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    England ace Kieran Trippier cuddles and picks up blonde reveller while partying with teammates

    ENGLAND ace Kieran Trippier celebrated European qualification  by lifting a blonde reveller while partying with teammates.The 32-year-old’s high jinks were spotted on Wednesday night while he was out with pals at a packed karaoke bar.
    Newcastle United captain Kieran Trippier enjoyed a night out at a karaoke bar with his teammatesCredit: Alamy
    Trippier was pictured chatting to a female revellerCredit:
    At one stage, he appeared to lift the blonde clubber onto his backCredit:
    In footage seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Newcastle ace cuddled the woman before wrapping his arms around her and then picking her up by the bottom as the crowd belted out a karaoke tune.
    The woman appears to smile and he giggles.
    An onlooker said: “They looked very cosy. They were clearly having a great time.
    “It appeared there was a lot of horseplay and, at one point, a woman even jumped on his back.”
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    The player hit Cosy Joes karaoke bar in Newcastle  two nights in a row to toast his team making the Champions League.
    He was also celebrating being named his team’s player of the season.
    Kieran partied on the dance floor until 2am on both nights.
    His wife, Charlotte, was away in Spain.
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    England ace Trippier has been married to partner Charlotte since 2016Credit:
    The Newcastle star enjoyed his night out while wife Charlotte had been holidaying in SpainCredit: instagram
    Kieran, who scored against Croatia in the 2018 World Cup and was part of the 2022 England squad, was seen drinking with teammates at midday on Wednesday, before ending up at the karaoke bar.
    Wearing a grey T-shirt, he took pictures with fans and danced with  a Newcastle teammate, left-back Matt Targett, 27, before moving on to another club.
    A bartender from The Slug & Lettuce opposite said: “He was having a whale of a time.”
    Kieran has been married to interior designer Charlotte since 2016.
    Last week, she shared snaps on social media  of herself enjoying a five-star hotel in Madrid.
    The player’s agents and Newcastle United were  approached for comment. More

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    Footie boss’ furious ex ‘wrecked club’s bar including causing flood with beer taps & threatening to stab staff’

    A FOOTBALL boss’s ex-girlfriend carried out “an orgy of destruction” in the club’s bar after they broke up.Laura Evenden, 45, went on the rampage at non-league Chatham Town ­following her split from chairman and manager Kevin Hake, a court heard.
    Laura Evenden went on a rampage ­following her split from chairman and manager Kevin HakeCredit: FACEBOOK/Laura Leigh Evenden
    Kevin gave Boris Johnson a team shirt when the then-PM visited last yearCredit: Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media
    Chatham Town will play in the Isthmian Premier next seasonCredit: FACEBOOK/CHATHAM TOWN FC
    Evenden hurled cans of paint on the floor, pushed a TV, lobbed fruit from a fridge and caused a flood by turning on the beer taps.
    She threatened to knife a female staff member if her demand to speak with Mr Hake was ignored.
    And she burst a balloon display and stabbed a club sign, sofa and cushions.
    She and Mr Hake, 47, broke up at the start of last year, a court heard.
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    She went to the club late on June 16 with a kitchen knife in her handbag.
    Her £5,300 wrecking spree ended when her mum arrived.
    Evenden, of Chatham, admitted threatening a person with a knife and criminal damage.
    Judge Philip Statman told her she was lucky no one was hurt, adding: “You proceeded on an orgy of destruction.”
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    He handed Evenden a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, at Maidstone crown court.
    Mr Hake gave Boris Johnson a team shirt when the then-PM visited last year.
    The side will play in the Isthmian Premier, England’s seventh tier, next season after promotion. More

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    I was targeted by online trolls over beloved Tyson Fury tattoo – now I’m getting rid of it because of something he did

    A TYSON FURY superfan has revealed she had her tattoo of the Gypsy King covered up with a giant skull because he was “rude” to her.Mum-of-two Anna Sinclair, 34, was trolled mercilessly when she first had the portrait tattoo done, with people claiming it looked nothing like him, but she had the last laugh when the boxing champ gave it his seal of approval when they met back in January.
    Tyson Fury posed for pictures when Anna first met herCredit: Anna Sinclair
    But she decided to get the piece covered up after he was too busy to chat when she met him a second timeCredit: Anna Sinclair
    Before: Close up of the tattoo when she first had it done last yearCredit: The Sun
    After: The portrait is now covered up with a giant skullCredit: Anna Sinclair
    Now Anna said she felt disappointed after she bumped into Fury a second time – claiming he brushed her off and was too busy to speak to her.
    The next day she went to a tattoo studio and had the portrait covered up with a large black and grey skull.

    “I removed Tyson tattoo removed because I felt he was rude to me,” Anna, who lives in Tenerife, told The Sun.
    “He was in Tenerife last week because he had a gig here for fans. It was 250 euros per ticket entrance and me and my boyfriend were planning to go.
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    “The day before we parked the car and I heard someone say, ‘Tyson, Tyson.’
    “I came out from the car and he was just there, literally walking towards me, pushing a pram while on the phone.
    “I just greeted him and said, ‘Hi welcome back to Tenerife’, he looked at me angrily and said, ‘Don’t you see I am on my phone?’
    “I felt a bit bad but then I saw his wife Paris coming from the back and she remembered me from the first time I met them a few months ago.
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    “She said ‘Hi Anna’. Oh she is an angel. We gave each other a kiss and a hug.
    “I told her immediately, ‘Sorry we won’t be coming for the event’.
    “I just felt a bit disappointed.. because I think he doesn’t really know how to speak to his fans. Only at those expensive shows where he gets paid to perform.
    “So I went and covered him up with a skull.”
    Anna originally got the tattoo on her arm last year to pay homage to the heavyweight champ – after saying he was her “idol” and even inspired her to quit booze.
    But she was bombarded with mean comments when she posted it on a Tyson Fury fan page on Facebook with people saying the inking looks nothing like the Gypsy King and she should have it removed.
    Anna managed to shut the haters up after she met Fury while he was on holiday with wife Paris and their kids at an all-inclusive resort in Tenerife, and they both loved the tattoo.
    The boxer even posed for a picture with Anna while she showed off the tattoo.
    Anna says although the cover-up was “very painful” she has no regrets over the tattoo and said feels “stronger” after having him inked on her arm for the past year.
    “He lasted one year. I think he gave me a lot of inspiration … but like everything, it doesn’t last forever I guess,” Anna said.
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    “I definitely feel stronger after having his tattoo for a year and I don’t regret any of it but he should work on his social skills.
    “It was painful but it felt like the right thing to do.”
    Tyson was in Tenerife for a meet-and-greet fan eventCredit: Getty
    Fury often enjoys trips to Tenerife with wife Paris and his kidsCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
    Anna shows off her tattoo after she first got it doneCredit: The Sun More

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    Erling Haaland reassured over Luton facilities as Man City ace told ‘you’ll walk through the other s*** entrance’

    ERLING HAALAND and his fellow Premier League superstars have been told they should embrace playing at Luton’s old rickety Kenilworth Road if the club gets promoted on Saturday.Although the Manchester City ace loves playing away at lavish surroundings such as Old Trafford, the Emirates and Anfield, he will find playing at the 118-year-old 10,356-capacity stadium a completely different experience.
    The main entrance to Kenilworth Road sits under a bridge
    The away entrance to Kenilworth Road runs under nearby houses
    Hatters chief executive Gary Sweet told SunSport: “We might have to give our entrances a lick of paint and a new sign but let’s embrace this. 
    “It annoys me but makes me giggle when you read on social media about how our away fans’ entrance goes through gardens.
    “It’s been like that before the Second World War — so why is it raised now just because we might be going into the Premier League?
    “Haaland isn’t going to walk through that entrance. He’s going to walk through the other s**t entrance we’ve got. This is what we’ve got guys — so embrace it.
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    “People poke fun at our ground but it doesn’t bother us. We’ve got thick skins here and it perhaps shows a bit of fear from other teams.
    “Our ground will be an asset to the Premier League. This is proper, real life football. This is history and tradition happening right here.
    “This isn’t a sterile atmosphere bowl of a stadium where not much goes on.
    “This is lively, this is emotion, white knuckle, this is tears and joy, everything in this stadium is a cauldron. If you can’t embrace it, you don’t like football.”
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    Luton take on Coventry in the Championship play-off final for a £200million windfall to the winner — just NINE years after playing non-league.
    And this season the Hatters finished third with the THIRD LOWEST wage bill. Even several clubs in League One have bigger budgets.
    And Sweet said: “It shows we can achieve something with what we’ve got and it’s a great story for those people who don’t need lavish surroundings to succeed. 
    “You can do it with hard work, intelligence, guile, sensible financial management and determined commitment from everyone pulling in the same direction without having a swanky stadium.
    “It’s a beautiful stadium by the way — the old girl is beautiful.”
    But if the club do beat the Sky Blues at Wembley, they will have to spend around £10million and have just FOURTEEN weeks to bring the ground up to Premier League standards.
    Luton CEO Gary Sweet says anyone who cannot embrace the uniqueness of Kenilworth Road cannot love football
    Erling Haaland could be visiting Kenilworth Road next season
    The club must build a new stand where the executive boxes are currently situated — traditionally known as the Bobber Stand. It will include a media centre for journalists and broadcasters. 
    They must erect a new television gantry as well as a media conference room to seat 70 people as well as at least 50 seats for media and league data providers.
    With the Premier League having 100 contracts with broadcasters around the world, the club must have in place 15 international TV commentary positions and a further 15 for radio. 
    Also the floodlights need to be upgraded.
    Sweet said: “We have climbed from non-league to this position in nine years — so I’m sure we can sort out the ground in 14 weeks!”
    Meanwhile, Sweet says it Is all systems go to move into a new stadium Power Court — which will initially have a 19,200 capacity with scope to increase that to 23,000.
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    But the club must wait for the removal of an old electric sub station to be removed from the site before they can get work underway. The stadium is currently at pre-application stage.
    Sweet said: “The new stadium and Premier League football could be worth dozens of millions, perhaps more than £100m, to Luton and the locality.” More

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    Huge stars lined up as Chelsea host Ukraine fundraising game a year after Russian owner Abramovich quit

    CHELSEA is set to host a star charity football match to aid war-torn Ukraine.The game comes just over a year after its Russian former owner Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club.
    Alex Scott is being lined up to take part in the event
    England hero David Beckham is also ready to turn out in support of UkraineCredit: Getty
    The game comes just over a year after Russian Roman Abramovich was forced to sell ChelseaCredit: AFP
    Celebs including TV host Alex Scott, singer Niall Horan, England hero David Beckham and pundit Rio Ferdinand — also an ex-Three Lions ace — are being lined up to take part in some form on August 5.
    Ex-Chelsea player Andriy Shevchenko and Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko — both Ukrainians — are tipped to captain the two teams at Stamford Bridge.
    Game4Ukraine will raise money for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s United24 global charity.
    Oligarch Abramovich quit Chelsea amid threats of sanctions after Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine last February.
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    A source said: “Game4- Ukraine is going to be the biggest charity event of the year.
    “As well as a massive match, there is going to be a huge half-time show from a couple of big name stars.
    “It is going to be a stellar event.”
    The game is organised by Lester Holcombe, whose 2017 Game4Grenfell raised £900,000 for victims of the tower block disaster.
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    Former 1D star Niall Horan will also be taking partCredit: Rex
    Ex-Chelsea player Andriy Shevchenko, above, and Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko — both Ukrainians — are tipped to captain the two teams at Stamford BridgeCredit: Getty More

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    Ex-England star makes £20m as he sells mega-mansion to downsize his family home

    EX-England ace John Terry sold his mansion — netting almost £20million profit.The former Chelsea defender bought the 18th-century seven-bed property in 2019 for £4.1million before doing it up with wife Toni.
    John Terry and wife Toni have sold their mega-mansion for a massive £20mCredit: Getty
    The couple bought the home in Surrey for £4.1m in 2019Credit: Savills
    Dad of two Terry, now a coach at Leicester City, has flogged it for a massive £23million.
    A source said: “John and Toni have a real eye for interior design.
    “They built a huge outdoor swimming area – with a bar – which is perfect for parties, and modernised other rooms.
    “They put in a gym, and rebuilt the garages to host a fleet of luxury sports cars.”
    Staff quarters were also added to the seven-acre Surrey estate.
    The couple, both 42, have snapped up an £8m property a few miles away.
    They have also been involved with four homes on the Crown Estate in Oxshott, one of Britain’s most exclusive areas.
    The source added: “They have made a huge profit which they can now use to invest in other homes.
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    “It’s a pretty tidy sideline.”
    Terry, a former Chelsea and England captain, is moving his family to a smaller £8m property a few miles awayCredit: EPA More

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    Everton poised to hand striker lifeline with Calvert-Lewin and Maupay set for transfer away from Goodison

    RELEGATION fighting Everton will keep striker Tom Cannon if they need him to fire them out of the Championship next season.Sean Dyche is keen to see the striker at first hand after a breakthrough loan at Preston.
    Tom Cannon is set to be handed an Everton lifelineCredit: Sportsfile
    Dominic Calvert-Lewin is set to leave Goodison Park this summerCredit: Getty
    Neal Maupay is set to join him out of the doorCredit: Getty
    Cannon hit eight goals in the second tier and will return ahead of Ellis Simms in the queue for a game, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Neal Maupay likely to leave.
    Everton hope to stay up and then review the 20-year-old’s future.
    Blackburn have joined Preston and Swansea  keen to recruit the Republic of Ireland prospect for next season.
    North End are even cooking up a bid to buy Cannon.
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    Although that would need a serious offer to make it happen.
    On top of his eight strikes in the Championship, Cannon has hit seven goals in Premier League 2 for the Toffees Under 21 side.
    He also added five goals in as many games in the EFL Trophy.
    Injuries have kept Calvert-Lewin sidelined for much of the season, limiting him to 16 league games.
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    His inconsistent game time has yielded just two goals this season.
    However, this tally is still more than Maupay, who has just one goal to his name. More

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    Fuming boxing legend Frank Bruno claims ministers ‘don’t give a monkey’s’ about people with mental health problems

    BOXING great Frank Bruno claims ministers “don’t give a monkey’s” about people with mental health problems.The ex-world heavyweight champ says those with illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are being betrayed.
    Boxing legend Frank Bruno says mental health sufferers have been let down by politiciansCredit: PA
    Frank, 61, said: “Every time an election comes up ministers say, ‘We will make changes, we will spend some money, we will make things better’.
    “It’s a lie. They don’t stick to it. A lot of them just don’t give a monkey’s.
    “There’s tens of thousands of people across the country being let down and betrayed.
    “I’ve been invited into the House of Commons and I’ve heard a lot of very important people promise the world.
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    “Then, when you try to phone up to get something, they don’t want to know.”
    Frank won the WBC world title by beating Oliver McCall at Wembley in 1995 and twice fought ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson
    He has since struggled with bipolar disorder but said he now feels “better than he has in years”.
    Describing the current failures in the system he said: “Too often doctors are just sending patients home with tablets or locking people up in hospitals and forcing them to exist like zombies.
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    “I’d like to see the politicians go inside those hospitals to see what really goes on. But they don’t want to do it. It’s shameful.” More