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      Man Utd ace Marcus Rashford has no excuse for being late — after bagging two new speedy cars

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      SLEEPY Man United ace Marcus Rashford now has no excuse for poor timekeeping — after bagging two new speedy cars.He forked out £280,000 for a McLaren 765 Long Tail, top speed 205mph, plus £390,000 on a 155mph Black Badge Cullinan Rolls-Royce.
      Rashford now has no excuse for poor timekeeping after buying two new top–of-the-range carsCredit: Getty
      United boss Erik ten Hag benched the striker on New Year’s Eve over an ‘internal disciplinary’ matterCredit: PA
      The 25-year-old striker was benched by boss Erik ten Hag for the Wolves game on New Year’s Eve over an “internal disciplinary” matter.
      Rashford, currently in red-hot form, then came on to score the winner and later admitted he had been late for a team meeting because he had “overslept”.
      The new luxury motors were delivered last week to the house where he lives with his mum in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
      The 4-litre sports car, which he got in white, is one of just 765 built.
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      Meanwhile, his 6.75-litre, twin-turbocharged Roller has a luxury bespoke interior with leather seats which double as a cooling bin.
      We told last week how Rashford’s ex-United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo was given a £240,000 Rolls-Royce Dawn by his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez.
      The Man Utd ace’s Black Badge Cullinan Rolls-RoyceCredit: Eamonn and James Clarke
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      Hilarious moment Newcastle’s 6ft 7in defender Dan Burn arrives for training in tiny £11k Smart ForTwo

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      THE Premier League’s tallest footballer turned up for a match driving one of the UK’s smallest cars.Newcastle United’s Dan Burn was pictured arriving at St James’ Park in a tiny Smart ForFour.
      Burn, 30, who signed for the Magpies from Brighton for £13m last January, previously drove a spacious Audi SUVCredit: Rex
      He’s the latest football star to be seen driving a German Smart car after Raheem Sterling
      The 3.495-metre length car is the third smallest on Britain’s roads
      The 6ft 7in defender squeezed into the mini motor ahead of their 0-0 draw with Leeds United.
      Staff laughed as he ducked his head to clamber out of the door and shake their hands on New Year’s Eve.
      The centre back was spotted signing signatures for young supporters, who have nicknamed him Big Dan Burn, the previous day at the Toon training ground.
      His dinky two-seater, built in 2018 with a 900cc petrol engine, was most recently registered with the DVLA in August.
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      The 3.495-metre length car is the third smallest on Britain’s roads – only behind the Citroen Ami and Smart ForTwo.
      Burn, 30, who signed for the Magpies from Brighton for £13m last January, previously drove a spacious Audi SUV.
      He’s the latest football star to be seen driving a German Smart car after Raheem Sterling, Granit Xhaka and ex-Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.
      Supporters compared Burn with The Simpsons’ character Ian the Very Tall Man who drives a Volkswagen Beetle – and Mr Incredible from Disney’s The Incredibles.
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      One fan wrote on Twitter: “His knees will be on his chin.”
      Another added: “Seat must be in the boot mind.” More

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      World Cup penalty hero Harry Kane rakes in eye-watering sum from sponsorship, image rights and property investments

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      WORLD Cup penalty flop Harry Kane is on target in business, bagging a £22million fortune.Accounts show that the 29-year-old Tottenham and England star is raking in the cash through a pair of companies.
      Kane, 29, investments have risen by a combined £4.3million over the course of the past yearCredit: Getty
      HK28 Ltd, which handles his image rights and sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike and Mars, had its best year and has more than £9million in assets.
      Meanwhile, Edward James Investments holds properties worth £13.1million.
      His investments have risen by a combined £4.3million over the course of the past year.
      The accounts, filed at Companies House last week, are dated up to March 31 2022.
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      The England skipper runs the property firm with his brother Charlie and parents, Kim and Patrick.
      The couple sealed a dream move earlier this year – after moving into a 1million-a-year rented mansion.
      His sprawling seven-bed property has its own spa, cinema room, staff quarters and lift system.
      The Spurs marksman has been on fire once again this season, bagging 14 goals in 23 games for the Lilywhites and equalling Wayne Rooney’s 53 goal record for England during the World Cup.
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      Harry, on £200,000 a week at Spurs, missed a crucial penalty in England’s quarter-final defeat by France in Qatar. More

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      Ex-Premier League star, 39, declared bankrupt after racking up debts of more than £1 million

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      JERMAINE Pennant has been declared bankrupt after racking up debts of more than £1million.The former Premier League star, 39, owes money to a string of creditors, including HMRC, banks, councils and utility companies.
      Jermaine Pennant has been declared bankrupt after racking up debts of more than £1millionCredit: The Sun
      Pennant celebrates scoring a goal for Arsenal against Southampton in 2003Credit: Getty
      He was given a one-year bankruptcy order at Birmingham county court.
      A source close to the star said: “He owes stacks of cash all over the place.
      “His debts are into seven-figures.
      “His debts to the taxman and banks are huge.
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      “He has defaulted on mortgage payments and will likely have property repossessed.”
      Pennant was taken to court by creditors after failing to settle a number of outstanding bills.
      The star’s money troubles have been building.
      His media company Jermaine Pennant Ltd was dissolved and struck off the company register in 2020.
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      He set up the company to handle his pay from Celebrity Big Brother and TV appearances. More

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      Gareth Bale shocked after masked gunmen burst into family member’s house

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      FOOTBALL ace Gareth Bale and his wife Emma were shocked after armed raiders burst into a relative’s home.Emma’s aunt was left shaken after up to four masked men brandishing shotguns broke in.
      Gareth Bale and his wife Emma were shocked after armed raiders burst into a relative’s homeCredit: Karwai Tang
      Gareth was playing with Wales at the World Cup at the time of the raidCredit: Getty
      One of the intruders, believed to be the gunman, demanded: “Where’s the gold? We want the gold.”
      One man has been arrested but police are hunting the rest of the gang.
      Emma’s favourite aunt, who runs her own business, told the gang there was no gold in her house and they fled empty-handed.
      Police were called and a cordon put around the family’s three-bedroom home in North Wales.
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      Gareth, 33, now with Los Angeles FC, was playing for Wales in the World Cup in Qatar at the time of the raid.
      A family source said: “Gareth and Emma are shocked and really concerned that a gun was used to make threats.
      “We don’t know why Emma’s aunt was targeted. They seemed to be asking for a haul of gold. It has left Emma’s aunt and her family terrified.”
      She moved out of the property temporarily. The early-hours raid on November 29 is said not to be connected to a 2016 drug gang vendetta in Cardiff which Gareth and Emma, 31, became caught up in.
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       Police said “a  man, 28, from the Barnsley area was  arrested on suspicion of burglary.” He has been bailed. Emma’s aunt refused to discuss the raid. More

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      Ex-Prem and England ace’s marriage in crisis after spending Christmas apart from wife months after £200k wedding

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      TV footie pundit Jermain Defoe has sparked fears his marriage is in trouble after spending Christmas on the Caribbean island of St Lucia while his wife Donna stayed home in Glasgow.The former Spurs and West Ham star, 40, has been pictured without his wedding ring while Donna, also 40, has reverted to her maiden name of Tierney on social media and has unfollowed her hubby.
      TV footie pundit Jermain Defoe has sparked fears his marriage is in troubleCredit: instagram
      Defoe was pictured without his wedding ring while on holiday in St Lucia
      Neither of them has posted about each other on social media for eight weeks.
      Both have removed Instagram images of the OK! magazine cover that featured their £200,000 wedding last June.
      The Sun on Sunday revealed Defoe had begged a nurse for sex just a month after getting married.
      A source said: “The marriage seems to be in trouble. You would think they would want to spend their first Christmas together as husband and wife but they haven’t so things aren’t looking at all good.”
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      Defoe and Donna married at stately home Cliveden House, in Berkshire, in June last year.
      The lavish bash featured across 14 pages as well as the cover of OK! magazine later that month.
      Defoe said at the time: “This is my future, this is forever, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
      But in October, The Sun on Sunday revealed that Defoe had tried to lure a mum for a romp in the back of his Range Rover weeks after he wed.
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      Donna has not been seen for some time at the couple’s £300,000 home in Glasgow and is believed to be staying with her parents nearby.
      A neighbour said: “I haven’t seen her here for ages. I don’t think she’s living there any more.”
      The couple were last pictured together eight weeks ago at a champagne bash for the former striker’s birthday.
      Prior to that they would regularly gush about each other on their Instagram pages, with holiday snaps and loving posts about “Mr and Mrs Defoe”.
      But for nearly two months there has been a noticeable silence. Defoe has only posted pictures of himself in St Lucia, without his wedding ring and with no mention of his wife.
      One of his followers speculated: “Bro getting divorced already.”
      Wife Donna has reverted to her maiden name of Tierney on social media
      Defoe met Donna in January 2021 when he was playing for RangersCredit: donna_tierney
      Their marriage is thought to be in crisis after The Sun on Sunday revealed Defoe had begged a nurse for sexCredit: Getty
      Meanwhile, Donna has only posted pictures of herself and her family.
      She wished her 8,000 followers “all the love and happiness in the world”, beneath a picture of her 12-year-old daughter unwrapping Christmas presents.
      There was no mention of Defoe and one follower posted: “Are you and JD not together any more?”
      Days later Donna suggested in an Instagram story that she was glad to see the back of 2022 — and was “looking ahead” to the New Year.
      She also posted: “Some people will take you out of the rain and dry you off, some will stand with you and some will turn the rain into a hurricane.”
      Defoe met Donna in January 2021 when he was playing for Rangers and she asked him for a signed football shirt for a charity do. 
      The pair hit it off and Defoe proposed at a Glasgow hotel seven months later.
      He spelled out “Marry me” with lights in their penthouse suite, which he decorated with heart-shaped balloons and rose petals, and got down on one knee to pop the question.
      Their wedding last June was attended by 360 guests, including former England stars Ledley King, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Carlton Cole.
      For the last two months, Defoe has only posted pictures of himself holidaying in St lucia
      The pair chose the swanky 376-acre Cliveden House for a three-day wedding extravaganza, after Defoe read that  Meghan had stayed there on the eve of her marriage to  Prince Harry.
      Defoe wore a cream jacket, black trousers and a bow tie, and said his “eyes just started welling up” when he saw Donna approaching the altar. 
      Their first dance was to Luther Vandross’s Always and Forever.
      The celebrations lasted until 7am and included fire-eaters, flamethrowers, a Caribbean buffet and a makeshift nightclub.
      But within weeks of the wedding he was messaging a nurse and asking her to meet for sex.
      The nurse, who we are not naming, claims that Defoe, who has been dogged by cheating rumours in the past, called her last month insisting she listen to what he had to say — but she quickly hung up.
      She said of his marriage troubles: “Donna must have known what he was like when she got with him — surely she looked this man up. He was messaging me within days of getting married to her.
      “As soon as I heard his voice on the phone last month I hung up. I’m so happy to be done and dusted with all of it.
      “It doesn’t matter who he is or how much money he’s got, there’s no way I’d be in a relationship with a man like him.”
      The pair chose the swanky 376-acre Cliveden House for a three-day wedding extravaganzaCredit: instagram
      Defoe scored 20 goals in 57 games for England. 
      His career included spells at West Ham, Spurs, Rangers and Sunderland. 
      He retired in March last year and is now a youth academy coach and ambassador for Spurs. He also appeared as a pundit on Channel 4’s coverage of England’s matches last year.
      His agents were approached for comment. 
      3 Lions goal ace to OBE honour
      Jermain Defoe notched 20 goals in 57 England matches, including one at the 2010 World CupCredit: The FA – Getty Images
      JERMAIN Defoe became famed for his goal-scoring exploits — and is now often a TV pundit.
      And he has moved into coaching with youth players at his former club Tottenham, where he also works as an ambassador.
      He scored 227 goals in 624 club matches in a career spanning 23 years from 1999 to 2022.
      He also notched 20 goals in 57 England matches, including one at the 2010 World Cup.
      The prolific striker played for a total of seven clubs — West Ham, Spurs, Portsmouth, Toronto FC, Sunderland, Bournemouth and Glasgow giants Rangers.
      Defoe had a loan spell at Bournemouth before a £7million move to Spurs, where he enjoyed the most fruitful days of his career, in 2004.
      Defoe is now often a TV punditCredit: Getty
      In 2008, he switched to Portsmouth but was cup-tied so could not play in any of their matches en route to them lifting the FA Cup.
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      He was awarded an OBE in 2018 for his charitable work with the Jermain Defoe Foundation.
      While playing for Sunderland in 2016, he struck up a close friendship with six-year-old Bradley Lowery who had a debilitating form of cancer. Bradley passed away in 2017. More

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      Michael Owen bizarrely compares himself to family pet

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      ENGLAND ace Michael Owen has bizarrely likened himself to his pet Staffordshire bull terrier as he revealed he tries to teach them “good manners” and what’s “right and wrong”.The former footy ace turned TV pundit has three dogs – a Staffordshire bull terrier called Kaiser, an Italian greyhound called Zola and Belle, a French bulldog.
      England ace Michael Owen has bizarrely likened himself to his pet Staffordshire bull terrierCredit: PA
      Owen has three dogs – a Staffordshire bull terrier called Kaiser, left, an Italian greyhound called Zola, right, and Belle, a French bulldogCredit: Instagram
      Owen, 43, said Belle was “typically French”, saying: “If you want a slight upgrade on a cat then a French bulldog is for you, and so we have a third dog, Belle.
      “French bulldogs don’t bother you when you come home. They will look at you and maybe walk up to you.
      “They’re typically French – Belle has an arrogance about her.
      “You go on a walk and she’s 200 yards behind you, just sniffing in her own world.
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      “There could literally be a bomb blasting five metres away and she wouldn’t have a care in the world.
      “And the other thing with French bulldogs is breaking wind. God almighty, she doesn’t stop.”
      He added: “I would like to think I’m similar to a Staffy.
      “I’m definitely a happy person, very rarely get down or depressed or in a mood so I feel I’m quite a bubbly character.
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      “I try to give the dogs good manners because they have to know what’s right and wrong so I think they see me as the dominant person who shouts the rules out.” More

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      Tyson Fury missing out on millions from WWE PPV extravaganzas amid US visa problems

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      TYSON Fury’s immigration problems in the US are costing him millions – from wrestling and not boxing.The world heavyweight champion’s WWE return is hanging by the balance amid problems at the border.
      Tyson Fury, pictured in 2019 squaring off with Braun Strowman, is losing millions from WWE over his visa problemsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Tyson Fury won on his WWE debut against Braun Strowman in 2019Credit: Reuters
      WWE executives had been plotting for Fury to make an appearance at the Royal Rumble at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas in January.
      And they had an eye on a match at Wrestlemania 39 in Los Angeles in April.
      Fury, 34, won his WWE debut in October 2019, beating Braun Strowman, and made a surprise cameo at the Clash of the Castle in Wales in August.
      Now those hopes are looking slim and complicated, The U.S. Sun has learned.

      Fury, 34, is banned from entering the US after links to alleged Irish mob boss Daniel Kinahan emerged.
      The boxer’s team is responsible for ensuring he fulfills the credentials needed to work in the USA, while WWE’s lawyers have expertise in dealing with foreign athletes.
      Recently, Fury’s younger brother Tommy confirmed they are still being refused permission to enter the country.
      Tommy, who was due to fight Jake Paul in New York City, said it was apparently due to connections to Kinahan.
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      Fury was being wooed by show bosses to appear in 2023 shows as full-time CEO and chairwoman Stephanie McMahon and creative director – her husband Paul “Triple H” Levesque are huge fans of the ‘The Gypsy King’.
      An insider told The U.S. Sun: “Tyson is well loved at the WWE and him popping up in any match and a run to Wrestlemania would generate huge headlines and fan interest.
      “However his immigration status is proving tricky to deal with.
      “Tyson and the legal team or getting this whole grey and tricky area resolved. But non-entry, quite simply put, means non-payment.
      “And people may not believe this but turning up for a match or being part of the shows, not even fighting, earns him several million dollars.
      “So this issue with his working visa in the States is costing him a large amount of cash.
      “The WWE works with foreign athletes all the time in aiding their visa processing for appearances.
      “The legal team are on the sidelines offering support in this matter, but ultimately getting approval is on Tyson’s head and how US immigration assesses his case.”
      The source added: “It is not all bad news for Tyson, because there are other options for WWE through their premium live events outside of the US.
      Fury recently defended his WBC belt against Derek ChisoraCredit: Jamie McPhilimey
      Triple H (L) and Stephanie McMahon (R) are reportedly fans of FuryCredit: AP:Associated Press
      “It’s likely that they will go to Saudi Arabia twice a year for those bigger nights and of course, there are often European battles.
      “But having a potential invite to feature in something special at Wrestlemania is a huge deal, and currently those shows are only in the USA.”
      In October, Tommy confirmed he and Tyson are banned from entering the United States.
      The 2019 Love Island star was unable to fight rival Paul amid a US visa issue in August.
      The Sun also revealed in June that Tyson was also denied access to a Stateside flight.
      The bans are believed to be in connection to links with alleged Irish mob boss Kinahan, who in April was hit with sanctions.
      Kinahan was the co-founder of boxing management company MTK Global – who represented Fury following his 2018 comeback – but the organization cut ties with the 44-year-old Dubai-based Dubliner in 2017 and ceased existence in April, just as Kinahan was hit with sanctions.
      Tommy, who along with Tyson has no links to criminality, revealed he is still unable to enter America.
      He said on The MMA Hour: “Me and Tyson just can’t get into America at the minute and that’s the way it is.”
      The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Kinahan and the US Department of State is also offering rewards of up to $5million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of three members of the criminal family.
      A list of over 600 people, all connected to Kinahan, are understood to be banned from entering the US.
      It has left Tommy, who was never advised or managed by Kinahan or his former MTK boxing stable, seemingly caught up in it all.
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      Directly asked about “the Kinahan situation” by host Ariel Helwani, Tommy, 23, said: “I don’t know (what’s happening), that’s what I pay my lawyers for and my legal team every day, they’re sorting it and I said please get this resolved as soon as possible and that’s where I’ve left it at the moment.
      “I’m hoping it gets resolved asap because I want to come to America not just for boxing and of course for the big one to get this fight over the line but if it doesn’t get resolved for a long time I can’t speak on how long this is going to take.” More