on Saturday for a special memorial service at his estate.




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Mayte Garcia discusses marriage to late superstar Prince

Mayte Garcia was interviewed by This Morning's Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield live from New York on Wednesday, discussing her tell-all book, My Life With Prince.




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Victoria McRae braves rain to kiss Prince Harry again

After her success in 2015, Victoria McRae was back behind a barrier, waiting for Prince Harry and hoping for another kiss. The Sydney woman beamed as she held a photo of the 2015 kiss.




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Texas tax fraud convict jailed for five years for illegally voting in 2016 election denied retrial

Crystal Mason, a 43-year-old tax fraud convict and mother-of-two, voted in the 2016 election while on supervised release - unaware that she was ineligible under a Texas law.




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Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn told monarch of their pending marriage split last summer

RICHARD KAY: For both parties it looked like a marriage made in heaven - a classic case of opposites attracting.




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A man and 10-year-old boy died after a gum tree fell onto their car along Monbulk Road in Victoria

The freak accident happened as the pair travelled along Monbulk Road outer east when their vehicle was crushed under the tree on Sunday around 5.30pm.




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Mother accused of taking part in 'love triangle' murder of teenage

Jay Sewell (pictured) 18, was fatally stabbed on December 11 last year by a nine-strong group including Daniel 'Joe' Grogan, 20, after Gemma Hodder, started seeing the teenager, it is claimed.




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Victoria Police issue arrest warrant for shirtless man called Chang Lol

Victoria Police at Geelong posted the notice of the arrest warrant on their Facebook page as part of 'Warrant Wednesday' - sparking a flood of comments.




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Bad Company singer Brian Anthony Howe dead at 66 due to cardiac arrest

TMZ reported on Tuesday morning that the talented musician passed away at his home in Florida while possibly on his way to the hospital according to a relative.




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Queen star Brian May, 72, hits bum note as he is sent to hospital after tearing his buttock muscle

The Queen guitarist told fans the damage to his gluteus maximus left him in constant agony and unable to walk. May broke the news on Instagram yesterday with a selfie of him in a surgical mask.




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Russian model threatens to reveal 'painful' secrets about her whirlwind marriage to Malaysia's king

Former Miss Moscow Oksana Voevodina, 27, posted an undated picture of her and Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V, 49. She threatened to reveal details of their split.




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Russian beauty who had baby with ex-Malaysia king tells how her 'fairy tale' marriage collapsed

Oksana Voevodina says she hasn't spoken to her ex-husband the Sultan of Kelantan since he walked out in December. she has opened up about the collapse of their marriage to MailOnline.




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Dengue fever could be eradicated in hot countries by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria

Cases of dengue fever at sites in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reduced by 40 per cent after an international team of scientists injected mosquitoes with a strain of Wolbachia.




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Vegetarian couple in coronavirus quarantine at hotel say they've been given meals with meat in them

Callum Shally and his girlfriend Shannen Wynne have been in isolation inside the Crown Promenade hotel in the Perth suburb of Burwood for the last nine days.




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Bodies of a man and a woman found in Victoria Park unit police launch double murder investigation

Detectives were called to the apartment block on Leonard Street in Victoria Park at about 4.20pm and discovered one body inside the unit.




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Murdered Perth siblings were killed 24 hours apart in Maree Collins' Victoria Park unit

Detectives were called to the apartment block on Leonard Street in Victoria Park at about 4.20pm and discovered 66-year-old Maree Collins inside the unit.




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Victorian priest Cardinal John Henry Newman set to make history as he is canonised at the Vatican

Cardinal John Henry Newman is to be canonised at the Vatican in Rome tomorrow. Prince Charles will make speech and woman claiming miracle after praying to Cardinal will be there.




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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Donald Trump IS a racist during vigil for mass shooting victims

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used a vigil for victims of gun violence on Monday night to call Donald Trump a racist. 'I don't want to hear the question, 'Is this president racist?' anymore. He is,' she said.




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White Castle recalls hundreds of boxes of frozen sliders over listeria fears  

White Castle has issued a voluntary recall of five varieties of its frozen sliders after a third-party laboratory found listeria in a sample from one of the company's manufacturing facilities.




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Walmart apologizes after tweeting an inappropriate joke about Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker

Walmart was criticized after its official Twitter account made an insensitive joke regarding the late actor Paul Walker. in response to a Twitter user that claimed to be 'racin' to the supermarket.




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Provocative moment Turkish forces unfurl their flag over former Kurdish HQ in Syria

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Turks and a group of Syrian rebels displayed their emblems in Ras al-Ain, a border town where Kurdish fighters have been forced out by Turkey's offensive.




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100 ISIS prisoners have escaped in Syria since Turkish invasion, US State Department reveals 

James Jeffrey, Washington's special envoy for Syria, said the number is 'now over 100' and said: 'We do not know where they are'.




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Donald Trump claims 'big success on the Turkey/Syria border' and lifts ALL sanctions on Turkey

Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire his administration negotiated last week on the Turkish-Syrian border is intact, even as more blood is spilled in northern Syria.




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Father of Anna Campbell who died fighting Islamic State ISIS in Syria wants to bring remains to UK

Anna Campbell, 26, originally from Lewes, East Sussex, died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Afrin after it was hit by an air strike in March 2018.




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Erdogan warns the 'gates of Europe' will open to Syrian refugees 'when the time comes'

In a provocative speech in Ankara, Erdogan (pictured today) savaged Western powers for refusing to take in millions of refugees and threatened to send to Europe to 'see how they deal with it'.




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ISIS seizes control of prison camp in Syria after Turkish invasion

The Kurdish forces who were guarding the al-Hol camp (pictured) have been distracted by the Turkish offensive and hundreds of guards have been pulled away.




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Ex special forces soldier insists Donald Trump was RIGHT to withdraw troops from northern Syria

Gold Star husband Joe Kent said the US only partnered with Syrian Kurds to defeat ISIS and insists America now has 'absolutely nothing to gain' from being in the region.




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Anjem Choudary's bodyguard who became an ISIS executioner is killed in Syria

Mohammed Reza Haque, known as the Jihadi Giant due to his 6ft 6in frame, fled the UK in 2014 and survived until the final days of the so-called IS 'caliphate' before he was killed in Syria.