Giovanna Hoffmann’s arrival from RB Leipzig has caused negotiations to stall.
A move to the Women’s Super League is now thought to be unlikely because the clubs have been unable to reach a fee agreement for the 26-year-old.
Hoffmann’s contract at Leipzig has one more year left.
The deadline for United to sign players is 23:00 BST on September 4, the day before the new WSL season officially begins.
Hoffmann started in her country’s quarter-final defeat to France and semi-final defeat to Spain at Euro 2025 with a performance in each of her country’s five matches.
She made her German debut on a global level last year, and she has now scored three goals.
Fridolina Rolfo and Julia Zigiotti Olme, both left-back for United, who finished third in the WSL last season.
The final event before the Tokyo world championships is this week’s Diamond League final in Zurich, where Federand Omanyala, who is the African 100-meter record, will be competing. Omanyala is injured.
The 29-year-old is one of 17 Kenyans who has qualified for Zurich, where the world’s elite athletes will compete on Wednesday and Thursday.
In light of recent severe hip, leg, and glute pain, Omanyala said, “I regret to inform you that I will not be able to participate in the Diamond League final.”
He stated in a statement posted on Instagram that he was optimistic about his recovery and that he would be fit for Tokyo (September 13 to 21).
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Omanyala, the only male athlete to compete in the 100 meters in Tokyo at the Kenyan trials in July, was chosen because he set the African 100-meter record of 9: 77 in September 2021.
This season, he has struggled to find his winning ways in the Diamond League.
In a race won by South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Jamaica’s Olympic champion Kishane Thompson, he finished second in China and Morocco, but he came in last in Shanghai.
Beatrice Chebet, a three-time world 1500m champion, and Faith Kipyegon, a three-time champion in the 10,000m will compete in Zürich.
They join Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the 800-meter champion at the Olympics and gold medalist in the Diamond League, who has won four games while moving the fastest this year.
The incident, which former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s son appeared to violently assault wrestler Stuart Smith, was described as “reprehensible” by the organizer of the event.
The apparent attack by Raja Jackson “never should have happened,” according to Knokx Pro Wrestling.
The wrestler, also known as Syko Stu, was “stable but in critical care,” according to Smith’s brother on Sunday.
What was supposed to be a planned and agreed-upon wrestling spot turned into a selfish, careless act of violence against Mr. Smith, according to Knokx Pro Wrestling.
Smith was on the card for the California event hosted by Knokx Pro Wrestling.
Two incidents involving Smith and Raja Jackson, a 25-year-old professional MMA fighter, were captured on Kick’s live streaming platform.
Before the event, Smith, a veteran US army officer, photographed Jackson being struck on the head outside the venue.
Then, when Smith was battling an opponent, Jackson climbed into the ring, grabbed him, and slammed him onto the canvas, which appeared to render him unconscious.
Before being pulled off by other wrestlers, he then repeatedly appeared to strike Smith.
This heinous act is reprobable and never ought to have happened, Knokx Pro Wrestling continued.
Our thoughts and prayers are with our brother, Mr. Stuart Smith (Syko Stu), as we continue to take care of him.
There has never been a situation like this in KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy’s 17 years of operation, and we regret to our customers and supporters.
Quinton Jackson has stated that any of this has caused him to feel “deeply concerned” and “very upset.”
A “work gone wrong” is a wrestle that is staged or scripted, according to him, as he also referred to it as.
Natalie J Robb, who plays Moira Dingle in the ITV soap, opens up about the death of her ‘soul mate’ Bronson, as she and three other stars reveal how much their rescue dogs mean to them
Natalie J Robb with her new rescue dog Buddy(Image: Supplied)
To celebrate National Dog Day on Tuesday, four members of the Emmerdale cast are sharing heartwarming stories of the pooches that have touched their lives.
“It was love at first sight when I saw a picture of my rescue dog,” Jonny McPherson, who plays Dr Liam Cavanagh, says about his lurcher, Molly.
Jonny, 43 – one of at least 13 million UK dog owners, according to The Dogs Trust – first started looking for a rescue dog during the pandemic. He wanted a pet to keep him company on the canal boat he then lived on in Yorkshire.
And in January 2021, the RSPCA in Doncaster sent him some pictures of lurchers looking for a new home.
“I approached five different rescues before I got Molly,” he tells The Mirror. “It was lockdown and they all kept telling me I hadn’t made the shortlist.
“But when Doncaster RSPCA sent me Molly’s picture, it was love at first sight. She is a cross between a whippet and a bearded collie and was four-and-a-half when I adopted her.”
And Jonny’s bond with Molly, now nine, has deepened.
Jonny McPherson with his lurcher-cross rescue, Molly(Image: Supplied)
“She is possibly the most intelligent and well-behaved dog I have ever encountered,” he enthuses. “And I have met a few in my time! I never have to have her on the lead even going through the centre of Leeds.”
Molly also reminds him of the cartoon favourite Gromit, from Wallace and Gromit.
He explains: “Like Gromit, she doesn’t bark or make any noises and she has got this characterful face with extraordinarily large eyebrows!”
Jonny, who now shares a flat in Leeds with Molly, recalls some mishaps when they lived on the boat.
“Molly did fall into the canal a few times,” he confesses. “She didn’t really like the water and would much rather sit on top when we were chugging along!
“We’ve had so many adventures together.
“If you are contemplating getting a rescue dog, then do it.vThey are just sat there waiting for a home.”
Jaye Griffiths, who plays the soap superbitch Celia Daniels, pines for her two rescue dogs when she is filming. .
She says: “I miss my dogs awfully.”
Jaye Griffiths has a whippet and Italian greyhound of her own and pines for them when she’s working away from home
Jaye, 61, and her husband, Paul, adopted whippet Ernie from a whippet rescue centre eight years ago, after two hospital doctors were forced to give him up because of hectic work schedules.
“He was nine months old and he was with this gorgeous couple who adored him and gave him the best start,” she explains.
“But they were doctors and their shifts changed after they moved hospitals. They couldn’t make it work anymore.
“Giving him up was an act of self-sacrifice. The day we took him away, they were broken.
“We still send them photographs to show he is safe and loved.”
When Jaye and Paul heard that another dog was looking for a home, they didn’t hesitate to take him in, too.
Elsie, an Italian greyhound, was 12 weeks old when she was rescued two years ago.
“We got an email about this tiny little blue and white thing,” recalls Jaye. “A woman had got a puppy and hadn’t realised how much work was involved.
“She put her up for sale. The Italian Greyhound rescue centre saw the ad and stepped in to try and help. We took the puppy and Elsie is two now.
“I think the right dog does find you. Dogs are incredible I miss them both terribly when I am filming.”
The first time Jaye travelled to Leeds from her home in Hertfordshire to film her soap scene after getting Elsie, she made the mistake of talking to her on the phone.
“It was an absolute disaster,” says the star. “Paul says she spent the next four hours running around the house trying to find me. We never did that again!”
Actress Eden Taylor-Draper bonded with a dog on the Emmerdale set.
Playing Belle Dingle, she bravely stood up to her abusive husband, Tom, by sharing her haunting experience in court.
Eden with Piper, who is played by Minnie
And her dog Piper played a very important role.
Tom is now serving three years after being found guilty of coercive control and assaulting Belle.
Meanwhile, Eden says it was Belle’s love for her dog, Piper, played by a Shih Tzu called Minnie, that gave her character the strength to escape his clutches.
“After Tom first hurt Belle, he got her a dog,” says the star. “He knew Belle would do anything to protect Piper. But when things got bad, he would hurt Piper to, in turn, hurt Belle. At one point he even tried to have Piper put down. His jealousy became horrendous.”
Consulting closely with the charity Refuge, Eden, 27, says both she, James Chase, who played Tom, and the soap’s bosses wanted to show how Belle knew she had to stand up to her cruel husband if she was going to protect her dog.
Eden says: “Belle wanted to save Piper.
“It’s great that Emmerdale highlighted how animals can get caught up in domestic abuse cases. People got in touch throughout the Belle/Tom storyline to say they left their own abusive relationship for their dog. Viewers were sadly relating to it.”
And working with Minnie was great fun, according to Eden.
She says: “Minnie was just amazing from day one. She was great and so comfortable on set. She got on with James and me. There were scenes where James had to shout or scream, but because Minnie knew him and he always made a fuss of her after the scene, she was never scared.
“It was lovely having her around.
“Belle does still have Piper, but she isn’t on screen at the moment. I can’t wait to work with her again and when the time is right, I’d love to have a dog of my own.”
Natalie J Robb, who plays Moira Dingle, is delighted to have a new rescue dog, Buddy, two, after losing her first dog, Bronson, 18 months ago, aged 15.
Natalie with her dog Bronson(Image: Supplied)
The Scottish star, 50, known to millions as Moira Dingle, says Bronson’s death in February 2024 hit her hard.
Single and childfree, Bronson, a cross breed of Japanese Akita and Rottweiler, was her soul mate when she rescued him, aged two.
“I hadn’t experienced grief like it and it was awful,” she confides, remembering his death. “I missed him so much.
“I found it particularly hard coming home from a day’s filming and him not being there.”
Friends encouraged Natalie to get a new dog, but she needed time to grieve.
“It was tough,” she adds. “I had a necklace made with his chest hair inside and he is by my heart. I never take it off other than when I am playing Moira.”
But in the summer, fate played its part.
“One night I woke up crying,” says Natalie. “I’d had a dream with this big blonde dog running through the woods with me. He had black eyes and a black snout. Bronson was there and he came and looked at me. But I woke up because it wasn’t Bronson.”
Two weeks later, Natalie spotted an advert from a Spanish rescue centre.
“I spotted this photo of a mastiff dog looking exactly the same as the one in my dream” she says. “It was as if Bronson was telepathic and sending me a message. I rang them up and while I couldn’t meet him because of work, I saw lots of videos of him.
“Because of the dream, I knew this dog was for me.”
Four-and-a-half months after her first enquiry, Buddy arrived by boat in the UK last November.
“It was about 3am when he was brought to my house,” she recalls. “He was seven- months-old and I could see these big legs like Bambi! He immediately came and lay down by me and we cuddled. He is so affectionate and gentle.”
While Bronson will never be forgotten, Natalie is overjoyed to have Buddy, now one.
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“Dogs give out so much love, it’s so rewarding,” she adds.
Holly Aitchison, a fly-half for the Red Roses, is renowned for her accurate kicking, ability to guide her team, and glam makeup looks on the pitch.
During the England 2021 Rugby World Cup, Holly Aitchison and Hannah Botterman pose for photos.
Holly Aitchison, 27, the so-called ‘cool girl’ of the squad (“I want to know who started that rumour,” she laughs), has not only been a key player since 2021, helping the team secure multiple Six Nations titles, but is also a former Olympian with Team GB 7s at Tokyo.
In terms of rituals before a big game, she says, “I love a face mask, a nice bubble bath with candles, and I give myself two hours to do my full make-up.” As I get better, I play better, so it’s important to me. I’m sick of people asking me why, because I’m so bored. Why not, I ask myself.
Holly is open to sharing her acne struggles. She claims that she experienced a lot of anxiety as a result of her skin journey. From the age of 16 until the age of 20, I had bad acne.
“I wouldn’t leave my room,” he said. My entire life has been filled with anxiety, but rugby has given me that feeling. My absolute security is there.
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The semiconductor chip tycoon’s 10% stake in Intel could hurt its global sales.
The company claimed in a securities filing on Monday that the new agreement, which is expected to stifle its ability to secure future government funding, could result from Kevin Hassett’s comments that the US might own shares of companies in the artificial intelligence (AI) and chip sectors. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Micro Devices are two potential examples.
For the fiscal year that ended in December 2024, sales outside of the US made up 76% of Intel’s revenue. The company is moving forward with the deal even though China provided 29 percent of that.
Hassett told CNBC in an interview on Monday that “I think this is a very, very special circumstance because of the enormous amount of CHIPS Act spending that was coming in Intel’s way.”
“I’m certain that there will be more transactions, if not in this sector, then there will be other sectors,” he said.
The phrase “Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors” is used in the US legislation that Hassett was referring to.
US President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media platform, “I WILL MAKE DEALS LIKE THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY ALL DAY LONG,” echoing Hassett’s comments.
Following a meeting with CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Trump agreed to a deal with the troubled Silicon Valley tech giant. Trump had previously requested his resignation because of his previous investments in Chinese companies.
The US government will purchase Intel shares with $5.7 billion in unpaid grants from the President Joe Biden’s CHIPS Act in 2022 as part of the looming deal, which is anticipated to close as early as Tuesday. For the Secure Enclave program, which Biden created under CHIPS, Intel will receive an additional $3.2 billion.
According to the securities filing that lists new risk factors, “to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,” Intel’s obligations under the CHIPS Act will be regarded as discharged, with the exception of the Secure Enclave program.
Additionally, the company claimed that existing stockholders would be diluted by the company’s proposed reduction in the amount of shares to be issued to the US government at a discount to the current market price.
The government will purchase Intel shares on Friday for $4 less than the company’s closing stock price of $ 24.80.
The government’s stake also lowers other stockholders’ ability to vote, and its substantial additional authority over laws and regulations that affect Intel may limit its ability to pursue transactions that benefit shareholders, according to the filing.
Trump added that the agreement, which he claimed will boost employment and income, “stupid people” are upset about.
However, the deal comes as Intel’s workforce undergoes extensive layoffs. By the end of 2025, the company announced last month that it would eliminate roughly 25, 000 jobs.
Customers have been hesitant to purchase Intel’s products despite the fact that semiconductors are exempt from tariffs due to economic uncertainty. In comparison to the same period last year, Intel reported a 3 percent decline in chip sales for the second quarter in late July.
