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    Fans desperate for Premier League to bring in new technology that ‘looks like old FIFA gameplay’ after pre-season trial

    FANS are seriously impressed by the latest technology being shown off by the Premier League in a pre-season trial.The Premier League fitted players and referees with body-cams during its pre-season Summer Series to give fans a new insight into what goes on in a match.
    Guimares’ body cam gave unique insight into how the midfielder plays the gameCredit: twitter @premierleague
    Fans were able to see the midfielder go up against Aston Villa’s John McGinnCredit: twitter @premierleague

    A video on the Premier League’s Twitter showed the perspective of Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes as he operated from the midfield during Newcastle’s 3-3 draw with Aston Villa.
    The video showcased how Bruno is pivotal in building Newcastle’s attacks from midfield and also gave an insight into the relationship he is building with midfield partner Sandro Tonali.
    Tonali became Newcastle’s record signing earlier this month after joining for £60million from AC Milan.
    Guimaraes can be heard asking for a one-two with Tonali before being fouled to win a free kick for the Magpies.
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    And fans on Twitter were quick to react with how much they loved the insight given by the body-cam footage.
    One fan said: “Literally looks like old FIFA gameplay” referring to the camera perspective in the video game series’ ‘Be A Pro’ mode.
    Another fan wrote: “Implement this in the PL right now!”
    While a third added: “Like that FIFA advert years ago.”
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    And a fourth wrote: “This is so cool.”
    The Premier League also shared footage of referee Peter Bankes wearing a body-cam during Fulham’s friendly with Brentford.
    In the clip, fans could see how Bankes got a front row seat for Harry Wilson’s screamer from the edge of the box.

    And many fans were keen to see a referee’s body-cam become a feature in next year’s Premier League – believing it could give insight into how a decision is reached.
    One fan said: “Make ref cam a thing next season, please.”
    Another said: “Now camera and mic them up for league matches.”
    While a third wrote: “After this I’m A bit more sympathetic towards referees. Convinced we need like 2 refs on pitch to have a chance of a fair game.” More

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    Adin Ross asks for ‘threesome’ sparring session with Andrew Tate and Jake Paul in Brit influencer’s Romania compound

    STREAMING star Adin Ross has revealed he wants a “threesome” sparring session alongside Andrew Tate and Jake Paul.The three influencers are avid boxers, and it seems Tate’s ongoing criminal charges are not getting in the way of his boxing “career”.
    The odd suggestion was made on a three way stream between the menCredit: Twitter
    Paul and Tate have faced off in the ring beforeCredit: https://twitter.com/jakepaul
    The influencers have collaborated together before, with Paul facing off against Tate in the ring before his arrest last November.
    Ross, who was hit with another Twitch ban earlier this year, suggested in a recent stream between the three men that Jake and Tate should have a sparring match.
    He then said: “You know what? I’ll spar, too, with you guys.
    “F*** it. Jake, let’s just go to Romania. We’ll go fifty-fifty on a jet, we’ll go to Romania, Jake, and we’ll spar.
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    “We could do a threesome spar. I’m with it.”
    Tate didn’t seem too keen with the phrasing of the “threesome” spar, however, and said: “Why do you make everything sound weird?”
    One Twitter user said: “Why does Jake Paul think anyone wants to pay to watch him spar?”
    Another said: “Giving the people what they want for free!”
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    Ross has faced controversy over his continued support of Tate, as the Romania-based former kick boxer faces house arrest.
    But if Ross’s proposed match goes ahead, it would have to take place in Tate’s Romanian compound, where he remains under house arrest.
    Tate is being held on house arrest in Romania over charges of rape, human trafficking, and organised crime.
    He bragged that he ran a webcam sex girl business which brought in “$600,000 a month” through fleecing lonely men.
    Andrew Tate had his house arrest extended for a further 30 days on Tuesday.
    The disgraced influencer took to Twitter to rant after the decision.
    He wrote: “After 93 days being locked in a Romanian dungeon, I am now entering my 5th month locked in my house.
    “A judge decided this morning that my detention must continue. The war rages on.”
    Under Romanian law, trafficking of adults carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
    Ross himself is aiming to begin a career in boxing, but was trolled online for his fighting style.
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    The video shows Ross punching with poor form and his trainer doing the majority of the work.
    Paul’s boxing career has taken offCredit: Instagram @jakepaul
    Tate remains on house arrest in his Romanian compoundCredit: Alamy
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    Fans say ‘no DNA test needed’ as ex-Premier League maverick’s son scores rabona wondergoal

    FANS are saying that “no DNA test is needed” after Dimitri Payet shared one of his son’s goals on Twitter.The ex-West Ham star, 36, shared a clip of his son scoring the sensational strike as he wished him a happy birthday.
    Payet is no stranger to a wonder goal…Credit: AFP
    … And it seems his son isn’t either after scoring an audacious rabonaCredit: twitter @dimpayet17
    Dimitri Payet with his son at Euro 2016, where he was one of the players of the tournamentCredit: PA:Press Association
    The video shows the ball rolling out to the youngster, who expertly executes a rabona from the edge of the area.
    Payet, who left West Ham for Marseille in 2017, was well known for his wondergoals for the Hammers.
    And fans were quick to draw comparisons between father and son.
    One fan wrote: “The same mastery as his Dad! Happy birthday to him.”
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    Another added: “For a very long time we have known that this little one has a technique well above the average! It’s in the genes! Well done little one.”
    A third wrote: “Like father, like son. The success is assured. A Ballon d’Or is in sight.”
    While a fourth said: “No DNA test needed!”
    A fifth pleaded with Payet to stay at Marseille one more year as the attacking midfielder enters the twilight of his career in the south of France.
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    They said: “Take us out for a legendary season and win your trophy with OM you deserve it the best 10 in the world.”
    Payet was a fan favourite at West Ham and his performances at the club from 2015 until 2017 saw him become a regular in the French national team.
    But he left the London Stadium under a cloud after a protracted transfer saga.
    Reflecting on his decision to leave the Hammers, Payet said he looks back on his time in claret and blue fondly and asked fans to forgive his decision to leave.
    He said: “I spent 18 months [at West Ham] full of emotions and excitement after Euro 2016 but no, I don’t have any regrets. It was a choice I made, a personal choice and a family-based choice as well.
    “Since I left West Ham I have stayed at Marseille, I haven’t gone to any other club and don’t intend on going to any other club so it wasn’t leaving for the sake of leaving.
    “It was a personal decision, a family decision and yeah, it was a pretty brutal break I suppose when I left, that’s true, but I hope over the course of the years West Ham fans have come to understand why I left.
    “I would certainly like and hope to think that.” More

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    River Plate star Elias Gomez’s mum and sister killed in horror car crash while travelling home from title celebration

    RIVER Plate star Elias Gomez’s mum and sister have been killed in a horror car crash in Argentina.The football club shared the tragic news on Twitter earlier this morning.
    Elias Gomez’s mum, Zunilda, 66, was killed in the horror car crashCredit: Instagram
    The football star’s sister, Melani, 25, was killed in crash alongside her mother
    The horror crash saw Zunilda and Melani’s car becoming trapped under a truckCredit: CADENA 3
    The pair had been returning from celebrating River Plate winning the league titleCredit: EPA
    The star’s mum, Zunilda, 66, and sister, Melani, 25, were reportedly killed instantly in a road crash that involved two cars and a truck with a trailer.
    The horror accident took place in Ramallo, Buenos Aires.
    The pair’s car was left crushed under the truck’s trailer while the other vehicle involved was left overturned on the highway as they tried to avoid the crash.
    Local media has reported that the truck driver, a 44-year-old man, was arrested by Ramallo authorities on suspicion of manslaughter.
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    Zunilda and Melani had been returning from celebrating River Plate winning the league title with Elias, who plays as a left-back for the club.
    The Buenos Aires giants won the elite Argentina’s Professional League Primera Division title with two match days to spare – finishing with a 3-1 home win over Estudiantes.
    The football club wrote on social media: “We embrace and accompany our player Elias Gomez in pain at the unfortunate news of the death of his mother Zunilda and his sister Melani in an accident.
    “Strength, Elias. All River is with you”.
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    It comes after Melani wrote “We will meet again” in an eerily-prescient Instagram post dedicated to her late boyfriend, Luciano Biglione, in December.
    She wrote: “Chanchito, today I still don’t understand the hours or the days; only that I no longer have you here.
    “Only pain and emptiness. I don’t know how the days will go on without you. For two years, I woke up every day to your ‘good morning, love’ and fell asleep beside you.
    “My companion for everything, the one who supported me and followed me everywhere, the one who taught me to live differently, to slow down, to enjoy the simple things, to be grateful for everything we had.
    “I don’t know how to go on, my love; I am so grateful for what we lived. I always thanked you for sharing your most precious treasure with me, your beautiful Matu.
    “I hold on to the peace of knowing that we always said everything we felt, with the intensity we lived it, with mate tea anywhere, from our trips, from sharing everything with Matu, from our endless conversations, from the teachings, from the mistakes.
    “Everything we experienced was what life wanted us to experience, and I will remember it forever. We will meet again, you know?
    “And we will do everything that is still pending. I pray not to forget your caresses, your kisses, the feeling your ‘I love you’ from the heart gave me, those hugs that went beyond the skin.
    “I love you with my entire soul, my love. A part of me went with you forever.”
    Fans across social media have paid tribute to the athlete’s late mum and sister with one writing: “It’s amazing how life can change from one moment to the next.
    “Football takes a backseat when these kinds of tragedies happen. Strength to him and his entire family. An immense pain to have to communicate this news. RIP”.
    And a River Plate fan account on Twitter said: “All of River accompanies Elias Gómez in these difficult times for him, may the Club provide him with everything he needs and support him at this time”.
    Elias, 29, began his career in professional football in 2006 after joining the Rosario Central youth team.
    He quickly shot through the ranks and in 2016, he began playing for Defensa y Justicia, playing twelve matches before returning to Rosario in June 2017.
    In January 2019, Elias joined Argentinos Juniors on loan and scored his first senior goal the following month against Estudiantes.
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    In January 2020, the club purchased Elias permanently as the defender signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Argentinos.
    At the end of January 2022, the star joined River Plate on a deal until the end of 2025.
    The pair were reported to have died instantlyCredit: CADENA 3
    River Plate announced the tragic news on Twitter this morningCredit: Getty
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    I was selling drugs aged 8 and was hung off a bridge on estate, says England star Dele Alli

    ENGLAND star Dele Alli has revealed how he sold drugs aged eight as he opened up about his traumatic childhood.The midfielder, 27, told how he was hung off a bridge as a kid by an adult as his life spiralled.
    Dele Alli has revealed he began selling drugs aged just eightCredit: YouTube
    Alli revealed the bombshell in an emotional interview on The Overlap with Gary Neville.
    The Everton star said: “At seven I started smoking and then at eight I started selling drugs. 
    “An older person told me they wouldn’t stop a kid on a bike so I’d ride around with my football and underneath I’d have drugs.
    “At 11 I was hung off a bridge… by a guy from the next estate. A man.”
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    Ex-Spurs star Alli wiped back tears as he told how he was sexually abused by his mum’s friend when he was just six.
    But he explained how his life turned around when he was adopted by an “amazing” family aged 12.
    Alli gushed as he revealed how he “couldn’t have asked for better people to do what they done for me”.
    The footballer added: “If God created people it was them – they were amazing and have helped me a lot.
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    “When I was living with them it was hard for me to open up to them because I felt like it was easy for them to get rid of me.”
    But he found himself on a downward spiral again after returning to England from Turkey, where he was on loan at Besiktas.
    Alli said he was excessively drinking and consuming sleeping pills.
    In a desperate bid to get himself back on the straight and narrow, he checked himself into a rehab facility.
    He explained: “When I came back from Turkey I found out I needed an operation I was in a bad place mentally and I decided to go to a modern day rehab facility for mental health.
    “They deal with addiction and trauma. I felt it was time for me.
    “You can’t be told to go there – you have to know and make the decision yourself or it’s not going to work.
    “I was caught in a bad cycle and things that were doing me harm.”
    The star also revealed he considered retiring aged 24 after a spectacular fall-out with then-coach Jose Mourinho.
    Alli has been flooded with support following the interview, including from his girlfriend Cindy Kimberly.
    She tweeted: “Proud of you.”
    James Maddison, who recently signed to Spurs, also shared his support for Alli.
    He posted a still from the interview on his Instagram stories, writing “Love you brother” followed by a heart emoji.
    Ryan Sessegnon, who played alongside Alli during his time at Tottenham, said: “Love you brother. Proud”
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    Spurs captain and England teammate Harry Kane liked the post along with Declan Rice and Kieran Trippier.
    While Kyle Walker-Peters wrote: “So proud of you bro, love you.”
    The star opened up in an interview with Gary Neville
    Alli told how his life turned around when he was adoptedCredit: PA More

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    Fans praise Sky Sports F1 host Martin Brundle’s ‘absolute brutality’ towards rude Cara Delevingne as she breaks silence

    FORMULA ONE fans have hailed Martin Brundle for his “absolute brutality” towards Cara Delevingne.Viewers were fuming yesterday when Hollywood star and model Delevingne ignored the Sky Sports presenter as he made his way down the pitwalk at Silverstone.
    Cara Delevingne has broken her silence over her now infamous Silverstone Sky snubCredit: Sky Sports F1
    Martin Brundle produced an epic put-down after the Hollywood star’s ‘rude’ behaviourCredit: Sky Sports F1
    Brundle’s grid walk interviews have become an essential part of F1 coverage, having worked as a reporter for the BBC and ITV before taking up his current role with Sky Sports.
    But Delevingne appeared to be unaware of Brundle’s gridwalk authority and brutally snubbed the former F1 driver as he attempted to grab an interview.
    He began by talking to a member of Delevingne’s entourage and said: “She doesn’t want to talk but everybody needs to talk on the grid.
    “That’s the deal now, everybody talks on the grid.”
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    He then approached Delevingne and said: “Can we have a quick chat, [for] Sky F1? Good to see you on the grid.”
    To which Delevingne replied: “No.” and looked awkwardly at her entourage.
    Delevingne refused again and Brundle reiterated: “The deal is everybody has to speak on the grid.”
    She then said: “I can’t hear anything, I’m so sorry.”
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    Brundle then said sarcastically as he walked away: “I’m sure it would have been extremely interesting.”
    The clip soon went viral on Twitter, with one fan writing: “Absolute BRUTALITY from Martin Brundle at #SilverstoneGP.”
    Another slammed Delevingne’s “garbage behaviour” while another tweeted: “What is Cara Delevingne doing on the F1 grid if she refuses to talk? Get someone who actually appreciates F1.”
    But a fellow fan actually defended the 30-year-old Delevingne, tweeting: “At this point, Martin Brundle is just doing it to manufacture the moment for the controversy of it all.
    “You can clearly see the PR rep tell him ‘no’ and shake his head when he goes up towards Cara Delevingne. He had an out and he chose not to take it to make a statement.”
    Delevingne then responded to that comment by saying: “I was told to say no so I did. Thank you for seeing both sides xxx.”
    Another person responded to that by saying that her agent did not “rule” her, to which she then replied: “It wasn’t an agent, it was an F1 representative.”
    Delevingne then added another follow-up tweet that read: “Anyway, I had so much fun today and was so happy to be there no matter what anyone else may think x.”
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    Fans in awe of ‘supernatural’ Madelene Wright as OnlyFans star and ex-footballer wears very revealing lacy underwear

    MADELENE WRIGHT has left her fans in awe after uploading a raunchy snap on social media.The OnlyFans star and former footballer posted a picture of herself in revealing underwear.
    Madelene Wright left fans in awe with this pictureCredit: twitter @MaddieMadelene
    She used to be a footballer for CharltonCredit: Instagram/@madelene_wright
    But left the sport in 2020Credit: Instagram / @madelene_wright
    Wright left a career in football to become a star on OnlyFans and regularly shares glam pics on Instagram.
    In the most recent picture, Wright is wearing a lilac lacy outfit leaving little to the imagination.
    She uploaded the snap to wish people a “happy 4th of July”.
    The post racked in over 10,000 likes from her 79.8k followers on Twitter.
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    One fan commented: “Very beautiful supernatural wonderful.”
    A second wrote: “An angel!!!”
    A third said: “Beautiful picture.”
    A fourth added: “Love the lingerie and the jewellery.”
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    Wright is now an OnlyFans starCredit: Instagram
    She says she now makes £500,000 a yearCredit: Instagram / @madelene_wright
    While a fifth gushed: “Wow you look amazing.”
    Wright’s football career came to an end in 2020 when Charlton released her.
    That was after she was pictured inhaling from a balloon at a party and swigging champagne at the wheel of her Range Rover.
    Wright has previously expressed her wish to return to the game soon.
    But she now rakes in a cool £500,000 a year thanks to her OnlyFans page.
    Wright has built up a big social media followingCredit: https://www.instagram.com/madelene_wright/
    She has close to 330,000 followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram @madelene_wright More

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    Jack Grealish hints at Declan Rice transfer as fans notice his latest ‘like’ on Twitter amid Man City and Arsenal battle

    MANCHESTER CITY star Jack Grealish could’ve just let slip Declan Rice’s next club after he liked a specific tweet. Rice is hot property this summer with a transfer battle ongoing for the West Ham captain between Man City and Arsenal.
    Jack Grealish and Declan Rice play together for the England national team
    But Grealish seemingly hinted at his England teammate’s destination whilst scrolling through his Twitter feed.
    The treble winner liked a video created by a West Ham fan titled ‘Westchester City’.
    The clip draws on similarities between Man City and the East London club with the backing track of ’We Go Together’ from the movie Grease.
    The video was uploaded following suggestions that the Cityzens are nearing a deal for Rice after reports emerged about their incoming offer.
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    Grealish liked the uploaded video on Twitter and now West Ham fans seem convinced that he will be joining the treble winners next season.
    One fan wrote: “Grealish has 100% been on the blower to Rice convincing him.”
    Arsenal looked favourites to sign Rice for a while, but have since had two bids rejected by The Hammers.
    The latest bid, which totalled £90million, wasn’t seen as enough to pry the 24-year-old out of West Ham’s grip.
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    It is reported that any deal would likely need to be in excess of £100million to convince the club to sell their captain.
    Manchester City are rumoured to be expected to launch their first bid imminently as they look to replace the departing Ilkay Gundogan who looks all but confirmed as a Barcelona player. More