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CHELSEA fans have demanded Nicolas Jackson “explain” his hilarious goal celebration against West Ham.

The Blues striker opened the scoring after just four minutes at the London Stadium.

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Jackson raced clear down the left before forcing his way into the box and slipping the ball between Alphonse Areola’s legs.

After being mobbed by his Chelsea team-mates, the Senegal international faced the camera to reveal his new dance routine.

Channelling his inner Michael Jackson, he raised his arms and moved side to side with his own ‘Thriller’ dance.

Fans were left stunned on social media, with one commenting: “Jackson has to explain that celebration.”

Another added: “Jackson doing the ‘Thriller’ celebration for his goal. I love this guy.”

A third supporter even called for it to be added to EA FC25, writing: “Jackson calmly dropping that ‘Thriller’ celebration. @EA better take notes.”

Meanwhile, one more also asked: “Nicolas Jackson just bagged again for Chelsea and dropped the ‘Thriller’ celebration… Is it time to have a conversation?”

Jackson’s opener was his third of the season following strikes against Wolves and Crystal Palace already this term.

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His afternoon got even better inside the first 20 minutes as he beat Areola once again to double Chelsea’s lead.

The strike put him within touching distance of his second hat-trick for the club.

He previously promised to recreate Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic ‘Siu’ celebration next time he scored a treble for the Blues.

Jackson emulated the five-time Ballon d’Or winner after clinching the match ball against Tottenham in November last year.

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JADON SANCHO has taken just 49 minutes to match a feat that took him SEVEN MONTHS to achieve at Manchester United.

Sancho, 24, is on loan at Chelsea from the Red Devils.

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He put in a Man of the Match debut after coming on off the bench at half-time against Bournemouth to provide the match-winning assist.

Enzo Maresca consequently awarded Sancho with a start against West Ham.

And once again he has paid back his manager’s faith by contributing an assist to Nicolas Jackson‘s clever opening goal just four minutes in.

This put Sancho on two league assists for the Blues.

However, at previous club Man Utd, where Sancho never truly never managed to bed in, it took him an astonishing seven months to match the same league numbers.

Sancho joined United in the summer of 2021 from Borussia Dortmund in a transfer deal worth £73million.

However, following a stop-start season for him personally amid the struggles the club faced, Sancho did not register his first assists until February against Leeds.

That game, a 4-2 win for Ralf Rangnick‘s side, saw him register two assists.

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He would add a third assist of the season against Tottenham three games later before his season was prematurely ended by injury.

Meanwhile, it took him until his 10th game to score his first United goal, ironically against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Overall, Sancho hit 12 goals and six assists for United but saw himself sidelined for much of last season following a falling out with Erik ten Hag where the Dutchman criticised his training performances.

A public rebuttal from Sancho with no apology prompted Ten Hag to freeze him out of first-team training before the winger was sent on loan to former club Borussia Dortmund, where he had a mixed spell.

After apparently burying the hatchet with Ten Hag this season, Sancho missed a crucial penalty in the Community Shield penalty shootout against Manchester City.

He then sealed a deadline day loan move to Stamford Bridge, where the early indicators are he has captured his old form in Germany.

SOCIAL Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is pushing for a €15 increase in the State pension – but the jobseeker’s allowance won’t see the same rate increase.

The Budget 2025 move would boost the weekly pension payment to €292.30 for OAPs, after it was hiked by €12 per week in Budget 2024.

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The weekly rate for the State Pension (Contributory) ranges from €110.80 to €277.30 and the amount changes due to the age of those receiving it.

While the weekly rate for the State Pension Non-Contributory ranges from €266 to €276 and increases depending on adult or child dependants.

Minister Humphreys has drafted a plan for the pension boost that would be announced on October 1, the Irish Independent reports.

She explained that if the jobseeker’s allowance was increased by €15, it may affect possible increases for other social welfare supports.

The Minister is also calling for a double payment of the state pension and other welfare boosts in October and December – similar to Halloween and Christmas bonus boosts issued back in 2022.

And she is also looking for a once-off payment of €200 for those receiving the living alone allowance.

Pension payments were increased last year by €12.

TDs have reportedly been urging Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe to add €20 each week to the pension as a way to win over older voters.

Budget 2025, set to be announced on October 1, has a €8.3 billion fund set aside for the country.

This includes €1.4 billion allocated to new tax measures which leaves hopes of the rising cost of living being dealt with.

In hopes to tackle the cost of living crisis, many social welfare recipients could bag themselves a cash boost.

The State Pension (Contributory) is given by the state to those from the age of 66 and have enough social insurance (PRSI) contributions.

You must be over 66 and have enough Class A, E, F, G, H, N, or S social insurance contributions to qualify.

These contributions must be paid before a certain age.

To get this form of pension, you must have started paying PRSI before the age of 56.

The amount of PRSI paid is calculated from the first day you began paying the tax and is typically first paid when you began your first job.

This, however, may not be the case when it comes to mixed PRSI contributions or if you were self-employed.

The amount you need for this various on your retirement date, and from this, the Department of Social Protection will calculate it depending on your personal situation.

And the State Pension (Non-Contributory) is given to those who are over 66 years of age and do not qualify for the State Pension (Contributory).

To qualify for this, you must be aged 66 or over, pass a means test and live in Ireland.

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And bumper funding to recruit 1,500 more special needs assistants, expand the free school books scheme to all students and build a significant number of new schools is on the cards for Budget 2025, the Irish Sun can reveal.

Government leaders are in the closing stages of negotiating Budget 2025 with the final bilateral talks between the ministers due to be carried out over the coming week.

The Irish Sun understands that reducing the cost of sending kids to school along with significantly expanding supports for children with special needs will be central to the education budget next year.

Government leaders are keen to expand the popular free school books scheme to all students with a final decision expected to be signed off by Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe.

The move to ensure Leaving Cert cycle students have access to free school books will save families around €500 a year.

It’s expected to cost around €70million a year to implement.

There will also be significant funding to expand the hot meals programme which sees some primary school children provided with a free lunch.

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is fighting for funding to expand this scheme to all primary schools across the country as part of a rapid expansion.

The Irish Sun can also reveal that Education Minister Norma Foley is pushing for funding to significantly increase the number of special needs classes that are available across the country.

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DANIEL DUBOIS vowed to rain down revenge on Anthony Joshua – after he threatened to smash a chair across his face.

At the June press conference to launch Saturday’s Wembley spectacular, the pair were pulled apart by security after 34-year-old AJ’s switch was flicked.

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Dynamite Dubois, 27, lit the fuse by telling the two-time heavyweight world champ that he was ready to scrap there and then.

And Joshua’s violent warning is still ringing in Dubois’ ears as he plots to bring thunder and lightning to his rival’s front door.

He said: “I need to make him pay for those words. I have to make sure I do something about that.

“But the best place for me to do that is in the ring on Saturday night.

“I am ready to get in there and bash AJ now.

“I know I can cope in dark places now. I have made those dark places a home for me now.

I don’t need to weather storms any more – because I am the storm now.”

The dark places Dubois is referring to are the two defeats he suffered to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk.

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Both times he took a knee and surrendered when the going got too tough – and that earned scorn from armchair fans, while some of his prize-fighting peers called him a quitter.

Now under the tutelage of trainer Don Charles, on a farm that has views of the Wembley Arch he will fight under, he feels vindicated and dangerous.

And Usyk can take some credit for that after he consoled his beaten rival after their 2023 Poland battle.

The IBF title holder explained: “They were the right words at the time. And I did come back from it.

“I needed to sort things out and that’s all in the past now — I am a man of the future.

“I feel like I have redeemed myself now.”

Joshua vs Dubois fight predictions

THIS weekend Wembley will witness one of the biggest all-British fights of all-time.

But who will emerge victorious under the famous arch? Some of the biggest names in boxing have been having their say…

Oleksandr Usyk: “My favourite is Anthony Joshua but I am very bad at predictions. But I will predict Anthony Joshua.”

Dillian Whyte: “I just think that it’s one of those fights where it is a genuine 50/50 fight in my opinion.”

Joe Joyce: “I was initially edging with Joshua but I don’t know, Dubois is coming on.”

Frazer Clarke: “As heavy-handed as Dubois is and as good a fighter as he’s becoming, I still have to go for Joshua.”

Francis Ngannou: “Even though Joshua lost against Usyk twice and Dubois fought Usyk and almost knocked him down and almost won, I would still give this to Joshua.”

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A major part of Dubois’ arsenal is his giant dad Stan, who has fathered 11 children.

Some believe he is too overpowering in his son’s career.

But, in his last two must-win bouts against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, Dubois Sr is the man Daniel has turned to in his hour of need and now he has a licence and can be officially in his corner.

Daniel continued: “My dad gives me an extra boost. We are a partnership and team – he knows the words that get to me and help me.

“When I look over into my corner and he’s there, it gives me that kick up the a**e.

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“He makes me fight even harder, he makes me fight to win, he makes me give it my all.”

Dubois burst on the scene in 2017 as a teenage terror laying waste to the biggest journeyman in the country.

But he always appeared like a boy in a huge man’s body and tough to interview.

He reckons that is all about to change.

Dubois laughed: “I am just a man of few words. I do my talking in the ring, with my fists.

“Of course, when I was just starting out at 18, I was a little camera-shy, what young kid wouldn’t be?

“But I am a man now, I am a world champion and I am going to stay this way.”

AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fight

ANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.

Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information…

• Check out the ring-walk time, TV details, timings and undercard for Saturday’s blockbuster event
• SunSport’s Colin Hart has exclusively revealed exactly what happened during AJ’s infamous spar session with Dubois
• Dubois is so desperate to retain his IBF heavyweight title, he’s told he is willing to use an ILLEGAL MOVE
• A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted the result of Saturday’s fight – and if correct, fans are in for an epic
• AJ is worth more than £200million and Dubois drives a £260k car – we take a look at how their lifestyles compare

AS a fan of updating outfits she’s worn before, the Princess of Wales knows that jewellery is the secret to transforming a look.

Although she has diamond-encrusted tiaras and other heirloom jewels at her disposal, Kate, 42, proves she’s a little like the rest of us and actually favours jewellery from this century – and from the high street.

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In January 2020 Catherine visited Ely and Caerau Children’s Centre in Cardiff.

Wearing a long, double breasted camel-coloured coat from Massimo Dutti, £349, and a £30 animal print from Zara skirt we fell in love with Kate’s high street look. 

And over her black roll neck she wore a gold coin necklace engraved with the initials of her three children’s names – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – along with a trio of stars. 

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The item came from female British jewellery designer, Daniella Draper.

With a £1,070 price tag (at the time), the necklace didn’t come cheap – but she sparked a trend of similar necklaces and has since worn it more than a handful of times. 

Including most recently in her heart warming video alongside Prince William and their children, announcing that she had finished her chemotherapy treatment. 

The personalised necklace made from 100 per cent recycled solid gold and diamonds isn’t her only favourite piece from the Lincolnshire-born designer. 

Following the necklace’s first outing in 2020, in March William and Catherine were in Dublin where Kate wore a pair of Mini Cupid Hoop earrings, £385, from the same brand which had small shamrocks attached.

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And during the same trip to the emerald isle she wore a Baby Shamrock Necklace, £325, also by Draper, that she has since reworn on St Patrick’s Day.

She continued to wear the small hoops during Zoom engagements in the pandemic but also chose to add similar earrings, without the shamrocks, when she made the devastating announcement in March 2024 that she was undergoing cancer treatment.

Another piece by Kate’s favourite jewellery brand is the Alphabet Necklace, £300, again with the initials G, C and L for the young royals but this time as charms attached to a simple gold chain. 

She wore this in Scotland in 2021, when she and William visited Starbank Park in Edinburgh.

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And on many other occasions she’s also worn Drapers designs, including during the filming of the couple’s 10th Anniversary video and on a day at Wimbledon, making it a household name. 

But even though the Princess’s jewellery comes with a heavy price tag, there’s now a DD design with a more affordable one. 

Available in five different colours, orange, blue, lilac, turquoise and yellow, the Silver Smiley Face Cord Bracelet with solid recycled silver charm can be yours for just £15. 

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And for £30 there’s a Silver Stack Ring as well as a Silver Mini Alphabet Charm to add to a necklace or bracelet you own already, to channel Kate’s look. 

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Plus, for £70, Daniella Draper sell Silver Tiny Cupid Hoop Earrings, similar to Kate’s – they’re sure to be popular so get them before they go.

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Who inherited Princess Diana's jewellery?

AFTER her death, Diana's sons Prince William and Prince Harry were left three-quarters of her £21 million estate — with the other quarter going to her 17 godchildren.

In a special “letter of wishes”, Diana explained that she was leaving her jewellery to her sons’ future wives.

The letter reads: “I would like you to allocate all my jewellery to the share to be held by my sons, so that their wives may, in due course, have it or use it.

“I leave the exact division of the jewellery to your discretion.”

Some of Diana’s most iconic gems were on loan from the royal collection, while others were not included in her estate.

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