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José Mourinho is interested in taking Bas Dost from Eintracht Frankfurt as he pushes to add a different option to Harry Kane at centre-forward. The Tottenham manager has made no secret of his desire to add depth up front and Dost is of the profile that he wants; the 31-year-old Dutchman is tall, at 6ft 4in, physical and experienced. Spurs have had talks with Frankfurt, who would want any deal to be permanent; the Bundesliga club value Dost at €5.5m (£5.1m). Spurs would prefer a loan. Mourinho has only Kane as a recognised senior No 9 – the Portuguese has previously said he does not believe Son Heung-min can play in the role. And, having asked for a new striker in January and not got one, it would not be difficult to foresee Mourinho’s reaction if he were denied again. Spurs have been offered a host of targetman-style strikers, including Watford’s Troy Deeney, Christian Benteke of Crystal Palace and Benfica’s Carlos Vinícius, a 6ft 2in Brazilian who is represented by Jorge … [Read more...] about José Mourinho keen to bring Eintracht Frankfurt striker Bas Dost to Tottenham

The parent firm of British Airways has called for the introduction of digital health passes to help reopen the skies while revealing a €7.4bn (£6.5bn) annual loss as a result of coronavirus pandemic disruption. International Airlines Group (IAG) demanded a global approach, with common testing standards, as the travel industry reels from a disastrous 12 months that has largely grounded fleets and led to tens of thousands of job losses. The operating loss revealed by the company, which also includes Iberia and Aer Lingus among its stable of airlines, compares to profits of €2.6bn (£2.2bn) during 2019 - before COVID-19 struck its operations. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world COVID jobs crisis: Retail is worst hit sector Much of the bottom line loss was blamed on a pre-tax charge of just over €3bn on fuel and foreign exchange hedge accounting being discontinued, writedowns on the value of its fleet and restructuring costs. … [Read more...] about COVID-19: BA parent demands international action to reopen skies as it dives to £6.5bn loss

A COMPANY boss has landed a £130,000 payout after slipping head-over-heels on a pool of Baileys Cream Liqueur at Heathrow Airport. Andreas Wuchner banged his head and suffered brain damage after skidding on the booze spilled by a passenger near a British Airways check-in desk. His office supplies business folded 12 months later and he took BA to court, suing over his injuries and for loss of earnings. And Judge Simon Monty QC has now awarded him £130,000 - and opened the door for him to claim an even larger sum. Central London County Court heard Swiss national Mr Wuchner - aged in his 40s - had been at the airport to catch a BA jet to Zurich in November 2017. Natasha Jackson, for Mr Wuchner, told the judge: "This was a slip on a spilt bottle of Bailey's liqueur, but unfortunately he does seem to have suffered some traumatic brain injury as a result. “The claim is admitted.” She added after the hearing: “The liquid turned out to be Bailey’s liqueur that hadn't … [Read more...] about Boss lands £130k payout from BA after slipping on puddle of BAILEYS & smashing head on floor at Heathrow check-in desk

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won Super Bowl LV, beating Kansas City Chiefs 31 to 9 in Florida.The win means legendary quarterback Tom Brady, who was also named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP), walks away with his seventh Super Bowl victory - a record for the sport, after winning his first six with the New England Patriots.The 43-year-old set up three touchdowns before half-time, all but sealing the win against the reigning champions, with the team wrapping up the victory in the third quarter with a fourth trip over the line.After the win, Brady said: "I'm so proud of all of these guys out here, everything we dealt with all year. We had a rough month of November but BA (Bruce Arians, head coach) had all the confidence in us, the team had a lot of confidence and we came together at the right time."I think we knew this was going to happen, didn't we? We ended up playing our best game of the year." Advertisement It is the second time Tampa Bay have lifted the … [Read more...] about Super Bowl: Tampa Bay Buccaneers take title as Tom Brady gets record seventh win

There was a time I used to pretend I had met my husband in a cafe, by chance, because it seemed more romantic than the truth, which was that we met online on a dating site. I never wanted to meet someone online, any more than I wanted to be introduced to someone suitable by my Asian parents. I don't think of myself as particularly rule-breaking. All I did was fall in love unexpectedly. Three months after meeting him, I married Richard, a non-Muslim, someone I wasn't technically supposed to marry because he didn't share my cultural or religious heritage. Today, it is easy for me to think of it as not a big deal, as though telling my family about him wasn't the most difficult thing I'd ever done. We're very normal. After nearly ten years of marriage, and as parents of three small boys, all we do is watch Netflix and eat dinner on the sofa once the children are in bed. But though there is plenty of the everyday in our story, it does not make it any less of a great love. Huma Qureshi from … [Read more...] about It’s the last thing her Pakistani parents planned. But HUMA QURESHI fell for a non-Muslim she met on a dating site. In her soul-baring new memoir, she reveals… What happens when you fall in love with an unsuitable boy