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WAYNE Lineker’s iconic Ibiza bar is the go-to bar for footballers, Love Island favourites, and reality TV beauties.

The O Beach Club offers the party to end all parties, with bikini-clad stunners dancing around the pool, bottles of £3,000 Dom Perignon popping from every table and an abundance of celebs joining in the mischief.

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Lineker offered fun-loving Grealish a lifeline last summer[/caption]

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Lineker parties with guests at Ocean Beach[/caption]

Most recently, Jude Bellingham celebrated his brother Jobe’s promotion to the Premier League by jetting into the Balearic Island, and he headed straight to O Beach.

There, the Real Madrid star Bellingham and his pals had one of the most expensive VIP areas to themselves and certainly made the most of it.

But Liverpool manager Arne Slot started the trend this summer when he was spotted poolside just hours after hosting Arsenal at Anfield.

While in the past, England footballers including Jack Grealish, Declan Rice, Ivan Toney and James Maddison have all hired their own cabana for some poolside fun.

It’s why the O Beach Club is the jewel of Lineker’s £30million nightclub empire.

Established 2012

Well before the O Beach Club, the Match of the Day legend’s sibling launched Lineker’s in Tenerife in 1988.

Following its success, he continued to populate Spain‘s holiday destinations with several sports bars.

It netted him a fortune – and during the 1998 World Cup punters were seen queuing in the streets of Puerto Banus desperate to watch the games.

In 2012, Lineker launched his new venture – originally called the Ocean Beach Club.

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Birds eye view of O Beach in San Antonio[/caption]

Nestled in bustling San Antonio, it soon became one of the White Isle’s most popular hotspots.

Offering acrobatics, live saxophonists, DJs and dancers, and with the likes of Hedkandi, Kisstory and HotBed hosting regular events there.

Footballers cottoned on too.

Euro 2012

Days after England crashed out of Euro 2012 following a heartbreaking penalty shootout to Italy, a number of Three Lions jetted away for a well-needed break.

Some chose Ibiza – with the then newly-opened Ocean Beach Club being the hottest ticket in town.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart was snapped with Lineker, alongside the host’s daughter Tia.

Michael Carrick was seen hanging out with Eastenders star Charlie Brooks.

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Lineker opened the O Beach Club in 2012[/caption]

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Celebrities including Chloe Ferry frequent the O Beach Club[/caption]

Last year, Lineker shared a snap with Aston Villa ace Tyrone Mings – captioning the post: “Wash your fingers for the MINGers.”

This summer, though, the venue welcomed a £100million footballer through its doors.

Grealish

Just a month after Lineker rang in his 60th birthday with an epic party where he was joined by ex-girlfriend Chloe Ferry and showbiz pal Calum Best, Grealish came for a jolly.

Fresh from picking up his first ever Premier League winners medal, the midfielder was ready for a good time.

Jack, 29, was centre of attention, showing off his ripped six pack and famous calves in a pair of pink shorts plastered with palm trees, as he was surrounded by bikini-clad beauties.

The Gucci ambassador used neon shades to push his famous locks back and covered his crimson neck with a white top, while having fun with a string of lads and beauties.

TV star Chloe Chaloner, 28, who previously dated Callum Izzard, and Rhi Parsons joined him in a private area reserved for the rich and famous.

Pool beds for eight people cost around £1,300 – and the minimum spend is over £1000.

Grealish’s gang were served up platters of fruit and mini burgers, as well as dozens of O Beach cocktails, and looked in good spirits enjoying the Ibiza sunshine.

A bleary-eyed Grealish was seen returning to our shores as he reports for England duty ahead of the Three Lions’ Nations League matches.

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Grealish partied at O Beach Club with Ibiza Weekender beauty Chloe Chaloner[/caption]

Expansion plans

After the success of his Ibiza establishment, Lineker is planning on expanding his empire.

O Beach Club is taking over the Maldives in November for a four-day event.

But his next target is the UAE – another haven for footballers in winter and summer.

They were set to open at Palm Jumeirah last summer, but the project came to a “standstill” over “various contributing factors”.

Regardless, plans are still afoot for a Dubai residence in the near future.

No doubt Grealish’s plans for some winter sun are already in place.

ALDI shoppers are rushing to buy a £8.99 version of viral garden lights.

Eagle-eyed customers were pleased to see Solar Hot Air Balloon String Lights in the discounter store.

An excited customer shared the find on social media, with many shoppers going wild for the lights.

Shoppers were quick to chime in and praise the find, with one saying the lights were “nice”.

Another told a friend to “grab them” if they see the product in store.

Customers can pick up either a stripy or multi-coloured design.

Retailers such as Home Bargains already sell similar products, and they have proven a hit with shoppers.

The bargain retailer was selling a string of hot air balloon lights for £7.99, but it has since sold out due to popularity.

Another £3.99 version sold by the shop has also sold out.

Asda also sold a version popular garden accessory, but that appears to be out of stock at the moment too.

If you are keen to get your hands on Aldi’s version you will have to act fast as it is part of its Special Buy offers.

These are new products that land in-store every Thursday and Sunday.

The items are usually sold at a low price and only available while stocks last.

If you are keen to get your hands on the lights you may need to act quickly, as the item first landed in Aldi stores on May 22.

Aldi does not have online delivery so you will need to visit our nearest store to get your hands on one.

It’s also worth noting that Aldi does not have online delivery so you will have to shop for the product in person.

You can find your nearest Aldi by visiting stores.aldi.co.uk/store-finder.

And that is not the only bargain Aldi shoppers can find in stores.

The bargain store has begun selling £3.99 dupes for pricey Burberry perfumes.

Aldi’s Island Oasis has been compared to the designers Hero scent, which costs £138.

How to save money at Aldi

Unlike other major grocers, Aldi does not have a rewards or point card system but that does not mean you cannot save on your shop. 

Every week the store releases a list of special buys, which are unique bargain products you can find online at Aldi and in store. 

The store releases a fresh range of deals every Thursday and Sunday, so be sure to check regularly to see what’s new. 

Meanwhile, the store also regularly sells fruit and vegetables at highly discounted prices, as part of its ‘super six’ deal.

It also does weekly saving offers on typically pricey items such as meat and fish.

IMANE KHEIF is likely to KEEP the Olympic gold medal – despite being hit with fresh accusations of being a biological male.

Khelif won gold for Algeria at the Paris Games in 2024 – a year after being banned from International Boxing Association competition.

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Imane Khelif is likely to keep her Olympic gold medal[/caption]

In 2023, the IBA banned Khelif after tests taken in New Delhi allegedly produced the DNA of a “male”.

The IOC – who replaced the IBA as the Olympic’s boxing governing body – were warned about the tests and urged to remove Khelif from the competition.

But Khelif was allowed to box in Paris because of her female passport status.

Since then, the alleged sex-test results from the 2023 World Championships have been published for the first time by 3 Wire Sports.

The medical report appears to indicate that the boxer is biologically male.

American journalist Alan Abrahamson produced the result of a test said to have been carried out on the boxer in New Delhi in March 2023 – which triggered the boxer’s disqualification.

The document published summarises the findings on Khelif as “abnormal”, stating: “Chromosome analysis reveals male karyotype.”

A karyotype refers to an individual’s complete set of chromosomes, which in Khelif’s case has been reported by (IBA) as being XY, the male pattern.

The leaked medical reports have sparked calls for Khelif to be stripped of the gold medal she won in the women’s 66 kg category.

However, Doraine Lambelet Coleman – a Thomas L. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Laws at Duke Law School – explained why that is unlikely.

The legal expert told Newsweek: “The IOC would not revoke medals won by athletes who were eligible according to the rules it set for the boxing competition in Paris.

“Unlike the eligibility rules set by the IBA and now World Boxing, those rules did not require competitors to be biologically female.”

The alleged test results carry the letterhead of Dr Lal PathLabs in New Delhi, accredited by the American College of Pathologists and certified by the Swiss-based International Organisation for Standardisation.

This directly challenges what IOC spokesman Mark Adams said in a tense news conference at the Paris Olympics.

He described the results that saw Khelif banned as “ad hoc” and “not legitimate”.

IOC president Thomas Bach even claimed that the results are the product of a Russian-led misinformation campaign.

It followed after the IBA – headed by Russia’s Umar Kremlev – had been stripped of IOC recognition in a row over ethics and financial management.

Khelif has always denied being a biological male and even named JK Rowling and Elon Musk in a cyberbullying lawsuit.

And the 26-year-old has vowed to fight on, even eyeing another gold at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

‘Silence is no longer an option’

But World Boxing has ruled that Khelif is ineligible to enter future events as a woman without first submitting to the same chromosome testing that has already triggered the boxer’s disqualification at global level.

The governing body – provisionally approved to run Olympic boxing in LA – announced that all athletes in its competitions over 18 years old must undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genetic test to determine their sex.

The test detects chromosomal material through a mouth swab, saliva or blood.

Khelif has failed to provide any evidence of having female chromosomes in the nine months since the gender scandal erupted.

In February, Khelif spoke out in her defence and wrote: “For two years, I have taken the high road while my name and image have been used, unauthorised, to further personal and political agendas through the spreading and dissemination of baseless lies and misinformation. But silence is no longer an option.

“The IBA, an organisation that I am no longer associated with and which is no longer recognised by the IOC, have again made baseless accusations that are false and offensive, using them to further their agenda.

“This is a matter that concerns not just me but the broader principles of fairness and due process in sport.

“My team is carefully reviewing the situation and will take all necessary legal steps to ensure that my rights and the principles of fair competition are upheld.

“Those responsible for these actions must be held accountable, and we will pursue all legal avenues to ensure that justice prevails.”

An IOC spokesperson told Sun Sport: “The IOC has always made it clear that eligibility criteria are the responsibility of the respective International Federation.

“The factors that matter to sports performance are unique to each sport, discipline, and/or event.

“We await the full details how sex testing will be implemented in a safe, fair and legally enforceable way.”

THIS is the shocking moment two unruly Brits start fighting each other in Tenerife while getting cheered on by immature yobs.

The violent footage taken in Playa de Las Américas sparked fury among locals on the popular holiday island.

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Two Brit women were filmed beating each other up in Tenerife[/caption]

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The two Brits were cheered on by yobbish bystanders[/caption]

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They sparked outrage among locals[/caption]

At the start of the astonishing footage, one of the women dressed in white is seen lunging at another tourist.

She brazenly tackles her face-first onto the ground.

Dressed in a black and red dress, the blonde woman appears to try to fight back.

But she is seemingly overwhelmed by the black-haired Brit, who then starts to pummel the tourist as she tries to defend herself on the floor.

After taking several hard blows, the helpless woman then attempts to get up.

She instead throws herself on another part of the street before she is hit again.

At this point, the cheering yobs stop the violence and separate the brawling pair.

They pull apart the two Brits, who appear to be still holding each other by the hair.

The blonde woman then eventually escapes a brutal headlock as the two stand up.

She is pulled away to safety by another bystander and she then stumbles off.

The footage has highlighted growing concerns over tourist behaviour in Tenerife, Spain‘s largest Canary Island. 

A social media account that regularly posts reports of misbehaving Brits visiting the holiday hotspot shared the footage to outraged locals.

The brutal fight was recorded opposite Las Verónicas – the main area for nightclubs in Playa de Las Américas.

The pair were then subject to a barrage of criticism from local residents.

Social media users poured out in the comments, branding the tourists as “a disgrace”.

One user said: “This is becoming unbearable.”

Another appalled viewer said: “What a disgrace, and it’s only getting worse.”

This latest example of poor tourist behaviour has intensified calls for more police presence and tighter regulation of nightlife activity in Tenerife.

In May, thousands of fed-up locals flooded the streets of the Canary Islands in Spain‘s third wave of protests against overtourism this year.

Locals across the Canaries cried that their home had been turned into a playground for tourists.

Demonstrations took place across the Spanish archipelago’s islands, including Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura.

Holidaymakers awkwardly watched from the sidelines as the marches progressed through towns.

In Santa Cruz alone, Tenerife’s capital, around 7,000 people were estimated to be on the streets by Spanish security forces.

IN a month’s time England begin their the defence of their European Championship crown in Switzerland. 

Build-up to this year’s Euros has not been plain sailing in terms of some results on the pitch and shock announcements off it.

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England will compete in the Euros without vice captain Millie Bright following her withdrawal from selection before the tournament[/caption]

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Mary Earps announced her international retirement five weeks before the start of the tournament in Switzerland[/caption]

Today Sarina Wiegman will name the players included in her 23-strong England group who will battle for Euros glory. 

Three who will not be on her list are Mary Earps, Fran Kirby and Millie Bright. 

The trio were among the standout performers during England’s triumphant Euros charge three years ago. 

Five weeks before the start of this year’s contest Mary Earps announced her retirement from international football. 

Then came Fran Kirby, 31, hanging up her England boots after being informed that she would not be part of the squad for next month’s contest. 

And yesterday vice captain Bright withdrew herself from selection after bravely explaining her need to do so for her “health and future in the game”.  

The Chelsea captain’s announcement followed a season in which she skippered her club to a domestic trophy treble,

On the Daly Brightness podcast she hosts with former England ace Rachel Daly, Bright explained her decision was not taken lightly. 

Yesterday she said: “It was something that I’d spoken about with friends, family, the people around me, and I gave it a lot of thought. 

“But ultimately, I thought this was the best decision for the team, but also for myself and using this summer to zone into mentally, physically, getting myself back in tip-top condition.”

“It’s obviously hard, but I’m going to be the girls’ number one supporter and I know they’re going to go on and smash it.”

Bright, Earps and Kirby have played a huge part in England’s recent success with all playing in every single game of their last Euros campaign. 

With all three unavailable for England, here is a look at who will fill the void at this year’s Euros. 

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Hannah Hampton will be England’s first choice goalkeeper at this year’s Euros, her first major international tournament[/caption]

Goalkeeper options 

England’s shot stopper starter question has been answered with Hannah Hampton in place as their No1 for the Euros.

The Chelsea player won her battle for a starting spot with Earps after emerging as a first team regular under Wiegman. 

This year Hampton has started in five of their last six Nations League games following Earps’ last start (final international appearance) on February 21. 

While England’s away form in the contest has been mixed, including a 2-1 loss to world champions Spain this week, Hampton kept clean sheets on three of those occasions. 

This includes their 1-0 win against the World Cup winners who are among their main rivals at this year’s Euros. 

While Hampton is set to be England’s starter in goal, it is not entirely clear who will be the next automatic choice after her.

England have options in Anna Moorhouse and Man City’s Khiara Keating although both are yet to make their senior international debuts.  

Last October Moorhouse won the National Women’s Soccer League shield with top-flight American club Orlando Pride 

A month later the former West Ham goalkeeper set a new record for the most clean sheets in a NWSL season with 13 in 26 games. 

A friendly clash with Jamaica as England’s final game before their Euros opener against France could be an opportunity to see Moorhouse or Keating tested. 

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Anna Moorhouse and Khiara Keating are yet to make their senior international debuts[/caption]

Playmaker and forward options 

Should Lauren James win her race back to fitness from a hamstring problem, she and Jess Park are likely to be England’s primary attacking midfielders as well as Ella Toone. 

All three have been deployed in the number 10 role under Wiegman although Toone and James have faced battles with injury in recent months.

England also have Beth Mead’s creative capabilities from the wing. 

This week Wiegman revealed James was progressing well with her recovery from a hamstring issue. 

It is hoped the forward, who shone for England at the 2023 World Cup, will be fit enough to compete at the Euros. 

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Lauren James hopes to win her race to back to fitness ahead of the Euros with England facing France in their Group D opener[/caption]

Central defence

With Bright’s withdrawal Alex Greenwood is likely to be deployed alongside Williamson in central defence. 

The Man City skipper’s vision and versatility have made her one of England’s most dependable figures in their backline.

Her set-piece delivery skills will be a useful asset for the team. 

With 98 caps she is also one of England’s most experienced players on the pitch and a calming presence on the pitch. 

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Alex Greenwood is likely partner Lioness captain Leah Williamson in the centre of England’s defence[/caption]

Aside from Greenwood, England also have the option of Jess Carter.

The ex-Chelsea defender, who won the Concacaf Champions Cup with Gotham FC , is more than capable of operating centrally or as a full-back.

King Charles braved the rain in east London today visiting the city’s first ever SXSW festival.

The Kingdom Choir, who performed at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding in 2018, sang to Charles while he toured the event in Shoreditch.

Charles kept himself dry holding an umbrella while meeting key figures in the creative arts and technology industries.

This week, London has been filled with thousands people attending SXSW, a conference that began in Texas but has evolved into a broader cultural festival.

The focal point of Charles’s was the immersive art installation, centred around sustainability, a subject which the King is passionate about.

The exhibit, made by London artist Damien Roach, is called Grounding. It utilises AI and data to transform landscape images, reflecting the natural world’s constant adaptation and evolution.

In a previous video address, Charles compared the rise of AI to the discovery of electricity, the splitting of the atom, and the creation of the internet.

He went on to meet speakers for a panel session called ‘Love the Earth’, before visiting Spitalfields to see an art exhibition from Caribbean artists, about British Art and Culture.

SXSW has been in full swing all week. SXSW CEO Max Alexander told Metro, one of the conference’s media partners, that attendees will witness a historic ‘love letter to London’.

Idris Elba, Katherine Ryan, Erykah Badu, Alice Glass, and Sophie Turner are among the many actors, musicians, creative minds, and pioneering entrepreneurs who will be giving talks and performances until Saturday.

Earlier this week, Sadiq Khan opened the inaugural London festival during a panel with Tania Bryer at The Truman Brewery.

‘This week the creative eyes of the world will be on London as our capital becomes the first European city to ever host SXSW,’ he said.

SXSW London takes place from today (June 2) until Saturday (June 7) at venues across London.  For more information and tickets, click here.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

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