The Minnesota Vikings will become the first NFL team to play in three countries in one season during 2025.
A record seven international matches will be played in 2025, with the NFL taking regular-season games to Ireland and Spain for the first time.
The designated ‘home’ teams for the games had already been confirmed and their opponents were announced on Tuesday.
In addition to their US games, the Vikings will play Pittsburgh Steelers at Dublin’s Croke Park on 28 September, and the following week will travel to London to face the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The other two London games will see the Denver Broncos face the New York Jets at Tottenham on 12 October, and the following week the Jacksonville Jaguars will ‘host’ the Los Angeles Rams at Wembley.
The NFL will stage its fifth regular-season game in Germany and the first in Berlin, with the Indianapolis Colts hosting the Atlanta Falcons on 9 November.
The Washington Commanders will be the opponents for the Miami Dolphins in the NFL’s first game in Spain, at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The first international game of the season will take place in Brazil during week one, with Sao Paulo hosting its second game on Friday, 5 September.
Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday he “has no problem” with Real Madrid ahead of his departure from the club at the end of the season to take over the Brazil national team.
The veteran Italian will become Selecao boss on May 26, the day after Madrid’s last La Liga match of the campaign.
The Spanish giants are yet to name a replacement, although Xabi Alonso is a strong favourite to take over after confirming he will leave Bayer Leverkusen.
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Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures as he celebrates his team’s victory during the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
The Brazilian football federation (CBF) announced Ancelotti’s appointment on Monday, before any official confirmation from Madrid regarding Ancelotti’s departure.
“The CBF issued that statement because I’ll be the coach of Brazil from the 26th. Madrid will issue a statement whenever they want, there is no problem,” Ancelotti told reporters on the eve of his team’s match against Real Mallorca.
“I will be the coach of Brazil, which is a challenge, but until then, I’m the coach of Real Madrid and I want to finish in the best possible way.
“I’m focused on the final stretch of this spectacular adventure.”
Ancelotti, who has won 15 trophies including three Champions League titles across two spells at the Santiago Bernabeu, has endured a difficult final season in charge.
Real’s La Liga title defence has faltered with Barcelona on the cusp of the title, while they also lost the Copa del Rey final to their arch rivals and were humbled in the Champions League quarter-finals by Arsenal.
Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti and his players celebrate with the trophy after the UEFA Champions League final football match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, at Wembley stadium, in London, on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
“Football, like life, is an adventure that begins and ends,” added the 65-year-old, who also lifted the European Cup twice as AC Milan coach.
“I’ve always kept in mind that this would end. I’ve had a great time… but in everything in life there comes a time when it ends.
“My seriousness and professionalism demand that I finish well here…
“I’ve never had a problem with the club and I never will.”
Madrid’s 4-3 loss to Barcelona on Sunday in El Clasico left them seven points behind Hansi Flick’s side with only three matches remaining.
Barca would secure the title if Madrid fail to defeat Mallorca on Wednesday.
“I’ve had a fantastic time here and I want to continue like this for the last two weeks I have left here,” said Ancelotti when asked about criticism from the press over his team’s performances this season.
“I’ve gotten the most out of myself and the titles speak for themselves.”
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Elizabeth Hurley has used Estee Lauder’s Night Repair serum since the 90s(Image: Getty Images)
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Kim Kardashian has heartbreakingly admitted she thought she would be raped during the horror Paris robbery nine years ago. The mum-of-four, 44, is in the French capital, testifying, after she was held at gunpoint in 2016 during Paris Fashion Week by a gang of masked men dubbed the ‘Grandpa robbers’ by the French media due to their age.
Sobbing, the SKIMS star told a Paris court on Tuesday she thought she would be raped by the men, whose ages range from 38 to 78, saying: “I was certain that was the moment that he was going to rape me I absolutely did think I was going to die.”
Kim Kardashian waves to her fans before making her way inside the Parisian court ( AP)
Kim arrived at the Palais De Justice in Paris for the trial today where she will testify over the horrifying 2016 robbery that saw her being held at gunpoint by masked men dressed as police officers as millions of dollars worth of jewellery was stolen. A group of pensioners dubbed the ‘grandpa robbers’ by French media are on trial in Paris, charged with stealing the star’s jewellery during Paris Fashion Week in 2016.
The last time Kim saw the masked men that police say robbed her, she was bound at gunpoint and left locked in a marble bathroom while the gang stole jewellery, including Kim’s engagement ring from ex, Kanye West, worth millions of dollars.
Admitting she was surprised by the ages of the men, saying she thought they were younger, Kim told the court: “I thought they were younger. It was the way he carried me. I’m not saying that older people cannot carry, but I was just surprised when I saw the photos of them”.
A court was told on Monday, that the reality star was in a state of “serious terror” when the armed robbers burst into her hotel room nine years ago.
Hotel receptionist, Abderrahmane Ouatiki, 48, who was handcuffed and forced at gunpoint to lead two armed robbers to Kim’s hotel room, told the court: “She was terrified, in a state of hysteria.”
Ouatiki told the court Kim began screaming that she was a mother when the gunmen burst into her bedroom. He said: “She was in serious terror; it was unbearable to see a woman in that type of distress.”
The robbers took Ouatiki at gunpoint in the lift with them to Kim’s apartment, he told the court. As they approached her bedroom, Ouatiki said Kardashian called out “Hello? Hello?” thinking it might be her older sister Kourtney Kardashian returning from a nightclub.
He said the robbers burst into the room and roughly pushed Kim.
Ouatiki said The Kardashians star was shouting and hysterical. Concerned the lead robber was “very nervous, unstable, aggressive”, Ouatiki said he felt he had to “calm things down and contain it” so he shouted at Kim to “shut up!”.
He said the robbers were asking in French for money. Ouatiki, still with a gun held at his head, tried to translate. Kim said she had “a thousand” – either in dollars or euros. He said she gave the robbers the ring that was on a bedside table. She then nodded towards a Louis Vuitton jewellery box, the robbers allegedly opened it and tipped its valuable contents into two bags.
The ten suspects, who are aged between 35 and 78, are on trial on May 23. Some are accused of aiding in the organisation of the robbery. Eight of the accused deny any involvement in the terrifying robbery.
The suspects include Aomar Aït Khedache, 69, and the alleged ringleader, who has publicly admitted kidnapping and robbing Ms Kardashian. Another suspect who confessed is named Yunnis Abbas, 72, who wrote a book about the robbery called I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.
The trial continues.
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The Senate on Tuesday asked the military to urgently redeploy personnel and advanced equipment to Borno and Yobe states following a resurgence of attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the area.
This resolution followed renewed insurgent attacks in the North-East region, including the killing of over a dozen soldiers in Marte town of Monguno Local Government Area on Monday, May 12, and a subsequent assault early Tuesday on Gajiram, the headquarters of Nganzai LGA.
In a motion raised by the Senate chief whip, Tahir Munguno, lawmakers noted that while two-thirds of Borno State’s local government areas were once under Boko Haram control, collaborative efforts between the Nigerian military and civilian Joint Task Force had successfully reclaimed the territories.
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The restored peace, however, had led to a relocation of tactical command to the North-West, where the military is combating kidnapping and banditry.
Expressing concern over the militants’ evolving tactics, Munguno highlighted the use of modern technologies by the group, including drones, and an increase in the deployment of improvised explosive devices, which have led to high civilian and military casualties, disrupting transportation networks.
The courtroom fell eerily silent as the footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs beating, kicking and dragging his then-girlfriend began — a video already seen worldwide but which took on new gravity played before the jurors who will determine his future.
Prosecutors played the footage repeatedly throughout their questioning of Israel Florez, a police officer who in 2016 was the security guard during an encounter with Combs that could prove pivotal during the fallen music mogul’s federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
Combs’s family, including his 18-year-old twin daughters, watched stoically on Monday as prosecutors played the harrowing footage again and again.
“She just kept saying she wanted to leave,” Florez said of Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the singer who was dating Combs at the time and is expected to testify in the trial as early as Tuesday.
Visibly tense but intensely alert, Combs watched as the security guard described the artist’s attempts to bribe him with a wad of bills to stay quiet over the incident at a Los Angeles hotel.
Cassie testifies at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial.
The immensely wealthy mogul who was a key figure in 1990s and 2000s-era hip hop is accused of running a criminal sex ring that enforced its power with arson, kidnapping, bribery and forced labor.
“He sometimes called himself the king,” said prosecutor Emily Johnson during opening statements.
“And he expected to be treated like one.”
Combs denies all charges, and his defense team says the sex acts were consensual.
CNN released the security footage of the hotel encounter involving Combs and Ventura last year, and a number of jurors said during selection they were acquainted with it.
But Monday’s testimony included fresh details, like photos of a smashed vase of flowers Florez said he found Ventura huddled next to.
Florez said Combs had a “devilish stare” when the security guard arrived to the scene.
He added that he offered to call the police but didn’t because Ventura, who he described as having a “purple” eye, insisted multiple times she simply wanted to go.
Quincy Brown (L), stepson of Sean Combs, and Justin Combs (3rd R) walk with other members of the Combs family as they arrive at federal court for the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York City on May 12, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
‘Just for insurance’
Florez’s testimony was followed by that of Daniel Phillip, a now 41-year-old who ran a “male revue” show in New York.
He said he first met Ventura and Combs in 2012, after he was called to perform at a bachelorette party.
He arrived at Manhattan’s Gramercy Hotel expecting to do a quick striptease for a group of partying women, he said.
But instead Ventura, wearing red lace lingerie paired with high heels, a red wig and dark sunglasses, answered the door.
Thus began Phillip’s relationship with the famous pair, an encounter that began with the dancer giving Ventura a massage with baby oil and ended with sex while a masked Combs watched in the corner.
Phillip would routinely receive payment from the couple anywhere from $700 to $6,000, he told jurors.
Throughout Phillip’s at times intensely lurid testimony, members of Combs’s family, including his 18-year-old twin daughters, left the room.
Phillip said his enthusiasm for the relationship — which involved Combs directing sexual acts and sometimes filming them — waned after the first time he witnessed Combs strike and drag Ventura by the hair.
“I was shocked,” Phillip said. “It came out of nowhere. I was terrified.”
Phillip said he urged Ventura to get out — but that she insisted she would be alright.
After witnessing Combs’s abuse Phillip said he began to find it difficult to perform sexually in front of him.
Asked why he didn’t call the police, Phillip said that “this was someone with unlimited power.”
Combs had already previously taken a photo of Phillip’s identification card “just for insurance,” the dancer said.
