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    I’m A Celebrity signs England football star for this year’s show

    Lioness Jill Scott has signed up for the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!The midfielder, 35, retired after playing in the game that beat Germany 2-1 in the Uefa Women’s final in July.
    Lioness Jill Scott, 35, has signed up for the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!Credit: AP
    It has long been rumoured that ITV wanted a Lioness to enter the jungleCredit: Rex
    But her expletives gained almost as much attention as her ball skills when a clip of her swearing at Germany’s Sydney Lohmann went viral.
    A TV insider said: “Jill became an instant star following that memorable moment, with most Brits forgiving the minor outburst.”
    “It was always rumoured that ITV wanted one of the team in the jungle and Jill is a natural choice.”
    Jill presented an award at the NTAs this week and joked that she was skint and had been forced to sell her winner’s medal.
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    I’m a Celeb returns to the Australian Jungle next month.
    Other stars include former rugby player Mike Tindall, DJ Chris Moyles and comic Seann Walsh.
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    From team that won match without scoring to game’s first black player – Gary Lineker reveals incredible football stories

    FOOTBALL is the one thing that has always been in my life. I used to be in the box as a player, now I’m on the box as a presenter.
    Gary Lineker has shared with us five of his favourite incredible football storiesCredit: Getty
    Gary’s new book 50 Times Football Changed The World is filled with inspirational tales
    Football has a long and rich history with so many memorable moments, unforgettable tales and incredible stories from across the world which all show the numerous ways the game has been a force for good.
    I’ve put 50 of the most fascinating, educational and inspiring tales in my new book, 50 Times Football Changed The World.
    Here I’m sharing five of my favourites.
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    The first black professional footballer in the world
    ARTHUR WHARTON was born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, West Africa, which is now Accra, in Ghana.
    Not much is known about Arthur’s early life, but when he was 19 he moved to Darlington to train as a missionary.
    Arthur Wharton, who played for Darlington FC., was the first black professional footballer in the worldCredit: NNP
    Arthur was born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, West Africa, which is now Accra, in Ghana, moved to Darlington when he was 19Credit: Sharon Doorbar
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    It wasn’t long before he started playing as goal- keeper for Darlington FC.
    He was said to be an entertaining performer with a phenomenal punch, by which they meant punching the ball, not his opponents (hopefully)!
    He also used to catch the ball between his legs and he would sometimes pull the crossbar down (it was only made of tape in those days) so shots would miss.
    That would certainly get a red card today.
    It wasn’t long before he moved to Preston North End, one of the biggest teams in England at that time, then Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers and Ashton North End, before finishing his career at Stockport County in 1902.
    As a professional, Arthur earned a lot of money, so he would often donate part of his wages to help people in need.
    Unfortunately, after retiring from football, his life was hard.
    He gradually spent all the money he made from his sports career and had to work as a coal miner to support his family.
    He passed away in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
    For many years afterwards, Arthur and his great achievements as a true sports pioneer went unrecognised.
    He was finally given the footballing recognition he deserved in 2003, when he was welcomed into the English Football Hall of Fame, having paved the way for so many of the talented players we see today.
    Arthur paved the way for so many of the talented players we see today (pictured: Marcus Rashford)Credit: AFP
    The team that played on the sea
    NOTHING makes you want to grab a football and kick it around quite like watching an incredible match.
    And that’s exactly what happened when the children from a fishing village called Koh Panyee, in Thailand, were watching the 1986 World Cup finals.
    Children from a fishing village called Koh Panyee, in Thailand made a football pitch in the seaCredit: EPA
    But there was one not-so-small problem . . . Koh Panyee is in the sea.
    It is a floating village built on stilts. No one had ever been able to play football there because . . . well, there just wasn’t space.
    The children really, really wanted to play, though, so they came up with a brilliant idea — if the village could float, then so could a football pitch.
    So they began gathering bits of wood and old rafts, took a boat just a little way out on to the sea and started building a surface they could play on.
    It was like no other pitch in the world. Sharp nails jutted out from the wood.
    There was no barrier between the edge of the pitch and the sea.
    And splinters were a real hazard for their bare feet.
    But the children loved it — despite having to jump into the water to retrieve the ball an awful lot.
    When they entered their first proper tournament, Panyee realised they were actually really good. All that playing on their floating pitch had paid off.
    They have become one of the best youth teams in southern Thailand, winning seven regional titles on the trot between 2004 and 2010.
    Today they have a smooth new pitch, which even has a fence to stop the ball going into the water.
    The village has also benefited from tourists coming to see the incredible pitch and hear the team’s amazing story.
    It just shows what you can do with determination, courage, teamwork . . . and a few bits of wood.
    When the worst team in Britain didn’t give up
    MADRON is a village in Cornwall. About 1,600 people live there and it also has a football team, Madron FC.
    At the start of the 2010–11 season, they were in the first division of Cornwall’s Mining League.
    Madron FC. were branded the ‘worst team in Britain’ but they eventually won a match after 30 straight defeatsCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
    They began the season full of hope and positivity and were ready to give it their all.
    But in their first game they lost 11-0. Ouch! And things didn’t get better.
    As the season progressed, Madron lost 16–0, 29–0 (yes, twenty-nine) and 9–0.
    Later in the season, when they played against Illogan Reserves, they lost . . . wait for it . . . 55–0.
    That means Illogan scored a goal nearly every two minutes. One of their players scored ten goals — more than three hat-tricks.
    Madron were branded in the newspapers as “the worst team in Britain”.
    Some teams might give up after a defeat like that, but not Madron.
    The following weekend they put on their game faces once again.
    Could they bounce back from that defeat with a victory? Well, no — this time they lost 22–0.
    By the end of the season they were bottom of the table with zero points, having lost every single game.
    Their goal difference was minus 395.
    But throughout the season Madron had continued to try their best, week in, week out.
    As one of the players said: “I’d rather play for a bad team that has fun than a good team that you don’t enjoy playing for.”
    The following season Madron lost their first game 8-2. But their second game ended 4-3 — to Madron.
    After 30 straight defeats and 407 goals conceded across both seasons, they had finally won.
    The Madron players ran around the pitch, did laps of honour, cheered, shouted and high-fived one another. It was as if they’d won the league.
    Their hard work had finally paid off. They showed the true value of believing in yourself and never giving up.
    Referee who took on football authorities and a dictator
    IT’S not easy being a referee. Every match is a battle.
    But in the case of Lea Campos, the battles started long before she even got on to the pitch.
    Lea Campos had to take on football authorities and a dictator to fulfil her dream of becoming a refereeCredit: Museu do futebol
    Lea was born in Brazil in 1945 and loved playing football.
    Unfortunately, women were banned from playing organised sports in those days.
    Instead, she was encouraged to take part in beauty pageants.
    She won quite a few, and one helped her back into football.
    Cruzeiro is one of Brazil’s biggest football teams, and after winning the title Queen of Cruzeiro in 1966, Lea got a job with the club where she helped to promote it by speaking to journalists and organising player interviews.
    She realised the love of football she’d had hadn’t gone away.
    Lea still wasn’t allowed to play, but she discovered there was nothing to stop her becoming a referee.
    In 1967, she did an eight-month course and became one of the first female referees in the world.
    Even though she was qualified, the Brazilian sporting authorities — led by a man, João Havelange — still wouldn’t let her on the pitch.
    She was told women’s bodies weren’t suitable for the sport.
    Lea wasn’t going to stand for that, though. In one of the beauty contests she had met an army commander.
    She asked him if he could arrange for her to have a meeting with the president of Brazil, Emílio Garrastazu Médici.
    But Médici was a brutal leader who ruled the country with violence.
    What was he going to think about a woman requesting to be a referee?
    Over lunch, the president told Lea that one of his sons was a big fan of hers.
    Then he handed her a letter.
    It was a written request for Havelange to let her become a referee.
    And everyone knew you didn’t say no to the president.
    Lea went on to referee 98 matches in Brazil.
    Fans might still disagree with a lot of referees’ decisions, but one thing we can all agree on is that what Lea Campos did was incredibly brave — and has helped to change the world’s opinion on female referees.
    When a team won without scoring a single goal
    THERE were four teams in the play-off tournament to decide Madagascar’s 2002 champions — Adema Analamanga and Stade Olympique de l’Emyrne, who were big rivals, and Domoina Soavina Atsimondrano Antananarivo and Union Sportive Ambohidratrimo.
    In the penultimate game of the tournament, L’Emyrne were leading 2–1 but, with full time approaching, the referee awarded their opponents, Antananarivo, a penalty.
    L’Emyrne scored an own goal approximately every 30 seconds as a protest in their match against Adema
    The players and manager of L’Emyrne were certain the penalty should not have been awarded but, despite their complaints, the referee didn’t change their mind (they rarely do) and Antananarivo scored the spot kick.
    The final result was 2–2.
    This meant L’Emyrne couldn’t win the tournament.
    The manager and players were convinced the referee had been biased — and at their next match, the last game of the tournament against their arch rivals Adema Analamanga, they decided to protest.
    The game kicked off, and as soon as a L’Emyrne player got the ball, he did something very odd.
    Instead of running towards Adema’s goal, he ran towards his own team’s goal and scored an own goal.
    It was 1–0 to Adema. L’Emyrne kicked off again and this time . . . the same thing happened.
    They scored another own goal, making it 2–0 to Adema. And it happened again, and again.
    Adema’s players couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
    The spectators couldn’t believe it either, and many of them started demanding their money back.
    But still the game went on, with L’Emyrne scoring an own goal approximately every 30 seconds.
    By the time the final whistle blew it was 149–0 to Adema — without any of their players touching the ball.
    It was very odd, and in some ways very funny, but the Madagascan football authorities didn’t think so.
    L’Emyrne’s manager, Ratsimandresy Ratsarazaka, who organised the protest, was banned from coaching for three years and four players were also banned for the rest of the season.
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    It truly was an amazing, game-changing moment.
    One team did something extraordinary to stand up for themselves and to let everyone know that they weren’t going to put up with what they believed to be cheating. More

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    Manchester City sensation Erling Haaland reveals bizarre diet that’s helped him take the game by storm

    PREMIER League scoring sensation Erling Haaland has taken the game by storm by feasting on a diet of hearts and liver.The Man City striker, who bagged his 20th goal of the season at the weekend, lifts the lid on his Hannibal Lecter-style routine in a documentary.
    In documentary Haaland: The Big Decision, the scoring sensation reveals his diet of hearts and liver
    This is just one quirk of the former Borussia Dortmund man’s huge, 6,000 calories-a-day diet
    The Norwegian series also reveals that he only drinks water through a complicated filter system
    The Norwegian series also reveals he only drinks water through a complicated filter system and tries to look at sunshine as soon as he wakes.
    Showing off huge chunks of heart and liver from his butcher, he says:
    “You (other people) don’t eat this, but I am concerned with taking care of my body.
    “I think eating quality food that is as local as possible is the most important.
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    “People say meat is bad for you but which? The meat you get at McDonald’s?
    “Or the local cow eating grass right over there? I eat the heart and the liver.”
    Heart and liver are superfoods rich in vitamin B, iron, phosphorus and copper and magnesium.
    In Haaland: The Big Decision filmed ahead of his move from Borussia Dortmund to City, the £375,000-a-week ace adds: “The first thing I do in the morning is to get some sunlight in my eyes — it is good for circadian rhythm.
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    “I have also started to filtrate my water a bit. I think it can have great benefits for my body.”
    On a tour of City’s training ground, Haaland tells chefs: “You should be my favourite people” as he requests a cheese and ham omelette.
    Haaland, 22, has previously confessed a love for doner kebab pizza.
    And he feasts on lasagne made by dad Alfie as part of his 6,000 calories a day diet.
    Haaland’s love of meat echoes chilling Hannibal Lecter in 1991 film The Silence of the LambsCredit: REX
    Erase Steenslid, Haaland’s trainer at Dortmund, has joked how the star was “always the closest to the buffet and his plate was literally a mountain of food”.
    Alfie, who also played for City, said his son was inspired to eat healthily by seeing how it helped superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
    He said: “He was told a story by (ex-United player) Patrice Evra about a lunch he had with Ronaldo and Cristiano had fish, nothing else. Erling now tries to do the same.”
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    Haaland’s love of meat echoes Anthony Hopkins’ chilling Dr Lecter character in 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
    The 6ft 4in striker is also a fan of ice baths, and glasses which filter out blue light to improve his sleep. More

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    Harry Maguire granted special Portugal holiday as Ten Hag exempts Man Utd star from strict injury code to ‘clear head’

    HARRY MAGUIRE was given special permission to take a break in Portugal this week to “clear his head”.Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag was happy for his injured defender to jet off to the golf resort of Quinta do Lagofor while his team-mates struggled in the Europa League.
    Harry Maguire has been granted an extra holiday by Erik ten HagCredit: PA
    Maguire, 29, on holiday with wife Fern Hawkins earlier this yearCredit: https://www.instagram.com/harrymaguire93/?hl=en
    Maguire’s sunshine break with family members was sanctioned to help him “clear his head” whilst recovering from injury picked up on England duty.
    Ten Hag is desperate for the under-fire centre-back to rediscover his long-lost form after a series of poor displays for club and country.
    The ruthless Dutchman has previously insisted on all injured players remaining within the squad at the club’s Carrington training ground as they fight back to fitness.
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    A source said: “Erik has high standards for everyone to abide by. He expects all injured players to remain with the group.
    “He believes they should function as one unit – injured or not.
    “But in Harry’s case he felt there were exceptional circumstances. He wanted him to have a mental break from the pressure he’s under.
    “He went away with his family and Erik hopes that will put him in a better place to recover from injury and rediscover his form.”
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    Maguire is set to miss Sunday’s match against Everton at Goodison Park as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
    Ten Hag has backed the skipper repeatedly after a series of flops.
    And after Maguire’s abysmal England display in a 3-3 draw with Germany, Ten Hag insisted: “I have to back him but I back him because I believe in him.
    “I can see the qualities and even after he wasn’t in the team he trained really well and, more importantly, the quality was really there.
    “You see his career, almost 50 caps for England, for Leicester and Man United – he’s performing really well, what you see is high potential.
    “And then it’s about him. The players in the dressing room, the coaches, the manager believe in him.
    “That’s what I told him, I’m sure he can do it and he will turn it around, I’m convinced of that.”
    But his absence in Cyprus has caused further splits within the dressing room.
    It comes after United’s devastating 6-3 derby thrashing to Manchester City last weekend laid bare the ongoing problems at Old Trafford.
    Ten Hag called players in on Monday for an analysis of their performance but passions ‘boiled over’ during the ‘frank and heated’ heart-to-heart.
    New boy Lisandro Martinez, 24, and midfielder Scott McTominay, 25, were said to be among the more vocal United players.
    One source said: “Ten Hag asked each player one-by-one to explain their mistakes to one another.
    Lisandro Martinez was a vocal part of a dressing-room inquestCredit: Reuters
    Scott McTominay made his feelings known to his team-matesCredit: AP
    “Some players were blaming others for not covering, which led to full blown arguments.
    “One player told another to ‘concentrate on your own f***ing game’.
    “It all got smoothed over but tensions are high. Ten Hag actively encouraged it.
    “He’s told them he wants to see that level of passion on the field, not after the game has been put to bed.”
    A United source said: “Erik wants them to get angry. It was frank and heated and that’s what he wants to see.
    “You’d be surprised if he didn’t encourage it. He wants them to have that fighting spirit.”
    A United spokesman said: “Harry was given permission to travel to Portugal to continue his rehabilitation while the rest of the squad was in Cyprus, allowing him to benefit from the same warm weather conditions.
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    “Harry was accompanied by a MU physio and has been working hard on his recovery.
    “He is due back at Carrington on Sunday.”
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    ‘Concentrate on your own f***ing game’ – Inside fiery Man Utd inquest after City mauling with two stars airing views

    ERIK TEN HAG demanded a Manchester United inquest after the devastating 6-3 derby defeat to rivals Manchester City.And in a fiery exchange one player told another to concentrate on their “own f***ing game”.
    Erik ten Hag demanded an inquest after the 6-3 defeat to Manchester CityCredit: Reuters
    Lisandro Martinez was vocal during the discussionCredit: Getty
    Scott McTominay was not afraid to air his viewsCredit: Getty
    The thrashing last weekend laid bare the ongoing problems at Old Trafford.
    Ten Hag called players in on Monday for an analysis of their performance but passions ‘boiled over’ during the ‘frank and heated’ heart-to-heart.
    New boy Lisandro Martinez, 24, and midfielder Scott McTominay, 25, were said to be among the more vocal United players.
    One source said: “Ten Hag asked each player one-by-one to explain their mistakes to one another.
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    “Some players were blaming others for not covering, which led to full blown arguments.
    “One player told another to ‘concentrate on your own f***ing game’.
    “It all got smoothed over but tensions are high. Ten Hag actively encouraged it.
    “He’s told them he wants to see that level of passion on the field, not after the game has been put to bed.”
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    A United source said: “Erik wants them to get angry. It was frank and heated and that’s what he wants to see.
    “You’d be surprised if he didn’t encourage it. He wants them to have that fighting spirit.”
    Meanwhile club captain Harry Maguire was given special permission to take a break in Portugal this week to “clear his head”.
    Boss Ten Hag was happy for his injured defender to jet off to the golf resort of Quinta do Lagofor while his Manchester United team-mates struggled in the Europa League.
    Maguire’s sunshine break with family members was sanctioned to help him “clear his head” whilst recovering from injury picked up on England duty.
    Ten Hag is desperate for the under-fire centre-back to rediscover his long-lost form after a series of poor displays for club and country.
    But his decision to let captain Maguire jet to Portugal instead of accompanying his teammates to Cyprus has sparked fury within Old Trafford.
    Harry Maguire was given permission to jet to PortugalCredit: PA
    Maguire is currently sidelined by injuryCredit: AP
    Ruthless Ten Hag has previously insisted on all injured players remaining within the squad at the club’s Carrington training ground as they fight back to fitness.
    A source said: “Erik has high standards for everyone to abide by. He expects all injured players to remain with the group.
    “He believes they should function as one unit – injured or not.
    “But in Harry’s case he felt there were exceptional circumstances. He wanted him to have a mental break from the pressure he’s under.
    “He went away with his family and Erik hopes that will put him in a better place to recover from injury and rediscover his form.
    “But it’s not a good look when the club captain is missing from the plane to Cyprus – and is instead allowed to go and play golf in Portugal.”
    Maguire is set to miss Sunday’s match against Everton at Goodison Park as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
    Ten Hag has backed the skipper repeatedly after a series of flops.
    And after Maguire’s abysmal England display in a 3-3 draw with Germany, Ten Hag insisted: “I have to back him but I back him because I believe in him.
    “I can see the qualities and even after he wasn’t in the team he trained really well and, more importantly, the quality was really there.
    “You see his career, almost 50 caps for England, for Leicester and Man United – he’s performing really well, what you see is high potential.
    “And then it’s about him. The players in the dressing room, the coaches, the manager believe in him.
    “That’s what I told him, I’m sure he can do it and he will turn it around, I’m convinced of that.”
    But his absence in Cyprus has caused further splits within the dressing room.
    A United spokesman said: “Harry was given permission to travel to Portugal to continue his rehabilitation while the rest of the squad was in Cyprus, allowing him to benefit from the same warm weather conditions.
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    “Harry was accompanied by a MU physio and has been working hard on his recovery.
    “He is due back at Carrington on Sunday.”
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    Furious Ten Hag wants under-fire stars to tour Man Utd MUSEUM after being shocked at their lack of historical knowledge

    MANCHESTER UNITED’S under-fire stars are being urged to visit the Old Trafford MUSEUM after Erik ten Hag and his staff were shocked by how little some of them know about the club’s glorious history.The Old Trafford manager grilled his players after last Sunday’s humiliating 6-3 derby hammering at Manchester City.
    Erik ten Hag challenged his squad for the lack of knowledge about Manchester UnitedCredit: PA
    Ten Hag wants his stars to visit the Old Trafford museumCredit: Getty
    The Red Devils have underperformed so far this seasonCredit: Reuters
    Ten Hag challenged his squad on their knowledge of the club’s history and footballing DNA — and was stunned when some admitted they had never even set foot in the museum.
    A United insider revealed: “The manager was furious with the performance against City.
    “He was saying to the players that anyone representing Manchester United cannot freeze and get beaten so badly.
    “He said: ‘You’re playing for United. Do you not know what that means, given the history of the club?’.”
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    United have been champions a record 20 times and have won three European Cups, 12 FA Cups and five League Cups.
    Sir Alex Ferguson’s side won the Treble in 1999 while in 1968, United became the first English side to win the European Cup.
    Our source added: “He asked them what they knew about the club. When some said they had never been to look around the museum or only walked through it, he was astounded.
    “He’s visited twice since joining this summer.
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    “He has told all the players they need to make time to go in either before it opens or after it closes, so they can learn more about what it means to represent United.”
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    Tyson Fury’s dad insures his wedding tackle for £10million after fathering world champ

    TYSON Fury’s dad has insured his wedding tackle for £10million.John Fury said his testicles are hot property because he fathered the heavyweight champion of the world.
    Tyson Fury’s dad John has insured his wedding tackle for £10millionCredit: Sportsfile – Getty
    John, 58, who is super fit and does 10km runs, said he took out the policy after Gypsy King Tyson, 34, won the WBC world heavyweight title.
    He said: “I’ve insured my nuts for £10million. Believe me there is good stuff that comes out of them.
    “I’ve got world champion nuts in these trousers — breed some kings I do.
    “There are only champions coming out of these nuts — it’s been proven hasn’t it?”
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    The former professional boxer said he got the policy after Tyson knocked out Deontay Wilder in 2020 to win the WBC title — making him a two-time world champ.
    John has two other sons — Love Island star Tommy, 23, who boxes professionally, and Shane, 29, who isn’t a pro boxer but has trained with his brothers.
    Tommy is unbeaten after eight pro bouts and says he is also aiming to be a world champ.
    John was never a champion and has a modest pro boxing record of eight wins, four defeats and one draw.
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    But he was known as a fearsome bare-knuckle fighter.
    He has 18 grandchildren and is expecting a 19th after Tommy announced his partner, Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague, is pregnant with their first child.
    John told freebets.com: “Words cannot express how proud of Tyson and Tommy and all my family I am. I feel like I’m a world champ some times.”
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    Brazen burglars switch to targeting top-flight footballers when they are home — because it’s easier to break in

    BRAZEN burglars have switched to targeting footballers when they are home — because it is easier to break in.The gang has moved away from away day raids when stars were out at matches as they became wary of alarms quickly alerting police and security teams.
    Last week, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and fiancée Perrie Edwards were at home when they were burgled
    A source said: “It’s five or six guys loosely connected to Salford and very professional.
    “They used to take down cash vans in the 1990s before it got too difficult.
    “They spend ages casing a joint and are not afraid to take a risk if the reward is there.
    “They know if they break in when no one is home the modern systems are so good they will only have minutes before the cops or security turn up.
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    “But when players are home they don’t have the systems on, so if they can get in, they can spend more time in the house.
    “It raises fears that stars will be confronted and get seriously hurt at some point.”
    Last week, Liverpool ace Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and fiancée Perrie Edwards were at their £3.5million Cheshire home with their son when a gang struck.
    EXTRA TERRORFormer Met Police Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville
    ANY burglary is a terrifying thing for anyone to go through but it’s even more so if you are at home when it happens.
    Footballers are being targeted by a highly organised gang who are willing to come face-to-face to take what they want.
    Home security systems protect properties brilliantly when they are on.
    But people don’t set house alarms when they are relaxing with their family.
    It brings a real threat that a footballer or their wife or children could be seriously injured because most of the time these robbers are armed with knives.

    The thugs, in boiler suits to avoid leaving DNA traces, used a ladder to reach a window.
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    The same gang targeted Paul Pogba’s £3.5million mansion in March. The star was playing for Man United but his children and their nanny were home.
    The wife of his former United team-mate Victor Lindelof locked herself and their children in a panic room when their home was targeted in January. More