FOOTBALL: Wayne Rooney seen with a bald patch on his head

England Captain Wayne Rooney, 30, who spent $15k on a hair transplant in 2011, and underwent a second procedure in 2013 seems to be in need of another operation after he was seen with a fresh bald patch when he joined his teammates for training on Wednesday. The hair of the father of 3 was noticeably thinning on top as he left The Lowry Hotel in Manchester. More photos after the cut...

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FOOTBALL: MASCHERANO WANTS TO QUIT BARCELONA FOR JUVENTUS

Juventus are in contact with Javier Mascherano over a summer transfer and the Argentine is ready to consider leaving Barcelona, Goal understands. 
Mascherano would favour a more advanced role than the one he has been playing for Barca, and Juventus would offer the 31-year-old a midfield spot. 

It is understood coach Luis Enrique blocked a transfer to Rafael Benitez's Napoli two seasons ago and promised Mascherano he would play in midfield. However, the former Liverpool man has played most of his 280 plus games for Barca in defence due to a lack of alternatives in that position. 

Luis Enrique's side would not be happy about losing one of their most important players but would nonetheless welcome the opportunity to save money on their budget for the upcoming season - as well as facilitate the transfer of new players.
Kevin Gameiro leads the Barca short list but the Sevilla striker is currently out of their price range while a deal for Villarreal's Denis Suarez is close. 

Any transfer for Mascherano would also mean Barcelona entering the market for a central defender with Paris St-Germain's Marquinhos the ideal candidate for Barca directors. 

John Stones and Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Bilbao have also been identified as long-term targets but concerns over the recent form of the Everton man as well as the price of both mean they are destined to end up elsewhere - probably Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. 

Italian champions Juventus are in the market for a midfielder due to the injury suffered by Claudio Marchisio with Valencia's Andre Gomes and Roma's Miralem Pjanic also tipped for summer arrivals.

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FOOTBALL: Man Utd to target Koscielny & Kante (RUMOURS)

New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to bring France duo Laurent Koscielny and N'Golo Kante to Old Trafford this summer.

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FOOTBALL: "I AM GOING TO RETIRE AT REAL MADRID" - Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo insists he is ready to retire at Real Madrid and is willing to sign a contract extension.
The 31-year-old’s current deal expires in 2018 and has been linked with Paris Saint-Germain and a return to Manchester United.

Earlier this year, Ronaldo hinted that he could be open to a switch to Major League Soccer but the Portugal international is now ready to see out his career in the Spanish capital.

"It's obvious I want to stay I here. I think I am going to retire at Real Madrid,” Ronaldo told La Sexta’s 'Jugones' show.
"Renewal after the Champions League final? Let's see. Real Madrid would be smart if they extend my contract.

"I am happy at Real Madrid. I can see no club better than this one.”

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FOITBALL: 'YOU WERE TOO F***ING DEAR!' - FERGUSON REVEALS WHY HE DIDN'T SIGN..

After all these years, Sir Alex Ferguson has finally revealed why he never signed Ian Wright for Manchester United.
Wright is second to Thierry Henry in Arsenal’s all-time top goalscorer list, while he remains the second-quickest player behind Ted Drake to reach 100 goals for the Gunners.

Wright, who joined from Crystal Palace for a then club-record fee of £2.5 million, also holds the record for scoring in 12 consecutive games for Arsenal - a feat not even Henry managed at the club.



And when he met Ferguson before Manchester United’s FA Cup final, Wright, who was working as a pundit for BT Sport, told the Scot: “You should’ve signed me!”

But Ferguson replied: “You were too f***ing dear! I like cheap buys.” 

The former United boss then completely destroyed his own argument by pointing to Rio Ferdinand and saying: “£29 million”.

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LIBYA: Heart-wrenching photos of migrants being flipped into the sea as their overcrowded boat overturns off the coast of Libya

Over a hundreds refugees were thrown into water when their wooden boat capsized off the Libyan coast. The vessel which was crammed with refugees, started to lean on to its side and when it was apparent it was going to capsize, the frantic passengers began to dive into the water and swim for their lives. 

At least five migrants drowned off before they were rescued and pulled to safety. An Italian patrol boat actually saw that the vessel was in difficulty and approached it a little too late to hand out life jackets as the boat flipped over due to sudden movement of the passengers. They however threw life-rafts/jackets to the migrants in the water. Another navy ship in the area sent a helicopter, rescue boats to handle the emergency and hundreds of migrants were safely rescued. 

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UNITED KINGDOM: 13 year old Nigerian boy goes missing in the UK

13 year old Jerome Ajuwa, a Nigerian, has been declared missing in the UK. He was last seen on Saturday May 21st at Lambeth, London. UK's missing people's website shared his picture and wrote;

"13 year old Jerome Ajuwa has been missing from ‪#‎Lambeth‬ ‪#‎London‬since 21st May 2016 and we’d like to spread the word as far as possible. Any sightings of or information about Jerome can be passed on to our free, confidential and 24hr helpline (call/text 116 000 or email 116000@missingpeople.org.uk). Jerome, if you see this, we’d love to hear from you - you can contact us on the same helpline for confidential and non-judgemental advice and support. ‪#‎findJeromeAjuwa‬".

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CHINA: The dangerous path Children from a remote Chinese village have to pass through to get to school

Not only children but also inhabitants of the secluded village. These shocking pictures show these pupils climbing unsecured vine ladders on the side of a steep rock face to go to and from scchool.

They live in a 'cliff village' known as Atule'er, which is situated on the top of a 2,624-foot-tall peak in south-west China, and their school is at the foot of the mountain.

For their parents who are used to the journey, it takes them an hour to go down the cliff and an hour and a half to go up while it takes children with their heavy schoolbags, around two hours to climb 17 cliff ladders, in the company of at least three adults. This has made some parents in the village refuse to educate their children.

However, they are content with their living because the village land is fertile and the villagers are self sufficient. They have good land resources and have a high yield of crops.

So far, the perilous journey has killed around eight people, as the journeys are so difficult, with the villagers encountering rain and snowy weather. 

Although residents would like the government to build a road leading to and from the village, due to the high costs and small number of people who live there, it appears to be out of the question.

Building a road to the village would cost 60 million yuan (£6.2 million), which the government believes is not cost effective.

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NIGERIA: WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION: FG saves N50bn as it weeds off 43,000 ghost workers, cuts down on allowances

The Head of the Continuous Audit team of the Federal Government, Mohammed Dikwa says the Federal government has saved up to N50 billion through the audit of security agencies payroll and has been able to weed off 43, 000 ghost workers from its payroll.

Dikwa said this at a meeting between the Continuous Audit team, Minister of Finance and Heads of Para-Military agencies to discuss ways to clean up the payroll of the security agencies, in Abuja yesterday May 24th;

“Since we started the continuous audit programme, we have saved about N50 billion and over 43,000 ghost workers have been removed from the payroll of the federal government. And as we go on, we are very sure that we will continue to reduce the cost of federal government payroll. Please note the cost is not related to ghost workers alone but with allowances which we believe have to be trimmed down so that we can manage the cost of governance’’he said.

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ANIMAL WORLD: Hungry crocodile has a wholesome way around tough tortoise shell (photos)

Faced with huge teeth and gaping jaws, one tortoise played it smart and retreated into the sanctuary of its armour-like shell as hungry crocs fought over it. Its tactic wasn't the smartest after all as one croc battled the others away and swallowed the tortoise whole.

The images were taken by part time photographer Lisl Moolman, 42, at South Africa's Krueger National Park while on a family holiday.

She said: 'I was sitting at the dam, sightseeing and watching animals as they came to drink. As is the norm, crocodiles sunbathe at this dam. Everything was quiet and tranquil, until another visitor attracted my attention showing me that a crocodile just caught a leopard tortoise and was moving into the water at great speed. 

She added: 'I saw a crocodile at the water's edge moving into the water with high speed, a leopard tortoise clamped tightly between its jaws. The tortoise shell is notoriously quite hard to break. It kept the tortoise in its jaws, while some more crocodiles gathered around it. It wasn't long before they started fighting over it, and the tortoise disappeared into the depths of the water after being dropped.

'After a couple of minutes, it drifted to the surface, where a crocodile guarded it until swimming away after about half an hour.'

The croc may find that shell hard to stomach.

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