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Manchester City and Spain legend David Silva, 40, comes out of retirement to join Hong Kong club

The World Cup winner has reportedly signed a short-term deal with Supreme Sha Tin, three years after hanging up his boots.

— The Athletic (NYT), publisher's words · Read the original ↗

21 outlets7 languages10 countriesUpdated

Who broke it

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ES · ES

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outlets in 7 languages over 5 h 21 min.

Our read

Corroborated (9)

9 of 16 outlets each added at least one detail no earlier report had; the other 7 repeat it. That is independence, not agreement: two of them can still contradict each other.

Judged on the 16 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 21 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

21 outlets · first-seen order
  1. +0 min
  2. +13 min

    MarcaES · ESOwn reporting

    ¡David Silva vuelve al fútbol!

  3. +51 min
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    Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESRepeats

    ¡Bombazo: David Silva vuelve al fútbol!

  5. +55 min
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    BBC Sport — FootballEN · GBRepeats

    Former Man City player Silva comes out of retirement

  16. +2 h 17 min
  17. +3 h 17 min
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First seen is our own clock across 245+ feeds; it is not a guarantee of who published first. Each time is the earlier of the publisher's own timestamp and our first sighting. Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own words, linked to the original. How we work out who broke it.