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      Kansas City ace LaBonta jokingly feigns injury before celebrating her NWSL goal with a twerk

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      LO’EAU LABONTA wowed fans with a comical goal celebration during a National Women’s Soccer League game on Saturday.The Kansas City Current star pretended to have a hurt hamstring before doing a celebratory twerk after netting an equaliser against Angel City.
      Lo’eau LaBonta drilled a late leveller in for Kansas against Angel City in the NWSL
      The Kansas City Current star prompted laughs from her team-mates with her goal celebration
      The memorable moment occurred after LaBonta walloped the ball in from the spot in the 82nd minute.
      Kansas, who are fourth in the women’s top flight in the USA, earned the pen after Angel City’s Paige Nielsen fouled her in the box.
      LaBonta fired her side level in the second spell after sending goalkeeper Dijana Haracic the wrong way.
      After bagging her goal LaBonta did a limping jog towards the corner flag whilst clutching her hamstring and looked to be in discomfort.
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      Seconds later the California-born player can be seen grinning and twerking much to the amusement of her team-mates and commentators covering the game.
      LaBonta’s eye-catching antics grabbed fans’ attention on social media including the National Women’s Soccer League’s official Twitter account.
      They described the midfielder, who has made 19 appearances for her side, as “living life and having fun.”
      Elsewhere one Twitter user gave her celebration “ten out of ten”.
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      Kansas shared points with Angel City after Cari Roccaro put their rivals, who are seventh, ahead in the 78th minute.
      A home clash with North Carolina Courage is up next for LaBonta and her team-mates.  
      The club are two points behind Portland Thorns, Houston Dash and San Diego Wave who currently occupy the league’s top three spots.
      The trio are on 28 points each in the NWSL. More

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      Team GB athlete Ben Gregory, 31, in a coma after suffering fractured skull in bike crash, fiancée reveals

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      A TEAM GB athlete is in a coma after fracturing his skull in a horror bike crash.Welsh decathlete Ben Gregory, 31, “has a fractured skull, neck and multiple haemorrhages to his brain”, according to his fiancée Naomi Heffernan.
      Ben Gregory competing with the Great Britain senior men’s heptathlon team at the National Indoor Athletics Centre, CardiffCredit: Dai Sport
      Ben Gregory celebrates winning the Men’s Decathlon 1500 metres at the Commonwealth Games in 2018Credit: Getty
      Naomi revealed Ben was on life support after Friday’s accidentCredit: Instagram/@bengregz
      Ben showed off his apparent fitness in an Instagram clipCredit: Instagram / Ben Gregory.
      Ben appeared to work up a sweat as he hit the treadmillCredit: Instagram / Ben Gregory.
      In a heartbreaking post, she said Gregory was now in a coma and on life support.
      She added in a social media post: “Ben needs your positive thoughts and prayers right now. Those that know Ben know how strong he is mentally and physically, he’s a fighter and he’ll get through this.
      “Please pray for him and send all the positive energy and thoughts you can muster.”
      Just days earlier, Gregory uploaded footage of himself going through his paces on a treadmill, appearing to be fit and healthy.
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      James Williams, the Head of Welsh Athletics, shared his wishes for Gregory’s recovery on Twitter.
      Welsh Athletics said in a statement: “Our thoughts and prayers are with Ben’s friends and family at this time.
      “Ben’s accomplishments as an athlete speak for themselves: Wales’ greatest ever decathlete – three Commonwealth Games, the Welsh record holder and representing Wales and Great Britain multiple times.
      “The outpouring of support across social media is testament to his popularity as a person and as an athlete.
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      “Everyone who has had the privilege of training or competing alongside Ben will speak of his incredible love of life, his kindness, support and loyalty.
      “We will all continue to pray for a full recovery for Ben.”
      “Hoping he pulls through,” said fellow Welsh athlete and former world 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene. “One of the nicest and most positive people I’ve had the pleasure to be around at the track.”
      Another fellow Welsh athlete and decathlete, Curtis Mathews, said: “He is a very special man, brings joy to everyone he is around and deserves no less than the best from life. I can’t describe how much I hope this champ pulls through because he is honestly the best of us.”
      Gregory has represented Wales at three Commonwealth Games and also Great Britain at other events.
      In October 2020 Gregory managed to escape serious injury in another bike crash.
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      His bike was involved in a collision with a car in London but he was able to walk away from the incident.
      Outside of athletics, Gregory works as a model and personal trainer.
      Gregory’s fiancee Naomi Heffernan asked people to pray for himCredit: PA More

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      Elon Musk claims he’s buying Manchester United in shock announcement amid Twitter legal battle

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      ELON MUSK has dropped another bombshell – claiming he’s buying Manchester United.The 51-year-old made the shock announcement on Twitter late on Tuesday night.
      Elon Musk has claimed he is buying Manchester UnitedCredit: Reuters
      Manchester United are currently owned by the GlazersCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The Premier League giants are one of the biggest sports teams in the worldCredit: Getty
      Manchester United are owned by the Glazer family, who also run the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
      It was unclear whether the Tesla CEO was serious about his bid to buy the Premier League club.
      Man Utd are one of the biggest sports teams in the world but have fallen on hard times in recent years.
      They haven’t won the league since 2013 and their fans have protested many times against the owners.
      The club are still a commercial powerhouse and valued around £4billion – just shy of $5billion.
      Musk tweeted on Tuesday night: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.”
      To add to the confusion, Musk’s tweet was a direct reply another of his posts about politics.
      The initial tweet read: “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!”
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      Musk, 51, faces a fiery legal battle against Twitter for dramatically pulling out of a $44billion buyout.
      It’s been a whirlwind few months for Musk and Twitter, as the billionaire decided to pull out of the deal in a dispute over fake account bots.
      The entrepreneur believes there are far more bots on Twitter than officials claim and accuses them of not providing enough information to settle his purchase.
      Unhappy with the backtracking, bosses have decided to take Musk to court.
      Lawyers for both sides will go head-to-head in Delaware Chancery Court starting on October 17 and continuing for five days.
      Twitter’s team had requested to begin the trial as early as September to prevent Musk from further disparaging the company.
      Musk wanted things to start in February 2023, claiming a “warp speed” trial is an attempt to derail his argument the platform is cluttered with spambots. More

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      West Ham captain Declan Rice apologises to fans on Twitter after missing crucial penalty in Nottingham Forest defeat

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      WEST HAM UNITED star Declan Rice has apologised to fans after missing a crucial penalty against Nottingham Forest.With The Irons losing 1-0, a penalty was awarded following a handball from Forest defender Scott McKenna.
      Declan Rice reacts after missing a penalty against Nottingham ForestCredit: PA
      Dean Henderson reacts to saving Declan Rice’s penaltyCredit: Rex
      Rice, who has taken up the mantle of West Ham captain following Mark Noble’s retirement, stepped up to try and draw his side level.
      However, his low effort was stopped by on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who had a superb game between the sticks and frustrated West Ham all afternoon.
      And his penalty ended up being pivotal as Forest held on to claim victory.
      Rice took to Twitter following the game to apologise.
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      He said: “Can only apologise for the penalty miss, thought we created enough to get something from the game.
      “We go again & stay together.”
      Today’s loss means West Ham join Everton and Manchester United as the only teams to have lost their opening two games, though Crystal Palace could be added to that list if they lose to Liverpool on Monday.
      David Moyes’ side could be deemed as unfortunate to not walk away with something from the game having had their fare share of pressure.
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      Among there chances was a Pablo Fornals strike which rattled the bar early in the second half, with Henderson denying Tomas Soucek on the rebound.
      Said Benrahma also saw a goal ruled out in the first half following a foul by Michail Antonio in the build-up and hit the crossbar with a near-perfect free-kick in the second half. More

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      Jamie Carragher trolls raging Sky pal Gary Neville after Man Utd humiliation by changing Twitter profile to clown pic

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      JAMIE CARRAGHER brutally depicted Gary Neville as a clown on social media after Manchester United were humiliated by Brentford.Brentford thumped United 4-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.
      Carragher brutally trolled Neville after Man United crumbled against BrentfordCredit: Rex
      The Liverpool legend depicted Neville as a clown in his Twitter profile pic as Brentford struck four goals past UnitedCredit: Twitter @Carra23
      Red devils stopper David de Gea was responsible for Brentford’s first two goals after consecutive howlers.
      His errors were lambasted by Cristiano Ronaldo who stormed off the pitch without a word to fans after the game.
      But the wantaway attacker did have time to engage in a spat with United’s assistant manager Steve McClaren as he headed frot he tunnel.
      Brentford capitalised off United’s mayhem and added two more goals by halftime.
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      And Liverpool legend Carragher couldn’t miss the opportunity to get one over on his adversary Neville as United imploded on the pitch.
      While Twitter went into a frenzy over the shocking scoreline, Carragher simply changed his profile pic to Neville as a clown.
      But the England veteran was more sympathetic towards his Sky colleague on Sunday morning.
      The pair regularly take digs at each other regarding their respective sides.
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      He revealed that he had words with Neville in private, and explained the former Red Devil spoke eloquently, and passionately, about his ex-employers.
      Neville himself hasn’t yet tweeted about United’s farcical performance, but he did find humour in a post on the site making light of pundits’ reaction to the game.
      It was the second time Neville had to contend with a rollicking from an ex-Liverpool player regarding United’s dismal defeat.
      He clashed with former Anfield ace Jamie Redknapp on the sidelines after the game concluded while discussing the debacle – with the former Spurs star telling his Sky colleague to “look at me when I’m talking to you”. More

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      Newcastle fans bizarrely hijack Burger King poll… and fans are literally all saying the same thing

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      NICK POPE is Twitter’s No 1 after Newcastle fans invaded a Burger King poll. The fast food chain asked their 107,000 followers whether they preferred tomatoes or gherkins. 
      Nick Pope has become an internet sensation after a Twitter poll was hijackedCredit: Getty
      And Magpies supporters, led by popular account ‘Toon Polls’, piled into the comments with the same bizarre reply: Nick Pope. 
      Burger King then tweeted the England goalkeeper’s name and it soon snowballed.
      And that led to Pope overtaking Joan of Arc as the UK’s top trend. 
      Walkers, Deliveroo, Domino’s, Specsavers, Quality Street and Dreams all followed suit. 
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      Newcastle travel to Brighton tomorrow, with the 30-year-old to start his second game for the Mags since joining from Burnley. 
      And McDonald’s tweeted: “Okay…if Nick Pope keeps a clean sheet tomorrow, we’ll send Toon Polls a maccies breakfast next week, deal?” 

      The Toon Polls admin said: “So a few week back, I juiced a poll to get Pope to beat (Erling) Haaland as best signing 
      “So now just getting people to reply to a random poll saying he’s better than a tomato and a gherkin.”
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      Newcastle supporters loved it too, with one tweeting: “So @ToonPolls has hijacked a straightforward Burger King tweet with the words ‘Nick Pope’ and now it’s trending number one on Twitter and being tweeted by McDonald’s, Specsavers and loads more.
      “Football twitter is incredible sometimes.”
      Another said: “I can’t believe what I’m seeing. The Twitter-verse has gone Nick Pope mad!”
      While a fellow fan tweeted: “A Newcastle twitter account got Newcastle fans to tweet Nick pope on a Burger King post. NUFC twitter is unmatched >”
      As another added: “Toon polls said ‘Nick Pope’ under a Burger King poll and now he’s an internet sensation.” More

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      FAI delete happy birthday tweet to Roy Keane leaving fans all saying the same thing

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      THE FAI promptly deleted their happy birthday tweet to former captain and assistant manager Roy Keane after fans were quick to make jibes at the post.Cork native Keane celebrated his 51st birthday yesterday and the FAI, who Keane has had a turbulent relationship with in the past, was among the well-wishers.
      The FAI’s initial tribute to Roy Keane which was promptly deleted.
      The Cork native turned 51 yesterday.
      The FAI updated their celebratory tweet to a more upbeat picture.
      Initially, the FAI Twitter account posted a picture of Keane looking quite dour, alongside the caption: “Happy Birthday Roy Keane.”
      The tweet was quickly deleted as fans compared it to an ‘obituary picture’ and replaced it with a slightly more upbeat picture of Keane during his playing days with the Boys in Green.
      However, they were not fast enough for eagle-eyed users, who were quick to poke fun at the swap.
      One fan who spotted the initial tweet said: “We saw the first one admin.”
      Another added a screenshot of the first post and commented: “He looked happier here.”
      Keane doesn’t seem like the person to be overly fussed with birthday celebrations anyway, and one user channelled the great man himself by saying: “Celebrations a bit over the top but good luck to him.”
      In defence of the admin, and to quote Keane himself – ‘that’s his job.’
      It is highly unlikely that Keane saw the updated tweet, let alone the initial dour version, as the Sky Sports pundit has never graced Twitter with his presence.
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      Keane was a regular user of Instagram, which he set up over lockdown in February 2021.
      He quickly amassed over 2.1 million followers on the platform for his characteristically deadpan posts.
      However, without warning, the Mayfield man deleted the account and he recently revealed the reason why.
      He told Off the Ball: “I did it just for a bit of fun with Covid and my youngest daughter was insistent I did it but we did it for a little bit of fun but we’ve moved on. A bit of closure on it.”
      Keane went on to say that he regularly returns with Ireland, with the 51-year-old spotted at Cork GAA and Cork City soccer matches throughout the summer.
      He said: “I definitely get back every three weeks for a few days.
      Keane concluded: “There’s always reasons to get back and I’m very lucky with the work I’ve got a bit of freedom and I can kind of duck and dive and get back to Ireland whenever I please which is quite regular.” More

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      Fans including Man Utd icon Ferdinand all say same thing as Arsenal star Gabriel gets away with handball shout vs Palace

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      MANCHESTER UNITED legend Rio Ferdinand believes Crystal Palace should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal in the first half.Gabriel Magalhaes appeared to have handed the ball inside the Gunners’ area on 36 minutes but referee Anthony Taylor waved play on.
      Arsenal ace Gabriel Magalhaes appeared to handle the ball inside his areaCredit: Sky Sports
      BT Sport pundit Ferdinand took to Twitter after the questionable call and asked fans for their verdict.
      The legendary centre-back suggested that the Palace players may have been right to protest the ref’s decision.
      Ferdinand tweeted: “Handball…..? Thoughts.”
      Fans flooded social media and many claimed Patrick Vieira’s men should have been awarded a spot-kick.
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      One fan posted: “Palace should have been rewarded with a penalty, clear handball.”
      Another wrote: “How is that not a handball on Gabriel?”
      A third said: “Arsenal looking really good so far. How was that Gabriel handball not a penalty tho?”
      Another tweeted: “I wonder why Anthony Taylor didn’t give Palace their penalty from that Gabriel handball.”
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      And that one posted: “Wait how was that not a handball on Gabriel?”
      Arsenal were 1-0 up at half-time thanks to Gabriel Martinelli’s opener after just 20 minutes.
      And an own goal from Marc Guehi after the break ensure the Gunners started the campaign with a comfortable win.
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      CRYSTAL PALACE appealed for a first-half handball by Arsenal defender Gabriel but I didn’t think it was a penalty.
      The ball came out of the sky but Gabriel’s arm was in a natural position. It just hit him.
      There was no recommendation for referee Anthony Taylor to view the monitor by VAR official Darren England and it was the correct call.
      Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka was the first player to be cautioned this season for an act of simulation.
      But Palace’s Eberechi Eze did the same in the second half and was not yellow carded. What was the difference?
      It wasn’t a difficult match for Taylor to manage. He let the game flow well. More