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Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day, respectively. That comes after the social media giant announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that Musk on Friday called a “temporary emergency measure.”…

Former Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has announced his immediate retirement from football. The 36-year-old calls time on a career during which he won the World Cup with Spain, the Premier League twice at Chelsea, and La Liga with Barcelona. “It is with great sadness that the time has come for me to hang up my playing boots,” Fabregas posted on Instagram. He ends his career one year into a two-year contract with Italian club Como in Serie B. Fabregas joined Barca’s La Masia academy at age 10 in 1997. Fabregas joins Italian Serie B side Como on…

Chelsea have completed the signing of Alex Matos from Norwich City. Diego Moreria joins Chelsea from Benfica Capable of playing in midfield and attack, Matos featured for Norwich’s Under-18s and Under-21s last season. He scored three goals in the Premier League 2 for the latter. An England international at schoolboy level, Matos joined Norwich from Luton Town in 2016 and struck on his first outing for the Canaries’ youth team against Arsenal shortly after his 16th birthday. The 18-year-old averaged a goal involvement per game (five goals, six assists) in his first 11 appearances at that level and became a…

Portugal Under-21 international Diego Moreira has completed a move to Chelsea from Benfica. The winger, whose father Almami was a Guinea-Bissau international, joined Benfica from Standard Liege in 2020 and played an important role in the club’s 2022 UEFA Youth League triumph. The 18-year-old grabbed two assists in the final, which saw Salzburg defeated 6-0. Loftus-Cheek joins AC Milan from Chelsea Moreira featured regularly for Benfica B last term, having already made his senior debut. That came against Pacos de Ferreira in May 2022. The winger is currently representing his country at the European Under-21 Championship and has featured against…

Championship side Leicester City have signed midfielder Harry Winks on a three-year deal from Tottenham Hotspur. The 27-year-old, capped 10 times by England, moves for an undisclosed fee after spending last season on loan with Serie A side Sampdoria in Italy. Winks had been at Spurs since the age of five, making 203 appearances in all competitions for the north Londoners. “I’m looking forward to a new challenge and to challenging myself,” Winks told club’s website. “Coming to a club like Leicester is the perfect chance to do that.” Winks becomes Enzo Maresca’s first signing for the Foxes, just three…

Inter Milan have signed France winger Marcus Thuram on a free transfer after his contract with Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach expired. Thuram, 25, is the son of former Barcelona and Juventus defender Lillian, who won the 1998 World Cup with France. The younger Thuram played 134 games for Monchengladbach, scoring 44 goals in four seasons with the German club. He moved to the Bundesliga from Ligue 1 side Guingamp in 2019. In April, Monchengladbach confirmed that the winger would not be renewing his contract, leading to the forward being linked with a number of European clubs over the past few…

Liverpool are set to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. The Premier League club informed Leipzig that they will activate the player’s release clause of 70 million euros (£60.1 million). Last season, the 22-year-old offensive midfielder from Hungary helped Leipzig finish third in the Bundesliga and win the German Cup. Leipzig gave Szoboszlai permission to fly to the United Kingdom on Saturday to undertake his medical at Liverpool. Szoboszlai’s release clause, which has also been linked to Newcastle United, expired on Friday. Szoboszlai made 31 appearances in the Bundesliga last season, scoring six goals and registering eight assists. Arsenal eye…

Patrick Vieira is poised to take over as manager of RC Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Vieira, 47, is expected to sign a three-year contract with the club on Sunday, according to BBC Sport. The former Arsenal midfielder has been unemployed since being fired by Premier League club Crystal Palace in March. Chelsea’s owners have decided to purchase a controlling share in Strasbourg, which finished 15th in France’s premier league last season, five points above the relegation zone. It is not the first time that Vieira has worked in a multi-club group. He coached Manchester City Under-23s before taking over at…

Two people have been killed after a man opened fire at Chisinau International Airport, the Moldovan Interior Ministry has said. The gunman was wounded and has been detained, according to police. Officials said the shooting took place after a foreign citizen was denied entry to the country. President Maia Sandu said the two dead were a border guard and an airport security official; a third person was wounded. Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said the suspect was a 43-year-old Tajikistani national. He had arrived from Turkey and was then refused entry, government press secretary Daniel Voda told Moldovan TV. While…

Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, Google’s first West Africa Director, has announced her resignation from the firm. She made the news on LinkedIn on Friday, expressing her desire to take on a larger role in the regional technological sector. She was Google’s Country Director for Nigeria prior to her assignment as West Africa Director. During her tenure as Director, the Google team in Africa successfully taught over 6 million Africans digital skills, trained 100,000 engineers in web and mobile development, and developed a Google for Startups accelerator exclusively for African tech entrepreneurs. Furthermore, under Ehimuan’s leadership, important access projects were executed, including…