Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema snubbed Man Utd as he 'dreamed' of Real Madrid

Aspiring young chefs are being invited to take part in a cook-off challenge by creating tasty recipes using quality produce from Lanarkshire’s own natural larder.

The SPFL have pulled the plug on the scheduled meeting to discuss the rancorous cinch sponsorship grievance with Rangers after legal advice.

“Right now we’re in a place where he seems comfortable and I seem comfortable and it isn’t necessary at the moment," she told The Mirror.In the past three weeks, the 62-year-old has been in the spotlight after Strictly viewers took aim at the head judge.This includes being branded “sexist” towards singer Fleur East, “jealous” of TV star Kym Marsh and is now the bookies’ favourite to get sacked by 2023.Despite the trouble, however, she has received support not least from her loving husband.Her colleagues, who include judges Craig Revel Horwood, Anton Du Beke, and Motsi Mabuse, as well as Strictly favourite Bruno Tonioli, have given her their unwavering support.Speaking further about the “trolling” she has received, Shirley said it has been worse this year than any other time in the past.It came as the Strictly judge was accused of sexism, claims she vehemently denied adding, “you couldn’t be further away from sexist than I am”.Fans have hit out at Shirley for reported favouritism towards the show’s male contestants.The series judge has also been accused of having “favourites whether they have ability or not”, with some viewers calling for her to be sacked on Twitter as they claim she has “no credibility as a judge”.Not long after, Shirley was lambasted by critics for giving Fleur East a nine out of 10, when other judges were hesitant to award her highly.@Cumiskey55 penned: “Come off it Shirley.That was not a 9 performance by any means.“You’ve obviously been told to tone it down on Fleur.

James Martin declared that his dyslexia had gone viral, after a host of amused Instagrammers - including Lisa Snowdon - posted footage of him announcing he'd seen a "delicious looking dick".The 50-year-old blamed the blunder on his struggle to read the autocue. Luckily, James saw the funny side of it when he took to Instagram later, assuring his followers that fortunately the errors don't happen often."Ha ha it read on the autocue what a delicious looking dish from Rick now I'm going to make spotted dick and custard!" he explained."It doesn't happen often, thank God, but this is the day my dyslexia went live and viral!"Lisa Snowdon had reposted the clip, in which an Instagram humour site had jokingly praised it for being "the finest eleven seconds of television ever broadcast in the UK".As his followers brought out the tears of laughter emoji and Lisa Snowdon quipped: "Wish I'd seen this before bumping into @jamesmartinchef yesterday", James took the moment in good humour.Meanwhile, Holly Willoughby - who has also been open about her own battle with dyslexia - shared his latest book, Potato, with followers while making a mistake of her own."I mean you can't beet (sic) a potato," she exclaimed, thanking James for giving her a copy of the book after he returned to This Morning with her and Phillip Schofield.Last month, James also shared footage of himself signing an overwhelmingly huge amount of copies as he prepared for the launch.Followers jokingly quizzed him on whether his follow-up would be titled "Chips", as anticipation rose for his latest recipes.Meanwhile, James also advertised the Roux Scholarship on his account earlier in the week, promising that chefs from a diverse range of backgrounds would be welcomed in a

World Cup with a little mid-tournament help from their gorgeous WAGs. Like most nations, Belgium will be locked away in a hotel during next month's competition in Qatar.

Ballon d’Or for the first time in his career after a truly magnificent year for Real Madrid. His winning goals in the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals of the Champions League helped drag Carlo Ancelotti’s side to their 14th triumph in the old competition.The Frenchman also contributed a stunning 44 goals and 15 assist in all competitions for the Spanish giants, who also went on to win La Liga.

Manchester United target Radja Nainggolan has been suspended indefinitely by his club after being caught smoking in the dugout.Nainggolan, 34, was named amongst the substitutes for Belgian side Royal Antwerp against Standard Liege on Sunday (October 18), a decision he clearly didn't take kindly to. He decided to take a few puffs of his e-cigarette before kick-off while sat on the bench.Having also been arrested last week for driving with an expired licence, Antwerp have taken a stand, releasing a statement which read: "The club had a conversation with Radja Nainggolan about his general behaviour and how this affects the club and the team.READ MORE: Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema snubbed Man Utd as he 'dreamed' of Real Madrid"The club has decided to expel Radja from team A indefinitely.

Manchester United defender Raphael Varane has sent a message of congratulations the way of 2022 Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema.

Robert Lewandowski has sent a reminder to Erling Haaland that he might not be a shoo-in for next year’s Best Striker award at the Ballon d’Or.

Rihanna - before joking about their social media interactions. Benzema, now 34, is in the the form of his life having scored 44 goals in all competitions for Real Madrid last season before picking up the 2022 Ballon d'Or ahead of Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne.

Real Madrid shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois struggled to hide his disappointment after he missed out on a spot on the 2022 Ballon d'Or podium.The big Belgian was hoping to become the first goalkeeper since the legendary Lev Yashin in 1963. Bu the shot-stopper failed to even claim a spot on the podium, and Courtois struggled to hide his emotions when speaking to the Spanish media.The Belgian said: I'm very happy for Karim Benzema.

Darwin Nunez has been stumbling from calamity to calamity all season and has even managed to turn his 2022 Ballon d'Or nomination into a point of ridicule.The Liverpool striker received a grand total of zero votes to finish dead lost in the polls, but at least he wasn't alone.Manchester City's Joao Cancelo joined him at the foot of the leaderboard, as did Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger, AC Milan's Mike Maignan, RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku and Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich, all of whom failed to garner a single vote.READ MORE: Karim Benzema's winning Ballon d'Or outfit inspired by rap legend Tupac say fansReal Madrid striker Karim Benzema was deservedly named Ballon d'Or winner after inspiring Los Blancos to La Liga and Champions League glory last season, pipping Bayern's Sadio Mane and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne to top spot.Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski and Liverpool forward Mo Salah completed the top five, with City goal machine Erling Haaland settling for a 10th-place finish.Elsewhere, Spain and Barcelona prodigy Gavi won the Kopa trophy, awarded the best U21 player, while Madrid's Thibaut Courtois scooped the Yashin trophy, given to the best goalkeeper.Does Darwin Nunez have any chance of being nominated for the Ballon d'Or again next year? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.For the first time ever the Ballon d'Or was based on the results of the previous season instead of the calendar year, meaning Nunez' nomination was more than justified, despite his stuttering start to life at Anfield.The 23-year-old netted 34 goals in 41 games in all competitions for Benfica last season, promoting the Reds to bring him to Merseyside for a club-record fee in June.Nunez bagged a goal on his debut in

Kevin De Bruyne has become the first player in the history of Manchester City to be named one of the top three players in the world.

Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon d'Or with eight Manchester-based players named in the top-30.

Real Madrid ace beat the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Kevin De Bruyne, and Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the prestigious title on Monday evening at a ceremony in Paris' Theatre du Chatelet. The French striker, who scored in Real's 3-1 El Clasico win over Barcelona on Sunday, netted 27 goals last season in the league - and was even the top scorer in the Champions League with 15.Overall, he scored 44 goals in 46 appearances across all competitions.

Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool couldn't compete with Manchester City - well today they could, and how!Despite making their worst start to a Premier League season in a decade the Reds successfully rose to the occasion to remind Pep Guardiola's runaway reigning champions that they're not as invincible as they've looked for the past two months.A couple of little tweaks made all the difference as Klopp's side finally shook off their early-season jitters to hand City their first defeat of the campaign.

Manchester City have no fresh injury concerns for their trip to Anfield to face Liverpool on Sunday, with Erling Haaland fit and expected to return to the starting line-up.

Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly set to attend next week's Ballon d'Or ceremony - but football fans can't understand why. A five-time winner of the award, the Manchester United star is in the running again this time around, although he is not expected to take top honours.

Kevin De Bruyne expects to face an in-form and full-throttle Liverpool at Anfield this weekend despite their poor start to the season. Jurgen Klopp's side have won just two of their eight Premier League games so far and trail Manchester City by 13 points already, with their manager already declaring their title challenge over.