Arsenal Striker 'Giroud' in his pants taken by model in hotel room that landed star in hot water with Wenger

Snapped: Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud was caught in just his underwear by model Celia Kay after meeting her in a hotel hours before a game against Crystal Palace

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that disciplinary action would be taken against Olivier Giroud after he apologised for taking a female companion back to the team hotel.

Married Giroud had consistently denied taking Celia Kay to the Four Seasons Hotel in Canary Wharf the night before the 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace on February 2. The striker had earlier issued a grovelling apology to his wife Jennifer and the Arsenal boss after a picture by the pin-up appeared in a national newspaper.

Wenger said: ‘It is an internal matter but I do not want to comment publicly because I respect his privacy.’

The model took a picture of Giroud in his hotel room wearing just underwear, which can be seen above.

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Jose Mourinho: This is Barca's worst side in years

Jose Mourinho has claimed Manchester City will take on 'the worst Barcelona team in for many, many years' when the two teams go head to head in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Former Real Madrid boss Mourinho rarely offers up too many positive comments to offer when the subject of Barcelona is thrust in his direction, but was especially uncomplimentary towards the Catalan giants when handed the chance to give his views of the first leg encounter at the Eithad Stadium between City and Barca.

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Pique: Barcelona have lost fear factor

Gerard Pique admitted Barcelona do not quite have the same fear factor after failing to reach the last two Champions League finals.

But the defender believes the La Liga leaders have a chance to make a statement to the footballing world when they face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

Barcelona were acclaimed as one of the greatest teams ever when they were crowned European champions in 2011 for the second time in three seasons, but since then they have gone out in the last four to Chelsea and then Bayern Munich.

And Pique admits their aura of invincibility may have gone but feels the Barcelona players’ individual achievements means they are still held in high esteem by opponents.

He said: “I think that maybe they don’t fear us as before because in the last two years we did not win the Champions League but I think they still respect us.

“We are a team with a lot of players who won the World Cup and Champions Leagues, I think we can still be the best but we have to show to the world that we can do it. Tomorrow [Tuesday] is a great opportunity to show we are top players and can win here.”

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Hell on Earth - Israel builds detention center in the desert for African Asylum seekers

Hell on Earth, from above

The Isreali government has built a 9,000 person capacity detention facility in the southern desert where illegal African Immigrants would be detained. According to the Isreali government, the illegal immigrants who seek asylum in the country are becoming a burden to the govt and so they would be moved from the Shaharonim detention centre were they are presently being held to the new facility, a place human rights group have called a De-facto prison.

In this new facility which is situated in the desert, the immigrants will be locked down at night, and forced to check-in with the Israeli authorities three times per day. They will also be barred from working outside the centre. 

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'Penny Dreadful' Brings the Horror in First Full Trailer

Showtime has debuted the first full trailer for its psychosexual horror series "Penny Dreadful", unleashing the horror from the dark and gory show. It opens with Eva Green's Vanessa Ives extending an invitation to Josh Hartnett's Ethan Chandler to demimonde, "a half-world between what we know and what we fear."

Without many dialogues, the video shows what demimonde is through the scenes, which offer a mix of violence and sex. Some creepy creatures from Gothic literature are also featured in it as Vanessa is seen being possessed in other scenes.

Created by John Logan ("The Aviator", "Hugo"), "Penny Dreadful" takes place in Victorian London and weaves together the classic origin stories of horror icons like Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Grey, and several characters from the novel Dracula.

Harry Treadaway will play Victor Frankenstein, Reeve Carney is cast as the immortal Dorian Gray, and Billie Piper stars as Brona Croft, an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her dark past.

Logan serves as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris. The new series is set to debut Sunday, May 11 at 10 P.M. ET/PT on Showtime. 

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Viral Photo Shows 4-Year-Old Boy Fleeing Syria and Crossing Desert Alone

CNN International reporter and anchor Hala Gorani came across what might be one of the most heart-breaking images to emerge from Syria yet: a 4-year-old boy named Marwan crossing the Jordanian desert alone after being separated from his parents while fleeing the country.

Unlike that photo of a young child supposedly sleeping by his parents' graves, this one is real. United Nations staff recovered him lost and alone, with his possessions in a small plastic bag.

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Angelina Jolie's Historical Drama 'Unbroken' - First Trailer

Historical movie "Unbroken" directed by Angelina Jolie has got the first trailer. It gives a sneak peek at the life of Louis Zamperini from a trouble-making kid to becoming an Olympic champion and then a World War II hero. The real-life Olympian, now 97, also appears on the video.

Based on Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 best-selling book "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption", the movie follows Zamperini during the time he became a prisoner of war. He was taken hostage by the Japanese after his plane crashed. He survived 47 days of enduring hunger and shark attacks, only to wash ashore behind the enemy lines.

The athlete is portrayed by actor Jack O'Connell, while Garrett Hedlund will play Commander John Fitzgerald, a fellow prisoner of war in the Japanese camp where Zamperini was held hostage. The heroic film will be released in the United States on December 25 this year. 

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EDEN HAZARD: NO REPEAT

Unlike a fortnight ago we were unable to match Manchester City individually or collectively, according to Eden Hazard. Like his manager Jose Mourinho, the Belgian was happy to admit City were the better team in our FA Cup fifth round loss yesterday. That was in contrast to our recent Premier League victory at the same ground when everybody in royal blue made a significant contribution to an outstanding team effort. 

The winger also said he was disappointed on a personal level he was unable to match the high level of achievement he reached that evening on the rare occasions when we did manage to threaten in the final third.

'We were hoping to repeat the performance from two weeks ago but it wasn't the same match,' Hazard explained. 

'Collectively we were worse because individually we were not good. I didn't play as well and we didn't play as well. That can happen. I would like to play like I did (in the league game) every match, every weekend,

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