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      Who is Not Logan Paul and what is his net worth?

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      NOT LOGAN PAUL has made a name for himself with his eerily similar appearance to influencer Logan Paul.The lookalike star is well known online, boasting popular Instagram and TikTok accounts, and has also entered the world of boxing.
      Rodney Petersen is better known online by his alias Not Logan Paul
      Who is Not Logan Paul?
      Not Logan Paul is a social media personality who found fame due to looking like Logan Paul.
      The star, real name Rodney Petersen, began posting on social media in 2020.
      At first, he shared aspects of his life like his love for music and pictures of his children.
      But it wasn’t long until his followers began to make comparisons between Petersen and influencer and boxer Paul.
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      Petersen told Business Insider: “In early 2021, I’d never heard of YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul.
      “But when people started flooding my comments section saying they thought I looked like him, I googled him and discovered he’s a hugely popular influencer with a controversial past.”
      Petersen, who shares four children with his wife, has enjoyed success from the comparisons but has admitted the reception isn’t always positive.
      He explained: “I sometimes receive negative comments from viewers, such as from a person who commented ‘you and your brother are jokes of the world,’ as if I was actually Logan himself, which is so strange.”
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      Is Not Logan Paul on social media?
      Petersen is a big presence online and has many social media followers.
      On Instagram he has 130k followers while on TikTok he has over 215k followers.
      He also has a YouTube channel where he has over 3k subscribers.
      It was the star’s wife who first convinced him to join TikTok back in 2020 but it was only once he began capitalising on being a Logan Paul doppelgänger that he found his follower count rising dramatically.
      In just one year, Petersen went from having 7k followers to 130k after making a number of clips recreating some of Paul’s old videos and doing impressions of him.
      Petersen said in 2022: “I’m happy to run with this Logan Paul doppelgänger bit as long as it keeps bringing me views.
      “In a funny way, I’ve found that it’s allowing more people to find me and get to know who I am.
      “People used to come up to me in the street because they thought I was Logan Paul, but now, they know that I’m his doppelgänger on TikTok, they know my accounts and real name, and they want a picture with the actual me.”
      Petersen has also said that he would eventually like to go back to focusing on his dreams in martial arts and music.
      What is Not Logan Paul’s net worth?
      Petersen’s net worth has been reported to be as much as $6 million, which is over £4.5 million.
      The star has admitted in the past that “looking like Logan Paul is bringing me the extra cash I need.”
      His lookalike Paul, meanwhile, has a reported net worth of $150 million, roughly £118 million.
      What is Not Logan Paul’s boxing record?
      Like many online personalities before him, Petersen has entered the world of boxing.
      As of January 18 2024 he has won one match as a celebrity boxer.
      Petersen made his debut at an Official Celebrity Boxing match in March 2023.
      The star was then confirmed to be taking part in the Misfits Boxing 12 event in January 2024.
      Petersen’s bout against Tristan Hamm was scheduled for Saturday, January 20th.
      The event, which also signed Chase DeMoor and Ed Matthews for the line-up, will be hosted in Leeds’ First Direct Arena with the capacity being approximately 13,000.
      Ahead of the match against Hamm, Petersen shared his excitement on social media.
      In one Instagram post he shared a picture of the poster for the event with the caption: “Flying across the ocean and getting My second influencer boxing Win, 2024 is going to be amazing for us all.”
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      In another, he added: “Either they want to see me win. Or they wanna see me lose.
      “Either way they are watching and it’s paying off $$$ I do greatly appreciate all of the amazing support. Staying positive and hard on the grind.” More

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      Who is football pundit Eni Aluko?

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      ENI ALUKO has become a successful TV pundit since retiring from women’s professional football.The star hung up her boots in January 2020 after playing a whopping 102 times for England between 2004 and 2016.
      Eni Aluko is a TV pundit and former professional player

      Who is Eni Aluko?
      Eni Aluko MBE is a football broadcaster and former professional player.
      She was born on February 21, 1987, in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to Birmingham, England, with her family when she was six months old.
      Aluko played many sports as a child, including tennis, but found a love for football after playing with her brother, Sone Aluko, who also went on to become a professional footballer.
      As of 2024, Sone is signed by Ipswich Town but he has also played for Reading and Fulham in the past.
      Eni started her own football career with Leafield Athletic Ladies and went on to play for several big teams.
      Aluko has also had an impressive international career, representing England at three World Cups (2007, 2011, 2015) and two European Championships (2009 and 2013), as well as playing for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
      In January 2020 Eni was named as the Sporting Director for Angel City FC, a team based in Los Angeles.
      She became the Director of Recruitment for the team in August 2022 but officially left the role in 2023.
      Who has Eni Aluko played for?
      Aluko had an illustrious career as a professional footballer before her retirement in 2020.
      The full list of teams that she represented can be seen below:

      2001-2004 – Birmingham City
      2004-2007 – Charlton Athletic
      2007-2009 – Chelsea
      2009-2010 – Saint Louis Athletica
      2010 – Atlanta Beat
      2011 – Sky Blue FC
      2012 – Birmingham City
      2012-2018 – Chelsea
      2018-2019 – Juventus

      Has she been a pundit before?

      Aluko is a successful and popular pundit, and made history when she became the first female pundit on Match of the Day in 2014.
      She continued punditry alongside her football career during the television coverage of the 2016 Euros, the women’s Euros in 2017, the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Women’s World Cup.
      Aluko was part of Amazon Prime’s pundit team for their coverage of the 2020/21 Premier League season.
      She also appeared on ITV’s coverage of the Euro 2020 tournament and is a regular face on the channel’s football coverage.
      What was the controversy surrounding her and Mark Sampson?
      In August 2017, Aluko accused the then-England manager Mark Sampson of “racist” comments
      Sampson was found by independent barrister Katherine Newton to have made “ill-judged attempts at humour, which, as a matter of law, were discriminatory on the grounds of race.”
      Newton added: “It was fundamentally important to emphasise that I have not concluded that MS is a racist.”
      It was alleged that Sampson had told Aluko to make sure her Nigerian relatives did not bring Ebola to Wembley and he also asked Drew Spence how many times she had been arrested.
      The FA was forced to issue an apology after it was found that they had known about the comments since 2016 and had cleared Sampson of any wrongdoing.
      Sampson later apologised, saying: “When players made complaints, they needed to be handled with the respect they deserved.”
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      What did Joey Barton say about Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko?
      Joey Barton came under fire after he made comments about Aluko and another pundit, Lucy Ward, as part of a sexist tirade.
      The former Manchester City and Newcastle star called the stars “the Fred and Rose West of football”, referring to two of Britain’s worst serial killers.
      Over two decades, Fred and Rose West abducted, tortured, raped and murdered numerous young women.
      Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Barton posted in January 2024: “How is she even talking about Men’s football. She can’t even kick a ball properly.
      “Your coverage of the game EFC last night, took it to a new low.
      “Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, the Fred and Rose West of football commentary.”
      Celebrities like Piers Morgan,  Laura Woods and Bianca Westwood were quick to call out the comments on social media.
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      ITV Sport also addressed Barton, saying in a statement: “For Joey Barton, an ex-professional player with a significant social media presence, to target two of our pundits, Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, with such vindictive remarks based on gender and to involve the names of serial killers in doing so is clearly contemptible and shameful on his part.
      “Football is for everyone.” More

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      Do TONIGHT’S FA Cup games have replays or are extra-time and penalties used if it is a draw?

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      FA CUP action has returned – and the third round has thrown up some blockbuster ties.But fans are still confused about whether extra time and penalties are used if required or if there are replays for the teams who cannot be separated after 90 minutes.

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      Some rounds of the FA Cup continue to use replays to decide ties Will there be replays for the FA Cup fifth round?
      FA Cup replays have become a huge part of English football’s most famous cup competition.
      And there have been extensive changes in recent years regarding whether they are included.
      In the 2020-21 and the 2021-22 season, all replays were scrapped due to fixture congestion.
      But they were brought back for the  third and fourth rounds of the 2022-23 campaign.
      However, there will be NO replays in the fifth round which means that all encounters will be concluded on the night More

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      Who is Anna Woolhouse? Presenter and face of Sky Sports darts and boxing coverage

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      STUNNING Sky Sports darts presenter Anna Woolhouse continues to wow fans as one of their lead presenters.Host Anna has become a main fixture of Sky Sports’ darts coverage – and the boxing – and will be on host duties for the World Darts Championship final between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler.
      Anna Woolhouse is one of Sky Sports’ most popular presentersCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      Fan favourite Anna is the main host for Darts and Boxing coverage on the channelCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      She has wowed fans with her outfits throughout the tournament at Ally PallyCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      She will be on host duties for the final between Luke Humphries and Luke LittlerCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      Anna Woolhouse is also hugely popular on social media and has around 170k followersCredit: Instagram / woolyanna1
      Here Anna Woolhouse stands with Eddie Hearn (right) and Lawrence Okolie (left)Credit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      Credit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      Who is Anna Woolhouse?
      Born in Market Deeping in 1984, Anna graduated from Leeds University where she achieved a BA Honours degree in music.
      As a result, music and dance are among her hobbies.
      Anna later gained a post-graduate degree in broadcast journalism and pursued a career in the media.
      Anna began her career in radio, before she joined Sky Sports.
      She has also presented Netball, Ice Hockey and F1 shows – where she gained experience on the ‘Midweek Report’.
      Anna is a fitness fanatic and regularly posts workout pictures and videos online.
      Anna Woolhouse covered Kell Brook vs Errol Spence Jnr in Sheffield, with Tony Bellew and Anthony Joshua in attendanceCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      When boxing returned to our screens, so did Anna
      Anna pictured at Matchroom’s Fight Camp
      She is frequently ringside as she presents Sky’s pay-per-view and regular boxing coverage.
      During lockdown, Anna was involved in the ‘Doing the Round’ series, conducting interviews from home.
      When boxing returned to our screens, so did Anna, working alongside Joshua, Tony Bellew and Johnny Nelson.
      Credit: Instagram @woolyanna1
      Anna Woolhouse has become a huge asset to Sky Sport’s coverage at home and abroad
      The former Sky Sports News presenter has become a big fan with boxing and darts TV viewersCredit: Instagram @woolyanna1 More

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      Who are the previous winners of World’s Strongest Man?

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      THE World’s Strongest Man is an annual strongman competition that began back in 1977.There have been 24 winners of the contest, which takes place in the US in the summer but isn’t aired in the UK until late December.
      Brian Shaw of USA is one of the past winners of the World’s Strongest Man competitionCredit: Victor Fraile/Getty Images
      Who are the winners of the World’s Strongest Man?
      Bruce Wilhelm – 1977-1978
      Bruce Wilhelm won the first ever World’s Strongest Man contest, which was held at Universal Studios, California, in 1977.
      He went on to win the competition again the following year, beating runners-up Bob Young and Ken Patera.
      After his wins, Wilhelm helped organise and officiate subsequent contests.
      He was also a member of the executive board of the United States Olympic Committee. 
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      Don Reinhoudt – 1979
      Don Reinhoudt was named the World’s Strongest Man in 1979, a year after he placed as a runner-up at the 1978 event.
      Despite his win, Reinhoudt would go on to compete only once more, placing ninth in 1980.
      Bill Kazmaier – 1980-1982
      Bill Kazmaie is a former World’s Strongest Mans champion and world record holderCredit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images
      Bill Kazmaier dominated the World’s Strongest Man contest from 1980 to 1982.
      He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest strength competitors of all-time.
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      Geoff Capes – 1983, 1985
      British strongman Geoff Capes was the first non-American to win the World’s Strongest Man contest in 1983Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
      Brit Geoff Capes became the first non-American to win the World’s Strongest Man title in 1983.
      The former shot putter also had a very successful athletic career and represented both England and Great Britain.
      He competed at the Commonwealth games, the European indoor championships, and at three Olympic Games.
      Jón Páll Sigmarsson – 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990
      Jón Páll Sigmarsson won the title of World’s Strongest Man four times
      Jón Páll Sigmarsson was a strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder from Iceland.
      He was the first man to win the World’s Strongest Man four times.
      Sigmarsson died on January 16, 1993, after suffering a heart attack while deadlifting.
      Jamie Reeves – 1989
      After placing third the year before, Jamie Reeves took home the win at the 1989 World’s Strongest Man competition.
      The former coal miner, from Sheffield, was also a professional wrestler.
      After retiring from competitive sports, Reeves worked as a referee, event promoter and coach for strength contests.
      Magnús Ver Magnússon – 1991, 1994-1996
      Magnús Ver Magnússon, from Iceland, is one of the most famous World’s Strongest Man winnersCredit: Antonio RIBEIRO/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
      Icelandic strongman Magnús Ver Magnússon dominated the World’s Strongest Man contest for much of the 1990s.
      Like his fellow Icelandic competitor Sigmarsson, Magnússon won the competition four times.
      Ted van der Parre – 1992
      Ted van der Parre won the World’s Strongest Man contest in 1992, with the 6’10” athlete becoming the tallest ever competitor to take the title.
      As of 2023, he is the only competitor from the Netherlands to win the competition.
      Van der Parre competed again in 1994 but was forced to drop out due to a calf injury.
      Gary Taylor – 1993
      Welsh strongman Gary Taylor won the title of World’s Strongest Man in 1993.
      According to Guinness World Records, 6′ Taylor is the shortest ever winner of the contest.
      The sportsman, from Cardiff, has become a commentator and organiser for the annual UK’s Strongest Man contest since retiring from competing himself.
      Jouko Ahola – 1997, 1999
      Jouko Ahola is a former strongman, powerlifter and actor from Finland.
      He won the World’s Strongest Man twice and is also a two time winner of the Europe’s Strongest Man competition.
      Ahola has starred in films like Kingdom of Heaven, Bad Day to Go Fishing and War of the Dead.
      He also had a role in the History Channel series Vikings.
      Magnus Samuelson – 1998
      Magnus Samuelsson competed for the title of World’s Strongest Man three times before winning in 1998.
      He has been named one of best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before moving into strongman competitions.
      Samuelson is also an actor and has starred in Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl as well as the BBC’s The Last Kingdom.
      Janne Virtanen – 2000
      Janne Virtanen of Finland was once the World’s Strongest Man competition winner but has since retiredCredit: China Photos/Getty Images)
      Finland’s Janne Virtanen was a runner-up in 1999 but moved up to the top of the podium in 2000.
      He also won Finland’s Strongest Man in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, the Helsinki Grand Prix in 2000), and the Turkey Grand Prix in 2002.
      Virtanen announced his retirement in 2007 and now works as a carpenter.
      Svend Karlsen – 2001
      Svend Karlsen became Norway’s first World’s Strongest Man in 2001.
      He retired from competing in 2006 and began working in TV.
      Karlsen has worked as the presenter and producer of the Norwegian version of the World’s Strongest Man contest, and for the qualifying tour Giants Live.
      Mariusz Pudzianowski – 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
      Mariusz Pudzianowski is a former strongman and MMA fighterCredit: Maciej Gillert/Gallo Images Poland/Getty Images
      Mariusz Pudzianowski is a former strongman competitor and MMA fighter.
      The sportsman, from Poland, has the nicknames “Pudzian” and “Dominator”.
      Pudzianowski won five World’s Strongest Man titles in seven years, the most in history.
      He retired in 2009 and made his debut as an MMA fighter the same year.
      Vasyl Virastyuk – 2004
      Vasyl Virastyuk won the World’s Strongest Man contest in 2004.
      He is one of only two people to defeat Pudzianowski during his seven-year stint at the contest.
      Virastyuk is also a politician and in 2021 he was sworn in as a member of the Ukrainian parliament.
      Phil Pfister – 2006
      Phil Pfister won the World’s Strongest Man contest in 2006Credit: Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
      Phil Pfister was named the World’s Stongest Man in 2006.
      He was the first American to win the title since Kazmaier in 1982.
      Pfister came in fourth at the 1998, 2001, 2007, and 2008 contests but retired from the sport in 2009.
      Žydrūnas Savickas – 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
      Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania has won the World’s Stongest Man competition four timesCredit: Victor Fraile/Getty Images
      Zydrunas Savickas knocked Pudzianowski off the top spot to claim his first World’s Strongest Man win in 2009.
      He went on to win the competition three more times and break over 70 world records.
      The Lithuanian hasn’t appeared at the World’s Strongest Man competition since 2018, when he finished tenth.
      Brian Shaw – 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
      Brian Shaw of USA is a four time winner of the World’s Strongest Man contestCredit: Victor Fraile/Getty Images
      Brian Shaw is one of Savickas’ fiercest competitors and has also won the World’s Strongest Man competition four times.
      The athlete, from Colorado, became the first man to win the Arnold Strongman Classic and the World’s Strongest Man competitions in the same calendar year in 2011.
      He then replicated this feat in 2015.
      Shaw is the fourth most decorated strongman in history and announced his official retirement in August 2023.
      Eddie Hall – 2017
      Eddie Hall was crowned the World’s Strongest Man in 2017Credit: John Phillips/Getty Images
      Eddie Hall is a former strongman and boxer who won the World’s Strongest Man competition in 2017.
      Hall is best known for setting the world-record 500kg deadlift in 2016, widely regarded as one of the most iconic lifts in the history of the strongman sport.
      Since retiring from strongman, Hall has revealed plans to move into bodybuilding.
      Hafthor Björnsson – 2018
      Hafthor Julius Bjornsson is a World’s Strongest Man champion
      Hafthor Julius Björnsson won the World’s Strongest Man contest in 2018, after missing out by just one point the previous year.
      He is the first and only person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic, the Europe’s Strongest Man, and the World’s Strongest Man competitions in the same calendar year.
      Björnsson is also an actor and is best known for his role as “The Mountain” Ser Gregor Clegane in the HBO’s Game of Thrones.
      Martins Licis – 2019
      Professional Strongman Martins Licis was named the World’s Strongest Man in 2019Credit: Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
      Latvian-American professional strongman Martins Licis had a surprise win at the 2019 World’s Strongest Man event.
      He went on to win the 2021 Rogue Invitational and 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic strongman championships.
      Oleksii Novikov – 2020
      Ukraine’s Oleksii Novikov won the World’s Stongest Man competition in 2020Credit: The Sun
      Oleksii Novikov claimed his first World’s Strongest Man title in 2020.
      The Ukrainian became the second youngest man to win the competition, triumphing when he was 24 years and 278 days of age.
      Sigmarsson is the youngest to have won, clocking in at 24 years and 271 days of age when he gained his title in 1984.
      Tom Stoltman – 2021, 2022
      Tom Stoltman has won the World’s Strongest Man title twiceCredit: Antonio Brecht Grist/ Alamy Live News
      Tom Stoltman made history when he became the first Scot to win the World’s Strongest Man title in 2021.
      The sportsman won the contest again 2022, becoming only the tenth man in the competition’s history to win the title of World’s Strongest Man twice.
      Mitchell Hooper – 2023
      Mitchell Hooper won the World’s Strongest Man competition for the first time in 2023
      Mitchell Hooper claimed the World’s Strongest Man title for the first time in his career in 2023.
      Hooper, from Midhusrt Canada, became the first Canadian in World’s Strongest Man history to win.
      What is the prize for World’s Strongest Man?
      The prize for winning World’s Strongest Man is monetary.
      The amounts have changed over the years and the prize pot went up significantly after 2021.
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      It has been reported that the 2020 first prize was around £42,000, while in 2021 it increased to just over £117,000.
      Runners-up also receive money for their efforts. More

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      What’s Jim Ratcliffe’s net worth and how much of Manchester United has he bought?

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      SIR JIM RATCLIFFE is the chemical engineer and industry tycoon who has purchased a 25% stake in Manchester United.Ratcliffe, who is one of the UK’s richest men, is a huge football fan and his deal for United has finally been announced.
      Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe has bought a stake in Man Utd
      Who is Jim Ratcliffe and what is his net worth?
      Jim Ratcliffe is a fracking and chemicals entrepreneur who is the chairman and CEO of chemicals group Ineos.
      The Brexit-backing businessman came from humble beginnings and was brought up in a council house near Manchester by his joiner dad and office manager mum.
      He was born on October 18, 1952, as James Arthur Ratcliffe.
      Ratcliffe’s first job was with oil giant Esso but he later went on to study for an MBA from London Business School and, in 1989, he joined US private equity group Advent International.
      In May 2023 Ratcliffe surged to second in the Sunday Times Rich List with a reported net worth of £29billion.
      When did he start Ineos?
      Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive of the Ineos chemicals group, which he founded in 1998 from a small base in Hampshire.
      Using high-yield debt to fund deals, he started buying unwanted operations from groups such as energy giant BP, picking targets based on their potential to double their earnings over a five year period.
      In 2006, Ineos bought BP’s refining and petrochemical arm Innovene, giving Ineos refineries and plants in Scotland, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and Canada.
      Then, in April 2010, Ratcliffe relocated Ineos’ head office to Rolle in Switzerland, cutting the company’s tax bill by £100million per year.
      Ineos products are used every day to clean water, make toothpaste, manufacture antibiotics, insulate homes and package food.
      The chemicals giant employs more than 18,500 people at 181 sites across 22 countries.
      When was Jim Ratcliffe knighted?
      Ratcliffe was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list on June 2, 2018, receiving the honour for services to business and investment.
      Other big names on the honours list that year included Kenny Dalglish and Emma Thompson.
      What sports teams does Jim Ratcliffe own and does he support Manchester United?
      Boyhood Manchester United fan Ratcliffe revealed his interest in buying the Old Trafford club in January 2023 after the Red Devils were put up for sale by the US-based Glazer family.
      Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani was thought to have put in a £5billion bid for the team –  short of the Glazers’ £6billion valuation of the club.
      In 2022 Sir Jim tried to buy United’s Premier League rivals Chelsea after Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the West London club as part of sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
      US investor Todd Boehly and his consortium took control of the Blues after Ratcliffe’s bid was rejected.
      Ineos already own French football club Nice, as well as Swiss side Lausanne and a third of F1 motor racing team Mercedes.
      His Team Ineos cycling team has won seven editions of the annual Tour de France, boasting riders such as Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas.
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      Does he have children?
      Ratcliffe has two sons, called George and Samuel, with his first wife Amanda Townson, who he split from in 1995 after a ten-year marriage.
      He went on to welcome a daughter, Julia, with his second wife, Italian tax lawyer Maria Alessia Maresca – also known as Alicia Ratcliffe.
      Ratcliffe reportedly wed Alicia in the late 1990s, before splitting up a few years later.
      In 2020 Ratcliffe moved to tax haven Monaco, leaving behind his properties in Chelsea and Hampshire. More

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      Meet Britain’s richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is on verge of buying Man Utd and already owns Nice

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      BRITAIN’S richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe – worth a staggering £15billion- and his Manchester United takeover is set to be announced TODAY.The billionaire businessman wants in after the Glazer family put the club up for sale – as long as it’s for the right price.

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      Britain’s richest man, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, wants to buy Man Utd United announced last year that the Glazers were “looking to explore strategic alternatives” for the club.
      Ratcliffe, 70, is a lifelong Red Devils fan and it was revealed in the summer he was interested in taking over the club.
      He is now planning to formally launch his bid to take over the club.
      A spokesperson said: “If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer.
      “If something like this was possible, we would be interested in talking with a view to long-term ownership.
      “This is not about the money that has been spent or not spent.
      “Jim is looking at what can be done now and, knowing how important the club is to the city, it feels like the time is right for a reset.”
      Back in April 2022, Ratcliffe put in an offer for Chelsea after speaking with former Blues chairman Bruce Buck, when sanctions placed on Roman Abramovich triggered a fire sale.
      Ratcliffe is a petrochemicals tycoon who at his peak was worth around £21BILLION.
      He runs multi-billion-pound chemicals giant Ineos, which owns French club Nice, Swiss side Lausanne, plus a third of Formula One team Mercedes. More

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      Daniel Dubois’ net worth, career earnings and boxing record explained

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      Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois is a heavyweight champion from London.Here’s what you need to know about Dubois’ net worth — and his boxing record. 
      Daniel Dubois will be fighting Jarrell Miller during the Day of Reckoning card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, 23 December.
      What is Daniel Dubois’ net worth?
      Some estimate Dubois’ net worth at between $2 million — $5 million.
      Dubois earned £1.75 million for another fight when he faced Joyce in 2020.
      His career earnings are thought to be in the region of around £5m.
      He began earning six-figure sums when he took on Richard Lartey in April 2019.
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      But since facing Joyce, Dubois pulled in a further £1.8m across four fights.
      Although he failed to defeat his opponent Usyk in August 2023, Dubois went away with one of his biggest cheques yet: £1.6 million.
      It’s not yet been confirmed how much he stands to take away from his fight against Jarrell Miller on the Day of Reckoning undercard, on Saturday, 23 December, 2023.
      The anticipated Christmas mega-card will see headliner AJ facing Otto Wallin.
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      What is Daniel Dubois’s boxing record?
      Daniel “Dynamite” Dubois’ boxing record stands as 19–2–0.
      He’s had a total of 72 bouts, and has a KO rate of 95%.
      Dubois has seen some serious success: he held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title from 2022 to August 2023.
      He’s also held the British and Commonwealth titles from 2019 to 2020.
      His first pro fight was against Marcus Kelly in 2017, which he won by a KO, and his fourth fight won him the WBC Youth heavyweight title.
      The former WBA heavyweight champion could have his work cut out as opponent Jarrell Miller will be heading into the Day of Reckoning card fresh from a sixth-round stoppage win vs Australian Lucas Browne.
      In a bizarre turn, Miller said of his opponent Dubois:
      “I guarantee if we cut his head open his brain will be the size of a shrimp. You know what I mean? The IQ of a walnut.”
      Frank Warren, Dubois’ promoter, has described the fight as a “must win” for the London champ.
      He said: “There is so much riding on this for Daniel. This is must-win.
      “He could have won his last fight but something was just lacking at the end and he needs to address that, and this is the fight to do it.
      “Whether it’s self-belief or what, Daniel has to go out there and impose himself against Jarrell and get himself back to the big table.
      “Otherwise he has a long road back.”
      Dubois said: “I’m ready to go, let out all of that emotion that I’ve built up from the Usyk experience and turn it into a positive.
      “Come through this big show with a win.
      “I want to punch holes in Jarrell, whatever it takes to win, for me it’s important to win in style and put all of that [Usyk loss] behind me,” he said.
      Miller’s career has been marred by doping scandals after a failed drugs test saw a 2019 fixture against AJ cancelled at the last minute.
      The match will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the chosen venue for this tasty event and it can host approximately 26,000 roaring fans.
      Daniel is one of eleven children fathered by Dave Dubois, a former Camden Market street trader.
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