Transfer News: Balotelli leaves AC Milan for Liverpool after the clubs agreed a fee of £16m

Mario Balotelli has said his goodbyes to his AC Milan teammates and the club's staff ahead of his proposed move to Liverpool after the two clubs agreed a fee of 16 million pounds (20 million euros, $26.5 million).

Balotelli trained for probably the last time with the Rossoneri on Thursday morning before leaving the club's headquarters at Milanello.

The Italy striker's next session is likely to be at Melwood after the two clubs agreed a fee for the 24-year-old, who could be signed in time to make his debut at former club Manchester City on Monday night.

"Mario Balotelli left the Milanello Sports Centre at 13:30 after having said goodbye to his teammates," said a statement on the Serie A club's website. "The forward, before exiting through the gates, bid farewell to the press office staff. Around 50 fans were also grouped in front of the gates to say goodbye to him."

Balotelli's agent, Mino Raiola, is currently meeting with Liverpool representatives in England to agree personal terms over a deal that would see Balotelli return to the Premier League after just 18 months in his homeland.

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Dawn Of Justice: Henry Cavill 'Superman' showoff his physique on set

Superheros are supposed to be strong and muscular, and Henry Cavill shouldn't disappoint.

For the first time, the 31-year-old actor allowed a glimpse of his bulky physique in the blue and red superhero suit as he crossed the Detroit set of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice on Tuesday.

Cavill displayed a brawny chest, six-pack abdomen and muscle-packed legs that were worthy of applause, along with slicked back dark hair.

The British star was surrounded by crew members as he took long strides between the trailers, his crimson boots matching the red lining of his flowing black cape.

He looked so much like Superman that one would expect him to take a flying leap and start soaring right there and then.

Soon Henry drew the robe around him in an effort to keep his costume under wraps as he finished working for the day on the highly anticipated Zack Snyder directed sequel to 2013's Man Of Steel.

Despite the hooded covering, the costume's trademark 'S' logo and red boots could be seen poking through the handsome star's garment.

Sporting the sleek slicked hairstyle, Henry's extremely buff physique even protruded through the oversized robe.

 

 

 

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BRINGBACKOURGIRLS: UK to send three Tornado reconnaissance jets to Nigeria in rescue of the Kidnapped schoolgirls

The RAF is sending three warplanes to help locate the Nigerian schoolgirls taken by an Islamist terror group, it has been reported.

Four months ago Boko Haram, which is fighting to reinstate a medieval Islamic caliphate in religiously mixed Nigeria, abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok and they remain missing.

Now, three RAF Tornado GR4s outfitted with surveillance equipment are being deployed to the African nation to fly reconnaissance missions over the region the group is known to operate in.

A Government source told The Times that the fighter bombers will help the Nigerian authorities by tracking the movements of Boko Haram militants.

According to the report, the mission is dependent on a nearby nation giving them permission to use a runway.

An MOD spokesman did not deny the report about the deployment of the planes, adding: 'The UK continues to work with the U.S., France, Nigeria, its neighbours and international partners to provide advice and assistance to the Nigerian Government.

'Together with our allies we have provided continuous surveillance support to the Nigerian authorities, including satellite imagery. We are still in discussion with partners on the deployment of further surveillance capability.'

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Shakira song 'Loca' broke copyright laws- Judge

A Manhattan federal court judge has ruled that Shakira's song "Loca" is a rip-off of another song. In a ruling on Tuesday, August 19, Judge Alvin Hellerstein said that the Spanish version of the single infringed on a 1998 song called "Loca con su Tiguere" by a Dominican songwriter named Ramon Arias Vasquez.

Peaking at the top of the Latin Billboard charts, Shakira's "Loca" has reportedly sold more than five million copies worldwide. Hellerstein said the song was based on a 2007 song by Dominican rapper Eduard Edwin Bello Pou a.k.a. El Cata which also copied Vasquez's work. Pou's version of "Loca con su Tiguere" was also distributed by Sony.

Vazquez previously testified that his "Loca con su Tiguere" was "inspired by his older sister Janette's relationship with her boyfriend, who was considered a 'tiguere,' and with a suitor from a wealthy family." He then met Pou and showed him the song.

Pou denied Vasquez's story, claiming the song was inspired by his relationship with his ex-wife.

The Tuesday ruling is a victory for plaintiff Mayimba Music which holds the rights to Vasquez's work and sued Sony Corp of America and affiliates (the judge eventually found only two of them, Sony/ATV Latin and Sony/ATV Discos, liable for distributing Shakira's song).

Sony's attorney declined to comment on the case. A trial on damages will be held later this year.

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