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Real Madrid hit for seven by Atletico as Gareth Bale linked with move to China Real Madrid's Welsh forward, Gareth Bale, came on as a substitute against Atletico.   Real Madrid suffered a humiliating 7-3 defeat by crosstown  rival Atletico Madrid  in a pre-season game Friday, with speculation still swirling over Gareth Bale's future. Diego Costa scored three times before the break as Atletico hit five in the opening 45 minutes. Costa added his fourth after the break before receiving a red card for clashing with Real's Dani Carvajal, who was also dismissed in a fiery affair between the two clubs. Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa celebrates after scoring his third goal. Trailing 7-1 with 20 minutes to go, Real scored twice late in the game, easing some of the pain on a chastening evening for head coach Zinedine Zidane. On another disappointing night in the US for Real, further speculation emerged surrounding the fate of Bale, wit...

Tour de France 2019: Egan Bernal set to win from Geraint Thomas Thomas congratulated Ineos team-mate Bernal as they crossed the finish line together at the end of stage 20 Egan Bernal is poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France after finishing Saturday's penultimate stage in the yellow jersey. Race tradition dictates that the race leader is not challenged on Sunday's final stage to Paris. Bernal, 22, will become the youngest Tour winner for 110 years, with Ineos team-mate Geraint Thomas in second. Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk moved up to third as Julian Alaphilippe faded on an Alpine stage won by as Vincenzo Nibali. Italian Nibali, winner of the Tour de France in 2014, was in the day's break and attacked again on the climb to the finish at Val Thorens, winning by 10 seconds from Spain's Alejandro Valverde. Bernal and Thomas, who won last year's Tour, crossed the line arm-in-arm, with huge grins on their faces. They came i...

First photo from Super Eagles player, Henry Onyekuru's wedding The wedding ceremony of Super Eagles player and Galatasaray star, Henry Onyekuru is currently ongoing in Benin-City, the Edo state capital and it attracted some members of the Super Eagles squad of the just-concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.  Sharing a photo from the ongoing traditional wedding, Kenneth Omeruo wrote;  Congratulations my bro @c.henry21 you are officially a Junior colleague.. May God Bless your Home..

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to transfer billions of dollars of military funding in order to construct hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, California and New Mexico. The funding transfer was challenged by the environmental nonprofit Sierra Club and a border area advocacy group in February, shortly after Trump announced he would move forward with plans to construct the wall despite opposition from Congress. The fight over border wall funding sparked the longest federal government shutdown in history. President Donald Trump tours the area around the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. The Supreme Court on Friday allowed  President Donald Trump  to transfer billions of dollars of military funding in order to construct hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, California and New Mexico. The funding transfer was challenged by ...

Vice President Pence's daughter Charlotte announces engagement Charlotte Pence appears on "The View" on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.  —  Charlotte Pence, Vice President Mike Pence's daughter, on Saturday announced her engagement to boyfriend Henry Bond on Instagram with a pair of photos showing the beach-front proposal. "I said 'yes,' and then I said 'thanks' a lot," Pence wrote, "because I didn't know what else to say." "I love you. Let's do this," she added. Pence, 26, is an author who has  written numerous children's books about the Pence family rabbit, Marlon Bundo.  Her work drew significant attention after comedian John Oliver released a parody version which  depicts the Pence family rabbit as gay. In 2018, Pence co-wrote a book with her father titled "Where You Go: Life Lessons from My Father." "Charlotte Pence pays tribute to her father, revea...

These states are celebrating tax-free holidays just in time for back-to-school shopping By  Allen Kim , CNN Posted at  2050 GMT (0450 HKT) July 26, 2019 Some states have embraced the sales tax holiday with a wide range of categories.  —  Your state may be celebrating a holiday soon, and you may not even know about it. In the coming weeks, states across the US and Puerto Rico will feature a sales-tax-free period so you can save some money while shopping. Each state has different days that it has designated as tax-free, and each has its own set of categories, along with limits for them. Related Article:  Amazon's streak of record profits comes to an end Most states have clearly targeted the back-to-school crowd, as clothing, computers and school supplies are most commonly found among the categories. Most categories generally have a per-item limit, but that too varies by state. Some states have embraced the sales tax h...