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POP star Ellie Goulding cosies up to a surf instructor on holiday — while her husband Caspar Jopling stays at home.

Former Everton star Li Tie sentenced to life in prison Former Everton star Li Tie has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption in his home country of China, according to reports. Li made 40 appearances across all competitions for Everton having spent four years at the Premier League club from 2002 to 2006 after initially arriving on loan. The 46-year-old, who managed the China national team between 2019 and 2021, also had a spell at Sheffield United as player but only featured once for the team. Li is now set to spend the rest of his life behind…

Ex-Arsenal and Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang makes history with Europa League goal record Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has become the all-time top goalscorer in the Europa League after finding the net for Marseille on Thursday evening. The former Arsenal and Chelsea striker scored Marseille’s equaliser in their knockout round play-off against Shakhtar Donetsk to move to 31 goals in the Europa League. That puts him one clear of former Manchester United and Chelsea forward Radamel Falcao, who has scored 30 goals in the competition during his career. Aubameyang is also five goals ahead of former Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz and Romelu…

Neymar’s family paid €150k to Dani Alves victim of nightclub rape The family of Brazil international footballer Neymar paid €150,000 (£128,500) in damages to the victim of Dani Alves, according to reports. Alves was found guilty of raping a woman in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to jail for four-and-a-half years on Thursday. The €150k payment was made before the verdict and would have been handed to the victim regardless of the outcome of the trial. Reports in Spain say that the court took the €150k into account when deciding on the length of Alves’ prison term.

Thomas Tuchel slammed over treatment of Manchester United transfer target Mathys Tel at Bayern Munich: ‘It’s a slap in the face’ Lothar Matthaus has criticised Thomas Tuchel for his handling of Mathys Tel at Bayern Munich. The 18-year-old has shown plenty of promise following his €28.5 million (£24.4m) move from Rennes in July 2022 but has started just one Bundesliga game in nearly two seasons at Bayern. Reports in Germany have claimed that Manchester United are keeping tabs on Tel’s situation at Bayern, while the player’s advisor is refusing to rule out the possibility of a transfer this summer. And…

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is targeting three new summer signings for Manchester United and is ready to approve a ‘significant transfer spend’, according to reports.

Shamima Begum loses court fight to have her British citizenship back A court has thrown out Shamima Begum’s bid to overturn the decision to strip her of UK citizenship. Three judges including the chief justice, Sue Carr, unanimously dismissed the appeal on Friday. Justice Carr accepted there were arguments to be made the government’s decision was ‘harsh’ or reasonable but that ‘it is not for this court to agree or disagree with either point of view’. ‘Our only task is to assess whether the deprivation decision was unlawful’, Justice Carr said. ‘We have concluded it was not, and the appeal…

The FT’s main story reports that a “bumper earnings report” from chipmaker Nvidia has sparked a global stock market rally, with the company’s shares surging 15% in early trading, adding £205bn ($260bn) to its value in the process.

The Independent leads on Sir Keir Starmer’s denial that he pressured the Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to help him avoid Gaza vote rebellion. The paper notes the Tories are plotting to oust the Speaker over the chaos they claim is ‘Labour bias’ – and so far 67 MPs have submitted letters of no confidence.

The front page of the Guardian reports on a study which suggests that visiting the same doctor every time you go to your GP improves patients’ health and also reduces doctors’ workloads.