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Felix nets stunner as Atletico put Ibrahimovic and Co to the sword in MLS All-Star game

MLS ALL-STARS 0-3 ATLETICO MADRID: The Spanish giants beat the All-Stars on Wednesday, with Llorente, £114m summer signing Felix and Costa finding the net in the rout in Orlando.




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Atletico Madrid dealt injury blow as Alvaro Morata suffers knee injury in training

Atletico Madrid have been hit with a setback after in-form striker Alvaro Morata was ruled out of the upcoming match with Eibar due to a knee injury.




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Diego Costa did not ask Antoine Griezmann to stay due to desire to play with Messi and Suarez

Costa played up front with Griezmann for a season and a half under Diego Simeone's stewardship and believes the want-away Frenchman left the club for the right reasons.




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Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Manchester City RESULT plus Champions League Atletico Madrid 2-2 Juventus

Only when the dark nights have been and gone and this tournament reaches its late stages, will we find out whether Pep Guardiola has what it takes to resolve the frailties at the back of his team.




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Eden Hazard believes Zinedine Zidane's volley against Bayer Leverkusen is the best goal of all time

Eden Hazard's current manager at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, scored an incredible match-deciding volley in the 2002 Champions League final as Real Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen.




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Football news: 'Manchester United want a striker like Firmino or Son' - Gary Neville

Manchester United decided to let Romelu Lukaku leave in the summer without bringing in a replacement, although they are expected to snap a striker up in the January transfer window.




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Sevilla 1-1 Atletico Madrid: Alvaro Morata equaliser salvages comeback as Diego Costa misses pen

Diego Costa squandered a penalty as Atletico Madrid missed the chance to go top of La Liga by drawing away to Sevilla and failing to cash in on Barcelona's surprise defeat at Levante earlier in the day.




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Ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka reveals how Diego Costa confronted Nathaniel Chalobah

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka has recalled a bizarre incident involving a Diego Costa and Nathaniel Chalobah. Bulka rose through the Chelsea ranks before moving to PSG.




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Gary Neville, Wilfried Zaha and Andy Carroll have shown football is a game with a good heart

IAN LADYMAN: Football has a bigger heart and much greater intelligence than many may think and during this tricky time we are beginning to see it but the game needs to do more to publicise it.




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Trump says North Korea's top nuclear negotiator was NOT executed

President Donald Trump said North Korea's special representative to the U.S. for nuclear negotiations had not been assassinated and said he looks forward to meeting again with Kim Jong-un.




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Rare 19th Century colour photos show a unified Korea

In one shot,  locals enjoy a feast of wine and biscuits, in another a local dignitary is carried through a provincial village.




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Suspected explosion triggers a small earthquake near China's border with North Korea

The magnitude 1.3 quake took place in the Chinese city of Hunchun at 19:38pm local time today with a focal depth of zero metres, reported China seismic network.




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Australian student Alek Sigley arrested in North Korea

An Australian exchange student who ran tours in North Korea has been arrested after posting about life in the secretive country.




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North Korea releases their own smartphone

North Korea has released its own smartphone which is incapable of connecting to foreign WiFi. The Pyongyang 2425 handset can only access state-run 'Mirae' WiFi, an intranet network.




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Facebook page of Australian man missing in North Korea mysteriously reappears

Alek Sigley hasn't been heard or seen since Tuesday morning and is believed to be detained in North Korea.




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Kim Jong-un 'wheezing like a emphysema patient' according to Tucker Carlson

Carlson watched the notoriously heavy smoker speaking to Trump as Kim welcomed the US president into North Korea - the first ever to ever set foot in the secretive state.




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Two M1 Bradley armored personnel carriers are transported across DC for 'Salute to America'

Two Bradley Fighting vehicles were seen being driven past the Nationals' baseball stadium on Tuesday. Two M1 Abrams tanks and an armored M88 recovery unit will be at the 'Salute to America' event.




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Mark Hamill and Bette Midler mock Trump's elaborate 'Salute to America' July Fourth celebration

As final preparations are made for Donald Trump's elaborate 'Salute to America' July Fourth celebration in Washington on Thursday, not everyone is as excited as the president himself.




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Trump promises 'show of a lifetime' as Park Service diverts $2.5 million to pay for Fourth of July

Donald Trump promised the 'show of a lifetime' for the Fourth of July and said the cost of his extravaganza will 'be very little compared to what it is worth' as questions arise about the final tally.




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Missing Australian student, 29, feared imprisoned in North Korea is found 'safe and sound' in China 

Alek Sigley, 29, last made contact with his family on June 25, sparking concerns he had been detained in the secretive nation's capital, Pyongyang.




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Alek Sigley's business partner says he will GO BACK to North Korea despite being detained

The Australian student's business partner, Michelle Joyce, said she would 'be surprised' if he didn't return to the country despite the negative experience.




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North Korea launches more missiles and threatens 'heavy price' over military drills

Two projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles, were fired from South Hwanghae province Tuesday, before North Korea issued a statement condemning joint US-South Korea military drills.




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Department store selling 'Chanel, Rolex and Nike' goods opens in Pyongyang

North Korea has opened a high-end shopping mall in the capital Pyongyang which appeared to be selling western goods made by the likes of Nike, Adidas, Rolex, Tissot, Omega and Fila.




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Kim Jong-un says North Korea's latest missile tests were 'a warning' to US and South Korea

Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test of a 'new-type tactical guided weapon' on Tuesday, North Korean state media said, which was meant as 'a warning' to the US and South Korea.




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Japan warns North Korea now has miniaturized nukes

Japan's military last year said it was 'possible' that North Korea had achieved miniaturisation, but Tokyo now appears to have upgraded its assessment (pictured, a recent North Korean weapons test).




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North Korean uranium plant 'is leaking radioactive waste into a nearby river'

Jacob Bogle, a researcher from the US, analysed satellite images of North Korea taken since 2003 and found that a uranium plant at Pyongsan appears to be leaking waste into a nearby river.




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Satellite photos show North Korea may be building a new submarine

Images of the Sinpo South Shipyard suggest circumstantial evidence of the construction of a new ballistic missile submarine, according to the report on Wednesday.




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Japanese man held hostage in North Korea for 24 years was forced to train spies

Kaoru Hasuike and his girlfriend Yukiko spent 24 years as captives in North Korea, where he was forced to work training spies after being kidnapped from a Japanese beach.




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North Korea could have up to 40 nuclear weapons by the end of the year

Kim Jong-un will likely have 40 nukes by 2020, researchers from Sweden say, around a dozen more than this time last year - meaning he has continued to build them despite talks with the US.




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John Bolton behind closed doors: Trump's efforts with Iran and North Korea are 'doomed to failure'

John Bolton bashed any future talks between Trump and North Korea and Iran, claiming they are 'doomed to failure.' 'He ripped Trump, without using his name, several times,' one attendee said.




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North Korea could re-open tourist resort near the DMZ

The Mount Kumgang resort was opened in 1998 to encourage cross-border tourism but the arrangement ended in acrimony when a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier in 2008.




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Australian warship in Asia ordered to move to waters off coast of North Korea to support UN sanction

The order came as North Korea warned of 'undesirable consequences' after the US seized one of its sanction-breaking cargo ships.




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Hackers target India's largest nuclear power plant with malware

Nuclear officials said the malicious software - believed to be linked to North Korea - had been detected at the Kudankulam plant (pictured) in southern India last month.




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Scientists use a space based radar to discover the size of nuclear tests

Using a space-based radar, scientists found that the North Korean tests at Mount Mantap had a yield of 245 to 271 kilotonnes and had managed to shift the mountain by a few metres.




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U.S. breaks off talks with South Korea over cost of military presence

Talks in Seoul broke down after both sides alleged a failure to compromise on the cost of keeping 28,500 troops on the peninsula as a deterrent to North Korea. Pictured: U.S. negotiator James DeHart.




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Orphan raised by drug traffickers was part of Australia's biggest ever heroin importation

Singapore-based drug smuggler Wee Quay Tan, 48, who also has a large tattoo of a dragon inked over his shoulders and chest, found himself in the middle of the biggest drug bust in Australian history.




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North Korean leader Kim Jong un is surrounded by identikit army girls

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the women's company under Unit 5492 of the Korean People's Army stationed at the country's southwestern coast.




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North Korean capital's 'strangely beautiful' architecture revealed in new book Model City Pyongyang

New book Model City Pyongyang says the city 'embodies the dream of total planning, to which every architect secretly aspires; jettisoning planning restrictions and space ratio guidelines'.




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'NukeMap' images show how nuclear bomb would affect U.S. cities

The interactive map tool - called NukeMap - allows people to simulate the damage that could be inflicted if a nuclear bomb was dropped on any major city in the U.S.




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North Korea's 'Christmas surprise' fails to materialise as US spy planes swarm over the peninsula

The dictatorship has threatened to take 'unspecified action' if sanctions are not lifted by 2020. Four US planes flew over the North Korean peninsula on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.




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North Korea will 'almost certainly' test a long-range nuke in the New Year, expert warns

Jeffrey Lewis, an nuclear expert from California, has warned that Trump's volatile relationship with Kim Jong-un could plunge the world into a nuclear crisis if North Korea restarts testing nukes.




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Port Vale striker Tom Pope apologises over alleged anti-Semitic remark on Twitter

Port Vale striker Tom Pope has apologised over what some observers perceived to be an anti-Semitic social media post. The League Two strikers recently gave his take on the possible outcome of a world war.




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Transgender tank driver cries as she pleads to be allowed to stay in the South Korean army

Staff Sergeant Byun Hui-su fought back tears as she said being a soldier had been her 'childhood dream' and that she wanted to help guard the tense border with communist North Korea.




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Kim Jong-Un's aunt makes her first public appearance in six years

On Sunday, state media showed Kim Kyong Hui (right) sitting near Kim Jong-Un at a performance celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang.




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North Korea becomes the 29th country to record coronavirus as suspected patient struck in Denmark

The North Korean citizen returned from China before being tested positive for the deadly virus, according to local media. A woman from China has taken ill at Copenhagen airport, Denmark.




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North Korea's internet use has surged by 300 per cent over the last three years

A report studying the internet usage of these North Korean leaders throughout 2019 claims Kim Jong-un is presiding over 'a nation run like a criminal syndicate'.




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North Korean coronavirus refugees are quarantined with terminal tuberculosis patients

North Korean refugees suspected of having caught coronavirus during their escape to China have been quarantined among terminal tuberculosis patients. Pictured: Pyongyang Hospital.




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North Korea sends 500 'workers' to patrol its Chinese border amid coronavirus fears 

North Korea has sent 500 Red Cross workers to its border with China to help with 'quarantine operations', even though the Hermit Kingdom officially reported having no coronavirus cases.




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North Korea 'executes official for public bath visit while in quarantine'

The official had been placed in isolation after travelling to China with Kim Jong-un (pictured) imposing military law to enforce the lockdown, South Korean media said.




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DPRK officials hold meeting wearing face masks amid claims they are covering up cases of coronavirus

North Korea has not yet confirmed any cases of the coronavirus, formally known COVID-19, but has closed the land border with China, where 254 people died yesterday from the outbreak.