Manchester United gets double transfer blow.

                                    Manchester United got double blow in respect of two of their top transfer targets.Spain forward Pedro decided not to move to Manchester United, and instead decided to move to Chelsea from Barcelona for £21m. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year deal and is the Blues' second signing in less than a week after the arrival of Ghana defender Baba Rahman.The Spain international, is a product of the Catalan club's academy and has scored 99 goals in 326 appearances since his debut in 2008. He also won the World Cup and European Championship with Spain in 2010 and 2012 respectively. 

 

                          

                                               The  other transfer snub was from the Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi. He decided to move to the blue side of Manchester joining Manchester City from Valencia on a five-year deal worth £32m. He was a long term defensive target of Manchester United, but they failed to complete the deal.Otamendi is City's third major summer signing following the arrival of England internationals Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph.

Straight Outta Compton wins weekend box office by huge margin

                         This weekend the R-rated musical biopic about the groundbreaking rap group N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton earned a huge $56.1 million.It was the sixth-biggest August debut ever, the tenth-biggest R-rated debut of all time, and double the previous best debut for a musical biopic.Straight Outta Compton was already the 14th biggest musical biopic movie after a single day of release, and after today it will be the fourth biggest, not adjusted for inflation. Within the week it will pass Coal Miner’s Daughter ($67m) and Ray ($75m) to become second only to Walk the Line.

 

 

                               The other new release The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is struggling at the box office as it has earned in its opening weekend less then the third weekend of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation.The $80 million Warner Bros. /Time Warner Inc. adaptation of the 1960′s spy TV series earned $13.535 million in its opening weekend.

Stoke City Breaks its transfer record.

                  English Premier League side Stoke City today broke its transfer record to sign Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri for a fee of £12m. The 23-year-old Switzerland international, who has 46 caps, has signed a five-year contract to become the Potters' ninth summer recruit. The club's previous record signing was striker Peter Crouch, whom they paid Tottenham £10m for in 2011.

 

                  The Swiss international was supposed to move to the Britannia Stadium, one month ago, but the deal did not go through. He joined Inter Milan from German champions Bayern Munich in January, scoring three goals in 20 games for the Italians. Shaqiri has scored 17 times for his country.

Holdover box office for the weekend.

                          Ant-Man, which grossed $12.6 million in its third weekend. Marvel’s latest is now at $132.1 million Stateside, and $291.6 million globally.
                          Minions. Universal’s animated spinoff brought home another $12.2 million over the weekend, raising its domestic total to $287.3 million.
                          Pixels, fell 56.7 percent from its opening weekend to make $10.4 million this week. The Adam Sandler vehicle has only mustered a paltry $45.6 million domestically so far. It is getting saved in the foreign markets, as the worldwide total is currently at $102.1 million.  
                           Romantic-comedy Trainwreck earned $9.7 million this weekend . Amy Schumer’s first major feature film has now made an impressive $79.7 million domestically at this point in its run.
                          Southpaw earned $7.5 million this weekend. The boxing drama is at $31.5 million domestically.  
                          John Greene adaptation Paper Towns took a drastic 63.6 percent slide from its opening weekend totals and grossed only $4.6 million to finish eighth. Illustrating the limited appeal of its source material, the film has grossed $23.8 million so far
                           Inside Out places at #9 this week with $4.5 million. Pixar’s smash hit has made $329.5 million in the U.S. so far.
                          Finishing off the top ten is Jurassic World, which made $3.8 million and is now at a whopping $631.5 million domestically. Though the film has passed The Avengers on both the U.S. and international box office charts, it seems like it will have to “settle” for the title of third biggest film of all-time.

Mission Impossible-Rogue Nation scores high this weekend.

                                        The latest installment of the Tom Cruise spy saga Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation debuted with a pretty strong $56 million opening weekend. It is a great win for the superstar as few of his last films were not able to perform to the same level at the box office. Riding with strong reviews and positive word of mouth the went on to have Tom Cruise’s third-biggest opening weekend ever.That barely misses the franchise record for largest opening, which is still held by 2000’s Mission: Impossible 2 at $57.8 million. As of yesterday, the film earned $65 million from its overseas debut, in markets that made up 40% of the total foreign marketplace, for a $121m global debut. That’s around 49% better than the prior film’s respective debut in those respective territories. Ghost Protocol made a ridiculous $485m overseas.


                                         The other new release, Vacation , which is a sequel to the original Vacation,  opened on Wednesday with $3.8 million and earned another $2.5m on Thursday. As such, its $14.8m weekend brings its cume to $21.172m thus far.

Todays Football transfer news involving Newcastle and PSG.

Newcastle United signs Anderlecht striker.

                  Newcastle United has signed Anderlecht striker Aleksandar Mitrovic for £13m - subject to a work permit. The 20 year old Serbian international has signed a five year deal becoming second summer signing for  Steve McClaren's side following the £14.5m arrival of PSV midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum. He scored 36 league goals in his two yearsstay in Belgium, including 20 goals scored last season, becoming the league's top scorer. 

             

                       He joined Anderlecht for £4.3m  from Partizan Belgrade two years ago.

Holdover weekend box office.

                              "Minions" took the biggest hit this weekend, as the similar kid friendly movie "Ant-Man" opened at first place.It dropped a big (for animation) 57% from last weekend to earn $50.2m in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $216m.
                              The other animated movie "Inside Out" dropped 34%  to earn $11.6 million for the weekend.With $306.3m domestic thus far, it has a shot of catching the original $339m total of "Finding Nemo" and will all-but-surely cross the $321m cume of "Shrek the Third". "Inside Out" has earned $490m worldwide thus far.
                               "Jurassic World" is slowly heading towards becoming the “biggest movie not directed by James Cameron”. It earned another $11.3 million (-37%) to bring its domestic cume to $611.135m. It is just behind the "Avengers" $623m domestic gross. It has now earned $1.513b worldwide.
                               "Terminator Genisys" dropped another 60% this weekend  for an estimated $5.4 million gross. The sci-fi sequel has now earned $80.64m in America. Overseas may salvage this one, but it won’t top $95m domestic.
                                "Magic Mike XXL" earned $4.5 million on weekend three for a 53% drop. That tumble us partially because of Trainwreck and partially because of losing 799 screens. Anyway, the $14m Channing Tatum sequel will have a new cume of $58.636m.
                                The Gallows earned $4m,  Ted 2 earned $2.681m, Self/Less earned $2.292m, Max earned $1.9 million, Amyshould earn around $1.1m and Baahubali earned around $1.15m.

Ant-Man leading U.S boxoffice.

Josep Maria Bartomeu gets re-elected as Barcelona president.

                          Josep Maria Bartomeu has been re-elected as Barcelona president for a second term, beating former president Joan Laporta in Saturday's election. Bartomeu, who resigned last month as an interim board took charge during the election period, will return to office and begin to implement some of the promises made in his campaign after fighting off the competition.The 52-year-old Bartomeu became club president in January 2014 when his predecessor, Sandro Rosell, resigned after being named in a court investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds to sign the Brazil striker Neymar. Bartomeu himself was later included in the ongoing investigation.

                         

                         Despite overseeing one of the most successful seasons in the club's history during the 2014-15 campaign, with Luis Enrique's men winning the treble, Bartomeu has been a figure of controversy at Camp Nou. He was much criticized for the current sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways.
                         The club said Bartomeu received 54.63% of the votes cast by club members. His closest rival was the former president Joan Laporta. Backed by club greats Pep Guardiola and Johan Cruyff, he collected 33%.

LIVERPOOL ACTIVATES BENTEKE RELEASE CLAUSE. TRANSFER TO BE COMPLETED SOON.

                       In what seems like a surprising move, Liverpool have met a £32.5m release clause for Aston Villa's Belgium striker Christian Benteke, triggering a potential transfer.  Benteke was a transfer target for many Premier League clubs, but most of them were not willing to pay the release clause. Liverpool became the only team to match it after receiving funds from the sale of Raheem Sterling, for  £49m to  Manchester City.
                       The 24-year-oldBelgian had some fitness issue and missed playing many games for Aston Villa last season. But whenever fit he was always a threat in front of the goal. He scored 12 goals in 12 games in the 2014-15 season to help keep Villa in the Premier League. Benteke joined Aston Villa from Genk in August 2012 for £7m and has scored 49 goals in 101 appearances.
                        The transfer is supposed to be completed once the personal terms are agreed and medical is done.

Manchester United hijacks Arsenal target as they agree the deal of German international

                   Manchester United was able to sign Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin for a fee in the region of £25m. The French international was a long term target of Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, though he was reluctant to match Southampton  valuation. Schneiderlin, 25, has made 253 appearances and scored 15 times for Southampton since his debut in 2008. The French international has made nine appearances for his country.

                      The Red Devils also completed the signing of  Germany international, Bastian Schweinsteiger.

The world cup winner has signed a three-year contract from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a reported £14.4m. Schweinsteiger made his Bayern debut in 2002 and appeared 536 times for the club. He played under United boss Louis van Gaal when the Dutchman managed Bayern between 2009 and 2011.

                      The signing of the two midfielders by Manchester United was a day after their city rivals Manchester City announced that Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling will join them  in a £49m deal.

Minions have a blockbuster opening

                               This weekend the animated movie Minions crushed the box office this weekend with an eye-popping $115.2 million debut weekend. The movie cost $74 million to produce, and so it is a blockbuster from the first weekend itself. It had the second-biggest opening weekend of all time for an animated title, not accounting for inflation.It fell short of the $121m debut of Shrek the Third in 2007.Instead of playing like an original movie, it is playing like a direct sequel to the popular Despicable Me series. Minions , received an A CinemaScore, which shows that the movie should have a decent enough hold. And overseas, where it began rolling out two weekends ago, the family title also placed No. 1 with $124.3 million from 56 markets for a whopping foreign total of $280.5 million and early global cume of $395.7 million. The other new release Focus Features’ “Self/Less” was not so fortunate, picking up roughly $5.4 million from 1,953 locations.

Georginio Wijnaldum joins Newcastle as Stoke gets ex-Liverpool defender.

                                     Newcastle United has completed the signing of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum in a £14.5m deal. The 25 year-old Netherland international has signed a five-year contract at St James' Park. The fee is a record for the Mike Ashley era, and just short of the club record £16 million paid for Michael Owen and the £15m for Alan Shearer.The signing of Wijnaldum is a real show of intent by owner Mike Ashley after a very disappointing second half last season, where they narrowly escaped relegation. 

 

                                                In other news, Stoke City are set to sign former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson.The England international who was released by Liverpool is close to agreeing a move, according to Stoke boss Mark Hughes.He spent six years at Anfield, with his final game for Liverpool coming in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Chelsea in May.Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic is set to move to Premier League champions Chelsea. 

Crystal Palace signs PSG midfielder.

                             Crystal Palace has completed the signing of Yohan Cabaye from French champions Paris St-Germain for a club-record transfer fee of £10m. The 29 year old French international has signed a three year deal. The transfer is a club record for Crystal Palace.Palace's previous transfer record was £7m, paid in 2014 to Wigan for 27-year-old Scottish midfielder James McArthur. 

                              It was Palace manager, Alan Pardew, who brought Cabaye to England, when he signed Cabaye from Lille in 2011 during his time as Newcastle boss. Cabaye scored 18 goals in 93 appearances for the Magpies.The France international largely struggled for regular playing time at the star studded French champions, making 13 Ligue 1 starts last season.  

Omar Sharif dies at the age of 83

                                Legendary actor Omar Sharif, who acted in movies like  Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968), has died at the age of 83. The Egyptian actor, suffered a heart attack in Cairo on Friday. Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean's 1962 epic  Lawrence of Arabia .In May his son revealed the star had been suffering from Alzheimer’s.

                               
                               Sharif, who was one of the few Arab actors to achieve mainstream Hollywood success, grew up in Cairo.He made his screen debut in the 1954 Egyptian film Siraa Fil-Wadi (The Blazing Sun) and rapidly became a star in his own country.His big break came when David Lean cast him in  Lawrence of Arabia, introducing the actor with a now-legendary shot of him riding a camel out of a shimmering heat haze towards the camera.
                                 He also got to play a series of real-life figures, among them Genghis Khan and the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara

Termninator ahead of Magic Mike this weekend.

                          

                         Among the new releases this weekend, the big Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback movie, Terminator Genisys faced off with Channing Tatum and friends in the stripping adventure Magic Mike XXL. If it was 1991, then Terminator Genisys would have completely destroyed Magic Mike XXL as the Arnold led franchise was at its peak, with Terminator 2: Judgment Day becoming the third biggest worldwide grosser ever behind Star Wars and E.T. But its a different ball game now. Arnold Schwarzenegger popularity has waned down to such an extent that he alone cannot attract crowd to the movies. His latest failures from The Expendables 3 to Sabotage to Escape Plan proves that.

                                 Terminator Genisys opened on Wednesday and till Sunday had earned $44.156 million with a $28.7m Fri-Sun frame. It is well below Terminator 2: Judgment Day which opened in 1991, over the July 4th weekend with a $31.7 million Fri-Sun frame and a long $52m Wed-Sun holiday weekend. 

                              Magic Mike XXL is also performing well below the original. The original Magic Mike was a surprise hit back in 2012, The $7 million Steven Soderbergh original earned $113m domestic and $167m worldwide. The sequel earned $27.07 million over the holiday frame, including $12m over the Fri-Sun portion.

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Aston Villa signs Lille midfielder as Liverpool loses another "target"

                             Lille midfielder Idrissa Gueye is all set to join Aston Villa in a deal worth £9m. The Birmingham basedclub is looking to improve from last season where they were absolutely disappointing in their performance. The Senegal international, 25, is the third signing of manager Tim Sherwood after defender Micah Richards and forward Scott Sinclair. Gueye has made 134 appearances for the Ligue 1 club and has been capped 18 times for his country.

                                  AC Milan has signed Colombia international striker Carlos Bacca. Initially Liverpool was leading the race to sign Carlos Bacca but AC Milan were prepared to pay Bacca's £21million buy-out clause. As a result Liverpool loses another transfer target.Bacca, 28, joined Sevilla from Club Brugge in 2013 and has scored 34 goals in 71 appearances for the Andalusian outfit.  

Stoke City breaks club record and Atletico Madrid signs Porto "Goalscoring Machine".

                         Stoke City have signed Switzerland international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, from Inter Milan for a club record fee of about £12m. The 23 year old only joined Inter last January from Bayern Munich. He scored 3 goals in 20 appearances for Inter. However he is a more prolific goalscorer for his country as he netted 17 times in 46 games for Switzerland. It is a huge success for Stoke manager Mark Hughes to be able to sign such a talented creative midfielder, as he has been trying to change the style of football Stoke plays for the last few years.

  

                      Porto's Colombia striker Jackson Martinez, have signed for Atletico Madrid in a £24.8m deal. The Colombia striker was a target of Arsenal, but Atletico agreed to match the release clause. Martinez has been a regular goalscorer for Porto, as he netted 67 goals in 90 games and finishing as the Primeira Liga's top scorer in each of his three seasons.

Martinez joined Porto from Chiapas from the Liga MX for$11m. 

Liverpool signs Clyne and Bayern gets Costa.

                      England right-back Nathaniel Clyne have signed for Liverpool for £12.5m. The former Southampton man signed a five year deal. An earlier bid of £12.5m by Liverpool was rejected by Southampton. There was lot of speculation going on that Clyne is being targeted by Manchester United from last season but with Ashley Young emergence as a wing-back last season, the Red Devils did not show any interest in Clyne this summer. Liverpool endured a disappointing 2014-15 campaign, as they finished sixth and missed out on Champions League qualification, having been runners-up the previous season.

                        Douglas Costa has joined Bayern Munich from from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of £21m. The 24 year old has signed a five year deal with the Bundesliga champions.Costa scored 29 goals in 149 league games for Shakhtar, where he won the title five times. The signing of the Brazilian midfielder has increased the possibility of  Bastian Schwensteiger leaving for Manchester United.The Germany international only played 20 league games in 2014-15. his lowest ever for the club in a single season.

Goalkeeping legend joins Arsenal

                     A transfer saga which seems to be going on for ages at last came to an end when Chelsea legend Petr Cech joined Premier League rival Arsenal. Speculation about the transfer had been going on for a long time as Cech lost his place in the starting eleven of Chelsea, to Thibaut Courtois last season, and with Arsenal looking for a World class goalkeeper, having failed to replace their own goalkeeping legend David Seaman. 

                       While at Chelsea Petr Cech won 13 trophies including one Champions League and four Premier League titles. He played more than 400 club games in 11 seasons at Stamford Bridge.He also set a club goalkeeping record of 228 clean sheets in all competitions. Arsenal paid almost £10m. for Cech, who has signed a four-year contract.

Ted 2 dissapoints as Jurassic World breaks another record

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                   This week the box office fight was between three movies, "Ted 2" , which was a new release and two hold overs, "Inside Out" and "Jurassic World". While most predictions showed all the movies to earn more than $50 million dollar, Ted 2 fell short by quite a large margin. The sequel to the surprisingly leggy original Ted, Ted 2 earned “just” $33 million in its debut weekend. That includes $2.6m worth of Thursday previews, same as the original Ted, and a $13.2m opening day (compared to Ted‘s $20m Friday). The original Ted opened to a whopping $54.4 million weekend off a $20.5m opening day. It was the biggest R-rated opening for an original “not based on anything” film.

                    In holdover news, Jurassic World went pass the $500 million mark this Sunday. It become the fastest movie to do so. It took just 17 days while the previous record holder "The Avengers" took 23 days. Its third weekend was the third biggest of all time behind The Avengers ($55.6m) and Avatar ($68m). It has earned $1.238 billion worldwide in around 19 days of global release becoming the eighth-biggest grossing movie of all time worldwide.
                    Inside Out also earned $52.13 million in its second weekend.Its 42% drop is less than  Wall-E   and Brave and more than Finding Nemo and Up. Till Sunday it has earned $184.95 million in ten days, which is more than any Pixar movie had earned in that time frame except Toy Story 3.

Brazilian forward signs for Liverpool.

                          Liverpool seems to be preparing themselves for life ahead without England forward Raheem Sterling as they have signed torward Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim on a five-year deal for a fee of about £29m.The 23 year old Brazil forward, scored 47 goals in 151 games for Hoffenheim. He becomes the second most expensive player in Liverpool history after Andy Carroll who joined them for £35m from Newcastle in 2011.

Juventus signed Mario Mandzukic and Saints signs a new Goalie.

                    Mario Mandzukic have joined Juventus from Atletico Madrid, on a four year deal, for £13.6m. He was signed by Juventus amid reports that striker Carlos Tevez, their top scorer last season with 20 Serie A goals, leaving the Italian champions. He will be changing clubs the third time in four years.

"Inside Out" gives "Jurassic World" a run for the money.

                   The latest Pixar animation movie from Disney "Inside Out" had a very strong opening , earning a surprising $91.06 million this weekend. Though it failed to displace last week's box office leader "Jurassic World" from the top, it had the biggest Pixar debut for an original film, and the biggest weekend ever for a film that didn’t top the box office, clobbering the $68million debut of  "The Day After Tomorrow". With great reviews, and no competition until the release of "Minions", the movie will be another huge success for Pixar brand.





                      In holdover news, Jurassic World is not showing any signs of slowing down. It earned another $102 million on its second weekend to bring its total to $398.23 million in America after ten days of domestic play. It failed to beat the record of "The Avengers"($103million) for the best second weekend ever. The movie will cross $400million on Monday, making it the fastest movie to do so in just 11 days.

"Inside out" to face "Jurassic World"

                             This week the latest pixar movie "Inside Out" hits theaters. In any other week a simple pixar movie would have guaranteed a No 1 spot in the weekend box office, but it is going up against a box office behemoth "Jurassic World" which is raking in huge amount of money and breaking one box office record after another. After breaking the weekend box office record last week, it is not showing any signs of slowing down.The film has been tearing up the week with $25.3 million on Monday, $24.3 million on Tuesday and $19.9 million on Wednesday. It will become the fastest movie to gross $300 million.
                             "Inside Out" has although started its box office run strongly.  Inside Out has earned $3.7 million in Thursday previews yesterday, which is more than recent animation movies Monsters University  ($2.6 million) and Big Hero 6 ($1.4 million). It is also earning positive reviews from critics with 99% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Football News.

Chelsea to sign Radamel Falcao.

               Chelsea are on the verge of signing Radamel Falcao on a season long deal from Monaco. The 29 year old Monaco  striker spend the last season on loan with Manchester United (MU). Though  MU had an option to make the deal permanent, they decided against it after Falcao had a very disappointing season, where he struggled with both injury and bad form. The move would see Falcao playing again with Chelsea striker Diego Costa, who was his teammate at Atletico Madrid. Mourinho knows how dangerous the two strikers can be together as the lined up against Mourinho's Real Madrid, beating them 2-1 in the 2013 Copa del Rey final.

Falcao and Costa in their Athelito Madrid days.

Dinosaurs "ruling" the world again.

                              The prehistoric beast once again found a way to "rule" the world with the help of the genetically modified dinosaur called Indominus rex. Jurassic World took the global box office by storm, for a global bow of $524.4M and 40% of that came from North American audiences. It had the biggest opening weekend ever in North America with a opening weekend of $208.8 million, and similarly it had the biggest international opening weekend in history as well, with an estimated $315.6million. It helped Universal crossed the $1 billion mark at the domestic box office faster than any studio to date, beating the previous record achieved on June 22, 2008 by Paramount. Worldwide Universal smashed the record for reaching $3 billion worldwide, previously held by 20th Century Fox, on June 30, 2010.

Dinosaurs Ruled weekend Box Office

                     Jurassic World ruled the weekend box office with the help of the Indominus Rex. In what was a very surprising box office result, the new Jurassic World movie earned a whopping $204.6 million on the opening weekend, to have the second highest opening of all time.It was between  Avengers: Age of Ultron $191m opening and The Avengers $207 million opening. It is a huge win for the studio as projection only estimated the movie to earn about $125 million.It has thus far received relatively solid reviews and the box office result shows that audiences are also enjoying it. So with solid word of mouth, it can be predicted that only sky is the limit for the latest Dinosaur blockbuster.

Dino rules Friday Box office

                                    The Dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" seems to be eating every thing that comes or stands on its way. First of all it earned  $18.5 million from Thursday evening previews, the biggest late-night showing ever for any Universal movie, after Furious 7 ($15.8 million). By Friday Jurassic World earned $82.8 million, which is the third-biggest day ever behind Avengers 2 ($84m) and Harry Potter 7.2 ($91m). The only thing to watch now is whether the movie is able to gross past $200 million by the end of the weekend.

ARSENAL CHARGED BY FA AND LIVERPOOL GETS A NEW GOALIE

                         Arsenal has been charged by the Football Association (FA), over the transfer of Calum Chambers from Southampton last year, for allegedly breaching football agents regulations. The Gunners have time until 26 June to respond to the charge. 
                         Agent Alan Middleton has also been charged and has until 17 June to respond to the FA. Calum Chambers,20, joined Arsenal for about £16m in July 2014 and was an integral part of the Gunners last season making 36 appearances.

                         In transfer news, Liverpool has signed Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Adam Bogdan on a free transfer after personal terms were agreed.The Hungary international is the third player to join Liverpool for free this transfer window, after the signed striker Danny Ings and midfielder James Milner , subject to medicals. He joined  the Trotters in 2007 and went on to make 120 appearances, though he has struggled with injuries during the last two seasons.

Newcastle gets new coach.

                  Ex-England manager, Steve McClaren has been appointed as the new head coach of Newcastle United. He is going to replace, John Carver, who was sacked on Tuesday.
                  Controversial and unpopular owner Mike Ashley has left his position on the board but still remains the owner of the club.
                  McClaren has signed a 3 year contract which can be further extended to eight years. He was Derby manager until last May, when he was sacked due to poor result in the second half of the season.
                  McClaren managed England from 2006 to 2007 and also had spells in charge of Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, German side Wolfsburg and Dutch club Twente.

Newcastle needs another manager

                      Newcastle has fired their caretaker manager John Carver along with coach Steve Stone. Carver took charge after Alan Pardew left for Crystal Palace, and was in charge for 20 games. He could win only three matches and almost led the team to relegation. His controversial stint included an allegation by him that one of his own player defender Mike Williamson, got sent off on purpose in the 3-0 defeat by Leicester.

                          In other football news France defeated England in their Women's World Cup opener. England were poor in the first half and could manage only one shot on target. England will face Mexico in the next game.

West Ham gets manager and Juventus gets another Madrid player

                           West Ham has appointed a former player, Slaven Bilic as their new manager.He played 54 times for the Hammers between 1996 and 1997.He was also the manager of the Croatia national side for six years. He was the manager of Locomotiv Moscow and Besiktas, whom he left in May. He is going to replace Sam Allardyce, who led the Hammers to 12th in the Premier League last season.

                            In transfer news, the latest player to move on a free transfer is Sami Khedira. The 28 year old German midfielder, who was part of their 2014 World Cup-winning squad, joined  Juventus on a free transfer from Real Madrid. He started his carrier at Stuttgart before moving to Real Madrid in 2010 after a very successful world cup. He had a very disappointing last season, where he played only 17 times after a series of injuries.

Latest transfer news

                In the latest transfer news, Danny Ings, the Burnley striker joined Liverpool on a free transfer. He is supposed to join Liverpool, on 1 July, subject to a successful medical. The England Under-21 international scored 11 goals in the Premier League this season, but still his heroics for a struggling Burnley team failed to save them from relegation. Ings joined Burnley from Bournemouth four years ago for £1m and scored 43 goals in 130 games for the club. He is the second summer signing for Brendan Rodgers' side after James Milner joined them last week.  

                    The news coming from Spain is that  Barcelona have signed Sevilla defender Aleix Vidal for a reported fee of £16m - despite their transfer ban. The Spanish club was handed a 14-month ban in April after being found guilty of breaching Fifa's rules on the transfer of players aged under 18.
                     He will be able to play for the Champion League winners only in January 2016 when the transfer ban will be lifted. Vidal is signed as a replacement for Dani Alves, who was also brought from Sevilla. He was part of the Sevilla side which won the Europa League last month.

Weekend US Box office

                   In this weekend the Paul Feig directed film Spy got an okay start with an estimated $30 million debut weekend. The films debut is lower than the earlier two Melissa McCarthy movies The Heat which had a $39 million opening weekend and Identity Thief which opened to a $34.5 million  weekend.
                   Insidious: Chapter 3 had a very solid opening weekend with with  $23 million.Though it was almost half of the opening weekend of Insidious: Chapter 2 which opened to $40 million  weekend, it is still successful considering that nobody expected it to reach the heights of the previous movie.
                  The last big new release of the week is Entourage. The movie debuted on Wednesday with a $5.2m debut day but has been able to earn only $17.8million till today. The movie was very front loaded, with just $10.4m over the Fri-Sun frame.
                   The other release  Love & Mercy. debuted on 483 screens this weekend, and earned around $2 million for the weekend.

 

Some win some lose

                          Last night, in the Champion League Final, saw one contest between two teams which gave their all out. This was a contest of legends of both clubs, who might never get to play in another Champion League final again.The three legends from their respective clubs are Xavi from Barcelona and Buffon and Pirlo from Juventus.

                          For Xavi it was a dream last match for Barcelona.After revealing last month that he was set to leave the club and join Qatari outfit Al-Sadd, Xavi has spent the most recent few weeks lifting the La Liga and Copa del Rey trophies, as he sealed his own and Barca's record second Treble-winning season. He ended it by lifting the Champion League trophy last night.Although he will not be apart of future Barca teams, Xavi said the club will be capable of continuing to win trophies in the coming years.

                          For, Buffon and Pirlo last night was a heartbreak.It was in Berlin that Gigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo  lifted the World Cup together in 2006. Buffon took a decision in 2006, staying with the Juventus team that had just been relegated to Serie B as a result of the Calciopoli scandal, which helped him attaining legendary status with the Juventus faithfull. He has been rewarded with four consecutive Serie A titles. But not yet a Champions League.He gave his all out making some excellent saves but in the end he could not keep the all conquering attacking trident of Barcelona at bay.

 
                         Similarly, everyone believed Pirlo's carrier to be over when Milan released him on 2011. But by joining Juventus , he gave the club a new life, which in turn rejuvenated his carrier. Since joining Juventus he has won four consecutive Serie-A title. He won Serie A Player of the Year: 2012, 2013, 2014. He complete his fairy tell at Juventus by helping them, win the Champion League. But it was not so. The picture of him crying after the final, tell everything.Whatever may happen next season one thing is sure that though Buffon and Pirlo lost the game last night, the won millions heart.