IBRA GETS 700K EURO BOOST

Paris Saint-Germain's star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been handed a 700,000 euros ($760,000) monthly pay-rise making him by far the highest-paid footballer in France, Le Parisien newspaper reported on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Swede, who joined the club in 2012 from AC Milan and has scored 127 goals in 156 games since then, now gets 1.5 million euros ($1.1 million) a month before tax under the performance-based hike agreed late last year. On top, Ibrahimovic can pocket three big bonus payments for winning the Champions league, the French league title and ending the season with the top combined total of goals scored and goal assists.