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This and more from the happenings in the world of football Former Manchester United defender Brown joins Indian side Kerala Blasters IMAGE:  Wes Brown set to arrive in Kochi. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Indian Super League's Kerala Blasters have signed former Manchester United defender Wes Brown ahead of the 2017-18 season, the Kochi-based franchise said on Tuesday. The 37-year-old was a free agent after making five appearances for Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship ...

Evolution of world record transfer deals since 1893 IMAGE: Neymar at the PSG stadium. Photograph: PSG/Twitter. Neymar completed his record-shattering transfer from Barcelona to Paris St Germain on Thursday, signing a five-year deal with the French club after they triggered his 222 million euros (200 million pounds) release clause. The 25-year-old Brazil forward is committed to PSG until June 2022, the club said in a statement. Media reports have said he could earn around 550,000 euros ...

“Doctor, what caused my cancer?” For doctors, this question is often perplexing. Some of the population risk factors are known, but when it comes to specific cases, only assumptions can be made. However, scientists have a growing understanding of ...

Former England captain Wayne Rooney rejoined his boyhood club Everton on a two-year contract from their Premier League rivals Manchester United on Sunday. Here is a fact file on the former Manchester United captain IMAGE: Wayne Rooney of Everton celebrates scoring their second goal during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park on December 14, 2002 in Liverpool, England. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images EARLY DAYS - Born on October ...

SOVIET-ERA PUBLICATIONS have for long offered us a highly truncated picture of Vladimir Lenin. Besides those endless hagiographies, I remember reading one book that was slightly different for the age before the fall of the Berlin Wall: a copy of Lenin’s ...

More than 100 people have been convicted of Islamist terrorism offences related to Syria and Iraq, according to a new data released today. The research compiled by the BBC based on tracking the numbers of people from the UK who have been drawn into the ...

The mass extinction event 66 million years ago that wiped out three-fourths of the life on Earth, including dinosaurs, helped pave way for the swift rise of frogs, a study has found. Researchers found a new tree of life for frogs that helps solve longstanding ...