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Chris Eubank Jr has been fined £100, 000 for slapping Conor Benn with an egg during a chaotic media conference last month.
As the pair prepared for the obligatory face-off, Eubank produced an egg from his pocket and hit his British rival across the cheek with his left hand.
Benn, with his father Nigel next to him, lost control and both boxers were held back by security guards.
In a statement, the British Boxing Board of Control said Eubank, 35, was in breach of regulation 25 in relation to misconduct.
The incident happened in Manchester on 25 February as the pair promoted their fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next month.
A scheduled fight between the pair in October 2022 was called off when Benn failed a voluntary drugs test, prompting a two-year battle with anti-doping authorities, before his suspension was lifted in November.
Benn has always denied intentionally doping and both fighters are being tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada) for the contest.
An independent report by the World Boxing Council (WBC) in February 2023 said the 28-year-old’s failed drugs test was not intentional and could have been caused by a “highly elevated consumption” of eggs.
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Lamine Yamal and Raphinha dazzled as Barcelona thumped Benfica 3-1 on Tuesday, reaching the Champions League quarter-finals 4-1 on aggregate.
Raphinha netted either side of a stunning Yamal strike as the Catalans dominated in the first half, building on their 1-0 last 16, first leg win in Lisbon.
Nicolas Otamendi had quickly levelled Raphinha’s opener but the visitors were blown away at the Olympic Stadium as Barcelona progressed comfortably from the tie and produced some moments of brilliant attacking football.
Hansi Flick’s side will face Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarter-finals as they aim to win the competition for the first time since 2015 and the era of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
Barcelona’s German coach Hans-Dieter Flick throws the ball during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg football match between FC Barcelona and SL Benfica at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona on March 11, 2025. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Flick said Barca would play for late club doctor Carles Minarro, who died suddenly on Saturday ahead of the team’s match against Osasuna, which was postponed, and the players observed a silence in his honour before kick-off.
Five-time winners Barca took the lead after 11 minutes when Spain international Yamal burst into the area, chopped his way past Florentino and then mishit the ball across to Raphinha for a simple finish.
Benfica levelled within two minutes when Otamendi escaped Ronald Araujo to head home from a corner.
Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny excelled in the first leg as the Catalans claimed an impressive win with 10 men after Pau Cubarsi’s red card, but might have done more to keep out Otamendi’s effort.
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Barcelona’s Brazilian forward #11 Raphinha celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg football match between FC Barcelona and SL Benfica at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona on March 11, 2025. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
However Barcelona, and particularly their wingers Yamal and Raphinha, were in sensational form and they quickly reclaimed their lead.
Yamal netted his first goal in seven matches, but it was worth the wait, with the 17-year-old cutting in from the right and arcing a sensational shot past Anatoliy Trubin and in at the far post from the edge of the box.
Raphinha grabbed his second before the break to give Barcelona a three-goal aggregate lead after a blistering run by Alejandro Balde.
The left-back won the ball back in his area and sliced open the Portuguese team on the counter, carrying it to the edge of Benfica’s area before teeing up Raphinha.
It was the winger’s 11th strike of the competition and he leads the scoring charts.
Bruno Lage’s side were without injured midfielder Angel Di Maria but even with him beating Flick’s Barca on this form would have been a difficult ask.
Benfica’s Italian forward #19 Andrea Belotti (C) is challenged by Barcelona’s Uruguayan defender #04 Ronald Federico Araujo da Silva (R) during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg football match between FC Barcelona and SL Benfica at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)
Fredrik Aursnes netted for Benfica in the second half but the goal was disallowed for offside against Vangelis Pavlidis, who scored a hat-trick as Barca won 5-4 in their first meeting this season, in the league stage in January.
For the most part Benfica struggled to trouble Szczesny, and Barcelona came close to scoring a fourth when Frenkie de Jong poked wide on the stretch at the end of a razor-sharp team move.
Barcelona now await their quarter-final opponent and can start preparing to visit Atletico Madrid in La Liga on Sunday, in a huge clash in the Spanish title race.
Katie Price will star in a new comedy movie alongside a Harry Potter actor.
Katie will have a huge role in a brand new comedy spoof movie, which will also star Hollyoaks actor Jamie Lomas as well as singer Kimberley Wyatt. James Phelps – who stars as Fred Weasley in the hit Harry Potter movies – is also starring in the movie alongside Charlotte Kirk, who plays the role of Jackie / Lottie.
Hollyoaks actor Jamie will play Jack The Ripper, who heads up the secret organisation, whilst Gary Webster will play John Grey – the one man who decides to stand up to the Ripper.
A synopsis to the comedy spoof movie reads: “Set in London’s Whitechapel district in 1888, Kirk stars as Jackie/Lottie who finds herself plagued by the infamous Jack The Ripper (Lomas) who is head of a secret organization known only as The Court.
Katie will join the cast of a new movie
James Phelps, pictured alongside his brother Oliver, is best known for playing Fred Weasley (Getty)
” Only one man, John Grey (Webster), stands up to the Ripper, vowing to fight against the tyranny, carnage and male oppression that is left in the court’s wake. Cut to modern day, and a group of kick-ass female assassins, led by their leader Jackie, plan a series of hits that will leave The Court dead in their tracks, “according to Deadline.
It is not known who Katie Price will play – but will she be one of the” kick-ass female assassins”?
Katie recently revealed she had decided to make a career change inspired by her son Harvey.
” I feel focused and want to achieve all my goals this year. Oh, and guess what else I am doing this year? “she said before revealing she had planned to finish her life-coaching course and wants to become a paramedic.
She added:” I’m going to find time to start that course. I just love helping people and I want to be on the road, or Air Ambulance, it is a long course. “Explaining those at Harvey’s supported living unit had backed her plans, she added of her plans to change her career:” So I said I’d be a volunteer once a week to do that… The life coaching because I love anything about mental health. These are things I want to achieve for myself. And the paramedic thing. I will have to do the access course. “
Katie also recently teased she would be doing a new reality show despite backlash over her IVF documentary. Katie had documented her IVF journey with Carl Woods, but it was fiercely criticised by viewers.
Discussing reality shows, she said:” The thing is, I always say, I don’t need to do other people’s reality shows because I have my own. So watch this space for this year, “before asking the interviewer:” Did any of you watch the Boyzone documentary? There’s a hint, “
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Manchester United have announced ambitious plans to build a new £2bn 100, 000-capacity stadium close to their current home at Old Trafford.
Red Devils co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said he wanted to build the “world’s greatest football stadium”.
But when? And how can they afford it? What does it look like? And what happens to the current stadium?
How long will it take to build?
Manchester United believe the new stadium can be completed in five years.
A project of this size would normally take about 10 years to complete.
However, the club think they can halve the building time by making full use of the Manchester ship canal.
How will the new stadium be built?
The club plan to build large parts of the stadium off-site before shipping it to the Old Trafford site via the Manchester ship canal.
“It will be a modular build – that means it can be built far more quickly”, said Ratcliffe.
“There are yards which specialise in building very large structures, which are then shipped to locations around the world”.
When does building work start?
There is no confirmed starting date.
Ratcliffe says the project will depend on how ‘ quickly ‘ the government are with kick-starting their regeneration project of the area.
“On the timeline for this, it starts with a discussion”, said Ratcliffe.
“It depends how quickly the government get going with their regeneration programme. I think they want to get going quite quickly, because they want to see progress in this parliament.
” I’m assuming that will go well and it will go quickly. “
United’s chief operating officer Collette Roche says the club will work closely with the authorities to make the project proceed” as smooth and quick as possible”.
” One of the things we are establishing is a mayoral development corporation, that gives a lot of rights to speed these things through, “she added.
What will happen to Old Trafford?
It is unclear what will happen to United’s existing home – but it looks unlikely the current Old Trafford will be kept.
Architects Foster and Partners had suggested Old Trafford would be demolished – and there is no sign of the current stadium in the new artists impressions.
Given the proximity of the new stadium to the current site, this option looks likely.
” By building next to the existing site, we will be able to preserve the essence of Old Trafford, “Ratcliffe said.
It had been suggested in 2024 that the current stadium could be scaled back and used as a home for United’s women and youth teams.
United chief executive Omar Berrada said the club may revisit that plan, but it is” unlikely”.
Will Man Utd Women play at the new stadium?
That’s the ambition.
Berrada says the club wants to grow the women’s team fanbase enough for them to play at the main stadium, which could incorporate matches or events with smaller capacities.
He added they were looking at pitch technology that would allow for the surface to be in” mint condition “for both the men’s and women’s teams.
Roche added:” The great thing about having this type of stadium is it can actually be creative for different venues.
How much does the new stadium cost?
Manchester United say the new stadium will cost about £2bn.
How can United afford it?
The club have not said how the stadium will be financed.
There are several options on the table, such as loans, private investment or investment from co-owner Ratcliffe.
However, the proposal to build a new £2bn stadium runs alongside the cost-cutting measures being made by Ratcliffe since his investment in the club.
‘ What we’re doing now is try to put ourselves in the best financial position to be able to finance a stadium and other infrastructure projects, “said Berrada.
” Our aim is to be the most profitable club within three years. We think this will put us in the best financial footing to make this investment and to work with private investors who are willing to work with us. “
The club are more than £1bn in debt.
However, football finance expert Kieran Maguire says the club have more headroom to borrow money.
” The good news for Manchester United is that the club is in a position to borrow substantial sums, despite existing levels of debt, “Maguire told BBC Sport.
” If the club does borrow a substantial amount of the estimated £2bn cost of the new stadium, it is likely to do so with some form of interest only loan.
“When Tottenham took a similar approach to building a new stadium in London a few years ago, they negotiated at very low interest rates. These loans have resulted in Tottenham’s interest costs rising from £12m in the final season at White Hart Lane in 2016-17 to £46m in 2022-23. During that same period matchday income had increased by £72m and commercial income by £155m.
” The increase in commercial income is due to the club having a bigger multi-function stadium, used for a myriad football and non-football events such as NFL, music concerts and boxing. “
Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Ratcliffe said:” The financing is not the issue, I think it’s eminently financeable. But the detail of that we’d rather talk about in the future. It will be financeable, I think. “
Ratcliffe told the Overlap podcast that no public money will be used to build the stadium, but the project will not be possible without wider regeneration funded by the government.
” We can’t afford to regenerate southern Manchester. It is too big a bill for the club, “he said.
Will this stop Man Utd buying new players?
According to Berrada, no.
” We don’t want to inhibit our ability to invest in the team, for us to continue being competitive while we are building a new stadium, “he added.
” There are various ways around that. One of the things we are looking at is to shorten the construction timelines.
“In the meantime, by getting our finances back in order and becoming profitable, we believe that we can be very competitive.
” The big, big benefit that this club has is that it has the biggest fanbase in the world and therefore the ability to be the number one in terms of revenues that it generates. “
Where is the new stadium’s location?
The new stadium is to be built next to Old Trafford, which Ratcliffe hopes will” preserve the essence “of their current home.
The new stadium will form part of a wider regeneration of the Old Trafford area. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already given Government backing to the plans.
Will Man Utd fill the new stadium?
Old Trafford’s current capacity is 74, 310, so the new stadium will accommodate more than 25, 000 new spectators.
How will United fill it? And who will they be?
” Those Manchester United fans on the waiting list for season tickets may be disappointed if they thought the additional capacity of the stadium would result in many more season tickets becoming available, “said Maguire.
” Manchester United have a huge global fanbase who are more likely to be willing to pay higher prices than those available to season ticket holders. Liverpool have in recent years increased the capacity of Anfield from 45, 000 to over 61, 000 as owners Fenway Sports Group have made most of the extra tickets available to fans in the membership scheme rather than those who want to have a coveted season ticket. “
In a statement, the Manchester United Supporters ‘ Trust (MUST) said fans” remain anxious “about the plans and whether ticket prices will be driven up, forcing out local supporters.
” We look forward to further consultation with supporters discussing these vital questions with the club. If they are able to produce a new stadium as stunning as the plans suggest without harming the atmosphere, without hiking ticket prices and without harming investment elsewhere, then this could be very exciting.
What does it look like?
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Architects at Foster and Partners, who will design the project, said the new stadium would feature an umbrella design and a new public plaza that is “twice the size of Trafalgar Square”.
The design will feature three masts described as “the trident”, which the architects say will be 200 metres high and visible from 25 miles away.
“As you move away from the stadium, it’s not a fortress surrounded by a sea of cars. Its open, and it’s contained by an umbrella that harvests solar energy, harvests rainwater but it’s protective and it encloses arguably the largest public space in the world”, said architect Norman Foster.
“And then the three masts, the trident, visible from 40kms, 200 metres high. So, this becomes a global destination.
” And then we rebuild the Old Trafford station and that becomes the pivot. The processional way to the stadium, welcoming at the heart of a new sport-led neighbourhood. It’s walkable, it’s well served by public transport. It’s endowed by nature.
Lebanon says it has received four hostages taken by Israel during its war with Hezbollah, as Israel said it has agreed to hold talks to demarcate its border with Lebanon.
The office of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that it had received the four captives, with a fifth expected to be handed over the following day.
Lebanese media, including the state news agency NNA, reported that the released Lebanese captives had arrived in a hospital in southern Lebanon’s Tyre.
The handover occurred after Israel said on Tuesday that it had agreed to hold talks to demarcate its border with , Lebanon, describing the release of the five Lebanese held by the Israeli military as a “gesture to the Lebanese president”.
A statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday said Israel had agreed with , Lebanon, the US and France to establish working groups to discuss the demarcation line between the two countries.
US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus told Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed that Washington wanted “a political resolution, finally, to the border disputes”.
She said the US and France, which helped broker a November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, had set up “working groups” to keep the process on track.
The working groups would address the border disputes between the two countries, as well as Israel’s continued occupation of five strategic points in south Lebanon, Ortagus said.
‘ Outstanding point ‘
The ceasefire deal ended more than a year of conflict between Israel’s military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that took place in parallel with Israel’s war on Gaza.
The agreement required Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River, about 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the border, and to dismantle its military infrastructure in the south.
Though Israel was supposed to withdraw completely from Lebanese territory by February 18 after missing a January deadline, it has kept troops at five locations it deems strategic.
“There are still a lot of problems here”, said Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut. “The major outstanding point … is that the Israeli army is still in five different locations across southern Lebanon.
McFly singer Danny Jones and his wife, Georgia Horsley, looked ‘ tense ‘ and ‘ grim-faced ‘ as they stepped out for the first time since his shock kiss with Maura Higgins.
The pair, who have yet to publicly speak about what went down between Danny and Maura at a BRIT Awards afterparty, were seen together for the first time as they stepped out in Richmond nursing coffees as they walked on the green. They both kept is casual as Georgia rocked leggings and a cosy matching zip-up sweater while Danny rocked baggy trousers, a white shirt and a black hoodie.
Following their united front during their walk, body language expert Judi James said Danny almost looked unrecognisable as fans are used to seeing him with a smile on his face. She told The Mirror: “There’s no trace of any performed ‘ denial ‘ rituals here to laugh off any recent rumours about their relationship.
” Walking side by side but with no linking touch and even an avoidance of linking touch, the pair look grim-faced and tense. Danny’s unsmiling facial expression makes him look almost unrecognisable as he’s always seen on TV grinning or doing his famous open-mouth ‘ fun ‘ gurn for the cameras. Both have their inner hands stuffed into their pockets. Not only does this create a barrier between them but Danny’s hand is stuffed so deep into his pocket that it suggests a desire to hide. “
Danny and Georgia were spotted for the first time since the Maura kiss (CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
Danny and Georgia looked ‘ tense ‘ during their walk (CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
She went on to discuss how the couple were out of sync with their movements and their look. Judi said:” There is a lack of synchronicity here: when he looks at Georgia, she looks down, and when she looks at Danny he seems to stare straight ahead. There is no evidence of any softening of the features here, that tendency to smile that couples do automatically when they gaze at each other’s faces.
“Danny’s shoulders look drooped or slumped to suggest unhappiness while Georgia’s look hunched, which can signal a desire to self-protect. Danny’s eye expression appears sad while there is some tenseness around his jawline here. Georgia seems to have pushed her shades to the top of her head to reveal her eye expression but there’s no hint of any eye-smile, just a look of sadness in these pics”.
A source told The Mirror that the couple are looking to ‘ put things behind them ‘ as they stepped out for a stroll while ‘ moving on with their lives’. The insider said: “It really hasn’t been a good time at all but they are very much together”.
Meanwhile, onlookers remarked how the two appeared “very serious” after being seen in Richmond, south-west London, nursing coffees as they walked on the green. But a source said: “They are positive people and can look to the future together. Things have been hard but they are moving forward as a couple”.
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