PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Barcelona’s Midfielder Samper Suffers Soleus Injury in Copa del Rey Opener

November 03, 2018

Puerto Rico - PR PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Barcelona’s Midfielder Samper Suffers Soleus Injury in Copa del Rey Opener PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Napoli Demolishes Empoli 5-1 in Serie A PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Valverde Keeps in Mind Barça’s Disappointment to Leganes, Discusses Messi PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Pro-Brexit Donor Arron Banks Faces UK Criminal Probe over Campaign Funding PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Morelia to Take on Tigres in Much-Anticipated Mexican-League Match PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Barcelona’s Midfielder Samper Suffers Soleus Injury in Copa del Rey Opener PRN from mikenova (108 sites) Barcelona’s Midfielder Samper Suffers Soleus Injury in Copa del Rey Opener BARCELONA – FC Barcelona’s midfielder Sergi Samper suffered a soleus injury that forced him to leave the pitch in the most recent Copa del Rey match against third-tier Cultural Leonesa, the Catalan club announced Thursday.Samper had to leave Wednesday’s match 32 minutes into the Spanish cup duel held at Estadio Reino de Leon in Leon, Spain, with substitute Carles Aleña taking Samper’s place.“Tests undertaken this morning have confirmed that Sergi Samper has a torn right soleus.” Barcelona’s statement read on the Catalan side’s official website. Read More PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Napoli Demolishes Empoli 5-1 in Serie A PRN from mikenova (108 sites) Napoli Demolishes Empoli 5-1 in Serie A NAPLES, Italy – Dries Mertens had a hat trick on Friday to lead Napoli 5-1 over relegation-bound Empoli in the opener of the 11th round of the 2018-2019 Serie A season.The win lifts Napoli to second place with 25 points, 3 behind leaders Juventus, though the Turin club have a game in hand. Read More PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Valverde Keeps in Mind Barça’s Disappointment to Leganes, Discusses Messi PRN from mikenova (108 sites) Valverde Keeps in Mind Barça’s Disappointment to Leganes, Discusses Messi BARCELONA – FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde stressed on Friday that his team needs to remember the sting of defeats they experienced in their 2-1 away loss to CD Leganes in La Liga play over a month ago and the lessons they have learned from the away match ahead of Barça’s upcoming match against Rayo Vallecano.Although Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho got Barcelona on the scoreboard early against Leganes in the match that was held at Butarque stadium on Sept. Read More PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Pro-Brexit Donor Arron Banks Faces UK Criminal Probe over Campaign Funding PRN from mikenova (108 sites) Pro-Brexit Donor Arron Banks Faces UK Criminal Probe over Campaign Funding LONDON – The United Kingdom’s national crime agency said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into a high-profile pro-Brexit donor and the unofficial campaign group Leave.EU, which he co-founded, over suspected electoral law offenses linked to foreign funding in the run-up to the 2016 referendum in which the country voted to leave the European Union.Millionaire insurance tycoon and Brexit campaigner Arron Banks, and his associate Elizabeth Bilney, will face a criminal probe after the UK’s electoral commission found alleged wrongdoing regarding the origin of around 8 million pounds of donations he and his companies said they had lent or given to pro-Brexit campaign groups for the referendum.The investigation is set to look into money allocated to Better for the Country, a company set up by Banks to finance Leave.EU, after the commission said a number of criminal offenses could have been committed and referred the case to the NCA.“We have reasonable grounds to suspect money given to Better for the Country came from impermissible sources and that Mr Banks and Ms Bilney, the responsible person for Leave.EU, knowingly concealed the circumstances under which this money was provided,” Bob Posner, director of political finance and regulation at the Commission, said in a statement.The Commission said its investigation centered on 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) reportedly loaned to Better for the Country by Banks as well as another 6 million pounds allocated to the company on behalf of Leave.EU, paid by the insurance mogul himself, adding that at least 2.9 million pounds of this funding was put towards the referendum campaign.Investigators said they had reason to suspect some of the donations came from Rock Holdings Limited, a company incorporated on the Isle of Man, a British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea, which if true would qualify as an inadmissible payment.“The law is that loans and donations to registered campaigners can only come from certain permissible sources, which essentially excludes overseas or foreign funding from any consequent impermissible influence on the outcome of the EU Referendum,” the Commission statement said.The NCA said several other unnamed individuals would be subject to the investigation.Banks, a former donor to the UK’s Conservative Party who in his latter years defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party, has denied any wrongdoing.“I am pleased that the Electoral Commission has referred me to the National Crime Agency,” he said in a statement shared by Leave.EU. Read More PRN-Caribbean News from mikenova (15 sites): Latin American Herald Tribune: Morelia to Take on Tigres in Much-Anticipated Mexican-League Match PRN from mikenova (108 sites) Morelia to Take on Tigres in Much-Anticipated Mexican-League Match MORELIA, Mexico – Morelia will square off on Friday against Tigres UANL in a much-anticipated Matchday 15 contest in the Mexican soccer league’s Apertura championship.The game at Morelos Stadium between the seventh-place Monarcas and the eighth-place Tigres has major playoff implications with just three regular-season games remaining.Morelia has moved into the eight-team playoff zone after three straight wins in October over Leon, Puebla and Guadalajara and will try to maintain its momentum against a competitive but inconsistent rival.“It’s the most important match because we need to win to validate our three previous victories. Read More

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