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Man Utd news LIVE: Qatar takeover bid UPDATE, Ten Hag’s secrets EXCLUSIVE, Van de Beek urged to QUIT United – latest
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Paul Parker believes that Donny van de Beek has to quit the club to save his stuttering career.
Meanwhile, Erik ten Hag has told a hostile Anfield to “bring it on” ahead of United’s huge Premier League encounter against Liverpool.
Off the pitch, the Qatari billionaire Sheikh Hamad bin Jaber Al Thani has revealed that he does NOT support the £5billion takeover bid son Sheikh Jassim has offered.
And Ten Hag’s secrets to success have been exclusively revealed by SunSport.
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Alex Scott breaks silence over decision to wear One Love armband at Qatar World Cup
FOOTBALL Focus host Alex Scott has broken her silence over her decision to wear the One Love armband at the World Cup in Qatar.
Alex, who dates both men and women, wore it to show support for the LGBT community in the country – where same sex relationships are illegal.
Alex Scott wore the One Love armband despite players being banned from wearing them at the Qatar World Cup[/caption]
She wore the band as she covered England’s first game in Qatar, after the Three Lions were banned from doing so.
Former Arsenal Women’s player Alex, 38, said: “We all woke up to the news of the armband being banned.
“I remember being so sad.
“I was standing with the kit man, Andy, looking out, just full of emotion.
“I said: ‘Andy, no one’s told me I can’t wear an armband’.
He said: ‘Alex, you f***ing genius.’
“No one knew anything.
“I remember saying to Kelly who was going to interview me: ‘Kelly don’t say a word. All I’m doing is going to put this armband on and it’s going to speak for itself.’
“And that’s exactly what I did. This little thing and what it represents.”
Alex said her decision saw her being trolled and sent vile messages by strangers online.
Speaking at the 2023 Attitude 101 lunch at London’s Rosewood Hotel, Alex said: “After that I disappeared. I was in Qatar with all the abuse and I was like, I need to get away because I can’t believe something out of love could create so much hate and such a divide.
“It was Martin Luther King who said; Injustice anywhere is a threat to just everywhere. And by stopping wearing this arm band is exactly what was happening in Qatar.
“So I disappeared. I went to Barbados for a little while. And then I came back to the UK and to say I appreciate and love so much people coming up to me and saying what wearing this armband meant to everyone.”
Qatar hosting its third Balloon Festival in Doha a month after World Cup
JUST over a month after the World Cup ended, Qatar is hosting its third Balloon Festival in Doha.
Up to 5,000 people are expected to attend daily during the ten-day festival.
Up to 5,000 people are expected to attend daily during the ten-day festival[/caption]
Mohammed Abdulla Al Mulla, Old Doha Port executive director, said: “We are pleased to host the first official event after the 2022 FIFA World Cup.”
Mohammed Abdulla Al Mulla said: ‘We are pleased to host the first official event after the 2022 FIFA World Cup’[/caption]
The festival will draw attention of visitors with music, food and colorful hot air balloons[/caption]