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A London gangster and his brother were behind the notorious unsolved theft of the World Cup trophy just months before the 1966 tournament in England, according to a report. Sidney Cugullere, with the help of his brother Reg, stole the Jules Rimet trophy while it was on public exhibition at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, Reg's son Gary said. The theft led to one of the biggest investigations in Scotland Yard's history, before the trophy was found seven days later by a dog named Pickles in bushes outside his owner's south London home. The masterminds behind the heist remained a mystery. Gary told the Daily Mirror that his uncle Sidney had stolen the trophy "for the thrill" and not for financial gain -- and that Reg had also been in the hall at the time of the theft but had not seen Sidney take the cup. He added: "On the street after coming out of the doors, Sid lifted his jacket and said: "Ere you are, Reg, look at this'. He...

President Donald Trump has ordered a national security probe into vehicle imports, which could bring new tariffs. Mr Trump said the US car industry was "critical to our strength as a nation" and ordered the Department of Commerce to investigate. The probe rests on 1960s legislation which lets the president restrict imports if they threaten national security. It is the latest move in Mr Trump's America First trade agenda. The president tweeted earlier on Wednesday about "big news" for the country's autoworkers. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump There will be big news coming soon for our great American Autoworkers. After many decades of losing your jobs to other countries, you have waited long enough! 2:18 PM - May 23, 2018 78.1K 27.2K people are talking about this ...

Liverpool's Sadio Mane has warned Real Madrid he is hungry for goals in the Champions League final. Senegal international Mane has struck 19 times this season and wants more as the Reds take on the holders in Kiev on Saturday. "I think more goals are coming," Mane said. "Of course I am happy, but as a striker you'd love to score every single game to help your team. "Now we have one more important game, so why not try to do our best, score for the team and win the trophy?" Mane, 26, has been part of a formidable Liverpool trio this season. Mohamed Salah has led the way with 44 goals, while Roberto Firmino has weighed in with 27. "Like I have always said, I have always been enjoying playing alongside these great players," he said. "They make everything easier for me. I am a lucky boy. "But we always talk about the front three. Don't forget it starts from the guys behind. They make it easier. "The power of Li...

Georginio Wijnaldum has told ESPN FC that Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been a match for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi this season, but admitted that the Egypt forward must now maintain his level for "many more years" to earn equal billing with football's biggest stars. Salah has scored 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool this season, with his 10 Champions League strikes helping drive Jurgen Klopp's team into Saturday's final against Real Madrid in Kiev. Real forward Ronaldo, despite indifferent form at times this season, goes into the final as the competition's top scorer with 15 goals, aiming to win the European Cup for a fifth time. And although he insists that Salah has what it takes to be Liverpool's match-winner in the Ukrainian capital, Wijnaldum concedes that his Anfield teammate has it all to do to eclipse Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi from the summit of the game. "Mo has been incre...

A satellite image of the Punggye-ri site before the detonations North Korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site, in a move to reduce regional tensions. Foreign journalists at the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site said they witnessed a huge explosion. The North offered to scrap the site earlier this year as part of a diplomatic rapprochement with South Korea and the US. But scientists believe it partially collapsed after the last test in September 2017, rendering it unusable. Independent inspectors were not allowed to attend the dismantling of the Punggye-ri site in the mountainous north-east of the country. Sky News' Tom Cheshire was among a group of foreign journalists invited to witness the event. He said: "We hiked up into the mountains and watched the detonation from about 500m away. "They counted it down - three, two, one. There was a huge explosion, you could feel it. Dust came at you, the heat came at you. I...

Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy and P Diddy, has been revealed as the buyer of a Kerry James Marshall painting that fetched $21.1m (£15.6m) at auction. The sum is believed to be the most ever paid for a work by a living African-American artist. The painting, Past Times, depicts black Americans picnicking, waterskiing and listening to music in a Chicago park. It measures up at an imposing four metres (13ft) wide. Jack Shainman, Marshall's gallerist and art dealer, confirmed the identity of the new owner. "I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacy - that of Sean Combs - and that means a lot," he told the New York Times. Diddy went to Sotheby's auction house to view the picture, according to the paper. The painting had been expected to fetch around $8m. In the event, its price was four times higher than the previous record for a work by 62-year-...

David Beckham smolders from behind his shades as he arrives with Victoria for the royal wedding Five years after he played his final professional match, David Beckham's post-retirement career in being really, really, ridiculously good-looking has gone from strength to strength. Victoria and David Beckham-- two global fashion icons in one household David and Victoria Beckham arrived along with England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson The former England captain's latest opportunity to show why he's still a global icon came on Saturday as he and wife Victoria arrived at Windosr Castle for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Beckhams share a joke with Elton John and David Furnish inside the chapel Beckham -- whose trophy-laden career took him from Manchester United to Paris Saint-Germain via Real Madrid, La Galaxy and AC Milan -- was among the famous sporting faces to attend the wedding. Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian arr...

It feels like a distant memory, but last summer's Premier League transfer window was largely dominated by one debate: Romelu Lukaku or Alvaro Morata? Manchester United and Chelsea were both in the market for a new centre-forward, a no-nonsense No. 9 to lead the line and bang in goals. Lukaku and Morata were the two options and, while both talented and relatively young centre-forwards, they were different in terms of background. Lukaku, for example, was accustomed to life in the Premier League, but lacked experience of competing for a top club, and performing in the Champions League. Morata, meanwhile, was the opposite. He had showed glimpses of magic for Real Madrid and Juventus, reaching Champions League finals with both, but the English top flight was something new. Also new was the concept of being his side's main striker, given he was previously part of squad rotation systems alongside other top-class centre-forwards. Eventually, Lukaku went to Manchester ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been declared husband and wife, following a ceremony at Windsor Castle. The couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel. Wearing a dress by British designer Clare Waight Keller, Ms Markle was met by Prince Charles, who walked her down the aisle. Following their marriage, the couple will be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Among the guests were Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney, David and Victoria Beckham and Sir Elton John. Ms Markle had 10 bridesmaids and pageboys - including Prince George and Princess Charlotte. She wore Queen Mary's diamond bandeau tiara, loaned to her by the Queen. Her sculpted white dress was designed by Ms Waight Keller for French fashion house Givenchy. The look was completed with a veil measuring 5m and embroidered with the flowers of each country in the Commonwealth.   Prince Charles walked Ms Markle down the aisle, after her father, Thomas, was unabl...

There has been plenty of discussion this season over whether Manchester United are making progress under Jose Mourinho or not. While finishing second in the table shows a clear improvement on last season, the style of football that United have employed to get there has left a little to be desired. If United win the FA Cup final Saturday, they can be content with a good season. Even when Sir Alex Ferguson was manager, finishing second with a trophy would have been fairly positive. But the gap between first-place Manchester City and United would have been unacceptable. The cautious approach to their games is what seems to bother United fans the most, though. Many would have been happy enough with the FA Cup and finishing third or fourth if it had meant watching more entertaining football. This is where the supporters and Ed Woodward disagree. United fans were horrified to hear the vice-chairman's response to United's recent financial update, which has seen them ...

Manchester City's Pep Guardiola says he is still trying to improve as a coach after nine years in management. The Catalan, who guided his side to the Premier League title with a record 100 points, has just signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2021. Guardiola finished his first season at the Etihad Stadium but says he has continued to learn since leaving Barcelona in 2012 and taking over at Bayern Munich a year later. "There is always more [as a coach]. You may think there isn't -- the players you coach are responsible for new ways of thinking and insights," he told ESPN Brazil. "Sometimes you discover things you previously didn't know, maybe pairing these two players will give you a good midfield movement, something like that. "When I left Barcelona, I thought that my space to revolutionise was ended, but no. We have seen that there is always a way to do new things, especially because you have differe...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A panel will decide on Friday whether to declare a "public health emergency of international concern", which would trigger a larger response. At least 44 people are believed to have been infected in the current outbreak and 23 deaths are being investigated. Cases emerged in a rural area with one now confirmed in the city of Mbandaka. The city of about one million people is a transport hub on the Congo River, prompting fears that the virus could now spread further, threatening the capital Kinshasa and surrounding countries. Ebola is an infectious illness that causes internal bleeding and often proves fatal. It can spread rapidly through contact with small amounts of bodily fluid, and its early flu-like symptoms are not always obvious. WHO has previously admitted that it was too slow to respond to a deadly Ebola outbr...

Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial and Marouane Fellaini have travelled with the Manchester United squad ahead the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday. Lukaku has missed the last three games with an ankle injury. After having treatment in Belgium, he returned to Carrington on Tuesday and was part of the United squad that boarded a train to London from Stockport station on Wednesday afternoon. Martial was also part of the group despite missing the 1-0 win over Watford on Sunday with a knee injury. He was expected to start the final game of the Premier League campaign but missed out after aggravating the problem in training on Friday. He was at Old Trafford on Sunday morning for treatment and has been assessed by the club's medical staff this week. Fellaini also made the trip after missing the last two games through injury. The FA Cup final could be the midfielder's last game for United if he does not sign an extension to his contract as his current deal is set to ...

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly difficult to control. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km (80 miles) from the area where the first cases were confirmed earlier this month. The city is a major transportation hub with routes to the capital Kinshasa. Forty-two people have now been infected and 23 people are known to have died. Ebola is a serious infectious illness that causes internal bleeding and often proves fatal. It can spread rapidly through contact with small amounts of bodily fluid and its early flu-like symptoms are not always obvious. Senior World Health Organization (WHO) official Peter Salama said the outbreak's shift to a major city meant there was the potential for an "explosive increase" in cases. "This is a major development in the outbreak," he told the BBC. "We h...

UEFA put up apparently immovable objections on Wednesday to what had seemed to be the unstoppable force of FIFA's $25 billion remodelling of world football. A UEFA Professional Football Strategy Committee meeting in Lyon, France, brought together the representatives of the European football confederation, the European Clubs Association, the European Leagues lobby group and the European division of the world players' association, FIFPro. The key item on the agenda was FIFA's proposal for a 24-team Club World Cup every four years and biennial Global Nations League tournament of international teams. Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President, has attempted to railroad his plans through, calling for a swift decision to be reached on the matter. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that in the coming days he will call an extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Council to make a final decision on the proposal. But the response from UEFA was unequivocal. "The P...

A US man died when a vape pen blew up and projected fragments into his skull, a post-mortem examination has found. Tallmadge D'Elia also suffered burns over 80% of his body in a fire on 5 May caused by the exploding e-cigarette, according to forensic officials. The 38-year-old's body was discovered by firefighters in the fiery bedroom of his family home in the beach resort of St Petersburg, Florida. It is believed to be the first US death from a vape pen explosion. The television producer's death has been ruled an accident. The Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner said the official cause was "projectile wound of head", reports the Tampa Bay Times. Two pieces of the vape pen were found in his cranium, according to the autopsy. The report said emergency crews encountered "extensive" fire damage to the bedroom where the body was found, but minimal smoke. The electronic cigarette was manufactured by Smok-E Mountain, said the medical examiner. Chris...

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has posted a record quarterly profit for the three months to March, sending its shares up more than 5% on Thursday. The firm, which owns the popular messaging app WeChat, posted a 61% year-on-year jump in profit, to 23.29bn yuan ($3.7bn; £2.73bn). Tencent's online games, like the hugely popular Honour of Kings, boosted revenues by 26%. WeChat, which is a bit like WhatsApp, is now China's biggest social network. It is also an important source of revenue for Tencent - though the firm continues to remain reasonably vague on those details in its earnings reports. Where does the money come from? Analysts have said that most of Tencent's revenue growth comes from the gaming apps it owns and the purchases that users make within those games. WeChat is integral to that revenue as Tencent uses the platform as a way of getting those games out to users. Together with its Chinese-only version Weixin, WeChat hit one billion monthl...

Chelsea have been fined £20,000 for failing to control their players and staff during a 1-1 draw with Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge, the Football Association has announced. The flashpoint that prompted the charge occurred in first-half injury time when referee Lee Mason initially signalled for a Chelsea corner before blowing his whistle for half-time as Willian walked across to take the kick. Mason was immediately surrounded by angry Chelsea players, led by captain Cesar Azpilicueta, and coach Antonio Conte also made his feelings known to the officials as they left the field. A freak goal by Marcos Alonso cancelled out Laurent Depoitre's opener for the visitors in the second half, and Huddersfield withstood lengthy spells of pressure to secure a draw that confirmed their Premier League survival and all but ended Chelsea's slim chances of claiming a top-four finish. Chelsea subsequently slumped to a 3-0 defeat against Newcastle United at St James...

A rare blue diamond that has spent the past 300 years in Europe's royal houses has been sold at auction in Geneva for $6.7m (£5m). The Farnese Blue was given as a wedding present to Elizabeth Farnese, daughter of the Duke of Parma, when she married Philip V of Spain in 1715. It then passed down through the generations, moving from Spain to France, Italy and Austria. The 6.1 carat diamond comes from the famous Golconda mine of India. It sold after just four minutes of bidding at Sotheby's, easily passing the auction house's estimate of $3.5m-$5m. "We were expecting a good result but we started from $3.5m and we ended up with $6.7m, so we exceeded our expectation," said Sotheby's jewellery specialist, Daniela Mascetti. "Good jewels, well-designed, well-made, with a signature, with a perfect... slot in time, in age, do very well." According to the auctioneers' website, the pear-shaped diamond once formed part of a tiara owned by th...

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A nanny convicted of murdering two children she stabbed at their luxury New York City apartment has been sentenced to life in prison. In sentencing Yoselyn Ortega, 56, the judge described her as "pure evil" before handing her the maximum term. The bloody bodies of Lucia "Lulu" Krim, six, and her brother Leo, two, were found by their mother in a bathtub at the Manhattan flat on 25 October 2012. Ortega had pleaded insanity but the jury rejected her defence. On Monday, Ortega appeared visibly shaken as she apologised while addressing the court. Speaking in Spanish through a translator, she said she was "sorry for everything", adding that she hoped for "a great deal of forgiveness". 'Like a horror movie' During the two-month trial at the Supreme Court in Manhattan, the mother of the victims Marina Krim told the court how she had come home with her third child, three-year-old Nessie, after Ortega did not turn up at Lulu...

Nigeria have named two uncapped players in their 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Domestic league leading scorer Junior Lokosa of Kano Pillars, and FC Crotone's Simeon Nwankwo join an expected cast of players which will be whittled down to the final 23 in June. The squad will be led by team captain John Mikel Obi, and has usual suspects Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo. On the goalkeeping front, coach Gernot Rohr has named four goalkeepers, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi and Dele AJiboye. Nigeria training camp is expected to begin on Monday, 21 May in Uyo, ahead of friendlies against Atletico Madrid and Congo DR. THE FULL SQUAD Goalkeepers : Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC); Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa); Dele Ajiboye (Plateau United) Defenders : Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Tyronne Ebuehi (Ado Den Haag, The Netherlands); Olaoluwa Aina (Hull C...

Rihanna's home was broken into by a suspected stalker who allegedly spent 12 hours inside, US prosecutors say. Eduardo Leon, 27, has been charged with stalking, first-degree residential burglary, vandalism and resisting arrest. Rihanna was not home at the time of the alleged incident in Los Angeles on 9 May. Leon, from Fullerton, California, is due to appear at the Foltz Criminal Justice Centre on Monday. The suspect is accused of hopping a fence and entering a house owned by Rihanna in the Hollywood Hills. He allegedly spent 12 hours inside the home and was arrested the next day after being discovered by the singer's assistant. If convicted, Leon faces a possible maximum sentence of six years in prison. The case is still being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Students at Howard University were treated to inspirational words from T'Challa himself as they graduated over the weekend. Chadwick Boseman, an ex-student of the university in Washington DC, gave the commencement address at their ceremony. He spoke about overcoming discrimination, the importance of finding purpose and challenging the system. The actor was also awarded an honorary degree at the ceremony. "You would rather find purpose than a job or career," Chadwick told the students. "Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. "It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. "Whatever you choose as a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose." Chadwick referred to a sit-in the students staged in March over a dispute with the university. "Some of you here struggled against the university itself," he said to the mostly minori...

*2018 FIFA WORLD CUP FIXTURES BREAKDOWN* *Group A:-* Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay *Group B:-* Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran *Group C:-* France, Australia, Peru, Denmark *Group D:-* Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria *Group E:-* Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia *Group F:-* Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea *Group G:-* Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England *Group H:-* Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan *THURSDAY, June 14/6/2018* 1.RUSSIA vs SAUDI ARABIA  (8:30pm) *FRIDAY, June 15/6/2018* 2.EGYPT vs URUGUAY (5:30pm) 3.Morocco vs Iran (8:30pm) 4.Portugal vs Spain (11:30pm) *SATURDAY, June 16/6/2018* 5.FRANCE vs AUSTRALIA (3:30pm) 6.ARGENTINA vs ICELAND  (6:30pm) 7.PERU vs DENMARK (9:30pm) 8.CROATIA vs NIGERIA (5:30pm) *SUNDAY, June 17/6/2018* 9.COSTA RICA vs SERBIA (12:30am) 10.GERMANY vs MEXICO (8:30pm) 11.BRAZIL vs SWITZERLAND (11:30pm) *MONDAY, June 18/6/2018* 12.SWEDEN vs SOUTH KOREA (5:30pm 13.BELGIUM vs PANAMA 8:30pm 14.TUN...