Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey was the subject of multiple rape counts against him, according to manager Mikel Arteta, who claims he is “100%” certain the club followed the right procedures when handling the situation.
The 32-year-old Ghana midfielder left Arsenal on June 30th, and was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault a day later.
According to a statement released on July 4th, the Metropolitan Police said the crimes were reported to have occurred in 2021 and 2022.
The accusations relate to three different women, with one rape count involving a single woman, the other three rape counts involving a second woman, and one sexual assault count involving a third woman.
After receiving a report of rape for the first time in February of this year, detectives launched an investigation.
Arsenal’s pre-season tour stops in Singapore. Before moving to Hong Kong to play Tottenham, they play AC Milan and Newcastle.
Before their Wednesday game against Milan, Arteta was asked about the situation with Partey during a press conference.
Arteta stated that the club’s statement was “very clear.” I am unable to comment on any of the legal matters that are particularly complicated.
The club’s handling of the situation was questioned by him before he was questioned: “Many fans have questions about how it was handled. Do you have confidence and confidence that the club “went through all the necessary steps”?
Arteta answered: “100%, yes”.
On August 5, Partey is scheduled to appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
In October 2020, he left Atletico Madrid for £45 million.
He made 35 Premier League starts for Arsenal, finishing second overall.
Only the Open Championship could make a small, seaside town in Northern Ireland feel like the centre of the sporting universe.
While an overwhelming majority of the huge crowds were willing home favourite Rory McIlroy to victory, that it was the world number one who denied the story its fairytale ending still felt wholly fitting.
Other events of this size are played out in cities of similar stature, but the sight of superstar Scottie Scheffler hoisting the Claret Jug on the 18th green of a brilliant, yet remote, course tucked away on the north coast of the island of Ireland summed up what is unique about this championship.
There have been plenty of similarly seemingly incongruous scenes over the past seven days.
Whether it be multi-millionaires getting their morning coffee in establishments where an Ulster fry would set you back less than £7, a former Open winner becoming a repeat customer at a small pie shop on the main street or the defending champion sinking a stout round the corner, The Open did not just come to town, it became a part of it for the duration of its stay.
Australian Cameron Smith, who won his Claret Jug at St Andrews in 2022, could hardly have paid Portrush a bigger compliment than comparing it to the home of golf.
“It seems like there’s a lot of Opens where the course is great but the town doesn’t really get involved, whereas this one kind of seems like everyone in town is happy to have you here and gets around the whole tournament,” he said.
In a week that began with the eventual winner questioning the meaning of it all, there was great purpose in the way the first arriving fans flooded through the gates and on to the course after word spread that McIlroy had snuck out for a practice round at the earliest available opportunity.
Those first holes on Monday, and his stints watching chunks of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer between rounds, must have felt like the briefest slices of quiet for the most recent member of golf’s Grand Slam club.
At all other points around Royal Portrush, galleries thronged around the Holywood star, the roars that greeted each of his made putts reverberating across the links.
While his walk off the 18th green was without the Claret Jug, the love for the returning hero – playing at home for the first time since his Masters victory – was a far more fitting conclusion to his week than the tearful missed cut back in 2019.
But it was not just McIlroy who sparked adoration. Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Jordan Spieth, as well as England’s Tommy Fleetwood, were among other huge draws obliging as many requests for selfies and autographs as time allowed.
The thump of children’s feet along grandstands as players neared with golf balls sounded like the promised thunder.
So keen were others to take home a souvenir of their week by more conventional means, queues for the merchandise tent snaked round multiple sets of barriers with one visitor reportedly spending £13,000 in one transaction.
Others were content with more transitory pleasures. On Padraig Harrington’s insistence that Royal Portrush had the best ice creams on The Open rota, there seemed general agreement after what was surely a record number of 99s consumed up and down the links.
A more uniquely Northern Irish staple – the ‘fifteen’ traybake – proved more divisive in the media centre.
The coconut-based treat was not all that failed to gain universal popularity. Jason Day was left confounded by local weather forecasts as the week proved true the old cliche about Northern Ireland featuring all four seasons in one day, while marathon rounds on Thursday left a few players grumbling about bottlenecks on the course.
Those that took the time to look around as they waited, though, were rewarded with the spectacular views that make Portrush such a memorable course for the hacker and world’s best player alike.
“It’s one of the coolest views that I’ve seen in the game of golf, to be honest with you,” said Scheffler of the course’s signature hole Calamity Corner.
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Even Shane Lowry, who had the best golf day of his life here six years ago when winning the 148th Open Championship, cut a wholly frustrated figure at points during a weekend when he was handed a two-shot penalty on Friday and struggled with illness in his third round.
Still, after a brilliant closing 66 on Sunday, Royal Portrush had clearly redeemed itself in the Offaly man’s eyes when all was said and done.
Asked by BBC Sport NI when would he like to see The Open be back here for its fourth staging, he replied: “How about next year?”
Before joining the Italian side on loan, Brighton striker Evan Ferguson will undergo a medical at Roma.
Ferguson’s career is attempting to resurrect after suffering from injury and poor form caused him to drop down the Seagulls pecking order.
He signed for West Ham on loan for the second half of the previous season, but he only made eight starts and made just one start for the club.
After signing Tammy Abraham from the Republic of Ireland on loan at Turkish club Besiktas, Roma have been in talks with Brighton.
Ferguson met Roma fans and signed autographs before moving to the Serie A side, according to a photo he shared on social media.
Following a stellar 2022-23 campaign, which included nine goals and his senior international debut, the 20-year-old was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
Before he became my India team-mate, I faced Jasprit Bumrah in a club game when he was just a teenager.
Even though there were other bowlers in the game who had played first-class cricket, he was completely different.
He is a complete bowler these days, as we have seen with the most recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, but his prior prowess were mostly attributed to his pace. He was quick.
People questioned whether or not he would be able to swing the red ball or whether or not he had the consistency and control needed for the longer format. His action was special.
He may have only taken four wickets in the first Test, but he completely answered all of those queries.
I can remember Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli standing next to me in second place at the first slip. We were all complaining about how it felt in a way that no other bowler’s did.
In that game, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, and Mohammed Shami each played for different reasons. Bumrah was quicker than Shimrah, but Shiva was quicker.
In my career, I frequently stood at first slip. It was entirely original.
There is much discussion about how difficult it is for batters to play his position wide on the crease and how difficult it is for slip fielders as well.
The wicketkeeper must stand almost behind the stumps against right-handers because of the angles he uses. To close the gap, I had to move further over.
We made a joke with him, but he never yelled at a slip fielder because he is too kind for that.
Jasprit is an introvert off the field. He spends a lot of time in his room. Not in a negative way, either. He simply enjoys being around.
We used to play Fifa on the PlayStation while on tour, including Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, and former wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, and it was difficult for him to get there when we invited him.
We ended up laughing that we wouldn’t let him bowl if he didn’t arrive.
As a gamer, Bumrah is not very good at it, but he needed a good partner to play for him when he first visited England in 2018. In that case, he added another level of skill as a bowler.
By the time we returned to Australia the following winter, we realized he would be our wild card and would be a very long-term player for India. He played a key role in our first Australian victory.
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I would have spent ages humming along and talking about it if I had bowled a ball like that to Jennings. Jasprit never boasted, but he kept his cool.
He simply moves on to the following delivery.
He frequently watches the game in the dressing room. The majority of fast bowlers get up and unwind. He can relax, but he is always watching the field.
Before India appointed Shubman Gill, he was always regarded as a candidate for captain because he would always be influencing what our batters or the opposition could be doing differently when I used to sit next to him.
Bumrah’s ball-handling, angle, or action are frequently discussed, but his greatest strength is frequently overlooked.
He was a part of the IPL when he had a brilliant cricket brain. He has developed the abilities to outsmart a batter while working with people like Lasith Malinga, a former Sri Lankan bowler.
His first instinct is to bowl his best ball, but he is aware of both a batter’s advantages and disadvantages if one comes in. He has developed his entire Test-bowling abilities from white-ball cricket.
When Jasprit assisted me in scoring a century in the first innings on that England tour in 2018, one of my favorites moments was in Southampton.
I must admit that when he came out at number 11, I did not anticipate getting there, but he said, “I will defend. I’m not sure if I’ll survive, but I’m going to try my best.
As we put on 46 for the final wicket, I came in with 132 not out.
He excels as a cricketer, whether he bats or bowls, because of his extreme competitiveness.
No matter what the circumstances of the game, he consistently wants and believes he can get a wicket when bowling.
After a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, three people died and more than 500 others were saved, according to emergency officials.
After the fire broke out on Sunday, passengers jumped overboard the KM Barcelona 5 as it departed from Melonguane port in the Talaud Islands district and headed for Manado, North Sulawesi province’s capital, according to the Indonesian coastguard.
As orange flames and black smoke poured out of the burning vessel, according to photos and videos that were popular on social media. The passengers were pictured jumping into the water while wearing life jackets.
A coastguard vessel was seen spraying water on the ferry, which was producing black smoke, in a video released by the Manado rescue agency.
Authorities in Indonesia had previously reported five fatalities in the accident, but later revised the figure to three after two initially reported fatalities, including a baby who was two months old, had been saved in a hospital with seawater-filled lungs.
The national search and rescue organization announced in a statement on Monday that at least 568 people had been saved from the ferry.
The Manado navy base’s chief, Franky Pasuna Sihombing, reported to The Associated Press news agency that the rescue operation included a coastguard ship, six rescue vehicles, and several inflatable boats.
The fire is thought to have started on the upper deck, according to officials.
The joint rescue team has been conducting the search and rescue operation as of right now because the data is still being developed, Manado rescue agency head George Leo Mercy Randang told the AFP news agency on Monday. In the event that families want to report a missing relative, our post is still open 24 hours a day.
One survivor described the passenger deck becoming oozing with smoke.
After being evacuated to Manado port, Johan Rumewo reported to Kompas TV that “everyone started panicking.” I jumped into the water while grabbing a life jacket. Before being saved, I floated for about an hour.
Only 280 passengers and 15 members of the ferry’s crew were recorded on the log. According to local media reports, the ship could accommodate 600 passengers.
The Southeast Asian archipelago’s 17, 000 islands are regularly hit by marine accidents, in large part due to poor safety practices or bad weather.
At least 19 people died when a ferry sank off the popular resort island of Bali on Sunday, according to the fire, which occurred just weeks prior to the tragedy.
Following a recent podcast, Ulrika Jonsson addressed trolls who had criticized her appearance and explained why she didn’t wear make-up.
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Ulrika Jonsson has slammed trolls who targeted her following a recent podcast appearance. The TV presenter, 57, took aim at the trolls who criticised her appearance recently and called them out for their “nasy comments”.
It came after the former model appeared on Spencer Matthews’ Untapped Podcast, which is also filmed for fans to watch. Ulrika took to Instagram at the weekend to shut down any bad mouthing and had a stern message for those taking aim at her.
While Ulrika also had positive comments, some viewers felt the need to criticize her “over-tanned” and “ageing” appearance, according to Ulrika’s lengthy post. The actress, however, explained the reason behind her appearance and wasn’t willing to let them down with it.
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She wrote, “I feel I need to address something,” after sharing a photo of her kissing the camera. I don’t receive many nasty comments, or if I do, I don’t respond with a loving response.
“But a couple of weeks ago I took part in a fab podcast @untapped.podcast to discuss my sobriety with the smart @spencermatthews. I wore no make-up. Partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes.
I’m not a fan, though, as someone who has had to wear heavy makeup on the big screen from 5 am for years.
She also confessed to have suffered from eczema as a child, in particularly on her body in the creases of her arms and legs. She also said she had it on her face. Therefore, make-up was “agony” to wear.“There were a lot of positive comments about the WORDS I said on the podcast,” she continued. “But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. AND how OLD I look.“In a few weeks I will be 58. I will never look like the fresh 21yr old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board.”
She also acknowledged that she is aware of the fact that she is “probably going to” pay the price for that. However, she added that ageing won’t help her uneven pigmentation either.
Ulrika admitted in a private interview that she occasionally uses filters because it’s simpler to apply makeup on her photos. She added that she frequently spends her entire summer working in her garden, which means she gets sun.
She went on: “I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven’t had a sunbed for 6 months – which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. I have not had a holiday – of any kind – since 2018. That’s 7yrs.“So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women’s appearance. You might learn something.”
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And she came to the defiant sign-off message, saying, “And making people feel s*** doesn’t make you a hero.”
Over 20 000 people who clicked the like button gave Ulrika a warm welcome even though she turned off the comments on the post. Matt Tebbutt of Saturday Kitchen and Anna Williamson of Celebs Go Dating were just two.
Ulrika had previously discussed how sex has grown “interesting” since stopping drinking alcohol 13 months ago in a podcast. She explained how going sober could have a negative effect on her sex life, but it had helped.
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And she explained how going on a date without a drink has changed her outlook: “It’s really hard because people aren’t as attractive,” she said before adding that after drinking, “you just become a little bit more available… it’s easier.
