Ronaldo completes medical ahead of Man United move – Sky Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo completed a medical in Lisbon over the weekend ahead of his return to Manchester United and he has agreed personal terms on a two-year contract with the Premier League club, Sky Sports reported on Monday.

United said last week they had agreed a deal to re-sign Ronaldo from Juventus after he told the Serie A club he had no intention of staying, but the transfer was still subject to the agreement of personal terms and a medical.

The clubs have yet to confirm the Portugal forward’s transfer. The Premier League’s summer transfer window closes on Tuesday.

Sky reported the fee agreed for the 36-year-old Portuguese was around 15 million euros ($17.70 million) plus a further eight million euros in add-ons.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was relishing Ronaldo’s return and said on Sunday that the announcement would be made once the paperwork was done.

With the league paused for the international break, Ronaldo is expected to play his first game when United host Newcastle United at Old Trafford on September 11.

Ronaldo won eight major trophies at United from 2003-2009, and the Ballon d’Or as the world’s best player in 2008, before sealing a then-world record 80 million-pound ($110.1 million) move to Real Madrid.

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KwaZulu-Natal: Boy (7) assaulted with sjambok, forced to eat dog

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is on a search for the relative of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked with a sjambok and forced to eat a dog.

The incident took place in Qakwini, Mtubatuba. It was the neighbours who were concerned and called the provincial department of social development to intervene in the matter. The department’s spokesperson has been taken to a place of safety and currently receiving psychosocial support.

“We heard that the dog died and then this guy arrived he took the sjambok and started assaulting the seven-year-old, accusing him of being the one who killed the dog. He forced him to eat the flesh of that dog, but one of the neighbours who noticed that she actually came to the rescue of the child.”

“This act is disgusting. People who abuse children can never be tolerated. The child has since been moved to a child centre by our social worker. He is getting all the support he needs. The social workers will also remain with that family as it appears that all of them have been suffering abuse and need the department’s intervention,” he said.

KZN police probing abuse case

KZN police spokesperson Nqobile Gwala says they’re investigating a case of assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm. For now, the young boy’s relative, who they believe is responsible for the abuse, is nowhere to be seen.

“Allegedy, a seven-year-old boy was assaulted with a sjambok by a relative while at his home in Qakwini area. The matter is still under investigation. Police are still investigating the allegation that the suspect forced the minor to eat a dead puppy,” Gwala said.

The provincial department of social development has called on law enforcement officials to leave on stone unturned in tracking the suspect and bringing them to book.

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Mahesh Narayanan of Malik fame to direct his Hindi debut titled Phantom Hospital; Priti Shahani to produce

Priti Shahani, the acclaimed Bollywood producer behind movies such as Talvar, Raazi, and Badhaai Ho, has announced a genre-bending new feature film in collaboration with Josy Joseph, the award-winning investigative journalist, and author. Based on an unprecedented investigation into the Indian healthcare system, the movie will mark ace filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan's entry into the Hindi film industry.

The unusual dramatic thriller also marks the entry of Priti Shahani's new production house Tusk Tale Films in the market. Announcing the project, Priti said her new content house believes in harnessing the power of great stories, especially those rooted in reality and rigorous investigation. Phantom Hospital results from one such creative partnership between Tusk Tale Films and Josy Joseph's company Confluence Media.

An unusual scandal in the healthcare sector has inspired Phantom Hospital. "All of us have been victims of it unknowingly, and through this film, we hope to wake up the audience to a new reality,” Priti said.

Priti Shahani, Founder, and CEO of Tusk Tale Films, said about her new content house and collaborating with Mahesh Narayanan and Josy Joseph: "At Tusk Tale Films, it is our endeavour to champion stories that are reflective of our times that are rich with emotions and have the ability to resonate with all. I am excited to partner with Mahesh Narayanan, whose stories have travelled to a nationwide audience and is truly a visionary films maker and India's finest Investigative journalist Josy Joseph. Together we aim to make an entertaining film that uncovers one of the most shocking scandals in our country.”

Josy Joseph, Founder of Confluence Media, said, "The strange thing about India is that its real stories are far more dramatic than any that a writer can imagine up, but those have not been harnessed enough for visual storytelling. I am confident that Phantom Hospital will be a pathbreaking movie that will showcase Mahesh's mastery over the craft and Priti's capability to see through challenging projects."

On his Hindi Film debut, Mahesh Narayanan said, "I was instantly drawn to the story inspired from true incidents in the Healthcare sector of India. It gives me immense pleasure to associate with Priti Shahani, who as a producer, has consistently delivered quality content, and Josy Joseph, whose meticulous research has added great layers to the story. My films have received so much love from the Hindi audiences that I am truly looking forward to directing my first Hindi Feature."

The screenplay of Phantom Hospital has been written by Akash Mohimen and Mahesh Narayanan.

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South Africa's Pieter du Preez has won the gold medal in the men’s H1 cycling time trial at the Tokyo Paralympic Games



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