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Investigation: Tomorrow night, Turki Al-Sheikh will stage Benn vs Eubank as boxing’s most powerful man.
Behind the glamour, he is central to a regime that rules with an iron fist.
This is the Turki Al-Sheikh that few people know.
Jacob Whitehead
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Jacob Whitehead
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Cover investigations, cycling, and a bit of whatever else for @TheAthleticFC ✍️ Read books, climb hills, make soup 📚🏔️🥣
- David Cameron ► INSANE Highlights & Skills | 2010-2016 | Brexit, Austerity, Lobbying Scandal | The Comeback? | HD
- Very excited at this potential injection of youth into Everton's right-back options. Ashley Young (39), Seamus Coleman (35)... Trippier is basically a prospect.🚨 EXCL: Kieran Trippier wants to leave Newcastle United before summer market closes + Everton among suitors. 33yo full-back contracted until 2026 but seeking regular 1st team action elsewhere. #EFC in contact with #NUFC to explore loan move @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/57162…
- Every member of England’s squad was 18 or under when this government came to power. The Lionesses success has been in spite of them. Playing fields sold off, youth centres closed, funding for young sportspeople slashed. Shameless piggybacking.You left absolutely nothing out there @Lionesses. It wasn't to be, but you've already secured your legacy as game changers. We are all incredibly proud of you. 🦁🦁🦁
- Breaking: Premier League vote 13-7 for the motion to ban related-party loans - meaning that it FAILS to pass by a single vote (minimum threshold of 14). Means #NUFC could sign players from PIF-owned clubs in January, should they wish. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- Exclusive: Since 2010, #LFC sponsor Standard Chartered has provided $7.5bn of funding to the owners of the Cerrejon mine. Cerrejon has been described as an existential threat to Luis Diaz’s Wayuu people, while the UN has asked it to suspend operations.
- 7 young men face execution in Saudi Arabia for offences committed as minors. Around the #NUFC takeover, some argued it would provide the chance to ‘shine a light’ on human rights. Here’s a discussion about whether that’s happened, and what fans can do.
- So glad for the city of Newcastle, but the sight of Yasir Al-Rumayyan at the trophy-lift is still wince-inducing. Saudi Arabia are inseparable from Newcastle’s new reality, it is possible to both acknowledge that fact and celebrate the team’s success.
- That’s the most meaningful FA Cup win in years; the sort of victory which helps keep the competition alive. So pleased for #CPFC and their supporters. Ending a 120 year wait for a major trophy? That’s what football’s about.
- Unclear under what conditions the FA want trans participants to exist in both sport and society. A cowardly decision, piggybacking off a deeply flawed ruling. All solidarity with the trans community.An update following the Supreme Court ruling.
- Some exciting news late on a Tuesday. Newcastle have made a bid in the region of €50m for 23yo AC Milan and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali. Eddie Howe wanted an elite midfield addition - #NUFC have made their move. Story from @JamesHorncastle
- Newcastle United are bullies. They are unbeaten against bottom-half sides - dispatching them with savage glee is fuelling their UCL push. What does it feel like to be victimised by #NUFC for two hours? It feels like this. Geordie boys, taking the piss.
- 🚨 #NUFC pull Lewis Miley out of England U17 squad for this week's European Championships. Highly-rated midfielder expected to be involved on Thursday, and could make debut before the end of the season. Has been training regularly with the first team. theathletic.com/4528120/2023/0…
