121-year-old Cadbury coronation chocolates to be sold at auction

 

 An untouched 121-year-old tin of chocolates is to be sold at auction.  The perfectly-preserved sweets were made by Cadbury to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902.
They were given to nine-year-old Mary Ann Blackmore at her school that year, but instead of eating them, she decided to keep them as a memento of the occasion. The vanilla chocolates were passed down through her family until her granddaughter, Jean Thompson, 72, brought the tin to Hanson's Auctioneers in Derby.

Benjamin Mendy is back in football as joins he French club Lorient just five days after he was cleared of rap!ng a woman and trying to rap3 another

 

Benjamin Mendy has made a quick return to football just five days after being cleared of rape and attempted rape, with the former Manchester City defender joining French club Lorient.
 The French footballer, 28, was accused of carrying out sex attacks on two women at his £4million mansion, only to be cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at Chester Crown Court last Friday.
Mendy had already been cleared of six counts of r3pe and one count of se3ual assault after a court case in January, yet faced a retrial on one count of rape and one count of attempted rape during lockdown-busting parties.
 And five days after being cleared as a free man, Mendy has already returned to football after signing with Lorient.

Lionel Messi’s brilliant free kick gives Inter Miami win in soccer legend’s debut with MLS club

 

Lionel Messi made his long-awaited debut with Major League Soccer side Inter Miami with a flourish only the world’s top player could produce.
Playing in the Leagues Cup match against Mexican side Cruz Azul, Messi scored the game-winning goal in the final moments of the second half, curling in a magnificent free-kick strike from outside the box to seal the 2-1 Inter Miami victory at sold-out DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
“What I saw was the goal. I saw the goal, I knew that I had to score,” Messi told the Apple TV broadcast after the game. “It was the last play of the game and I wanted to score so we didn’t go to penalties. So it was very important for us to get this win, because it’s a new tournament this is going to give us confidence moving forward.”

Chelsea boss, Mauricio Pochettino omits Romelu Lukaku's name from the Club's USA pre-season tour

 

 Chelsea boss, Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that Romelu Lukaku's career at the club will soon come to an end after he snubbed the club's USA pre-season tour.
 As part of their preparations for the 2023-24 Premier League campaign, the Blues will tour the USA and will play the likes of Wrexham, Fulham, Newcastle, and Brighton in the coming weeks.
 However, there was no space for Lukaku in Chelsea's 29-man squad heading to the States, with the Belgian expected to leave the club this summer.

AIU provisionally suspends Tobi Amusan

 

Hours after confirming that she has been charged with anti-doping violation, Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has been handed a provisional suspension for allegedly missing three drug tests.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, July 19. He tweeted;
 “The AIU confirms that it has today charged and provisionally suspended Tobi Amusan (NGR) for 3 Whereabouts Failures. The Charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the World Athletics Championships.”

Singapore overtakes Japan in ranking as most powerful passport in the world

 

Singapore now tops the ranking of the world’s most powerful passports, unseating Japan from the top spot. Singaporeans enjoy visa-free entry to 192 destinations, more than travellers of any other country, according to the latest Henley Passport Index.
The Southeast Asian country last held the top spot in 2021, before losing its position to Japan the following year.
Germany, Italy and Spain were tied in second place, with their passport holders enjoying access to 190 destinations.

Woman addicted to eating toilet paper reveals she eats up to four rolls a day and spends nearly $2,700 a year on it (video)

 

 
A woman who is addicted to eating toilet paper has claimed that she eats up to four rolls a day and spends almost $2,700 a year buying it.
'I eat toilet paper from the second I get up in the morning,' Kinah told My Strange Addiction: Still Addicted?, which airs on the network on TLC on Wednesdays.
According to TLC, the addict eats up to four toilet paper rolls a day, which is 'almost 14,000 lbs over the past 20 years'.
 She eats it 'everywhere - at work, in the car, at the nail salon'.
 The strange snacker added she does get a few 'weird stares' and has even seen someone pull their phone out to try and record her.

Ukraine war: Wheat prices soar after Russia warns shipping

 

 Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets.
Moscow pulled out of a deal this week that had guaranteed safe passage for grain shipments through the Black Sea.
A White House spokesperson accused Russia of planning to blame Ukraine for attacks on civilian ships.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said he would return to the grain agreement immediately if his demands were met.

Tobi Amusan confirms she has been charged with anti-doping violation

 

World-record hurdler and Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has confirmed that she has been charged with an anti-doping rules violation for missing three drug tests in the span of 12 months.
 Amusan made the announcement on her Instagram account on Tuesday, July 18, adding that she would fight the charges. She will be fighting the allegations in time to defend her title at the World Championships in Budapest next month.
"I am a clean athlete and I am regularly; (maybe more than the usual) tested by the AIU- I was tested within days of my third "missed test". I have faith that this will be resolved in my favor and that I will be competiting at the World Championships in August,"