BBC reported that the Uruguayan striker's football club Liverpool has agreed with the Spanish club to sell the football player for about £75 million. The embattled football player is expected to sign a five-year deal and will travel to Spain next week to get a medical.
According to the Lebanese military, three rockets were fired towards the country at around 6AM, which led to Israel retaliating by firing around 25 artillery shells. This has been confirmed by Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner. Later on, Lebanese troops and United Nations peacekeepers started searching the area, with the military trying to find out who is responsible for the attack.
Football fans have uploaded videos in various angles showing Vlaar's penalty kick. When the Aston Villa defender turned his back from the goalpost after Romero had saved the ball, the ball had spun back into the net and landed up to the goalline, where it stopped dead. At another angle, the ball appeared to have touched Vlaar, just brushing past his shoulder that had sent it to the goalpost after Romero had saved the ball.
The Telegraph said California-based John Wayne Enterprises has filed a federal lawsuit to assert their rights to the name "Duke" of which the company said is the late actor's moniker since childhood, for their commercial products. lawyers of the North Carolina university has since insisted that the use of the name "Duke" would "diminish, dilute and tarnish" the value of the school's name. The paper said that both parties hold trademarks to the name.
