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Mo Salah: Liverpool forward should join Barcelona, says Samuel Eto'o Salah scored in the 2019 Champions League final as Liverpool beat Tottenham to lift the trophy Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o has urged Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mo Salah to move to Barcelona. Salah has been in stunning form for the Reds since joining in 2017, scoring 54 goals in 74 appearances. He has been linked with a move to Real Madrid but 38-year-old Eto'o, who spent five years at Barcelona from 2004, said: "Barcelona would be a better fit. "Real gave me the opportunity to leave Africa but I know Barcelona's style and I think it would be better for him." Eto'o, who was taken on a youth player by Real and made three appearances for Los Blancos, added: "If he has the chance to play in the best league of the world, which is the Spanish one, he has to sign for Barcelona. "Mo has everything to be one of the best players in the world." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48738211

Just watched The Highwaymen (2019), based on true facts about the chase and killing of Bonnie & Clyde starring Kevin Costner & Woody Harrison, not bad but a bit slow for me and I would give it a 7/10, it will never beat the 1967 film Bonnie & Clyde with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

Watching this right now, Netflix release (2019).

Nemanja Vidic Names The Toughest Opponent In His 16 Year Career Despite being one of the finest defenders to ever grace the Premier League, Nemanja Vidic's reputation is often tainted by memories of Fernando Torres giving him the runaround during Manchester United's duels with Liverpool. That's before Torres signed for Chelsea and forgot how to score. However, the Serb doesn't believe the Spaniard was his toughest ever opponent. Vidic was memorably sent off during Liverpool's 4-1 mauling of United at Old Trafford in the 2008/09 season, as he slipped and dragged Torres to the ground, with the former Atleti hitman clean through on goal. The former United defender believes this game is the only time he struggled against his Spanish opponent, rather than the numerous time's rival fans constantly bring up. Instead, the former United captain, who won five Premier League titles, a Champions League and three League Cups during his eight-year stay in England, believes Didier Drogba provided him with his most strenuous challenges, while Sergio Aguero and Luis Suarez were the best players he played against. In the interview with FourFourTwo, the former United and Serbia captain explained: "People say: 'You had a difficult game against Torres', but it was just the one game. I went to head the ball but changed my mind and tried to pass to Edwin [van der Sar]. I misjudged the distance and Torres scored. "Drogba was tougher. Torres always created a chance to score, but Drogba was on you for the full game. "Drogba was physically the hardest; [Luis] Suarez and [Sergio] Aguero were the best." And let's not forget, Drogba was the only striker brave enough to hit Vidic, getting himself sent off during the 2008 Champions League final for slapping the Serbian centre half in the face. https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-nemanja-vidic-names-the-toughest-opponent-in-his-16-year-career-20190622?source=facebook?source=twitter

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Rafa Benitez's Toon time is over: Manager poised to leave Newcastle with the contract set to expire next week Rafa Benitez's three-year reign at Newcastle will draw to a close this week when his contract runs out next weekend, with no sign of any rapprochement between owner Mike Ashley and his manager. There has been minimal progress in discussions at the end of the season and Benitez is resigned to the fact that his time at the club is over given the longstanding inability to agree on how best to approach in the transfer market. Barring a dramatic turnaround in relations, there is unlikely even to be talks this week and Benitez's contract will simply expire at the end of the month. At present, the Newcastle manager has a lucrative offer from Dalian Yifang but is more likely simply to stay in England with his family and see how the coming months unfold. Benitez, Champions League winner with Liverpool in 2005, won the Championship trophy with Newcastle in 2017, which, whilst not a top-flight trophy maintained his run of winning a cup at all the clubs he has worked since he joined Valencia, where he won two La Liga titles and the UEFA Cup. He will doubtless be in demand globally though he has always valued working in England and being close to his family. He was considered alongside Brendan Rodgers as Leicester's replacement for Claude Puel, but wouldn't leave Newcastle mid-season. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7170717/Rafa-Benitez-poised-leave-Newcastle-contract-set-expire.html

Because of that bastard, a lot of United fans feel your way.

Explorers find species thought to be extinct amid ancient ruins of 'Lost City of the Monkey God' deep in the rainforests of Honduras Explorers penetrating deep into the Mosquitia rainforest of Honduras have rediscovered species thought to be extinct at ancient ruins known as the 'Lost City of the Monkey God'. The three-week mission, carried out by a team of scientists led by Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program, discovered a veritable ecological treasure trove at the hidden ruins, scientists announced on Thursday. The three rediscovered species which were believed extinct are: More

Even if they only scored 1 run they would win, remember there are eleven players in a team and even if they lose 7 wickets they still have 4 players available to bat, if they lose 9 wickets they still have 2 players at the crease and either one could score the runs needed.

Glittering prize: After 4,000 years scientists are finally set to unlock secrets of exquisite Bronze Age dagger covered in 140,000 tiny gold shards Simon De Bruxelles For The Mail On Sunday © David LEFRANC/GAMMA-RAPHO Stonehenge-Great Britain Stonehenge is the largest prehistoric structure in Europe. According to the legend, this gigantic stone monument was erected as a war memorial by Merlin. -Stonehenge-GB- Stonehenge est la plus grande structure pr? historique d'Europe.Selon la l?gende, ce gigantesque monument de pierre fut ? rig? par Merlin comme m?morial de guerre. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Glittering with dazzling detail, its secrets have remained untold for thousands of years. But now the full story of this once exquisitely beautiful jewelled dagger – buried near Stonehenge two millennia before Christ – may, at last, be revealed. The Bronze Age artefact called the Bush Barrow dagger after the site where it was found, was discovered in the burial mound of a chieftain 200 years ago. A watercolour painted shortly after the discovery of the dagger in 1808 showed the handle in its golden glory. © Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Mystery: The dagger with a modern reconstruction of the handle However, the handle began to disintegrate within hours of being dug up and exposed to the air, with just the golden shards remaining. Archaeologists have long puzzled over the intricate handiwork of the handle, which was inlaid with more than 140,000 studs of gold, individually barely visible to the naked eye, each a millimetre long and no more than a third of a millimetre in diameter. The studs were glued into pre-drilled holes with tree resin and formed into zigzag patterns at an incredible density of 1,000 studs to a square centimetre. Experts believe only children aged no more than ten would have been capable of such delicate handicraft. Straining to see such tiny details may have extracted a heavy price, leaving their eyesight ruined. Until now, the source of the gold has been unknown. But scientist Dr Christopher Standish, of Southampton University, is carrying out tests to find out the exact origin. One stud will be bombarded with X-rays to analyse the minute quantity of lead impurities mixed with the gold to reveal a telltale signature specific to one location. It is possible the gold came from Cornwall, Wales, Ireland or Brittany. © Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Minute gold shards: One stud will be bombarded with X-rays to analyse the minute quantity of lead impurities mixed with the gold to reveal a telltale signature specific to one location. It is possible the gold came from Cornwall, Wales, Ireland or Brittany The dagger blade and remains of the handle are on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, near Stonehenge. Museum director David Dawson said: 'Our spectacular gold-studded dagger is one of the most remarkable prehistoric artefacts in the world but we have no real idea who made it, or where. 'There are other daggers with gold handles from the same period. Six were found in Britain and 22 in Brittany. 'The other British ones were pretty rubbish, while the ones from Brittany were pretty good but none of them is anything like our Bush Barrow dagger. It is likely to have come from France.' © Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited The dagger blade and remains of the handle are on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, near Stonehenge Mr Dawson believes only someone with very severe myopia would have been able to do such intricate close-up work. He said: 'There would have been Bronze Age metal workers who were left myopic for their adult life. They would have been able to see only a few inches. 'They would have been unable to do any other work apart from the making of tiny artefacts and would have had to be supported by the community.' The handle is estimated to have taken at least 2,500 hours to complete in six stages. © Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited A painting of the dagger from 1808 First, the gold would have to be rolled into wire as thin as a human hair. One end would be flattened to form the circular head of the stud and the wire would be cut with a fine flint blade. A tiny bronze awl would have been used to drill holes in the wooden handle, which would then have been coated with sticky resin. Only then would the studs have been placed with tiny bone tweezers. The result of the tests will be revealed in November. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/glittering-prize-after-4000-years-scientists-are-finally-set-to-unlock-secrets-of-exquisite-bronze-age-dagger-covered-in-140000-tiny-gold-shards/ar-AADh06f?ocid=chromentp

NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Spike in Methane on Mars Tom McKay © Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech ( (AP) A composite self-portrait of the Curiosity Mars rover, 2018. NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered “startlingly high amounts of methane in the Martian air” on Wednesday in what could potentially be a sign of life on the Red Planet, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The detection of methane would be a major discovery because, as the Times noted, it breaks down within a few centuries due to sunlight and chemical reactions—meaning it would have had to have been generated quite recently in historical terms. High levels of methane could potentially be generated underground by microbes called methanogens that survive without oxygen and produce the gas as a metabolic byproduct. Project scientist Ashwin R. Vasavada told the Curiosity science team in an email that “Given this surprising result, we’ve reorganized the weekend to run a follow-up experiment,” the Times wrote. The readings on Wednesday are over three times that of a sudden spike in 2013 that lasted several months; after first finding nothing after its touchdown in 2012, Curiosity detected approximately seven parts per billion of methane later in the year. The newest measurements are 21 parts per billion. However, it is also possible that the Curiosity rover has simply detected pockets of methane leaking from deep under the surface, the Times wrote, and the readings are only preliminary. When methane was similarly detected on the surface of Mars in 2004, scientists said that the methane could also be generated by geothermal reactions involving water and heat, though the exact mechanism by which that could occur on Mars remained an open question. (Since then, research has suggested Mars may not be as geologically inert as previously thought.) © Reuters NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover snaps a self-portrait at a site called Vera Rubin Ridge on the Martian surface in February 2018 in this image obtained on June 7, 2018. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. The Times wrote: "Curiosity scientists developed a technique that enabled the rover to detect even tinier amounts of methane with its existing tools. The gas seems to rise and fall with the red planet’s seasons. A new analysis of old Mars Express readings confirmed Curiosity’s 2013 findings. One day after Curiosity reported a spike of methane, the orbiter, passing over Curiosity’s location, also measured a spike. But the Trace Gas Orbiter, a newer European spacecraft launched in 2016 with more sensitive instruments, did not detect any methane at all in its first batch of scientific observations last year." © Getty GALE CRATER, MARS - DECEMBER 09: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - 'NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) A photo, covered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, shows series of sedimentary deposits in the Glenelg area of Gale Crater, from a perspective in Yellowknife Bay looking toward west-northwest on December 09, 2013. (Photo by NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS / HANDOUT/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy scientist Marco Giuranna, who handles methane measurements taken by the Mars Express orbiter, said that Mars Express, Curiosity, and Trace Gas Orbiter scientists were discussing the findings but that there remains “a lot of data to be processed.” The Curiosity rover has currently been diverted from its scheduled scientific work to do a followup on the methane readings, according to the Times, with more data expected on Monday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/nasas-curiosity-rover-detects-spike-in-methane-on-mars/ar-AADhdzA?li=BBoPWjQ

Same old story with England, become tournament favourites with the English press making them up to be Supermen and they come back down to Earth with an almighty thump, my money will go on New Zealand winning it as underdogs with Australia and India in the mix.

June 21, 2019 Hubble Captures Elusive, Irregular Galaxy This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group — a collection of over 50 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood that includes the Milky Way. IC 10 is a remarkable object. It is the closest-known starburst galaxy, meaning that it is undergoing a furious bout of star formation fueled by ample supplies of cool hydrogen gas. This gas condenses into vast molecular clouds, which then form into dense knots where pressures and temperatures reach a point sufficient to ignite nuclear fusion, thus giving rise to new generations of stars. As an irregular galaxy, IC 10 lacks the majestic shape of spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way, or the rounded, ethereal appearance of elliptical galaxies. It is a faint object, despite its relative proximity to us of 2.2 million light-years. In fact, IC 10 only became known to humankind in 1887, when American astronomer Lewis Swift spotted it during an observing campaign. The small galaxy remains difficult to study even today because it is located along a line-of-sight which is chock-full of cosmic dust and stars. Text credit: ESA (European Space Agency) Image credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer

Mysterious glowing light on Mars captured by Nasa's Curiosity probe Harry Cockburn A photograph taken by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on Mars has captured a mysterious bright glow on a distant Martian hillside. The black and white photograph shows the desert landscape with high rocky hills in the background. In front of the larger rock formations, a tiny elongated white blob appears to be streaking past. Nasa has previously admitted to similar anomalies in pictures taken by the probe. This image was taken on 16 June, and while conspiracy theorists have said the photograph is evidence of extra-terrestrials on the Red Planet, it appears more likely to have been a cosmic ray, some kind of camera lens flare or sunlight reflecting on rocks. The Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars in 2012, and is armed with 17 cameras. Since then it has roamed all over the planet, beaming back huge amounts of data along with vast quantities of photographs. Many other pictures it has captured have featured anomalous lights too. © Provided by Independent Digital News & Media Limited The image from Curiosity’s left navcam at the same time shows the craft was attempting to take a self-portrait over the Martian terrain (Nasa) The rover has two mounted “navcams” on its mast, which act as a stereo pair of cameras – a bit like eyes. The black and white images capture panoramic 3D imagery and each has a 45-degree field of view, giving ground control crews a detailed view of the planet’s terrain. The image in question was taken by the right navcam. Unfortunately, the left camera wasn’t looking in the same direction, and photos from the same set and time show it having swivelled down to take some kind of space selfie, showing parts of the craft over rocks and dust on the ground. The appearance and disappearance of the unidentified white blob appear to have been rapid, as photos taken immediately before and after don’t show the same unidentified phenomenon. When another bright spot captured in pictures taken by the rover made headlines in 2014, people claimed it was “light from an alien hut”. But Justin Maki, the leader of the team that built and operates Curiosity’s navcams rapidly put those theories to bed. He said: “In the thousands of images we’ve received from Curiosity, we see ones with bright spots nearly every week. “These can be caused by cosmic-ray hits or sunlight glinting from rock surfaces, as the most likely explanations.” Cosmic rays are formed by highly charged atomic particles, often from outside our own solar system, which travels through space at almost the speed of light and can produce visual effects upon impact. They are more common on Mars than on Earth due to the thin atmosphere which doesn’t provide as effective a barrier to cosmic radiation. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/mysterious-glowing-light-on-mars-captured-by-nasas-curiosity-probe/ar-AADdQcF?ocid=chromentp

Old age I guess, I was in a missile regiment in my army days and I know how lethal they can be if put in the wrong hands of a lunatic with a lot of dosh, namely Trump, Putin & Xi Jinping to name a few.

He is still a Dick but I think there are others behind the scenes in the Whitehouse that would make sure he did not slip up defence wise if he had his way the lunatic would cut more defence spending and build a bloody wall all around America, imagine having the Great Wall of China and the Great Wall of America.

In reality maybe China in numbers but not advanced like the USA (Technology) but...the way that idiot Trump is going cutting the American defence budget to build a bloody wall and whatever else America will drop down the pecking order with China & Russia going above them in Naval Technology and even ahead in land forces (Army) Technology, it does send a little shiver down my spine.

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Class Of '92 Member Tells Story Of When Sir Alex Ferguson Ripped Out His Diamond Earring Sir Alex Ferguson was a ruthless leader who demanded the utmost respect from his players. If you fell below expectations, the no-nonsense, passionate Ferguson would dish out his famous hairdryer treatment; just ask former Manchester United defender John O'Kane. O'Kane, who came through the Class Of '92 ranks with Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, turned up to the Cliff Training Ground wearing a diamond earring. It didn't go down well with the former United boss: "I was 18 and I thought why not go for a diamond earring," he told SPORTbible. "We were on decent money at the time. £200 a week in fact. That was a lot of money for the Class Of '92 back in those days. "We went into training and as I was walking up the stairs at the Cliff training ground, my earring was glistening. "Sir Alex must have been blinded by the sparkling. He just looked at me and said: "office now." "I was sh*tting myself thinking 'what have I done now' as I was quite a free spirit. I think that's what he likes about me, "He then said 'what the f*cks that in your ear?' I replied: "what do you mean boss?" - his face went red and pulled it out. "He said there's not a chance that is being worn here. Ferguson saw everything. You couldn't get away with anything." O'Kane went on to speak about Jesse Lingard, who caused controversy this week after he posted a bizarre tour around his apartment in Miami. The 44-year-old believes manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to stamp his authority on players: "When I see Jesse Lingard posting this pointless stuff for his Instagram followers, and the timing especially at the moment, I find it embarrassing for the club," he said. "If he did all these antics and nobody knew, then who cares. We used to get up to all sorts and the first team did as well. "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to stamp his authority ASAP. He should build on the youth coming through and add a few diamonds in the transfer markets." The 44-year-old then suggested that United should be in the transfer market for the likes of Aaron Wan Bissaka and James Maddison, while some players are simply not good enough: "Fans have to get behind Solskjaer, which they will," he said. "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have his work cut out though because some players just seem to want to just make money. They don't care what goes on the pitch. "The fact that older players have also been given extensions is horrendous. "Manchester City would have sold these players five years ago. Young, Smalling and Jones in particular. As for Pogba's influence off the pitch, he needs to be sold. United need to be building. "Lukaku and Matic also need to be sold. They are far too slow on the ball." https://www.sportbible.com/football/reactions-news-exclusives-the-story-of-when-ferguson-spotted-player-wearing-diamond-earring-20190621?source=facebook?source=twitter