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Samir Nasri has dropped a big hint that he will never play for France again. He says playing for his country makes him unhappy, reports Sky Sports. The Manchester City midfielder was controversially left out of France’s World Cup squad by manager Didier Deschamps. Nasri says he will make an announcement about his international future. That announcement will almost certainly mark the end of his international career. “I’ve made the decision,” he said. “I made it a while ago but I will announce it when the time is right. “It’s not something you can just announce on Twitter. I have to sit down and do a full interview and just say it. I will do it when the time is right. It’s not something you can just announce on Twitter. I have to sit down and do a full interview and just say it. I will do it when the time is right.” Nasri started playing for France seven years ago. He has 41 caps and has scored five times for his country. “Even before the summer, during Euro 2012 I had a lot going...

HONG KONG: McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N), which has over 2,000 restaurants in China, will restore its full menu in some Chinese cities this week, a fortnight after a food safety scandal forced the company to halt the sale of staples such as Big Macs and Spicy McWings, Reuters reported on Monday. The world’s biggest restaurant chain will resume full menus in Beijing and Guangzhou this week, while menus in Shanghai will return to normal this month, a company spokeswoman in China told Reuters on Monday. She said some other cities had also resumed full menus, but declined to give more details. McDonald’s last month cut ties with Shanghai Husi Food, a unit of US-based OSI Group LLC, after a television report triggered investigations into improper meat-handling procedures at Shanghai Husi’s factory. McDonald’s decision led to meat shortages at many of its restaurants in China. The scandal highlights the challenges facing inspectors in China’s fast-growing and sprawling food industry. China is ...

Match Day 2 of the 2014 Nigeria Telecoms Games lived up to the pre-fixture hype of an entertaining keen contest with each of the two fixtures producing a hat trick, a brace and quality excitement. Airtel and Etisalat were the winners on the day in the two fixtures that pitched Airtel against Alcatel Lucent and Etisalat against their greatest rival, MTN. Airtel Nigeria began the season boasting of a mission to conquer all and they seem to be matching those words with performance as they won their straight two games on Saturday in style.  Wale Bakare turned out the man of the day with a hat trick that was the first by any player this season and which has placed him atop the goal scorer’s chart. In the clash with Alcatel, Olugbenga Yinka opened scoring for Airtel on 11 minutes and Bakare completed his hat trick within a space of 18 minutes starting from the 18th minute when he netted the first of the three and scoring the rest on 25th and 36th minutes of the game.  ...

Aregbesola and Omisore Politicians from political parties in Osun State are struggling to outdo one another in their bid to woo voters and ensure victory for their candidates in the governorship election coming up on   August 9. The leading political parties in the state are not limiting their campaign strategies to pasting posters and what they say at campaign rallies alone. Specifically, the Peoples Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress, for instance, have started distributing various items like rice, kerosene, noodles, salt, matches and other items to the electorate few days away from the D-Day. Although both the PDP and the APC shared food items, especially rice, before the governorship election in Ekiti State on June 21, Ayo Fayose of the PDP eventually won with a landslide. The winner had suffered more criticism for allegedly buying voters with the large volume of rice he shared – a development that has been termed ‘stomach infrastructure.’ Observe...