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A plane carrying more than 100 passengers has crashed into a mountain in China, with smoke being seen terminating from the site of the incident.

Premier League clubs including Arsenal and Tottenham have led the way in building stunning new bases across the past 15 years - but some expensive projects fall by the wayside too.Although many projects get left on the drawing board, others have gone as far as setting up building works before the plug was pulled - resulting in expensive eyesores for the local community.Daily Star Sport has looked at four projects that never made it to fruition, including a half-finished structure that was due to be even bigger than Wembley....Nou Mestalla is a planned 50,000-seat football stadium to replace Valencia's 48,600 seater Mestalla - that remains partially built.With costs estimated to be around £250million, the design features a futuristic exterior as well as aluminium cladding and an unusual wood interior.With plans initially unveiled way back in 2006, planned capacity was reduced from 80,000 to 61,500 and later 54,000, with construction beginning in 2007 - and dreams of a 2009 opening.A tragedy hit when four construction workers lost their lives in 2008, with construction not being renewed after it came to a halt in 2013.The current plan is for the stadium to open in 2024, with an estimate of 43.000-50.000 seats.Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande, now known simply as Guangzhou FC, revealed plans to build a stunning 100,000 seater stadium back in 2020.The new home venue of their club has a construction cost of 12 billion yuan, which is almost £1.5billion, and had a planned opening for December of 2022.However, The Evergrande Group, who are owners of the club and also one of China's largest property developers have since become riddled with debt.The 'Lotus Flower' Stadium has since been left part-filled with seats

football stadium which was due to be bigger than Wembley has been left half-finished with cranes abandoned.Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande, now known simply as Guangzhou FC, drew the attention of fans across the world when they announced plans for their new ground.The initial designs pictured a grand Lotus-shaped structure which had a proposed capacity of 100,000.Not only would that beat the 90,000 that the home of English football can hold, but it would also surpass Barcelona's Camp Nou as the largest football-specific stadium in the world.However, The Evergrande Group, one of China's largest property developers and owners of the club, has since become riddled with debt.They are at the centre of a real estate crisis with debts in the country's sector totalling an estimated £86billion ($117bn).Evergrande themselves have a massive £220b ($300bn) in liabilities, as per The Sun.And that forced them to stop construction of their new 'Lotus Flower Stadium' last year because they simply had no cash to spend. What's your favourite stadium? Let us know in the comments section.It was left part-filled with seats and the cranes that had been used to work on it were left on site with no builders to man them.The stadium, or what there is of it, was set to be auctioned off.But the Chinese government stepped in last December to take it off Evergrande's hands.While it is a sorry story, it is the tip of the iceberg of a major crisis in one of the world's super powers.Thousands of other constructions schemes have been halted too after the Chinese president cracked down on the debt which property companies were building.Evergrande have an estimated 1.5million unfinished houses they need to build, and their dreams of having

Premier League striker was almost attacked by Chinese gangsters when dressing room banter in the Far East almost backfired. Marlon Harewood featured in the West Ham side that infamously made ‘the great escape’ from relegation, when Carlos Tevez fired them to safety on the final day against Manchester United in 2007.Later on in his career, the target man decided to take a risk and signed for Chinese side Guangzhou R&F.On the pitch, Marlon’s time with the club was successful, winning promotion to the Chinese top flight.

The former assistant manager to Gio van Bronckhorst admits life in China is too much of a thrill ride after the Rangers boss named his new No.2

Focused Gio van Bronckhorst touched down at Rangers and immediately started work on adding a No. 2 and could also add a Scottish influence to his coaching team further down the line.

Scottish Premiership champions Rangers are close to appointing Giovanni van Bronckhorst as manager with a deal almost done.The Ibrox club are in search of a new boss after Steven Gerrard opted to move to Aston Villa having guided the Gers to a first league title in 10 years.Last seen in the Far East with Chinese Super League outfit Guangzhou R&F, van Bronckhorst has been unemployed since December.But that now looks set to change with reports that Dutchman is close to 'finalising' a deal.TalkSport journalist Jim White took to Twitter on Wednesday evening to all but confirm the appointment.He tweeted: "Just had it confirmed that @RangersFC and representatives of Giovanni van Bronckhorst are close tonight to finalising [a] deal which will see

Rangers have reportedly held talks with Giovanni van Bronkhorst in London as they step up their search to appoint a new manager.

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney once received a staggering pair of offers to go and play in China - which would have made him the highest-paid footballer on the planet.During the final season of his iconic career at United, The Mirror reported that Rooney was offered an eye-watering £700,000 per week by Chinese Super League clubs Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Beijing Guoan.The CSL was managing to attract some of the biggest names in world football to China at the time, with Rooney's former Red Devils team-mate Carlos Tevez putting pen to paper on a £615,000-a-week contract at Shanghai Shenhua in 2016 - then the largest salary in the sport.Brazilian ace Oscar also left Chelsea in January 2017 to sign a deal worth £400,000 per week

Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock to the new Eco Park plans of Forest Green Rovers - football fans around the world can get ready for some eye-catching new stadiums over the next few years.

Rebecca Davis editorChina’s market regulator has fined Tencent, Alibaba and other tech giants for failing to properly report 22 past merger deals, sending tech shares tumbling Thursday.The country’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a fine of RMB500,000 ($77,000) for each late Wednesday — chump change for Big Tech behemoths but the max allowed by the local anti-trust laws for merger deal violations.The move comes amidst an unprecedented rise in government scrutiny on monopolistic practices in the tech sector whose consequences are reverberating through the entertainment industry.Alibaba was hit with accusations of irregularities for six deals, including one for its 2014 purchase of the Guangzhou F.C.

What is your favourite memory from Marlon Harewood's football career? Let us know in the comments section below.He also scored 14 goals in their first season back in the top flight, but struggled the next season with only three in 32 appearances and after 56 goals in 170 appearances, he moved on to Aston Villa for £4million.He would go on to represent Wolves, Newcastle, Blackpool, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest for a second time, Bristol City and Hartlepool United, as well as a brief spell with Guangzhou R&F in China’s second division.The striker finally hung up his boots at the age of 36 in 2016 after spending a season playing in the seventh tier with National League North outfit Nuneaton Town.Now 41, Harewood makes a living running a luxury

Legolas or J.K. Rowling’s Dobby.

Body modification has surged in popularity over the years.On social media, people have shown off their split tongues, stretched ears, painful dermal piercings, permanent horns and jaw-dropping tattoos.And now, body mod fans have gone wild for another extreme trend that will make you wince.People are getting pointy ear surgery to look more like the elfish characters you see in cartoons, fairytales and fantasy series.Some also believe the pointed shape can make the face look more slender and flattering.The craze is particularly popular in China, where plastic surgeons have noticed an increase in demand from customers in recent months.A doctor at Gaoshang Medical Cosmetic Center in the city of Guangzhou told the South China Morning Post that

China, suffered from congenital anomalies at birth and as she grew older, she struggled to achieve daily life tasks.Her family took her to Guangzhou Heping Orthopaedic Hospital and sought medical advice.Ting Ting's parents were told that their daughter appeared to have polydactyly – where a person has more than five fingers per hand and more than five toes per foot.In videos and pictures taken by the doctors, the young girl shows her hands in front of the camera – with seven fingers on each hand.One doc explained that Ting Ting had two or more fingers fused together, a type of deformity known as syndactyly.She also had seven toes on her left foot and six on her right, which the doctor hoped to remove the extra digits through surgical

Rebecca Davis editorLegendary documentarian Wang Bing is at HAF this year with his new project “I Come from Ikotun,” which follows two Nigerian families with a foothold in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou over the course of the pandemic.Known for his epically long, unflinching works that have previously tackled sensitive issues like China’s brutal re-education camps, Wang will this time turn his lens on a more cross-cultural subject.

Yahoo.Her body was later placed on the kitchen floor of the home in Zigong next to a hairdryer plugged into a burned out plug socket before Fu made off.When his brother informed him of her death later the same day, Fu claimed he was in Guangzhou – 1,500km (932 miles) away.In a bid to cover his tracks, Fu booked a flight after the murder to make it look as though he had arrived in Zigong after the incident.However, police launched a murder inquiry after finding blood on her curtains and scratches on a wall.And CCTV footage placed him in the city before her death, according to local media in 2019.Court documents revealed Fu had taken a personal accident insurance policy out in his mum's name, worth 400,000 yuan (£44,428), in November 2017 –

the BBC, Gao said that she had been introduced to a plastic surgery clinic in the city of Guangzhou by a friend, and decided to get a ‘slight trim’ on her nose as she believed it would help her career.Gao is a singer and actress who has already starred in a number of films and TV shows.She said: ‘The entire procedure lasted four hours.

golden retriever went viral after the owner shared the heart-stopping moment on Chinese social media app Douyin, amassing 3.1 million likes.In the short clip, the owner, from the city of Guangzhou in southeastern China, finds Coco lying against a concrete wall with blood-like stains on her snout and on the floor.The dog refuses to flinch and waits for her owner approach.Fearing the pooch might be dead, the panic-stricken owner slowly walks towards Coco and suddenly, the animal wakes up and looks at her owner.Later he found out Coco had eaten the exotic dragon fruit and the juice got smeared on her fur coat.The owner wrote: "Sorry, I thought you are...

Rangers hero Giovanni van Bronckhorst reckons the Premiership title race will go right to the wire. And the Dutchman is backing his old club to wreck Celtic’s bid for an historic 10 in a row - and usher in a new era of success at Ibrox.  Van Bronckhorst has seen enough desire in Steven Gerrard ’s side to convince him this can be their year as they look to end a decade of dominance in the east end of Glasgow.

dog affectionately groomed his cat best-friend before the animals shared a hug.Footage of Duo Duo the golden retriever lovingly licking his best friend snowball surfaced online after their Chinese owner, An, shared it.An told reporters the animals share a strong bond after they grew up together in Guangzhou, northwest of Hong Kong.The furry friends are always by each other’s side, An said, and started uploading videos of Duo Duo and Snowball on the Chinese equivalent of TikTok last year. In the latest video, Duo Duo can be seen stroking Snowball with his face, before lovingly licking her head.