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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...

'Sporting chaos Continues' Club President Suspended 19 First Team Players.

Having criticised his players on the back of a Europa League defeat by Atletico Madrid, those in the firing line have now been removed from the fold
Chaotic scenes at Portuguese giants Sporting have seen 19 players suspended amid a war of words between the first-team squad and outspoken president Bruno de Carvalho.
According to reports in Portugal, the Primeira Liga side will be forced to field a B team against Pacos de Ferreira on Sunday as a result of a remarkable breakdown in professional relations.
Emotions have come to the boil in Lisbon in the wake of a 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of a Europa League quarter-final tie.
Carvalho was less than impressed by the efforts of his side in the Spanish capital and took to social media to air his displeasure – with certain individuals, such as Sebastian Coates, Jeremy Mathieu, Gelson Martins, Fabio Coentrao and Bas Dost, being singled out in a public domain.
A snippet of the Facebook post read: “Our 11 men should have doubled efforts on the pitch to become 22.
"Coates and Mathieu did what the Atletico forwards couldn't do on their own. Instead of 22 it was if we had nine players.”
Gelson was criticised for spurning a chance in front of goal, while Coentrao and Dost were accused of picking up bookings as they did not want to play in the return date of a contest slipping away from Sporting.
Unsurprisingly, those in the firing line did not take too kindly to the comments and quickly offered a response of their own.
A collective message posted through Portugal international goalkeeper Rui Patricio’s Instagram account made it clear that senior stars were not prepared to accept such actions from their president.
They said: “On behalf of the Sporting squad, through this joint statement, we express our disgust with our president’s public statements after yesterday’s game for which we did not achieve the result we desired.
“The lack of support at this moment from the one who is supposed to be our leader, pointing the finger to publicly blame an athlete’s performance when a group is ruled by its combined effort.”
Carvalho refused to let the issue lie and said in a Facebook post which has since been deleted: "All the players who wrote the message cited below are suspended with immediate effect and will face disciplinary procedures.
“These spoiled children think they'll go far, but this time my patience has worn out for those who think they are above the club and any criticism.”
Carvalho has previous when it comes to blasting Sporting stars he considers to be underperforming.
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Back in 2015, during Marco Silva’s reign as manager, he criticised his players following a 3-0 defeat to Vitoria Guimaraes.
He also stormed the dressing room last season after a loss to Chaves, leading to Adrien Silva and William Carvalho delivering a “calls to arms” on the club’s in-house television channel.
It remains to be seen what the fall-out from the latest squabble will be, with third-placed Sporting seemingly set to be without the vast majority of their first-team squad for the immediate future.

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