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Thibaut Courtois signs new five-year deal at Chelsea

• Thibaut Courtois has agreed a new five-year contract at Chelsea
• The 22-year-old revealed last week he was set to sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge when he returned from international duty with Belgium
• Courtois has now established himself as Blues' No1 ahead of Petr Cech

Petr Cech's chances of squeezing out Thibaut Courtois suffered another blow on Thursday night when the new Chelsea No 1 signed a five-year contract.

Chelsea have moved swiftly in negotiations with Belgium goalkeeper Courtois after he returned to Stamford Bridge following three years on loan with Atletico Madrid. His new contract, worth about £100,000 a week, confirms that his long-term future is at Chelsea working with Jose Mourinho.

Courtois started the season ahead of Cech and there appears no way back into the team for the popular keeper. Cech was given permission to leave on transfer deadline day but he opted to stay at Chelsea. 

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho discuss Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois' rivalry 

Thibaut Courtois has pledged his long-term future to Chelsea by signing a new five-year deal with the club

Thibaut Courtois in action for Chelsea earlier this season against Leicester at Stamford Bridge

The Czech keeper, 32, has won three Premier League titles and the Champions League with Chelsea but Mourinho is looking to the long-term future.

Courtois, 22, played in Atletico Madrid’s La Liga-winning team last season and was in the side who lost to rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

He signed his new deal after returning from the international break and will face Swansea at Stamford Bridge on Friday.

Courtois said: ‘I’m very happy with this deal, it’s nice to have signed this new contract for five years. My future was already sorted but it’s nice to know that I am going to be here for another five years. Now I can just concentrate on playing games.’

Courtois has conceded four goals in his opening three games since replacing Cech in goal, including three in the remarkable 6-3 win at Everton on August 30.

Blow: Petr cech has fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge following the return of Courtois

Thibaut Courtois celebrates an Atletico Madrid goal at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League semi-final last season

 

Apple lancar dua versi iPhone skrin besar

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple hari ini melancarkan dua versi terbaharu iPhone dengan menampilkan saiz skrin besar iaitu 4.7 inci dan 5.5 inci.
Ketika melancarkan iPhone 6 dan iPhone 6 Plus itu, Ketua Eksekutif Apple, Tim Cook berkata, hari ini syarikat itu melancarkan "kemajuan terbesar dalam sejarah iPhone".
Sementara itu, Naib Presiden Kanan Apple, Phil Schiller ketika pelancaran itu di Cupertino, California berkata, iPhone terbaharu berkenaan adalah "amat menakjubkan" dengan paparan yang ditingkatkan dengan kaca polarisasi.

Usaha terbaharu Apple itu apabila memperkenalkan model skrin empat inci iPhone adalah sebagai memenuhi permintaan pengguna yang kini beralih kepada telefon pintar dengan skrin lebih besar untuk menonton video dan melayari Internet.
Selain itu, Apple turut melancarkan jam pintar yang ditunggu-tunggu sebelum ini sekali gus menonjolkan ciri-ciri sebuah iPhone kepada skrin lebih kecil.
Dikenali sebagai Apple Watch, gajet berkenaan melambangkan percubaan untuk menjadi pencetus trend teknologi bagi era gajet berasaskan komputer yang boleh dipakai dan meningkatkan jualan bersama-sama produk lain. - AFP

Naib Presiden Kanan Apple, Phil Schiller berucap memperkenalkan iPhone 6 (kiri) and the iPhone 6 Plus di Cupertino, California, pagi ini. - Foto REUTERS

Kereta Jaguar berkarat dijual RM401,223

KEADAAN sebuah kereta Jaguar model E-type keluaran tahun 1961 yang dilelong baru-baru ini.- Agensi

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LONDON - Sebuah kereta jenis Jaguar model E-type keluaran tahun 1961 yang sudah berkarat dijual pada harga £78,000 (RM401,223) dalam satu acara lelongan di sini baru-baru ini, lapor MailOnline semalam.
Bagaimanapun, pemilik baharu kereta tersebut terpaksa membelanjakan lebih £120,000 (RM617,529) lagi untuk membaiki kenderaan itu.
Hampir semua bahagian pada kereta itu termasuk enjin, badan dan bahagian dalam sudah berkarat.
Model tersebut dianggap sangat jarang dijumpai dan dianggarkan hanya 170 buah sahaja yang masih wujud di dunia.
Seorang pengumpul kereta Jaguar, Nick Goldthorp berkata, kereta-kereta seperti itu menjadi tumpuan pengumpul kereta dan tidak hairanlah ia berharga sangat tinggi.
"Harga kereta ini selepas dibaiki akan meningkat lagi dan pemiliknya masih lagi boleh meraih keuntungan jika menjualnya kelak," katanya. - Agensi

From China’s Terracotta Army to the 'Door to Hell'

• The adventure starts in Finland and stops off in ten countries over 30 days
• Trip will see travellers flying in business class and staying in luxury hotels
• Journey includes stops in China, the US, India, Japan and Madagascar 

If you are looking for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday and have a lot of cash to spare, a tour operator is prepared to take you on a fascinating trip around the world.

Luxury lifestyle website VeryFirstTo is offering a month-long trek to see ten of the world’s wonders for the tidy sum of £77,500.

Holidaymakers will be taken to destinations in countries such as India, Finland, China and the US by a travel company that once offered an elaborate two-year holiday visiting all 962 World Heritage sites across the globe.

The trip will begin with a visit to Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Finland where guests will be able to see the spectacular Northern Lights while staying in a glass igloo

Billed as a trip ‘like no other’, it has been arranged by luxury travel specialists Hurlingham Travel, who have just been shortlisted for The Luxury Travel Agency of The Year Award.

The itinerary will begin with a trip to the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Finland where guests will be able to see the spectacular Northern Lights while staying in a glass igloo.

From there it is off to Petra in Jordan, the only ancient city in the world that is part hewn from rock wall. It is iconic and instantly recognisable in part due to its starring role in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Petra in Jordan is instantly recognisable after featuring in 1989 film Indian Jones and the Last Crusade

The next stop on the journey is Turkmenistan’s ‘Door to Hell’ - the world’s only burning natural gas field. It was created after Soviet geologists, who were drilling at the site in 1971, tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. 

In an effort to prevent the poisonous gases escaping they set it alight in the hope of burning it off. It is still burning more than 40 years later.

The fourth destination is Madagascar and a visit to see the unique and endangered Adansonia Grandidieri tree.

The tour will then travel to the Keibul Lamjao National Park in India, giving travellers the chance to see the rare and endangered Sangai deer, before a trip to see China’s Terracotta Army.

The collection of sculptures that depict the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, is a form of funerary art that was buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and wasn’t rediscovered until 1974.

The tour will include a trip to see China’s Terracotta Army, sculptures that depict the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China

Turkmenistan’s ‘Door to Hell’ - the world’s only burning natural gas field. In an effort to prevent the poisonous gases escaping, geologists set it alight in 1971. It is still burning more than 40 years later

 

The eighth destination on the list is Japan with a visit to the spectacular wisteria tunnel located in the Kawachi Fuji Gardens

The journey will continue onto the island of Komodo - the only place in the world to see the magnificent Komodo dragon in its natural habitat.

The eighth destination on the list is Japan with a visit to the spectacular wisteria tunnel located in the Kawachi Fuji Gardens.

Guests are then flown to South Dakota in the US to visit the Corn Palace, the only one in existence.

The tour ends at Mexico’s San Juan Parangaricutiro, a town buried by the eruption of the Volcan de Paricutin in 1943. The ruins were featured in Henry Hathaway's 1954 Western, Garden of Evil

The fourth destination is Madagascar and a visit to see the unique and endangered Adansonia Grandidieri tree

Guests are flown to South Dakota in the US to visit the only Corn Palace in existence

The tour ends at Mexico’s San Juan Parangaricutiro, a town buried by the eruption of the Volcan de Paricutin in 1943. The ruins were featured in Henry Hathaway's 1954 Western, Garden of Evil.

The trip will include stays at luxury hotels including China’s Shangri-La, the W Hotel in Minneapolis and the Jayakurta Suites in Komodo, while all flights will be business class.

Those who splash out on the round-the-world trip will also be able to buy a set of ten shirts, designed by clothing company 1 Like No Other and with fabric selected ‘from the finest European Mills’. The shirts have been specially created to suit each destination.

A donation of £1,000 will be made to The Prince’s Trust charity each time the trip is purchased. 

Other holidays recently offered by VeryFirstTo include the TCS Global Icons Private Jet Tour, which flies travellers to 35 of the world's most iconic landmarks by private jet at a cost of £54,000.

Real life Crocodile Dundee!

• 84-year-old Australian man, George, has spent his life hunting crocodiles
• Captured 18 foot-long Cassius in 1987 and has stayed with him ever since
• George feeds his one tonne pet everyday, as he has done for 30 years
• Cassius now lives in George's crocodile sanctuary, Marineland Melanesia

A crocodile hunter who spent 17 years in pursuit of the dangerous animals now lives with the biggest captive crocodile in the world.

George Craig, 84, from Green Island, Australia, captured dangerous crocodile Cassius - who is 18ft-long and weighs a tonne - 30 years ago, and the pair have lived together ever since.

As a young man George spent 17 years hunting fierce and dangerous crocodiles, and relocating them to a safe enclosure, where they weren't a threat to humans. 

While George is sure Cassius knows who he is, he also believes that Cassius would eat him given the chance

George has fed Cassius every day for 30 years and has a soft spot for the gigantic animal

Hello Cassius! The 18 foot, one tonne reptile is the largest captive crocodile in the world

George captured Cassius in 1987 from a river in the Northern Territory, where he was notorious for his huge size - and was under threat of being hunted down and killed by the local population.

Cassisus, who is missing his front left leg and tip of his tail due to vicious fights, was deemed a massive threat to humans after attacking boats.

So George set about capturing him to save his life, and bringing him to live in his sanctuary.

Cassius has lived at George's sanctuary, Marineland Melanesia, for the past 30 years, but even after feeding him every day, George knows Cassius would eat him in a second, given the chance. 

George has long been a brave adventurer. Here he is in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s

George rescued Cassius from angry Northern Territory, Australia, locals in 1987

The crocodile hunter used just rope and his brave spirit to capture the aggressive animal

Billy Craig, George's grandson who helps run the sanctuary, has now released a series of photographs charting his grandfather's life with Casssius.

Billy, 23, said: ‘George likes to feed Cassius personally and after 30 years of being his caretaker, he does have a soft spot for Cassius.

‘Cassius is aware of who George is but there are no illusions that he would eat him if he had the chance, without a doubt.’

‘Cassius was a problem crocodile with a very aggressive nature. He was becoming notorious and he would have almost certainly been killed if he hadn't been removed and taken to a safe place by my grandfather. 

George spent 17 years of his life battling dangerous crocodiles and moving them to his safe enclosure

This real-life Crocodile Dundee owns Marineland Melanesa, a crocodile sanctuary

‘He captured him the old-fashioned way - with ropes and brave spirit.

‘He was then transferred by a truck 1850 miles Cairns and then by boat to Green Island. George named him Cassius Clay the boxer.’

Cassius now lives at George's family business Marineland Melanesia, which was set up in 1969, in order to provide a place for the crocodiles to live safely.

It was a long journey to bring Cassius home. George travelled him by truck to Cairns and by boat to Green Island

Cassius, in 2014, looks every bit as menacing as he did when he was captured

Aggressive five-metre crocodile locks jaws on camera (related)

Louis van Gaal has no excuses

• Manchester United have the most expensive squad in the Premier League
• The Red Devils team cost £379.4m to assemble
• Louis van Gaal has made a number of big money signings
• Angel di Maria moved to Old Trafford in a £59.7m move from Real Madrid

Louis van Gaal won’t have any excuses if Manchester United fail to mount a title challenge this season – he has easily the most expensive squad in the Premier League at his disposal.

After a tumultuous summer transfer window closed last week, Mail on Sunday research can reveal the United boss has been left with a squad that cost £379.4million to assemble, more than either Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini or Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho can boast.

Since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement a little over a year ago, United’s new 'noisy neighbours' policy has seen them spend a staggering £215 million on players to try and stay on top of the tree.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Louis van Gaal: A new team is not built in one month

No excuses:the Manchester United squad at Louis van Gaal's disposal is worth a staggering £379million

Big deals: Angel di Maria and Radamel Falcao both arrived at Old Trafford in big-money moves this summer

UNITED'S 14/15 SQUAD BREAKDOWN

Wayne Rooney: £27million, Michael Carrick: £18.6million, Rafael: £2.5million, 

Antonio Valencia: £16million, Chris Smalling: £10million, Phil Jones: £16.5million 

David de Gea: £18.9million, Ashley Young £16million, Robin van Persie: £24million 

Marouane Fellaini: £27.5million, Juan Mata: £37.1million, Ander Herrera: £29million 

Luke Shaw: £27million, Marcos Rojo: £16million, Angel Di Maria: £59.7million 

Daley Blind: £13.8million, Falcao £4.8m (Loan fee) 

Total cost of squad = £379.4million

In the last window alone, they broke the British transfer record fee on Angel Di Maria and signed Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind before splashing out a further £5million to take Falcao on loan from Monaco.

While Burnley broke their transfer record by paying £3million for George Boyd, United have 16 players that they paid at least £10million for.

And while there has been criticism that the squad is top-heavy with attacking players, van Gaal will have a goalkeeper David de Gea and defenders Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Rafael, Rojo, Shaw and Blind available – signed for a total of £104.7million

To put it into context, the figure United have spent on defenders (including goalkeeper) is more than 15 Premier League clubs have spent on their entire squads.

Record transfer: George Boyd joined Burnley for £3m - United boast 16 players who cost at least £10m

The change in the Premier League landscape is due to Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour reining in spending to comply with financial fairplay regulations while United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward attempts to prove his club are major players in European football despite finishing only seventh last season and missing out on the Champions League.

United want to build a team that mixes superstars and homegrown talent – an English version of Real Madrid during their Galactico years.

The Essex-born accountant, who went to the same public school as Frank Lampard, may have a quieter personality than Manchester City’s former CEO Garry Cook but they have a similar vision for their football clubs; speculate to accumulate and make the world know you’re there.

Woodward made it clear last year he would have broken the world-transfer record had Gareth Bale or Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to move to Old Trafford and he will spend more in January on Kevin Strootman and a top-class defender, with the option to buy Falcao for £45million next summer.

Talented: Left back Luke Shaw moved to Manchester United from Southampton in a £30m switch

All smiles: Daley Blind shakes hands with manager Louis van Gaal having joined Man United from Ajax

Financial analysts Deloitte confirmed: ‘Manchester United have recorded the highest ever gross spend by a Premier League club in a summer transfer window. The Red Devils have spent £150m on new talent this window, representing 18% of the aggregate gross transfer spend by Premier League clubs.’

In one sense, it is a throwback to the years when Ferguson started out and consistently broke the transfer record to sign the likes of Gary Pallister, Roy Keane and Andy Cole. Over time though, particularly once The Glazers were installed, the spending dropped as City dominated.

Now, the wheel is turning back as Woodward realises United can not afford to be out of Europe for more than a season if they want to attract the top talent.

On the other side of Manchester, City - regarded as the biggest-spending club in world sport - will actually go into this season with a squad that is £26million cheaper than United’s, at £353.7million.

Mourinho has a squad that cost £301.3million with plenty of other signings like Fernando Torres and Marco van Ginkel loaned out and not available to him this season.

Overall, the figures underline the close relationship between how much you spend and what success you can expect to achieve.

There is a huge gap in transfer spending between six clubs – United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham – and the rest. Everton have the seventh-most expensive squad, costing nearly £96million. 

Big spenders: Premier League clubs splashed the cash this summer in a bid to improve their squads

Two of the current bottom three in the Premier League, Burnley and Crystal Palace, are also in the bottom three of spenders.

However, there are some exceptions. United, for one. They are No1 in spending but currently sit 14th in the table without a league win this season. That will change once the new signings all play, starting against QPR next Sunday.

The other honourable exception is Swansea City. Their 25-man squad, plus eligible under-21s, cost a relatively modest £44.6million – less than any other club in the division bar four. Yet they have enjoyed success in the top flight over the last two seasons and are currently joint-top with maximum points from three matches.

There is concern that the ever-increasing spending from the top Premier League clubs will kill competition over time and may even put clubs down the pecking order out of business.

Former Manchester City manager Brian Horton, now assistant-manager at League One Doncaster Rovers, warned at the MBNA Northwest Football Awards last week: ‘The whole Premier League world has escalated out of all proportion in terms of transfer fees and players’ wages

‘Unless we change something then some of those clubs lower down will go and that will be a major shame because the set-up we have, with the 92 clubs, is the best in the world.’

It’s a fair argument but van Gaal, who let his hair down last week while watching new signing Blind collect the Dutch Football Writers’ Player of the Season award, will point out he is under pressure too.

United have talked the talk financially, there are now 379 million reasons for the Dutchman to walk the walk.

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