Football League faces salary cap delay as negotiations drag on

Although she is hard at work training for the next Olympics or gymnastics tournament, Simone Biles is still getting in some quality time with her close friends and confidants. On July 22, the decorated athlete, 23, took to her Instagram story to wish Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens a happy 25th birthday! In the initial photo, reposted by The Shade Room, Simone shared a pic of herself getting a piggyback ride from Jonathan.

Three tracks are battling it out to land the first Number 1 on the brand-new Official Afrobeats Chart. 

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTikTok and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement, which accounts for TikTok’s past use of musical works and “sets up a forward-looking partnership,” according to the announcement.The popular mobile video site — which features music in many of its posts — and NMPA, the trade association representing American music publishers and songwriters, had previously sparred over terms, and according to sources, NMPA had even threatened to sue TikTok earlier this year.

Odsonne Edouard with a view to a summer move. The Frenchman has hit 23 and 28 goals in the past two seasons, and is expected to be hot property this summer.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) hospitals, including the Manchester Royal Infirmary(MRI), Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General.

Is a “pre-engagement dinner” a thing? It might be now, thanks to Demi Lovato. Before the 27-year-old “I Love Me” singer announced that she and actor Max Ehrich were getting married, she and the former Young and the Restless star were seen going to dinner at Nobu in Malibu on July 22. Both Demi and Max, 28, wore protective face gear as they entered and exited the eater, but what really caught everyone’s eyes was Demi’s outfit. As if she was rehearsing before her nuptials, Demi wore an all-white mini dress with matching pumps. She accessorized with a glittery handbag – and her boyfriend/soon-to-be-fiancé. All she was missing was the bridal train, a bouquet of flowers, and a ringbearer.

ABBEY Clancy looked incredible in plunging dress as she posed in a garden shoot. Abbey looked sensational in fresh photos on Instagram, as she and husband Peter Crouch holiday in Portugal with their kids.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPrimary Wave Music Publishing has acquired a stake in the music publishing catalog and master recordings of Devo, one of the most influential and longest-running acts to emerge from the new wave era. The acquisition includes some of the group’s biggest hits, including “Whip It,” “That’s Good,” “Girl U Want,” “Freedom of Choice,” and more.Devo will now have access to Primary Wave’s publishing infrastructure, which includes digital strategy, marketing, licensing, synch opportunities and film & TV production.“As a founder of Devo, the band and the concept, I feel the evidence of real De-evolution is growing daily,” says the group’s Gerald Casale.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitter fell short of Wall Street earnings expectations for the second quarter of 2020 as total revenue fell 19%, despite packing on a record 20 million daily active users in the period.What Twitter calls “monetizable” daily active users increased 34% year over year to 186 million, adding 20 million in Q2 and representing the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate “since we began reporting mDAU growth,” said Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, in announcing earnings.Even with the earnings miss, Twitter shares were up more than 6% in pre-market trading Thursday.

straight to your inboxManchester City have at least two more games to achieve an astounding new landmark in English football history.The Blues have lost their Premier League and FA Cup titles, but already have the League Cup in the bag and are pursuing Champions League glory.But with just one league game left – at home to relegated Norwich on Sunday – and with between one and four European fixtures to go, they need just three goals for an incredible record. Manuel Pellegrini’s City smashed the English goalscoring record for all competitions in 2013-14, their 156 goals eclipsing the 57-year-old record of 143 set by Manchester United’s Busby Babes in the 1956-57 season.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Following through on news Deadline broke in May, Pluto TV and Verizon have activated their game-changing distribution partnership and revealed new programming details.Starting today, 100,000-plus hours of free, ad-supported programming on ViacomCBS-owned Pluto are available to Verizon customers. The service will come in the form of an app on Android mobile devices and pre-installed on Fios cable boxes and Stream TV and 5G Amazon Home Fire devices.The companies aren’t offering a precise number, but say “tens of millions” of Verizon customers will now have access to Pluto’s hundreds of channels, a significant step in the evolution of the pay-TV bundle.

Join thousands of fans who have signed up to our Celtic newsletter.Celtic have been offered a cheeky friendly from an Ayrshire non-league side.Darvel FC, who will be playing in the new West of Scotland League, have thrown out a cheeky request to play the Scottish Premiership champions after their friendly plans with Dundalk and Derry fell through.Darvel sent the Hoops a message saying: "Hi Celtic, we have heard a few issues about not being able to face your planned opponents at friendly games."Fancy a knock about at Recreation Park?"Celtic's campaign will kick-off next weekend at home to Hamilton, and Darvel are still waiting to find out when their's will start - with October looking the most likely.The Vale have Old Firm experience in

Shkodran Mustafi is set to miss the FA Cup final in a huge injury blow for Arsenal.

straight to your inboxManchester United are delaying decisions on signings amid uncertainty over Champions League qualification.The MEN understands United have not put out any more feelers after it was confirmed the summer transfer window would open on July 27 and close on October 5.Senior United figures are believed to have held a meeting last week that was attended by Matthew Judge, tasked with negotiating transfers, before the window opens on Monday.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorChinese state television is removing English Premier League soccer matches from their schedule amid the growing political feud between Beijing and the UK government.CCTV, which has the rights in China, won’t be showing the remainder of the current season, per a Bloomberg report.

A Premier League club almost lost £1m during a transfer deal after they were targeted by cyber criminals.

Princess Beatrice allegedly made a "last minute request" to borrow her grandmother the Queen's dress for her surprise wedding.The 31 year old wore a Sir Norman Hartnell diamanté encrusted taffeta gown from Her Majesty to marry Italian property developer Edoard Mapelli Mozzi, 36, in Windsor on Friday, 17 July.The Queen wore the same gown to the royal premiere of Lawrence of Arabia at London's Leicester Square back in December 1962. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefState-controlled China Central Television (CCTV) has halted broadcasting English soccer matches. The move appears to be a result of growing political tensions between China and the U.K.CCTV canceled its coverage of the game between Liverpool and Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentBad Wolf, the producer of “The Night Of” for HBO, “A Discovery of Witches” for Sky, and “His Dark Materials” for BBC and HBO, has optioned rights for the book “Coming Undone” by Terri White, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine, in a deal with Anna Pallai at AMP Literary.The production company, led by former BBC executives Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, has secured the option for the “honest and unflinching memoir” – published by Canongate this summer – which “documents her life unravelling as a successful editor haunted by past events, and her precarious navigation back from a life in pieces,” according to a statement from Bad Wolf.The book details the years spent battling between her

Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to launch a vegan ‘no pepperoni’ pizza with claims that it “tastes like the real deal.” The Vegan ‘No Pepperoni’ Pizza is now available for £2.50 at most Morrisons pizza counters across Scotland. Pepperoni has long been voted the UK’s favourite pizza topping, and so Morrisons has created the much-anticipated vegan alternative for those looking to cut down on their meat intake or anyone who fancies trying something a little bit different.