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The Star
13 hours ago
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Pogba joins Monaco after serving doping ban
FILE PHOTO: Paul Pogba poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 19, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo (Reuters) -Paul Pogba has joined AS Monaco on a free transfer after signing a two-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Saturday, as the 32-year-old French midfielder looks to revive his career following a doping ban. Pogba was handed a four-year doping ban in February 2024 after testing positive for DHEA, which boosts testosterone levels. The suspension was cut to 18 months after a successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Italian club Juventus announced in November that they had mutually agreed to terminate his contract, which was due to expire in June 2026. The 2018 World Cup winner had a disappointing second spell with Juventus due to injuries after returning to the Turin-based club following his departure from Manchester United on a free transfer in 2022. Pogba was signed by United in 2016 for a then-world record fee of 89 million pounds ($122 million) but the four-times Serie A champion won only two trophies with the Premier League club — the League Cup and Europa League in his first season. He last played for France in 2022 but knee surgery prevented him from appearing at the World Cup in Qatar. Monaco finished third behind Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain and Olympique de Marseille last season. ($1 = 0.7292 pounds) (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

Straits Times
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Pogba joins Monaco after serving doping ban
FILE PHOTO: Paul Pogba poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film \"Highest 2 Lowest\" Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 19, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Paul Pogba has joined AS Monaco on a free transfer after signing a two-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Saturday, as the 32-year-old French midfielder looks to revive his career following a doping ban. Pogba was handed a four-year doping ban in February 2024 after testing positive for DHEA, which boosts testosterone levels. The suspension was cut to 18 months after a successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Italian club Juventus announced in November that they had mutually agreed to terminate his contract, which was due to expire in June 2026. The 2018 World Cup winner had a disappointing second spell with Juventus due to injuries after returning to the Turin-based club following his departure from Manchester United on a free transfer in 2022. Pogba was signed by United in 2016 for a then-world record fee of 89 million pounds ($122 million) but the four-times Serie A champion won only two trophies with the Premier League club — the League Cup and Europa League in his first season. He last played for France in 2022 but knee surgery prevented him from appearing at the World Cup in Qatar. Monaco finished third behind Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain and Olympique de Marseille last season. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

Elle
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Rihanna Puts a Chic Twist on Menswear in a Pistachio-Green Maternity Look at the Dior Show
THE RUNDOWN Rihanna and A$AP Rocky brought their star power to Jonathan Anderson's first Dior menswear show in Paris today. The couple coordinated their looks, with Rihanna standing out in a white top, pistachio-green vest (one of the season's trendiest colors), gray slacks, and a long quilted jacket. The star and brand ambassador, who is expecting her third child with Rocky, wore her hair up and accessorized with sunglasses. Rocky, meanwhile, complemented her in a pastel-blue button-up top and a striped tie. This marks the couple's biggest joint appearance since they attended the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Rocky's film Highest 2 Lowest last month: Rihanna and Rocky announced they were expecting at the 2025 Met Gala, which Rocky co-chaired. Rihanna spoke to Entertainment Tonight about her pregnancy on the red carpet, saying, 'I'm good. I'm shockingly feeling okay and not too overwhelmed at the moment. I mean, at first, it was kind of like, 'Ahhh.'' The couple has two sons: 3-year-old RZA and 1-year-old Riot, who will turn two on August 1. Rihanna discussed her kids' personalities in a Harper's Bazaar interview earlier this year. 'RZA is just an empath,' she said. 'He's so magical. He loves music. He loves melody. He loves books. He loves water. Bath time, swimming, pool, beach, anything. And Riot, he's just hilarious. When he wakes up, he starts to squeal, scream. Not in a crying way. He just wants to sing. And I'm like, 'Okay, here we go!' He's my alarm in the morning! He's not taking no for an answer from anyone. I don't know where he came from, dude,' she joked.


UPI
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Adria Arjona recalls 'Andor' audition: 'I was freaking out'
1 of 5 | Adria Arjona attends the premiere of "Highest 2 Lowest" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. She discussed "Andor" on "Kimmel" Monday. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- Adria Arjona says she "was freaking out" when she auditioned for the Star Wars series Andor. She dished about the experience to her co-star Diego Luna, who portrays Cassian Andor in the Rogue One prequel, and who is guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live this week. "I did the first scene and it lasted maybe a minute. I got no notes, which, if any of you here are an actor, that is a horrible thing. That means I failed. That means I didn't get the job," Arjona said. She said writer-creator Tony Gilroy then had Luna leave the room for her next scene. She made a mistake and then tried again. "And I was freaking out," she said. "Then I do the scene again, and silence in the room. I'm freaking out. I'm like, 'I didn't get the job. I didn't get the job. This is the second time I don't get a Star Wars job. I'll never get it again.' And I was heartbroken." "And then Tony just kind of looks at me and goes, 'Welcome to Star Wars, kid,'" she added. "He changed my life in 10 minutes." The second and final season of the series landed on Disney+ April 22. May the 4th: Fans channel the Force on Star Wars Day Star Wars fans turned out in full costume to honor the Force in in Yokohama, Kanagawa-Prefecture, Japan, on May 4, 2025. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo


Sinar Daily
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sinar Daily
Rihanna, A$AP Rocky watch Denzel Washington award in Cannes
Washington was at the festival for the first time for the premiere of his latest film with director Spike Lee, "Highest 2 Lowest". 20 May 2025 08:35am US actor Denzel Washington receives the Honorary Palme d'Or ahead of the screening of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) CANNES - Rapper A$AP Rocky and his partner Rihanna watched on as Denzel Washington received a surprise lifetime award at the Cannes film festival on Monday. Washington, 70, was at the festival for the first time for the premiere of his latest film with director Spike Lee, "Highest 2 Lowest". US actor Denzel Washington (C) receives the Honorary Palme d'Or from US director and executive producer Spike Lee (L) next to Cannes Film Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux ahead of the screening of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Valery HACHE / POOL / AFP) The two-time Oscar-winning actor was presented with an honorary Palme d'Or by festival chiefs Thierry Fremaux and Iris Knobloch before the screening, where A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were among the VIPs. A$AP Rocky is Washington's co-star in "Highest 2 Lowest", extending an acting career that includes "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" by Mary Bronstein, which showed at the Berlin film festival in February. Before handing over the prize to Washington, Fremaux introduced a montage of Washington's memorable performances including in "Malcolm X" and "Mo' Better Blues", both directed by Lee. Barbadian singer and actress Rihanna leaves after the screening of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP) Clips were also shown from "Glory", which earned him an Oscar for best supporting actor in 1989, and "Training Day", for which he won best actor in 2002. The cast of "Highest 2 Lowest" put on a show on the Cannes red carpet, with Spike Lee in an orange pinstripe suit, round glasses and an orange-and-blue hat, and A$AP Rocky showing off a gold dental piece. Although Cannes usually hands out honorary awards in dedicated ceremonies, it is not unusual for actors to receive them unexpectedly -- as happened with Harrison Ford at the premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" in 2023. - AFP More Like This