Share Tweet On Saturday, England and Sweden are playing one another for a place in the World Cup semi-finals. David Beckham and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, soccer heroes of their respective countries, have an unusual wager on the outcome. In England win, Ibrahimovic has to come to one of their games and eat fish and chips. If Sweden wins, Beckham has to buy Ibrahimovic whatever he wants from IKEA.
England and Sweden are going head-to-head in a FIFA World Cup quarter-final on Saturday — and two of the countries’ greatest soccer heroes have a wild wager on the outcome.
Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic issued a challenge to retired England captain David Beckham on Instagram on Friday. “Yo @davidbeckham if @england win I buy you dinner where ever you want in the world,” he wrote, “but if [Sweden] wins you buy me what ever I want from [Swedish furniture giant IKEA] ok?”
David Beckham was only too happy to take up Ibrahimovic, who now plays for LA Galaxy, up on his offer — with a twist.
“If [Sweden] win I will personally take you to [IKEA] and buy you what ever you need for the new mansion in LA @lagalaxy,” he responded, “but when @england win I want you to come watch an @england game at Wembley wearing an England shirt and ejoy fish & chips at half time.”
The terms of the deal have been set 😂 #SWEENG pic.twitter.com/9bJ3D5nHWv
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) July 6, 2018
The Swedish footballer agreed to the terms on Twitter, tweeting simply: “Lets Go.”
Lets Go https://t.co/qWg6HE6WwS
— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) July 6, 2018
The game kicks off at 3 p.m. UK, 10 a.m. ET, or 7 a.m. PT on Saturday.
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“The majority of our sites are accepting cash payments but a few stations have shut.”
Our UK retail sites are currently unable to take card payments We are working to rectify this as a matter of urgency & would like to apologise for any inconvenience this has caused our customers. The majority of our sites are accepting cash payments but a few stations have shut
— BP United Kingdom (@BP_UK) July 8, 2018
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By Mark Kleinman, City editor
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A formal timetable has yet to be agreed but a source close to Stobart said this weekend that directors “acknowledged the need to look at the composition of the board”.
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The re-elected chairman described it as “an important day for corporate governance” but made no reference to his plan to step down.
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Mr Tinkler, who was forced to apologise over a sexist email he wrote about Stobart’s former boss, was re-elected to the board by shareholders at the AGM, but was immediately sacked for the second time in little more than a fortnight.
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My sailing video: https://t.co/QOJIB6MXys
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