“No hope” of finding missing Cardiff City player

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Guernsey Police have resumed their search for the missing single-turbine engine plane after it disappeared from the radar over Alderney sometime after 7pm on Monday, carrying Sala and the plane’s pilot.

Sala was travelling from his former club Nantes to Cardiff, having just signed a £15m deal to join the Welsh team.

The chief officer of Channel Islands Air Search, John Fitzgerald, has said finding the missing aircraft carrying footballer Emiliano Sala is unlikely, and that “even the most fit person” could not survive the water.

11.30am update

There are currently three planes and one helicopter in the air.

We are also reviewing satellite imagery and mobile phone data to see if they can be of any assistance in the search.

So far today nothing spotted can be attributed to the missing plane.

— Guernsey Police (@GuernseyPolice) 23 January 2019

Cardiff City chairman Mark Dalman says that fans are in a “state of shock” and would “not leave a single stone unturned” while investigating.

Djokovic reaches Australian Open semi-finals

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Novak Djokovic has reached the Australian Open semi-finals after Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori retired injured.

Tomorrow will also see the ladies’ semi-finals played, with Karolina Pliskova playing Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka after beating Serena Williams.

In the other semi-final, fellow Czech Petra Kvitova will play unseeded American Danielle Collins.

He will face Frenchman Lucas Pouille.

Rafael Nadal and 20-year-old Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas will play the other semi-final on Thursday.

Beckham buys Salford City FC stake

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Singapore businessman Peter Lim remains the largest single shareholder with a 40 per cent stake, but Beckham’s arrival means that 60 per cent of the club is now owned by members of the ‘Class of 92.’

David Beckham has joined former Old Trafford team-mates Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes as part-owners of the club.

Singapore businessman Peter Lim remains the largest single shareholder with a 40 per cent stake, but Beckham’s arrival means that 60 per cent of the club is now owned by members of the ‘Class of 92.’

Salford are currently in third place in the fifth tier of English football, and promotion this season would see them reach the Football League for the first time in their history.

They have been promoted three times in the last four years.

Stuart Broad left out of first test

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The first test between West Indies and England in Barbados has begun, with England’s second-highest wicket-taker Stuart Broad dropped as England chose to play two spinners.

The West Indies won the toss and chose to bat.

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West Indies – Brathwaite, Campbell, Hope, Bravo, Chase, Hetmyer, Dowrich, Holder (capt), Roach, Joseph, Gabriel

England – Burns, Jennings, Bairstow, Root (capt), Stokes, Buttler, Foakes, Ali, Curran, Rashid, Anderson