Entertainment

• Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:04 UTC

  Fire at Rio's Flamengo training center kills ten teenage footballers

  

  A fire at the training centre of Rio de Janeiro soccer club Flamengo killed 10 people and injured at least three others on Friday, firefighters said. The fire broke out at Ninho do Urubu, a state-of-the-art training centre that was expanded and opened only two months ago. The facility has accommodation for teenage players.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Emiliano Sala body recovered from the wrecked plane in the English Channel

  

  The body recovered from the wreckage of a crashed plane is that of Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, Dorset Police have said. Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a plane piloted by David Ibbotson, which went missing over the English Channel on 21 January. The body was recovered late on Wednesday after the wreckage was found on Sunday morning.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  All horse racing in UK cancelled because of outbreak of equine fever

  

  All British horse racing meetings on Thursday have been cancelled because of an outbreak of equine flu. The decision by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) comes after three vaccinated horses in an active yard tested positive for the disease.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 06:31 UTC

  China celebrates on Tuesday 5 February, Lunar New Year, identified as the Year of the Pig

  

  Chinese New Year or 'Spring Festival' is China's most important festival and holiday time. Chinese New Year 2019 falls on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, beginning a year of the Pig. China's public holiday will be February 4–10, 2019.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 06:17 UTC

  Argentine embassy thanks UK government efforts in locating the aircraft carrying Emiliano Sala

  

  Following the discovery of the plane carrying Argentine football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on Sunday, the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued a press release midday Monday reporting that “in video footage from the ROV, one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage” of the fuselage identified on the seabed.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:26 UTC

  Argentine footballer Sala wreckage plane has been discovered off Guernsey

  

  Wreckage from a plane carrying Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has been discovered in the English Channel. The Piper Malibu N264DB was lost on 21 January on its way from Nantes, France to Cardiff, with the Argentine striker and pilot David Ibbotson on board.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 11:06 UTC

  Wines of Argentina marketing campaign for 2019 features a love story

  

  Wines of Argentina (WOFA) has launched a disruptive new marketing campaign for 2019 called “Vino Argentino: A Blind Tasting Story”, which features a love story between two people from opposite worlds and targets young women in the US.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Macri and Sala's family request the search for missing Cardiff City Emiliano to resume

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri has joined calls for the search for missing Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala to resume. Macri told his foreign minister to issue formal requests to Britain and France, according to a statement from his office.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo agrees to pay ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain

  

  Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a fine of almost ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain on Tuesday but will avoid a 23-month prison sentence as part of the deal.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 07:15 UTC

  Search for missing plane carrying Cardiff City Argentine player Sala resumes

  

  The search for a missing aircraft that was carrying Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala will resume at sunrise. The Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the plane which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.