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Bernie ecclestone’s €75m deal to escape german bribery trial F1 boss accused of ‘bare-faced cheek’ as he walks free from German court FORMULA One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone yesterday agreed to pay €75million to buy his way out of his bribery trial.

The 83-year-old billionaire, who could have been jailed for ten years if found guilty, escaped without a conviction.

Under the deal with German prosecutors, he will hand most of the cash to the state, although €750,000 will go to a children’s hospital. However, he was accused of ‘impertinence’ over the deal, believed to be a record payment of its kind.

Former German justice minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said: ‘Justice must not be traded off in this manner. It doesn’t just leave a bad taste, it is really

Winning formula: Bernie Eccles­tone will pay the cas­h to the s­tate and a children’s­ hos­pital PICTURE: REUTERS

by paul keogh bare-faced cheek.’ Ecclestone denied charges over a €33million payment to a corrupt banker, allegedly to ensure a 47 per cent stake in F1 was sold to a company he favoured.

After three months in court, prosecutors accepted the payment to end the trial, a commonplace move under German law.

The F1 boss said: ‘What has happened today is good and bad. The good is the judge more or less said I was acquitted, and they really didn’t have a case. So I was a bit of an idiot to do what I did to settle because it wasn’t with the judge, it was with the prosecutors.’

As he left court, he told reporters he was ‘off to take care of Formula One.’ Last week, his defence called for the case to be stopped, saying it was a ‘significant strain’ for the billionaire, whose wife is 46 years his junior. Ecclestone’s lawyer Sven Thomas added: ‘The $100million is for the state of Bavaria. Maybe they will try and build a circuit. I will propose this – that they should build a nice circuit.’

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Grab yourself a Posh frock Victoria hands over 600 items to Aids charity

by SEAMUS DUFF VICTORIA BECKHAM is donating hundreds of items from her wardrobe to an HIV charity after a moving visit to South Africa.

The former Posh Spice turned designer, 40, has picked out 600 items to give to mothers2mothers, which was founded by Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox’s husband Dr Mitch Besser.

She witnessed the work the charity does after visiting the charity and meeting Dr Besser in February.

‘It really was a life-changing experience; I’ve never experienced anything like it. The work they are doing is nothing short of absolutely remarkable,’ Victoria told Grazia magazine.

She and husband David ‘laughed a lot’ at her wardrobe hits and misses as many items still hold happy memories for the Beckhams and their four children.

‘A lot of the clothes have been specially designed for me by the most talented designers and I’ve loved wearing them,’ the size-six designer said. ‘However, I now feel it’s someone else’s turn to enjoy them.’

Victoria’s wardrobe will go on sale on theoutnet.com on August 20. More information on mothers2mothers can be found at m2m.org

Stylish: Victoria Beckham has donated this dress worn in 2008 to support the charity in South Africa

Up for sale: A green dress Posh wore in Paris in 2008 and in a striped number she showed off in 2006

PICTUREs: moThERs 2moThERs

Sometimes I wish I had never starred in The OC

City chic: Posh was seen in this dress in New York

IT was the show that propelled her to global stardom but Mischa Barton admits she often regrets signing up to star in The OC. The 28-year-old issued a warning to young hopefuls about the price of fame. asked if she would take up the role of Marissa Cooper in the hit show if she’d known then what she knew now, Barton replied: ‘Probably not.

‘It’s something I came so close to not doing. I had a really great thing with film,’ said the actress, whose mother is from Newry in Co Down.

‘People say be grateful for what you have but it certainly was not the kind of thing I was expecting it to be.’

The aftermath saw her arrested for

drink-driving and claims she was sectioned in 2009 after a trip to the dentist. as for any advice to youngsters, she said: ‘Keep your private life private to the greatest extent that you can.

People have this insatiable appetite for it – so how far can you go with that?’ and she says she is leaving love, marriage and babies in the lap of the gods. after high-profile romances with The Kooks singer Luke Pritchard, 27, and Fifty shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan, 32, she said: ‘For me, it is something that I take as I go along. I have a really go-with-the-flow attitude.

‘It’s always changing – I make no marked plans about settling down.’

Smoking hot: Barton is the lead judge of Vapestick Style Icon PICTURE: KRIsTofj Von sTRAss

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Ryanair calls for e-gates to open after 5pm USI pres Laura Harmon: Task force needed

Students could drop out over housing issues THE current housing shortage has become a major ‘access-toeducation issue, the head of the national students’ union has claimed.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is calling for home owners to consider taking in students as lodgers as rising rents put student and graduate housing prospects at risk.

The union has launched a website, www.homes.usi.ie, to allow home owners to freely list their available rooms.

USI president Laura Harmon warned students will drop out if they can’t find a place to live and called for a Government task force to help with the ‘serious and growing’ problem.

Student welfare officers will be at St Stephen’s Green Centre from 11.30am to 1pm today to provide more information.

€75k to help young scientists get to RDS show A GRANT of €75,000 will enable students to compete in the annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition by contributing to transport and accommodation costs.

Schools which are located over 70km from the RDS in Dublin, home to the show, are eligible to apply for a grant of €150 per entry or €300 for a group entry.

The exhibition will take place in the RDS from January 7-10.

The closing date for entries is October 1.

UK to bear brunt of Bertha, as we avoid the storm A HURRICANE which has hit the Caribbean could cause some heavy rain off the south coast of Ireland.

Hurricane Bertha, which has been battering the islands with gusts of more than 140kmh, leaving thousands of homes without power, is currently moving across the Atlantic.

While the UK is expecting heavy rains and winds as Bertha arrives this weekend, Ireland will mostly escape the effects, except for downpours in some parts of Munster.

RYANAIR is calling for the operating hours of ‘self-service’ border control gates to be extended to cut down on passenger queues.

Citing regular evening backlogs and delays at Dublin Airport, the airline has urged the Dublin Airport Authority and the Minister for Transport and Tourism, Pascal Donohoe to solve the issue.

Currently the automated service, allowing passengers to swipe their

passport themselves, is running during business hours.

Robin Kiely, Ryanair’s head of communications, said it is unfair that customers are being subjected to delays at passport control as a result of the facilities closing at 5pm.

A spokesperson for the DAA said a decision on the extension was down to the Department of Justice and the immigration service.

In a statement, the Department of

Justice and Equality said that it ‘does not have the staff available at present to operate the automated gates outside of these core hours.’

However, it said discussions are ongoing with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for ‘additional staff to operate these gates around the clock’.

The e-gates are part of a initiative to release Garda and immigration officers for frontline policing duties.

Solution call: Donohoe

Irish like to do nothing on holiday, even in bedroom

by ORnA cunnIngHAM IRISH people would rather laze around and get drunk when on holiday than have sex, a new survey has found.

We’re one of the top ten least active nations when it comes to holiday activities, according to Expedia’s annual Flip Flop report.

Fewer than 14 per cent of Irish holidaymakers take part in water and beach sports, only ten per cent go jogging while on holidays and only 19 per cent go out partying or dancing.

However, two-thirds of us sunbathe and read books, two-fifths take naps and over half prefer to crack into the vino.

This laissez-faire attitude extends to the bedroom too. Rather than indulge in a little canoodle, 53 per cent would prefer to be overeating, putting us top of the list for holiday overeating in the world.

Our nearest neighbour, the UK, was the third laziest country, and Scandinavia seems to enjoy a slow pace of life on holidays too, with Denmark, Sweden and Norway at five, six and seven, respectively.

At No.1, Japan was the least active, with India topping the most active nations.

While 88 per cent of Irish holiday-goers might look for a ‘calm, serene’ beach, we do look for diversity in the locations we visit, with most opting to visit somewhere new.

And we’re all dying for a beach holiday.

More than one in four would work weekends for a month and 23 per cent would give up a week’s salary for some more time in the sun.

Eleven per cent would even be happy to contract the flu if it meant an extra beach break.

Céad míle coffee Simon O’Connor of the Little Museum of Dublin, Grainne Mackin of Luas Cross City, Orla and Anne Dynes, and Susanne Schlagbauer are pictured as the Luas Cross City is revealed as the new sponsor of Dublin’s greeter initiative City of a Thousand Welcomes Picture: Photocall

Dublin residents take ASAI upholds complaints housing case to Europe against 12 advertisements PEOPLE living in 20 of the country’s most run-down housing complexes, including Dolphin House in Dublin 8, have taken their fight for basic living conditions to Europe.

A Paris-based human rights body lodged claims on behalf of 130,000 residents in estates in inner city Dublin and Limerick over sewage problems, persistent leaks, harmful damp and mould after charities at home did not take up the cause.

The International Federation for Human Rights filed a 51-page complaint with the Council of

Europe accusing the Government of presiding over appalling living standards and failing to meet basic and legal housing requirements.

Surveys carried out on residents in Dolphin House in 2012 revealed a risk of lung disease and nine out of ten children missing school days because of the impact of damp, mould and sewage.

The report also targeted the €3billion Limerick regeneration scheme for failing to complete work in estates like Moyross, Southill and St Mary’s Park.

THE Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) upheld 12 out of 13 consumer complaints last month.

Vodafone was asked to amend website advertising for its Vodafone Red offer following a complaint that its terms and conditions were ‘misleading’ and ‘difficult to find’.

A customer at Dublin Airport claimed they were ‘misled’ by a radio advert offering a ‘free cup of coffee or free fast track access’ as the offer only applied to midweek

bookings and this ‘should have been mentioned,’ the ASAI said.

Danone Ireland received a complaint from a doctor about its TV ad, which stated that breakfast was required for a healthy immune system. The doctor argued it was not based on scientific fact.

Only one complaint was not upheld – a radio advert for Axa Insurance. The ASAI said the ‘use of humour’ in the advert did not ‘make light of dangerous driving or the need for safety’ as the complainant had argued.

Israel pulls out troops as truce begins

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Going... for now: Israeli tanks roll out of Gaza as a 72-hour truce begins. All troops were withdrawn yesterday as envoys held talks with Hamas in Egypt, in hopes of reaching a lasting peace deal. It follows intense pressure to end the conflict and condemnation of Israel for attacks on schools. Despite criticism, the US has given Israel another €167million towards its Iron Dome missile system, which shields it from Palestinian rocket attacks Picture: getty

by nIDAL AL-MugHRAbI ISRAEl withdrew its ground forces from the Gaza Strip yesterday and began a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards an end to the month-old war.

Minutes before the truce began at 8am (0500 GMT), Hamas launched a salvo of rockets, calling them revenge for Israel’s ‘massacres’.

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n AN APP that encouraged players to drop bombs on Gaza has been removed from Google Play. The cartoonish Bomb Gaza game by PlayFTW was reportedly downloaded 1,000 times before it was pulled because of complaints. One commentator posted: ‘This is sick.’

Israel said their main goal of destroying 32 cross-border tunnels had been completed and troops and tanks will be ‘redeployed’ outside Gaza.

Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas, said Israel’s offensive in the densely populated enclave was a ‘100 per cent failure’.

Gaza officials say the war has killed 1,867 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Israel says 64 soldiers and three civilians have been killed since fighting began on July 8.

Besides the truce, Palestinians demand an end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza and the release of prisoners, including those arrested in June after three Jewish students were kidnapped and killed.

Palestinian foreign minister Riad al-Malki said there was ‘clear evidence’ of war crimes by Israel during its offensive in Gaza as he met prosecutors in The Hague yesterday to push for an investigation.

Meanwhile, British foreign office minister Sayeeda Warsi resigned yesterday, saying she could not support prime minister David Cameron’s government policy on the war.

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Thai surrogate would be happy to get twin back A THAI surrogate mother raising a Down syndrome baby she claims was abandoned by his Australian biological parents said she would be happy to have the boy’s healthy twin returned to her, especially amid allegations the father is a convicted sex offender.

Pattaramon Chanbua, a 21-yearold food vendor with two young children of her own, has been

Chanbua: Thai surrogate mother

bringing up baby boy Gammy since he was born in December.

She claimed the parents rejected Gammy while taking his healthy twin sister home to Western Australia state.

Australia’s Nine Network television reported that the father was a convicted paedophile.

‘Personally, when I heard the news I was shocked,’ Pattaramon

said. She expressed sentimental attachment to the girl now in Australia, saying: ‘I want her back because she is my baby. She was in my womb.’ However, she would ‘leave it to the law’ to see if she can get the girl back, she said.

Pattaramon has also said she did not receive the full payment she was promised through a broker for serving as a surrogate mother in a

General is killed by ‘terrorist ‘Hoaxer’s horror’ on seeing fighter in uniform’ scrambled to escort passenger jet

OMG, it’s the RAF

A TWO-star American general was yesterday killed by a member of the Afghan security forces.

He became the highest ranking US soldier to be killed in hostilities overseas since the Vietnam War in the attack at Camp Qargha, west of the capital Kabul.

The gunman was wearing an Afghan army uniform when he opened fire, injuring 15 people.

About half of the victims were American, while a German brigadier general was also hurt.

Gen Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry, said a ‘terrorist in an army uniform’ was responsible for the shooting. The gunman was also killed.

The murder comes as ‘insider attacks’ – incidents in which Afghan security turn on their Nato partners – largely dropped last year.

There were 16 deaths in ten attacks in 2013, compared with 53 in 38 incidents in 2012.

Fears: Passengers pictured the jet outside their windows and the man’s arrest

Emergency protocol: A military fighter jet escorts Qatar Airways flight QR23 safely to Manchester Airport PICTURES: AP/REUTERS

A ‘HOAXER’ sparked a major terror scare when air crew were told there was a bomb on a passenger plane.

The alleged troublemaker caused panic on board and reduced passengers to tears on the flight from Doha to Manchester.

The airport was put on lockdown and dozens of flights suspended as the crew reported the ‘threat’ to the authorities.

When an RAF Typhoon began tailing the plane, witnesses said the man seemed shocked and mouthed ‘oh s***’. One passenger, Aurang Zeb, said: ‘Kids were crying. Some people looked worried because of rumours there was a bomb on the plane. Thank God that’s not happening.’

Armed police greeted the Qatar Airways plane once it touched

Hopes of ebola cure rise with tobacco plant drug

HOPES of a cure for the killer ebola virus have been raised after two US aid workers were treated with an experimental serum.

Dr Kent Bradley, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 59, were given ZMapp, which is made from tobacco plants, after contracting the virus in Liberia.

Within an hour of receiving the drug, which had previously only been tested on monkeys, Dr Bradley’s condition

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‘nearly reversed’ in a turnaround described by doctors as ‘miraculous’.

He has since been transferred to an isolation unit in Atlanta, Georgia, after his breathing improved and a rash on his skin faded.

Ms Writebol remains in a serious condition and arrived in the US yesterday for treatment. Two thirds of mon-

keys used in ZMapp trials survived when treated 48 hours after being infected with ebola.

Prof Martin Hibberd, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said ZMapp ‘mimics what happens during a natural infection and so can be seen as a relatively safe way of boosting natural responses’.

But he warned: ‘More work with patients still needs to be done.’ Its US

case that had already caused a stir because of the allegation that the Australian couple did not take home both children.

The Australian charity Hands Across the Water has raised more than $215,000 (€149,000) since July to help baby Gammy.

The Australian government is now considering policy changes due to the case.

down away from the terminal at Manchester airport. They boarded the Airbus and arrested a 47-year-old man, from northwest England, on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat.

William McDade, who had flown from Australia to see family, said: ‘I just thought it was an unruly passenger, a drunk.

‘When he stood up, he didn’t appear to be drunk – he put his hands on his head straight away.

There was no commotion.’

The suspect was being questioned in custody last night, while police said a search of the plane found nothing suspicious.

Flights from the airport were suspended for 25 minutes during the scare. Nine incoming flights were diverted to other airports – five of them landed in Leeds.

developer, Mapp Biopharmaceutical, is ‘co-operating with appropriate government agencies to increase production as quickly as possible’.

Meanwhile, tests were being carried out in Saudi Arabia on a 40-year-old man who developed a fever after a trip to Sierra Leone.

While Liberia and Sierra Leone have seen a rise in infections, ebola has claimed almost 900 lives in Guinea.

BA suspends flights into danger zone BRITISH Airways yesterday suspended flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia amid the continuing ebola outbreak.

It said its four-times-a-week services into Freetown and then Monrovia would be halted until the end of the month. ‘The safety of our customers, crew and ground teams is always our top priority,’ it said.

Passengers can claim a refund or rebook later.

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MEGAN FOX’S husband Brian Austin Green must be one seriously frustrated fella – after his sex siren missus admitted she never puts out.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actress Megan says her heavy work schedule – and looking after her two young children – leaves her with no time or energy for hanky-panky.

‘Brian doesn’t get any intimacy whatsoever,’ the 28-year-old bluntly confessed.

Former Beverley Hills 90210 actor Brian, 41, may see his luck change this week after the couple flew off for a holiday with their sons, Noah, 22 months, and Bodhi, five months.

But before they can get down to business, he’ll have to persuade his nervy other half to stop checking for peeping Toms on the balcony.

‘I get afraid when

we’re in a hotel room,’ Transformers star Megan said recently.

‘I’ll close the curtains and put something over the peephole. I’m always afraid someone will see.’

Fox jetted out of LA with her family to take a break from promoting her role as April O’Neil in Hollywood’s latest visit to the New York stormsewers where the pizza-munching Turtles reside.

And while she remains a sex symbol on the screen, her bedroom confessions suggest she’s turned a tad prudish over the past few years.

Back in 2009, the star set pulses racing by declaring she was bi-sexual, adding: ‘I know I’m seen as a sex object.

I’m just really confident sexually and that sort of oozes out of my pores. It’s something I don’t have to turn on.’

ONLY PAW SERVICE WILL DO FOR MARIAH’S DOGS A €145,000 holiday would be lifechanging, luxurious and full of . decadence if you had a family of four th wor g bein y, Care iah Mar But €378million, has decided to afford this five-star getaway to her eight dogs – Gore Jackson The Third and The Good Reverend Pow Jackson among them.

After the cosseted canines are flown to Bristol by private jet, at a cost of €126,000, they will retreat to The trips and Paw Seasons, where custom meals, day hotel beds await them. ce to It’s unclear if the dogs will get the chan one -onone the in ’ lives r thei ut ‘open up abo e. psychiatry sessions offered ther

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IF 1D ever call it quits, Niall Horan can always get a job as a body double for Miley Cyrus. He bore an uncanny resemblance to the tongue-poking twerker, 21, after squeezing into a pair of leggings adorned with her face.

‘They are comfortable, I’m not gonna lie,’ the 20-year-old said after tweeting the image. Meanwhile, 21-year-old Zayn Malik (left) ditched his usual stubble (below) as the band played in New York.

Nialled it: Horan mimics Miley twitter/getty/rex

MICK JAGGER’S ex, Jerry Hall, has defended the Rolling Stones rocker for his ‘fling’ with a ballet dancer, weeks after his girlfriend L’Wren Scott’s suicide.

Asked about Jagger being pictured in a clinch with 27-year-old Melanie Hamrick

on a Zurich hotel balcony earlier this year, the Texan told Good Housekeeping: ‘I didn’t see any of that. He is single now and he can do what he likes.’ Hall’s nine-year marriage to Jagger was annulled in 1999.

‘Emotional’ Bey breaks down as she ‘goes through motions’ BEYONCÉ looked as if the pressure of non-stop gigging had got to her when she broke down during a rendition of her song Resentment.

The 32-year-old appeared emotional when she arrived on stage in LA on Sunday for the latest stint of her joint On The Run tour with hubby Jay Z. ‘Her eyes were really glassy and red and it looked like she was just going through the motions on stage,’ one fan told The Hollywood Gossip.

‘The camera was cut in tight so you could see her eyes welling up.’

KIM KARDASHIAN has been slammed for treating adoption like a shopping spree – by her mother. When the reality TV star, 33, said she was ‘totally’ thinking about adopting Pink, a girl of 12 she met during a visit to a Thai orphanage, mum Kris Jenner ranted: ‘Oh my God, you can’t just take them home like your shopping.’ But Kim shunned Jenner’s advice by asking if she could adopt Pink – only to be told that the Thai government ‘does not encourage it’ Picture: xPOSure

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gOOD On yA ● Good on the lady on the Dart from Blackrock into town yesterday afternoon who asked the teenagers to stop crunching their soda cans. I was getting a headache, but didn’t want to risk the abuse. She told them off with such school-mistressly style, that they stopped straight away.

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yEH big RiDE ● I saw a hot guy unlocking his bike from railings off Grafton Street the other day. He was Spanish or Italian. He asked me for the time and we exchanged a smile as it began to rain. If you’re reading this, get in touch.

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ith legalised theft for owning your own home (property tax), being charged for rain (water rates), a justice department where doing right is very wrong and politicians caught stealing and saying they are entitled to it. it is now obvious that the present Government is no better than the last one.

So next time you’re at the ballot box remember those who screwed you in the past and those that are screwing you now.

Jboy, Dublin ■ Does anyone else hate being called ‘babe’? Call me ‘honey’, ‘darling’, ‘love’, ‘sweetie’, but not ‘babe’, or ‘baby’.

My nine-year-old niece summed it up perfectly recently: ‘Why do big people call each other babe?’ i told her it’s just an affectionate

● To the girl with pink hair working in Dalymount the other night you were fab!

name, like me calling her honey.

And she replied: ‘But that’s what the pig’s called’. i rest my case.

From the mouths of babes (sorry couldn’t resist it).

Laura

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● I don’t have red hair, but I’m willing to get my locks dyed if it’ll get me in Yeh Big Ride, which seems to be taken over by the ginger brigade in recent times. If the cute guy with the quiff buying coffee at the kiosk on Abbey Street on Tuesday around 1pm is reading this I’m the mousey-brown haired girl who you smiled at.

Minnie

■ After deciding with my partner not to have children, i’ve come up against negative reactions from our family and friends, to the point where i’m now doubting my choice. they tell us that we’ll regret it but by then it will be too late. has anyone else made the same decision?

And have you had any regrets down the line?

Cathy

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HEALY HOLDS FORTH

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Kids need me to be a rock star

The 1975’s Matt Healy knows how to pitch his image just right. Amy Dawson meets him chilling poolside in Ibiza

Internal malady: The 1975’s frontman Matt Healy, son of Denise Welch and Tim Healy, says he’s still struggling with drugs

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t’s sundowners time at Ibiza’s legendarily debauched Pikes Hotel. twenty-five-year-old Matt Healy, autocratic frontman of Manchester-formed band the 1975, is enthusing about our chosen interview spot – in front of the pool where Wham!’s Club tropicana video was filmed.

It’s no surprise he’s excited, as the 1975 have a whiff of the 1980s about them, combining power pop (the band are huge fans of John Hughes teen movies such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Breakfast Club) with indie rock and the multi-tracked vocals of r’n’b. they resist obvious categorisation but their tight, bright debut album went straight to No.1 last year and has now gone platinum.

Wearing black drainpipes and a trilby, Healy gets through two espressos and numerous ciggies while talking about a record that started life when he was much younger – and which adroitly articulates the experiences of growing up (and messing up) in catchy songs such as sex, Girls and Chocolate.

‘I’m talking about those issues from a kind of bereaved, older perspective now,’ he explains. ‘But for a lot of fans it’s really relatable to what they’re going through, right now – and you don’t really get that a lot. there’s really been room for a band to come and actually say something about being a teenager – but also to have really big songs.’

We jump in a car and head to the Ibiza Rocks hotel and I watch from the side of the stage as Healy lopes and struts like a newly hatched baby Jagger in front of screaming girls, smoking and swigging from a bottle of red Rioja. His charisma is evident but it’s also an artful construction.

‘Kids want me to be a rock star,’ he says. ‘that’s what they need from me.’

Healy later calls his parents to let them know how the show went: he

Matt’s pronouncements on…

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says he feels guilty for not ringing them enough. His father is actor tim Healy, star of tV’s Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Benidorm, while his mother, Denise Welch, was on Coronation street and Loose Women. Welch battled alcoholism and severe depression, and Healy in turn is very open about discussing his own demons.

‘I do still struggle with drugs, yeah. sex, drugs, religion – it’s all a form of losing yourself,’ he muses. ‘Everyone always wants to lose themselves.

I’d love to be a more spiritual person. the idea of having a true blind faith, that would resolve that internal malady. But I don’t.’

What does seem to have offered him catharsis, however, is music.

‘that album is a very neurotic, introspective record that was written with the attitude that no one would ever hear it,’ he says. ‘It was just me trying to figure things out, aspects of my personality I’m not happy with.

‘I used to think I was happier when I was f***ed. But I’m not – I’m at my happiest when I’m creating something. And I didn’t write music because I wanted to be in a band – I’m in a band because I found myself only being able to write music.’

He stops and laughs. ‘sorry. What a pretentious thing to say!’

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‘They forget that they’re a bunch of intellectual grown-ups.

I understand the right for people to have a story, but do you need to be so crass and inconsiderate when you’re writing about a vunerable able person?

I hate the mainstream media, I don’t care if it likes me. If it wants to take me on, bring it.’

Politics

‘I want to have a bit moree of a scathing social opinion, I used to be the most aggressive polemicist. But I’m just so over it all now because the

transparency in the way things are run is just kind of boring. I do feel apathetic – and I’m annoyed by my apathy.’

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‘I don don’t need to find m my salvation in God, sal I find tha that through m my relationships with rela re other people. But listen, if yyou’re in a list Brazilian jail Br jail, and I’m sa sat by a nice pool in Ibiza, and you say ‘Jesus yo Christ is all I’ve got’, Chr well… of course. But we it’s when that personal Jesus becomes a institutionalised religion that starts infringing on people’s liberties… that’s not alright.’

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in 1997, george Dawes green founded a new york storytelling evening called the Moth. Later this month, the Moth will stage events in edinburgh and London but first comes this collection of 50 true tales of the extraordinary. some, such as andrew solomon’s account of an african shamanistic ritual to rid him of depression, are by celebrated authors. But contributions such as anoid rakhatyllaeva’s poignant civil war reminiscence, tajik sonata, earn their place alongside them.

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Broken Monsters

by Lauren beukes

Beukes (pronounced to rhyme with ‘mucus’, according to her website) is the author of the genre-mashing, internationally best-selling The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling Chicago serial killer and the young girl who eludes him but grows up determined to end his ultraviolent ways. Before scaring the bejesus out of hundreds of thousands of readers with her stomachchurning page-turner, she had won the Arthur C Clarke science fiction prize for her 2010 novel Zoo City.

in the Beginning Was the sea by tomás gonzáLez

is this a dark thriller, too?

Absolutely. Its setting is run-down, contemporary Detroit, the US’s most violent city, which filed for bankruptcy last July. It opens with Detective Inspector Gabriella Versado examining the corpse of a child dumped in an underpass. The grisly oddity is that only the child’s torso is there: like some screwed-up realisation of a Chapman Brothers sculpture, or a mythological fantasy gone wrong, the murdered boy has been given the legs of a fawn. Beukes’s multi-stranded narrative takes us deep into ramshackle Detroit following Gabi’s investigation; to the secretive life of her teenage daughter Layla; to a selfregarding New York journalist, Jonno, who has come here to rebuild his career; to a troubled artist, Clayton, and a homeless man, TK.

Does it work?

Mostly. Beukes has

said that she likes ‘rugbytackling social issues through fiction’. At its best, Broken Monsters offers a fascinating and poignant portrait of a once great manufacturing city laid low, its population haemorrhaging as those who can afford to flee to the suburbs.

Through Gabi we see the city’s endemic violence and her fears for her daughter growing up there. From TK’s perspective, we see the extreme vulnerability of those operating way below the poverty line in the US. Jonno shows us an edgier, more creative side of the city where the low cost of living and a wealth of atmospheric abandoned buildings has created a nascent artistic scene.

Worth reading then? Yes, for its portrait of Detroit and because Beukes is a compelling storyteller who has created strong characters in Gabi and Layla. That said, too many narrative strands slow the action initially, while a later reveal of the killer would give a stronger sense of jeopardy, making it more of a pageturner. Patricia Nicol Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (Harper Collins) is out now.

this brooding Colombian novel was first published in 1983 by a nightclub owner who employed gonzález as a bartender. though he has since found fame as one of Colombia’s leading literary exports, this is his first work to be translated into english. a chronicle of a death foretold – based on his own brother’s murder – gonzález unfolds in unsparing language the haunting story of J and elena, two Bogota intellectuals who, dreaming of the good life, buy a run-down Caribbean estate.

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Dear Daughter by eLizabeth LittLe

not so much a whodunit as a didshe-do-it, the highlight of this clever, razor-sharp debut thriller is its caustic narrator Janie Jenkins. ten years ago – in a pre-text era – valley girl Janie was convicted of the brutal murder of her socialite mother. suddenly released on a technicality, she sets off for the heart of the us – the nation’s media searching for her – to conduct her own investigation.

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★ Must see

Film oPeraTIon wIld BBC1, 9PM TV presenter Clare Balding joins a group of pioneering vets as they save the lives of animals. Here, she is helping a panda cub in a show that will have any animal lover turning weak at the knees. Balding and co-presenter Steve Leonard are effortlessly upstaged by the animals they meet as far afield as Cameroon and Laos, all of which need urgent medical treatment. It can be tricky: how exactly do you X-ray an elephant?

Ted

RTÉ1, 9.35pm A little boy makes a Christmas wish: that his teddy bear will come to life. And his wish comes true. So far, so fairytale. Except the boy grows up to be a slacker (Mark Wahlberg) whose best bud is still Ted (voiced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane), now a pottymouthed bear at that. As you can imagine, girlfriend Mila Kunis is not too happy about the bond between the pair.

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Universally derided action adventure starring muscle-bound Twilight actor Kellan Lutz (right) as the hunky demigod. While Lutz is easy on the eye, every other aspect of this film – from script to direction to performances – was laughed at by critics on its release. Still, if you’re looking for heaving pecs, you know where to come.

half of a yellow sun

Thandie Newton (below) stars in this adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel. She plays Olanna, a well-to-do Englisheducated Nigerian woman who marries political activist Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Then the Biafran war of the 1960s comes knocking on their door.

Factual secreTs from The clInk UTV, 9pm

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Drama saVInG hoPe Watch, 8pm

With the ‘clink’ being old slang for prison, you can tell where we’re headed in this celebrity-based rummage through archives that reveal their ancestors served time in grim Victorian prisons. For once, the smile is wiped off Strictly’s Len Goodman’s face as he, along with Mariella Frostrup and Johnny Vegas, hears tales of deprivation.

oPIum brIdes RTÉ1, 11.30pm

Journalist Najibullah Quraishi travels to a remote part of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan to reveal the link between opium farming and child slavery.

Drug traffickers loan farmers money to grow opium, but under Afghan government policy some farmers have their crop destroyed come harvest time. To expunge the debt the traffickers force the families to give up their daughter as child brides.

If you’ve liked both Grey’s Anatomy and Supernatural in your time, then this mix of medical drama and the spirit world might be right up your alley. For most of season one, chief of surgery Charlie Harris (Michael Shanks, above) was in a coma – which allowed him to communicate with the dead – while his frantic surgeon fiancée tried to save his life. In this season two opener, Charlie is back in the land of the living. But the residents of the afterlife aren’t about to give up on him that easily.

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Sky Atlantic, 9.35pm

Boy, has the television industry got it in for the new-age babble of new tech companies right now.

This episode ventures into Silicon Valley territory, with Veep Selina (Julia LouisDreyfus) taking a tour of the headquarters of a Californian tech giant, where she bumps apps with a hi-tech guru whose blue-sky thinking finds him deliciously showered with satirical scorn.

sarah beeny’s double your house for half The money C4, 8pm

She’s holding fast to her mantra that you don’t have to move out of your home in order to step up the property ladder, as Sarah Beeny dishes out her trademark mix of no-nonsense advice and ‘are they mad?’ looks to families who are out to maximise their square footage.

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Soaps coronaTIon sTreeT TV3, 7.30pm

After Monday’s scary moment when Ken Barlow shouted louder than he’s ever shouted before, Weatherfield’s resident Man Of Principle takes himself off to prison to speak to his son, Peter (Chris Gascoyne, above). While these two have not always seen eye to eye, if Ken is convinced of Peter’s innocence then Barlow junior’s chances of sinking another bottle of whisky or three will get a whole lot better. Lloyd, meanwhile, is struggling to forget Andrea.

This sequel came just two years after the original proved a worldwide box office smash. It’s strange to think that without this, we may never have seen Meet The Fockers – as his turn here, playing a young Vito Corleone, earned Robert De Niro (above) an Oscar and set his career up. It’s another crime epic, this time with flashbacks, following the struggles of mob boss Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) as he feuds with a crime family from Florida.

bedazzled Film4, 7.10pm

Remember when Liz Hurley had a film career to go along with her collection of white jeans? Well this was it – playing the Peter Cook role (yes, really) in the 2000 remake of the Dudley Moore/ Cook original comedy. Here, she’s the devil and is wooing Brendan Fraser along the path to perdition by granting him wishes in exchange for his soul.

The bourne suPremacy ITV2, 10pm

Handsome super-spy Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) strikes again – this time the amnesia-addled ex-CIA man finds himself in a spot of bother when he is framed for the murder of a pair of US agents in Germany. Shady Russian Kirill (Karl Urban) is behind it – but can hunky Matt sort him out before it’s too late?

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METROSCOPE

by Patrick Arundell

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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

Your ruler Mars continues to square up with the go-getting energies of Jupiter. This is the larger than life aspect, bar none. We can believe that little is beyond us and feel no barrier can’t be overcome. However, don’t big yourself up too much.

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Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

A battle of wills with someone close is possible, or do you just want different things? Whichever, forcing your point of view or exaggerating an issue is unlikely to bring an easy resolution. It may be better to agree to disagree.

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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

You can be keen to seize the moment with today’s aspects. Expect quite a lot of activity, with phone calls, text messages and emails, as you make a clear impression on others. However, you’re unlikely to have a great deal of time for finer details.

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Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

Jupiter is now supercharging your sector of desires and forging a sharp right angle today with the planet of instant gratification, Mars. It makes sense to give yourself some treats but the trick is to have just the right amount.

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Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

You might find yourself with more energy than for a long time. This can be a good thing, but you will need to balance what you have with a potential tendency to dive into situations too quickly, before you give them enough forethought.

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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

If you find yourself exploring lots of new options, spiritual avenues or sources of information and new ways of looking at life, don’t feel obliged to tell others about these. Some gentle pondering can give you the head space to manoeuvre your ideas.

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Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23

You have been under quite a burden for some months, as Uranus continued to tangle with Pluto and Saturn inflicted damage on your self-esteem and bank account. Yet I am hoping that you are seeing a real shift in your situation.

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scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

I hope the last ten days has seen you feel more fired up, driven and dynamic than for some time. The big change is down to the arrival of Mars in your sign. Your chance to make a big impression on the world at large is enhanced by this, so go shock’n’awe.

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sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

If you’ve had a dream on the backburner for a while, you can find a desire stirring within you to make it a reality. But it will require you to take the first steps towards your longheld target, which may be a bit scary.

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Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

Something or someone can prove highly compelling. This can consume quite a lot of your energies and with this involvement or attachment being potentially irresistible, this may see you refocusing.

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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

A real swashbuckling side of your nature can emerge and it could be in the professional realm where you make the greatest impact. This could lead to greater recognition. However, crucially it will be important to walk the talk.

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Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

The desire to open up your boundaries needs to be balanced with obligations. If you’re too quick to cut loose, something or someone may get lost in the process, so temper your hopes with attention to the finer details.

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spORT DigEsT Wolff’s new orders

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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has implemented a new code of conduct on team orders for Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Wolff was forced to act following the Hungarian Grand Prix when Hamilton refused a controversial team order to allow Rosberg past. Wolff insisted: ‘The driver behind must clearly show he is faster before a passing manoeuvre can be instructed.’ The 42-year-old (pictured) added: ‘No one should have to go off the gas. Our drivers are allowed to freely compete against each other for the rest of the season when it comes to the victory.’

25-3 Loss for Wales to

Australia in their penultimate Pool C Women’s Rugby World Cup encounter

No more holding back for Murray TEnnis ANDY MURRAY is ready to go full throttle as he steps up preparations for the US Open. The 2012 winner had to hold back in training because of the back surgery towards the end of last year.

Murray’s (pictured) reign as Wimbledon champion ended with a whimper after a straight-sets quarter-final defeat to Grigor Dimitrov last month, but the 27year-old feels ready to fight back. ‘I wasn’t able to train as much at the start of the year because of my back. Now I can start training again 100 per cent, not holding back,’ said Murray who plays in the Rogers Cup in Toronto this week.

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D’Arcy’s tough training regime hits new heights by gARETH MAkiM Leinster may have been knocked from the summit of european rugby by French giants toulon over the past two seasons, but Gordon D’Arcy has revealed the three-times kingpins of the continent are spending pre-season getting used to an entirely new type of height.

Matt O’Connor’s side have been utilising a brand new altitude chamber at their facility in UCD, and D’Arcy, entering his 17th season with the province, has quickly developed a love-

‘I have 16 years of bangs and bumps’ hate relationship with the demanding training aid. ‘i have 16 years of bangs, bruises and bumps, so i can’t do what i was able to do four or five years ago,’ the 34-year-old said.‘i can still train as hard as all the lads, it just has to be in different ways. ‘the altitude tent takes an awful lot of the trauma off your joints, so i’m spending a lot of time in there. it’s one of the most horrific experiences of my life.

‘it reduces the amount of oxygen in the air, like training at 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 feet. it is the equivalent of doing more volume of work in a more condensed period of time. You can literally pass out if you do too much. it is shorter, sharper, more intense. ‘the lactic burn you get in there is pretty horrific. there is no hiding. You run and your legs stop working and you’ve a burn in your chest that just won’t go away.’

With long-term midfield partner Brian O’Driscoll trading in his jersey for a microphone, D’Arcy, who admits he ‘100 per cent doesn’t know’ himself whether his own career will continue beyond this season, is ready and willing to fill the number 13 slot if and when required. ‘i want to do whatever the coach wants me to do,’ he said.

‘Matt says he needs to divide up the resources in that area so i might be playing 12, i might be playing 13. i’m pretty open to that, pretty comfortable in both positions. ‘i’ve been there beside the best and i’ve had the best seat in the house for the last ten years.’

Open play: D’Arcy will fill positions Gordon D’Arcy was speaking at the launch of the new Canterbury Leinster European jersey, which will be available in shops from August 9

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Black Cat Jack’s just raring to go JACK RODWeLL has set his sights on an england recall after joining Sunderland, admitting watching the World Cup left ‘a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth’.

career stalled at Manchester City.

Rodwell (right), who has won three england caps, said: ‘Watching the World Cup left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. I

‘the last couple of seasons I’ve not played nearly enough football. I need to play’ New blue: Bacary Sagna began life at Manchester City yesterday

The 23-year-old midfielder will be looking to resurrect his career after signing for a fee thought to be around £10million after his

was supporting the team 100 per cent but I also wanted to be there so I think it’s time I put that right, get back playing and get back in

the squad. The last couple of seasons I have not played nearly enough football.

Regular football is the most important thing for me, to play football and get back to enjoying it, so this is a great place for me to be. I’m just going to give my all every game.’

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u LIveRPOOL have offered £18million to Paris St-Germain for ezequiel Lavezzi (pictured) and are set to make a renewed offer to Swansea for Wilfried Bony. u MANChEStER United are to use Javier hernandez and Shinji Kagawa

as bargaining tools as they aim to land Atletico Madrid’s Arda turan.

United have signed 17year-old goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic from Serbian side FK Vojvodina.

u ASTON villa’s left-back Antonio Luna has joined verona on a season’s loan. u WESt Brom have signed Rosenborg defender Cristian Gamboa and Jason Davidson from heracles Almelo.

Bayern bound: Reina

Munich make surprise move for Red Reina LIVERPOOL have accepted a £2.5million bid from Bayern Munich for goalkeeper Jose Reina. Reds boss Brendan Rodgers told the 31-year-old Spaniard he has no future at Anfield and he will join Pep Guardiola’s Bundesliga champions if he agrees personal terms and passes a medical. Reina spent last season on loan at Napoli but the Serie A club cannot afford to broker a permanent deal.

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new look from Louis revives Rooney game United hitman getting to grips with new formation WAYNE ROONEY feels refreshed and ready for the new season after admitting he loves life under new Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.

The England striker failed to hit top form during the World Cup in Brazil and has been the subject of some stern words from his new manager.

But Rooney scored five goals as United won the International Championship Cup

‘He’s given us a different way of looking at football’ in the United States and he has no qualms with the Dutchman’s hard-line approach.

‘He is a tough but fair manager,’ the 28-year-old forward insisted.

And Rooney is confident the new coach has already made a big impact at United, adding: ‘He’s been great.

‘Since he has come in he has given us all a different way of looking at football,

by DAnny gRiffiTHs so it’s been great for us and hopefully that will continue.’

Van Gaal has implemented the same 3-4-2-1 formation he used with Holland in the latter stages of the World Cup which is something of a surprise given that he only has three senior centrehalves to choose from at United.

But Rooney, who is used to playing in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system, thinks the new formation is ideal and said: ‘It has suited the whole team.

‘The manager came in, looked at the players we have and felt it was best for our team. The results have proven it.’

United’s fifth and final pre-season win was in the early hours yesterday when they defeated Liverpool 3-1 to collect the International Champions Cup. ‘We’ve won a trophy and we did it by beating Liverpool, which is always nice,’ Rooney said. ‘We feel we can go home Miami spice: Van Gaal claimed the scalp of rivals Liverpool and play well when the season starts.’

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THEy sAiD iT ‘We didn’t lose a game which is good for the confidence but the most important thing is that we believe in what we are doing.’

uniTED’sbigwinnER:

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Louis van Gaal has had a good look at his United players on the USA tour and Phil Hughes assesses the player who may have made the biggest impression on his new boss and why he’s suddenly shining.

FINALLY FITTING IN: Was expected to be one of the early casualties of van Gaal’s reign but seems to be one of the players the Dutchman was referring to when he said the squad had ‘bought into his philosophy’.

LIKE A NEW SIGNING: It was no secret van Gaal wanted to sign Arjen

Juan Mata

LivERpOOL’swinnER: Goal-den boy: Ashley Young celebrates after scoring for Utd

Philippe Coutinho: The 22-yearold Brazilian was Liverpool’s outstanding player in the Sun Life Stadium and he and Raheem Sterling caused United a host of problems from wide positions, particularly in the first half. Little

Robben but Young’s form in a similar role suggests if he maintains his form he can save United a cool £30million.

PLAYING TO HIS STRENGTHS: Wingback position utilises the pace which saw United pay Aston Villa £10m in 2011, and leaves him less exposed to the mistakes which frustrate fans.

OTHERwinnERs

Wayne Rooney: on the back of a poor World Cup he was named player of the tournament.

Wilfried Zaha: Sent out on loan by David moyes, his run-out against Real madrid suggests he has a United future. wonder that Brendan Rodgers is poised to offer the midfielder a big pay rise as part of a new contract.

LOsER:

Glen Johnson: Liverpool fans queued up on Twitter to lambast the england right-back after another hapless performance.

THELOsERs

Javier Hernandez: Behind Zaha in the pecking order and, with Atletico madrid interested in signing the mexican, he could be one of the first to leave.

Tom Cleverley: Looks to be behind the fit-again Darren Fletcher.

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fOOTbALL DigEsT New global role for Spurs’ Freund ToTTenhAm have announced Steffen Freund will take up the role of international technical coordinator.

The 44-year-old (pictured) will be responsible for developing the club’s players on loan internationally, supporting the club’s projects overseas, academy partnerships and scouting. Freund was part of former manager Tim Sherwood’s back-room set-up, but new boss mauricio Pochettino has brought in Jesus Perez as assistant manager, first team coach miguel D’Agostino and goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez from his former club Southampton. Former Germany midfielder Freund made 102 appearances for Spurs between 1998 and 2003 and joined the club’s coaching staff in July 2012.

133 Spain caps

for Barcelona midfielder Xavi, who yesterday announced his retirement from international football. The 34-year-old, who won two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup, said: ‘From now on I’m another fan of the Spain team. I’m leaving very proud and I wish them all the best.’

Players protected by new head injury rules Club doctors and not managers will have the final say on whether a player with a head injury stays on the pitch during Premier League matches this season. Regulations have been tightened up by the Football Association, with players now forced off the field of play and not allowed to return if there has been a ‘confirmed or suspected loss of consciousness’. head injury charities branded Tottenham ‘irresponsible’ last term when goalkeeper hugo Lloris continued despite appearing to be knocked out by a heavy blow following a challenge with everton’s Romelu Lukaku.

THEy sAiD iT ‘If I am here it’s not because I bought a lottery ticket.’

New Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas vows to fight Iker Casillas and Diego Lopez for a place in the first team

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louis van gaal has warned Manchester united fans not to expect too many big-name arrivals ahead of the new season.

The Dutchman has yet to make a major signing since arriving at the club last month but, despite being linked with defenders Thomas vermaelen and Mats Hummels, van gaal admits he may be unable to secure the transfers he wants.

‘Manchester united shall buy players when we can

In charge: Van Gaal improve our selection,’ said the Reds manager. ‘and that is a lot more difficult than you think.’ van gaal was reportedly ready to jettison several players after united concluded their american tour on Monday night, but

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Bring it on: Green goddess Niamh Briggs enjoying the celebrations after Ireland’s victory

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insisted he took no pleasure from telling fringe members of his squad their futures lay elsewhere.

Javier Hernandez, nani, shinji Kagawa, Marouane Fellaini and anderson are thought to be under threat but van gaal added: ‘i won’t come with the axe – it’s not like that. We have to be honest. ‘of course, it’s difficult to say something after two weeks but i think you have to say something.’

«rooney – pAge 15 McIlroy lets golf do the talking RORy MCIlROy won’t be paying any attention to the hype surrounding his run of form when he steps out at Valhalla tomorrow for the opening round of the USPGa. despite winning his last two events – the Open at

McIlroy: I’ve had a great run over the past few months

Hoylake and the Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio – and finding himself back on top of the world rankings, McIlroy refuses to get too carried away as he approaches the final major of the year.

The 25-year-old’s performance at Firestone last weekend had Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley predicting McIlroy could be on his way to dominating the game as Tiger Woods did in his prime. and McGinley is not the only one talking about the start of ‘Rory’s era’.

‘I don’t really know how to answer that,’ McIlroy replied when asked about

the acclaim. Sometimes I feel people are too quick to jump to conclusions.

I’ve had a great run and I’ve played well over the past few months.

‘I said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to become one of the dominant players in the game. I felt like I had the ability to do that and it’s just nice to be able to win a few tournaments and get back to where I feel like I should be, which is near the top of the rankings and competing in majors and winning tournaments.

‘I’m not necessarily sure you can call that an era or the start of an era but I’m happy with where my game is.’

Over: Miller scores a try putting Ireland in the lead by 3 points

Jubilant: Grace Davitt and Lynne Cantwell after winning against New Zealand

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IReland caused one of the great upsets in Women’s Rugby World Cup history as they beat new Zealand 17-14 in Pool B. The Black Ferns have won the last four tournaments and had not lost a World Cup game since a defeat to the United States in the semi-finals in 1991.

They began reasonably well and led 8-0 courtesy of a Kelly Brazier penalty and Selica Winiata’s try but Heather O’Brien’s score, which was then converted by niamh Briggs, cut the deficit to just one point at the break.

Brazier’s second penalty extended new Zealand’s lead but when alison Miller went over with Briggs again adding the extras, it was the Irish who led by three. another Brazier penalty levelled the scores but Briggs slotted one of her own with 10 minutes remaining and Ireland held on for a famous victory.

The result moved Ireland to the top of Pool B ahead of their final group match against Kazakhstan on Saturday.