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LOGAN PAUL has offered Lionel Messi the chance to face him in the boxing ring – and settle their long-running dispute.

The Maverick has accused Messi of “copying” him after the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner released his Mas+ energy drink.

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Logan Paul has called out Lionel Messi for a boxing bout[/caption]

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The Youtuber-turned-boxer’s Prime energy drink is embroiled in a legal dispute with Messi’s new brand[/caption]

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The Argentine legend launched Mas+ in June last year[/caption]

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The 37-year-old’s company has been accused of “copying” PRIME[/caption]

Paul launched PRIME in 2022 alongside his long-term influencer rival KSI.

The popular drink took the world by storm, with early packs selling for ten times the RRP as the company struggled to cope with demand.

Messi, 37, has since released Mas+, with the two companies going into a legal stand-off over their packaging and trademarks.

YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul, 29, has now suggested an alternative to wrangling in the courts – a showdown in the ring.

Addressing World Cup winner Messi in a recent video, Paul said: “Brother, you copied us. Everyone saw it.

“They saw what you did. Everyone noticed it and then we got sued.

“Hold on, wait, what? This ain’t justice.

“So we countersued, obviously. If you can’t beat the best, you gotta be the best. But that’s illegal.

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“That’s trademark infringement. We’re holding him accountable, and it’s harassment?

“All jokes aside, I will consider dropping this if Logan Paul vs Messi [gets made in] 2025. I’ll see you in the ring, brother.”

Messi’s brand fired the first legal shots by suing PRIME last October.

They accused Logan’s company of “anti-competitive” behaviour, alleging in writing that PRIME had tried to pressure them into changing their packaging.

PRIME countersued a month later, accusing Messi’s brand of copying their trademarked design.

Logan is no stranger to the squared circle and faced off with pound-for-pound legend Floyd Mayweather in 2021.

He was linked to a megafight with MMA star Conor McGregor before the UFC backed away from the contest last year.

Logan has also become a star in the world of WWE, appearing in the ring at Wrestlemania 40.

Messi, who currently plays in the MLS for Inter Miami, has yet to respond to Paul’s offer.

He is preparing for the new season, with Miami’s first competitive match of 2025 against Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday.

Messi is reportedly wary of playing in the game, with record-low temperatures forecasted and the match in doubt.

The Minnesota Twins collapsed at the end of the 2024 season. They went 9-18 in September, falling out of the American League Wild Card race and making way for the Detroit Tigers. Despite that, they did not add enough in free agency to make a significant push in an improving AL Central. Before the offseason […]

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It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-Utah prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State Utah. Kansas State was humming along. The Wildcats were on a roll when they made their road trip to the state of Utah on Saturday night to visit BYU in Provo. Kansas […]

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Once again, it does not sound like Oasis will be doing press during their 2025 reunion tour, according to lead singer Liam Gallagher. A fan on X, formerly Twitter, an Oasis fan quoted a report about an upcoming documentary about the band’s reunion tour coming “later this year.” The documentary would allegedly include interviews with […]

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Sweden looks to move to the 4 Nations Championship game as they face the USA. It is time to continue our 4 Nations Face-Off odds series with a Sweden-USA prediction and pick. Sweden is 0-2 so far in the 4 Nations Face-Off, but both losses have come in overtime. This means with a regulation win […]

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THE remaining Love Island stars will tonight be seen being treated to a performance from a huge British DJ.

The All Stars finalists are getting ready to find out who will be crowned winner, but before that they got to enjoy one last pool party.

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Love Island All Stars kicks off with Sammy getting a text[/caption]

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The Islanders are treated to a pool party[/caption]

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DJ Nathan Dawe played a performance for the Islanders[/caption]

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The couples will also be seen refelecting on their time in the villa[/caption]

This evening’s final episode will see the remaining couples wake up and be told by text that they’re going to get a pool party.

The message reads: “Finalists, get ready to dive into a good time, as you’re invited to a VIP All Stars pool party! #MakingWaves #FinalFiveOnly.”

The Islanders are then treated to a surprise performance from DJ Nathan Dawe.

The DJ plays some of his biggest hits and gives the Islanders an exclusive listen to his newest track, Here in Your Arms.

The remaining cast will be seen dancing in slow motion as they drink cocktails and enjoy their last party together.

TIME FOR REFLECTION

After their party, the couples will tonight be seen reflecting on their time in the Villa.

Elma and Sammy chat in the pool and she tells him: “You walked in and it changed everything, it’s almost like it was meant to be.”

Sammy then adds: “As soon as we sat down and started chatting I was like…yeah.”

Casey is seen telling Gabby: “Right now we’re at the perfect stage to want to carry on on the outside.”

“I actually feel excited for you to meet my family, this is where we learn about each other in others ways,” Gabby replies.

DUMPED FROM THE VILLA

Meanwhile, last night it all kicked off when Ronnie Vint and Harriet Blackmore were dumped from the villa.

After a public vote made them one of three vulnerable couples, it was up to the former islanders to cast their vote on who would make it to the final.

Harriett and Ronnie eventually received the most number of votes, and were dumped from the villa.

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MEET THE FINALISTS

There are now five remaining couples as the show heads into tonight’s finale.

The couples up for the win are: Curtis Pritchard and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu; Grace Jackson and Luca Bish; Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame; Elma Pazar and Sammy Root and Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman.

Maya Jama will return to the villa one last time tonight to crown the victors, with the public vote open now to pick the next winner.

Love Island All Stars airs tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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A GLAMOROUS OnlyFans star was put under house arrested after she offered to spend a Valentine’s Night with a fan for £9,000

Turkish adult actress Merve Taskin is in hot water after she posted an advert on X offering to be a fan’s “girlfriend” for a dinner date.

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Merve Taskin, 27, is accused of offering “obscene services”[/caption]

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The Turkish influencer warned fans “not to fall in love” with her[/caption]

Soon after, the 27-year-old Turkish model was arrested on Valentine’s Day and accused of offering “obscene services”.

The influencer also warned fawning fans to “be careful not to fall in love” with her.

Judges at the Caglayan Court ordered that Taskin be placed under house arrest on 15 February whilst her phone and social media are investigated. 

The original post on X to her 124,000 followers offered lonely punters a Valentine’s Day dinner date.

She said: “I can be a girlfriend for ‘dinner’ for those who are single on 14th February.

“Fee: TRY 400,000 (£8,770).”

The erotic content creator then boasted some of her assets to entice potential customers.

She added: “1) I am talkative, we can chat a lot.

“2) My beauty, you can create a good image with me outside.

“3) I am known in Turkey, you can satisfy your ego within yourself.

“4) I’m smarter than you expect, you’ll be surprised.”

She also listed bonuses for fans: “Bonus: I have great manipulation skills, be careful not to fall in love.

“Bonus 2: If you need motivation on anything, I’m pretty good at that too.

“Bonus 3: I am humble.”

After her post went viral, she was reported to police.

Taskin posted on social media again once she was released, saying she was detained and had to share a cell with prostitutes from the local area.

She said: “I spent one night in a cold, stuffy, unhygienic detention cell.

“One of the girls was crying at first because she got locked up in the detention cell, then she started laughing when she found out that I was Turkish and that I was there because of social media.

The content creator complained: “Someone please tell me that they played a prank on me and none of it is real.”

In 2021, Taskin was sentenced to five months in prison for posting erotic pictures online during her holiday in Amsterdam, including one of her riding a giant penis at the city’s Sex Museum.

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The OnlyFans star remains under house arrest[/caption]

EVIL Vladimir Putin could deploy the obscure “Narva Scenario” to launch a surprise attack on Nato despite peace talks with President Donald Trump, an expert has warned.

Former Finnish general and MEP Pekka Toveri believes Trump and the West should be wary of trusting the mad dictator – warning that he could take advantage and try to break Nato’s Article 5.

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President Donald Trump meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017[/caption]

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Narva castle at the bank of Narova River in Narva, Estonia[/caption]

Putin has agreed the “war must end” after Donald Trump went past Ukraine and European leaders to do business directly with the Kremlin.

But the former general and MEP for Finland has warned against the West trusting Putin in peace deals and giving him land as it would only make his “appetite bigger” – encouraging the tyrant to make a future invasion.

Toveri told The Sun that Putin would just need to wait for a couple of years and be prepared to sacrifice another 100,000 Russians before attacking again as, in Putin’s mind, the “spineless West will give up”.

And even if Europe built up its armies, Putin wouldn’t need to challenge them directly. 

Instead, he could carry out the feared Narva Scenario and try and break Article 5 of Nato. 

Russia would invade Estonia and seize the city of Narva in a small operation and then threaten to nuke anyone who tried to get it back. 

Narva – which sits on the border between Russia and Estonia – was first occupied by Russia between 1558 and 1581, and then again in 1704.

It borders a river between the two countries – not far from Narva Bay – and over 97 per cent of the almost 60,000 residents there speak Russian.

On the edge of Nato’s eastern flank by the Baltic Sea, Narva is Estonia’s third biggest city.

There is a red line painted on the point where Narva crosses into Russia – on a bridge over the river.

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Russian servicemen operate at an undisclosed location[/caption]

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Servicemen of the 24th Mechanized brigade, named after King Danylo, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops[/caption]

Estonian border cops have previously told the BBC that thousands of Ukrainians have escaped war zones and fled into Estonia through this border crossing.

Toveri said it would take longer than six months, which is what the Danish spooks suggested, for Russia to invade Europe – but that it would definitely happen before the end of Trump’s administration. 

He believes that Europeans would come to the defence of Estonia – but he questions whether America would as Putin would take advantage of Trump’s trust.

Toveri added: “That’s what the Estonians and other politics states are worried about – that Article 5 is questioned.

“And.the thing is, it’s easy for Putin to do that.”

In order to be victorious, Europe must pick up the production of weaponry and keep up sanctions so Russia will struggle to produce high-tech equipment. 

But Toveri warned that trying to encourage peace with Putin would make him more likely to commit acts of sabotage in Europe.

He added: “Russians might be evil, but they are not stupid.

“What they have learned from Ukraine? So far they have learned that well, their own army sucks.

“But another thing they have learned is that hybrid warfare works.

“They’ve been attacking us over a decade. They’ve been attacking us in cyber with the information operations now support us and what we are doing?

“They can break the unity of Western organizations like EU and NATO, and they can can break the unity within the nations and force us to use a lot of effort to to secure our infrastructure, like undersea cables, and so on.”

If Russia signs a peace with America and Ukraine rejects it – then Europe could step in and continue to support Ukraine defending against Russia.

It comes as Sir Keir Starmer has said he is willing to deploy British troops on the ground in Ukraine to enforce a peace deal.

Toveri said: “It would be in our interest to say that step in and say ‘Okay, don’t worry. We will replace the American support. We have money, we have resources. We will replace the American support so that Ukraine can keep on fighting until Russia is ready for more reasonable peace.

“You have to remember that Russia is nowhere near to winning in this war.”

Ukraine could continue fighting Russia on the defensive and killing as many Russians as possible with the support of Europe, as Zelensky’s people “are ready to accept the peace”.

Toveri explained how despite Ukrainian citizens being prepared to accept temporarily losing some areas, “they are not willing to take a peace where they don’t get real security guarantees.”

He added: “They can continue it long time with low intensity but it’s hurting them and the economy bad – so we should just not to give up now on the ceasefire/demilitarised zone.

“You would need 150-to-200,000 troops there and then you have to rotate them. You need three times more.

“We, the West, have to support Ukrainian so that they can rearm the army – so it is strong enough with modern Western technology so that they can be the main deterrence, and then, of course, some kind of presence from the Western countries.”

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A view shows cars and a building heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike[/caption]

LOVE Island’s Ronnie Vint has made his feelings known about Ekin-Su and Curtis in a blunt discussion after leaving the villa.

Ronnie and Harriett Blackmore were dumped from the show just one day before the finale after a brutal twist.

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Harriett and Ronnie said they would’ve voted Ekin-Su and Curtis out[/caption]

After a public vote, the three lowest scoring couples – including Harriett and Ronnie – were left vulnerable for a dumping, and it was up to this year’s previous All Stars to decide who to boot.

Unfortunately for them, they were picked to leave, with Ronnie getting salty at former islanders Montel and Marcel over their decision as the results were revealed.

Speaking shortly after their elimination, the pair joined Amy Hart in the Beach Hut for podcast The Morning After, chatting about what went down.

In a frank discussion, Amy asked Harriett and Ronnie who they would pick if they were given that power, opening it up to all of the remaining couples.

Ronnie bluntly revealed Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Curtis Pritchard, hinting at his belief they were playing a game in order to remain on the show.

“I would have gone Ekin and Curtis,” said Ronnie, with Harriett agreeing.

When asked why, he explained: “Just for like, the whole journey and like, the last week or so, you’ve just made her your girlfriend. I just didn’t think that was the time to do it.

“Like we’ve seen the whole thing, they’d have to be my vote, because I think the other couples are stronger.”

Ekin and Curtis have been together throughout the majority of the show, with Ekin arriving to the show two days in as a bombshell.

When given the opportunity to recouple, he chose Curtis, and their relationship has continued to grow from there – despite some pretty brutal arguments.

In one awkward moment, fans were left in shock as Ekin chucked a drink over Curtis before storming away from him after he admitted his attraction to Danielle.

Despite this, Curtis asked her to officially be his girlfriend last week and she said yes, cementing their status for once they return to reality.

Maya Jama will return to the villa one last time tonight to crown the victors, with the public vote open now to pick your winner.

The couples up for the crown are: Curtis and Ekin-Su ; Grace Jackson and Luca Bish; Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame; Elma Pazar and Sammy Root and Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman.

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Amy Hart grilled them both on their exit[/caption]

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THIS is the chilling moment a stalker neighbour collects listening devices he planted to spy on a woman in her own home.

Debbie Wearing, 67, had trusted William Nolan with a spare key so he and his wife could feed her cat while he was away.

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William Nolan was caught trying to retrieve bugs he planted in his neighbour’s home[/caption]

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One of the listening devices had been attached to Debbie Wearing’s headboard[/caption]

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Debbie turned detective to catch her stalker[/caption]

But the 62-year-old took advantage and instead planted recording devices under a coffee table and in her bed as part of a sinister stalking campaign.

After Debbie discovered the bugs in her home in Birmingham, she set up a webcam in a bid to catch the culprit.

Footage shows Nolan rustling around under Debbie’s coffee table to collect the recording device.

The grandad appears to be growing agitated as he realises the bug is missing after Debbie removed it.

He then leaves the room to hunt out his other devices.

Nolan was jailed for 15 weeks at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court after he admitted stalking without fear, alarm or distress.

Debbie said: “To this day, I still don’t know why he did it.

“For me, for somebody to put a recording device on your headboard, there’s only one reason why they want to do that and that’s a sexual reason – something only a perv would do.

“You can’t trust strangers and my story goes to show sometimes you can’t trust the people around you.”

The stalking hell began back in 2020 when Debbie entrusted former security guard Nolan with a key.

At the time, the neighbours had lived next door to each other for around 30 years.

When Debbie returned home, she was eating dinner with her partner when he found a black plastic box taped under the table.

The widow initially thought it might be one of her grandson’s toys but was horrified to discover the truth following a web search.

Debbie went to West Midlands Police but was told with no sign of forced entry, she would need further evidence.

She decided to turn detective to catch the culprit – setting up the webcams and telling Nolan’s wife she would be out for the night.

Believing he was safe to enter the home, Nolan fell into Debbie’s trap and was caught red-handed searching for his spyware.

Debbie has now spoken out in solidarity for Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, who is the alleged victim of a six-year stalking campaign.

The Sun told how Kyle Shaw, 37, was charged with causing Shirley “persistent serious alarm or distress”.

He is due to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on February 25.

Debbie said: “We’re a similar age and I really feel for her.

“It’s awful to hear that stalking is becoming more and more with celebrities but it helps everyday people feel less alone because they can sadly relate.

“I urge people to report it to the police as soon as you can and if they say to get evidence, be brave and do it.”

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Nolan was seen panicking when he couldn’t find the bug[/caption]

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He had taped one under Debbie’s table[/caption]

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Nolan was jailed for 15 months over the stalking campaign[/caption]

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Debbie had trusted her neighbour with a key[/caption]