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The Spanish league leaders' failure to meet La Liga's budgetary rules to license both Olmo and forward Pau Victor before the end of last year currently leaves them ineligible to play for the rest of the season. Olmo, a key figure as Spain won Euro 2024, is an important attacking weapon in Barcelona's bid for silverware this season. The club will take their case to Spain's top sports court (CSD) in a bid to solve the situation, with club president Joan Laporta under fire from various opposition groups because of the debacle. Читать дальше...

Saudi Arabia was in December controversially awarded the World Cup but first it hosts the Asian Cup in 2027. The tournament will be from January 7 to February 5 that year and be held in the capital Riyadh, plus Jeddah and Al Khobar, the Asian Football Confederation said, launching a two-year countdown. Among the venues announced Tuesday for the 24-team regional competition were the 70,000-capacity King Fahd Sports City Stadium and King Saud University Stadium, both in Riyadh, which have also been earmarked to hold World Cup games. Читать дальше...

The former France skipper, 31, is to undergo an operation after sustaining the injury in the seventh minute of Toulon's 36-24 Top 14 victory over Racing 92 on Saturday. "I have to stop doing what I love for the moment and I'll soon be operated on," Ollivon said on social media. Ollivon said he would be back on the paddock "next season". The flanker, capped 46 times by France, previously saw his career interrupted between 2017-19 with shoulder and scapula injures, before snapping his left knee cruciate ligament in 2021. Читать дальше...

The US Department of Defense has added Chinese social media giant Tencent and battery leader CATL to a list of firms it says work with the Chinese military. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: Nippon Steel vows to keep trying to acquire US Steel under the new Trump administration, and the 2025 CES gets underway in Las Vegas.

France is set to mark Tuesday 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper that shocked the country and led to fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion. France 24 takes a look back at how the events of that day unfolded.

The effective demise of the eight-time Chinese Super League (CSL) winners, once managed by Marcello Lippi and also Fabio Cannavaro, signals the end of an era in the domestic game in China. Dozens of Chinese clubs, including fellow former CSL champions Jiangsu Suning, have folded in recent years in debt. "The club tried various means to gain access to the professional league," Guangzhou FC, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande, said. "However, because of the heavy historical debt burden, the... Читать дальше...

The Israeli military, contacted by AFP, said it could not comment. Mohamed Mreiwel, mayor of the village of Jabata al-Khashab in Quneitra province, said on Monday that he had met three times with Israeli officials who had asked to see him. Israel, long a foe of Syria, has launched hundreds of strikes on Syrian military sites since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad on December 8, destroying most of the army's arsenal, a war monitor has said. The same day Assad was toppled by Islamist-led forces... Читать дальше...

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 7: In this special edition, we look at the press from France and abroad on the 10-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. They wonder what is left of the "I am Charlie" support campaign and how attitudes towards satire have changed in the decade since the atrocity.

Chad and Senegal hit back at comments made by President Macron claiming that African countries in the Sahel had "forgotten to say thank you" to France for helping to combat jihadist insurgencies. Both countries have demanded in recent months the withdrawal of French troops from their territories as France's military presence in West Africa continues to wane.

The 17th-ranked Latvian, who won Roland Garros in 2017, will meet Madison Keys in the last 16 at the warm-up tournament leading into the Australian Open. American Keys crushed Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia, ranked four places above her at 16, 6-2, 6-1. Ostapenko struggled in a scratchy opening set marred by more than 20 unforced errors against Poland's Frech. "After the first set I just fought for every point," the 27-year-old said. "I found my game and got better and better." Keys, who married her coach Bjorn Fratangelo in November... Читать дальше...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and former close aides are on trial charged with devising a pact with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to illegally fund Sarkozy's victorious 2007 election bid. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on "selective justice", "moral duplicity" and the West's on-going lucrative deals with ruthless autocratic regimes across the Arab world, FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Anas El Gomati, Founder and Director of the Sadeq Institute.

Indonesia on Tuesday welcomed the news of it becoming a formal member of BRICS, which was announced by Brazil on Monday. Founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China, BRICS currently count ten countries including South Africa, Iran and the United Arab Emirates as its members.

Antetokounmpo scored 11 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and kept the Bucks offense clicking with his season-high 13 assists as the Bucks snapped a two-game skid. Milwaukee had lost four of their last five matches, with all of those defeats coming against teams with losing records. But they handled the 8-28 Raptors convincingly despite the absence of Khris Middleton with an ankle injury. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Antetokounmpo's passing -- including 10 assists in the first half -- "set the whole tone... Читать дальше...

The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete barrier in a fireball. With the exact cause of the crash still unknown, Tuesday's unity move for a joint task force came after weeks of political turmoil, kicked off when President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law last month. "Our People Power Party and the Democratic Party... decided to establish... Читать дальше...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Dingri county, Tibet, near the Nepal border at 9:05 am local time Tuesday, killing at least 32 and destroying many buildings, state media confirmed. The US Geological Survey later revised the magnitude to 7.1.

Eyes were also on the release of closely watched US jobs data at the end of the week after the Federal Reserve scaled back its interest rate cut expectations and took a more hawkish turn. After a tepid start to the week, Asian investors fought to recover on Tuesday after a tech-fuelled rally in the S&P and Nasdaq -- with Nvidia hitting a record -- as strong results from Taiwan-based chip giant Foxconn sparked a fresh rush for semiconductors. The US gains were also helped after The Washington... Читать дальше...

A severe winter storm swept across the eastern US, disrupting travel and leaving over 175,000 without power. Heavy snow and freezing rain killed at least five and grounded thousands of flights. Despite the storm, Congress convened to certify election results, coinciding with the anniversary of the Capitol riot.

France on Tuesday is to mark 10 years since the terrorist shooting that targeted satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will lead commemorations at the newspaper's former offices, where two al Qaeda-linked gunmen killed a dozen people on January, 2015.

The 29-year-old has not played at the team competition since 2019, showing little interest in making a comeback while grappling with injuries. But the 2022 Wimbledon finalist was among the nominations put forward for their tie with Sweden after his return to the sport last week in Brisbane following wrist reconstruction. Kyrgios lost in three tight sets to rising French star Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and said he would need "a miracle" to be competitive at the Australian Open starting on Sunday. Читать дальше...

France has confirmed its first case of the mpox virus, clade 1b variant, in Brittany, the health ministry announced Monday. The WHO continues to uphold its highest alert amid the ongoing epidemic. Measures to monitor and control the spread, linked to close contact transmission, are in effect.

The ratings boost for Sunday's gala consolidates a slight upward trend for award shows in recent years, as Hollywood tries to move on from the impact of strikes and the pandemic, and the Globes themselves bounce back from their own controversy and scandal. The averaged figure of 10.1 million viewers marks a seven-percent increase from 2024's gala -- and a significant recovery from barely six million a year earlier. The Globes, a Hollywood film and television awards show that once ranked second only to the Oscars... Читать дальше...

The 26-year-old has signed a four year contract with the Texas club and will be registered as a 'Designated Player' who can be paid outside of the MLS salary cap. Austin did not disclose the transfer fee but said it was a club record. Givemesport.com said the fee was in the region of $10 million. Vazquez played the first seven years of his career in MLS, making his league debut with Atlanta United in 2017 and he was part of the MLS Cup winning team in 2018 and the US Open Cup title in 2019. The... Читать дальше...

A New York judge has dismissed President-elect Donald Trump's plea to postpone his upcoming hush money case sentencing. Despite Trump's attorney arguing that his election victory should conclude the case, Judge Juan Merchan affirmed the sentencing will proceed on Friday, as scheduled.