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It’s snow fun –
After the worse start to the Europe ski season for over ten years due to very little snow, a large drop in temperature and a snowfall of over 12 inches (30 cm) in 12 hours causes chaos in the French Alps.
Fallen Fernando –
Once the world’s top striker Chelsea’s Fernando Torres is expected to be bought by Italy’s AC Milan in January but then loaned out to Atletico Madrid so ending up back in his native Spain.
Fernando Torres
Taxing issue –
The UK overtakes France as the fifth largest economy in the world after the money made from prostitution and drugs was counted in the GDP figure for the first time.
Britain’s economy is expected to be worth a total £1.86 trillion in 2014 – up from £1.63 trillion the previous year.
First manager sacked in EPL –
Neil Warnock is the first English Premier League manager to be sacked this season after Crystal Palace dispensed with his services for a second time. It is the latest a manager has been fired in the season since 1996 (January 2nd)
Video of the Day –
Color War “Shapeshifting” from crystal moselle on Vimeo.
List of the day –
Fernando Torres Career [from Soccerbase.com]
| CLUB | FROM | TO | FEE | LEAGUE | FA CUP | LGE CUP | OTHER | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | ||||
| Milan | 01 Jan, 15 | Transfer | No appearance data available | ||||||||
| Atl Madrid | 29 Dec, 14 | Loan | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Milan | 29 Aug, 14 | 26 Dec, 14 | Loan | 7 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Chelsea | 31 Jan, 11 | 01 Jan, 15 | £50,000,000 | 72 (38) | 20 | 7 (6) | 4 | 5 (1) | 3 | 33 (10) | 19 |
| Liverpool | 04 Jul, 07 | 31 Jan, 11 | £26,500,000 | 91 (11) | 65 | 6 (1) | 1 | 2 (1) | 3 | 27 (3) | 12 |
| Atl Madrid | 01 Jul, 01 | 04 Jul, 07 | Trainee | 200 (14) | 84 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Totals | £76,500,000 | 374 (71) | 170 | 13 (7) | 5 | 7 (2) | 6 | 64 (14) | 34 | ||
| Goals per Game | 0.38 | 0.25 | n/a | 0.43 | |||||||
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali civil war
- A top level Somali al-Shabab militant with a $3m US bounty, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, surrenders to police.(BBC)
- North Korea experiences another Internet and cell phone outage and holds the United States responsible. (NY Daily News)
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 Southeast Asian floods
- Malaysia reports that at least five people are dead. (The Independent)
- Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reports that at least eight people are dead. (Bangkok Post)
- Politics and elections
- Sweden‘s center-left government reaches a deal with the center-right opposition, The Alliance, giving a minority government room to govern so that the country’s first snap election since 1958, originally planned for 22 March 2015, can be cancelled; the Sweden Democrats react by announcing that they will put down a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. (BBC) (The Local)
- Andrei Kobyakov replaces Mikhail Myasnikovich as Belarus‘s new prime minister in the biggest government reshuffle since 2010. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
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