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8 hours ago Netherlands icon Patrick Kluivert named as manager of international minnows

Patrick Kluivert - one of the greatest Dutch football players of all time - has become the manager of a national side placed 127th in FIFA's rankings

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96 minutes ago Amad signs new Man Utd deal as winger rewarded for fine start under Ruben Amorim

Amad, who has made 50 appearances for United, has been one of the players who has impressed most under new boss Ruben Amorim.

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2 hours ago Stuart Hogg was a world class Scottish rugby player who now has to relocate his moral compass | Robert Kitson

The former national rugby union captain has been spared jail for the domestic abuse of his estranged wife, Gill, after courts painted a grim picture of his off-pitch behaviourScotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a just-try-and-stop-me attitude that set him apart from the average workaday pro.The talented lad from Hawick was a big fish in a series of smallish pools – the Borders, Scottish rugby, Exeter – and grew accustomed to being hailed as king of his local oval-ball castle. While, behind closed doors, not being entirely the man his many fans thought him to be. Continue reading...

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65 minutes ago West Ham: Graham Potter addresses Tim Steidten role after Julen Lopetegui tension

New Hammers boss is sure he can work harmoniously alongside under-pressure technical director as he preaches need for unity

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1 hour ago Chelsea legend Petr Cech played key role in Tottenham's Carabao Cup win over Liverpool

Chelsea legend Petr Cech may have had a rivalry with Tottenham as a player, but that did not stop him helping Spurs seal the signing of fellow goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky earlier this month

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3 hours ago Pep Guardiola has already made feelings clear as Man United swap deal opportunity emerges

With the transfer window now firmly up and running, a swap deal that involves Manchester United and a former Manchester City player has emerged

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4 hours ago 12 Celtic players who almost joined Rangers including Treble legends and boyhood Ibrox fan

The Old Firm have been embroiled in countless transfer tug-of-wars down the years

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83 minutes ago Real Madrid XI vs Mallorca: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Spanish Super Cup today

Vinicius Jr is available for the Supercopa de Espana semi-final despite his LaLiga red card against Valencia

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1 hour ago Real Madrid vs Mallorca LIVE! Spanish Super Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Los Blancos looking to tee up final against Barcelona

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11 hours ago Man United 'offered' Kobbie Mainoo replacement transfer swap deal as reunion emerges

Manchester United transfer news as Douglas Luiz becomes the latest player linked with joining Ruben Amorim's project at Old Trafford

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6 hours ago Nottingham Forest's merry band of misfits: How the Premier League's big surprise team took unpopular players and manager from the rich... and the incredible stat behind 100/1 dream run

Their manager and lots of their players tasted failure at the big clubs and had a point to prove when they arrived at Forest. Now, many of them are thriving while their grand old sides flounder.

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2 hours ago Warning food prices could soar by 20% as pressure mounts on Reeves over flailing economy

Exclusive: Fears of a massive rise in the cost of imports have fuelled calls for Rachel Reeves to cancel her China trip with warnings that the UK is on the cusp of a financial crisis and recession

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2 hours ago Marvel Rivals Twitch drops – how to unlock the entire Will of Galacta cosmetic drop for free

Free skins are a good enough reason to do anything in Marvel Rivals, but luckily for us, the slick new Will of Galacta items are free to players who simply jump into a few Twitch streams.

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11 hours ago Service cuts and council tax hikes 'inevitable' as councils in Wales face £559m shortfall

Councils face budget pressures of £559m next year, equivalent to a 26% council tax rise or the loss of nearly 14,000 jobs, a committee heard

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7 hours ago 'I'm player 829 in Beast Games – this was the most terrifying part of filming'

A player on Beast Games shared his dramatic experience on the game show – including the most "terrifying" thing about filming. Here's what he had to say

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3 hours ago John Swinney under pressure over Chinese surveillance cameras in public sector

A newspaper reported earlier this week that 22 councils continue to use devices made by Hikvision.

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3 hours ago Government says ‘no need for emergency intervention’ in financial markets

Uncertainty over fiscal stability and wider global pressures caused sterling to weaken on Thursday.

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26 hours ago Mason Greenwood's rocketing transfer price could leave Man United with £4.5m hole

Mason Greenwood left Manchester United to join Marseille last summer but the Premier League outfit could still profit from any future move by the player

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7 hours ago Goalkeeper's insult to Kai Rooney about dad Wayne that left Man Utd youth player fuming

Coleen and Wayne Rooney's son Kai has been on the receiving end of some brutal abuse while playing football which she revealed on the Stick to Football podcast

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6 hours ago Brits battling huge virus spike with NHS under pressure 'like height of Covid pandemic'

The latest data from NHS England shows there were around 5,408 flu patients in beds in England every day last week, causing the same pressures on A&E staff as the Covid pandemic

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4 hours ago Don't underestimate importance of Team Cup for Europe's Ryder Cup defence

Six players used warm-up event to face Americans in Rome victory two years ago

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30 hours ago Man United have nobody to blame for Kobbie Mainoo nightmare amid £890k

Latest Manchester United transfer news as contracts offered to players in recent years mean Kobbie Mainoo could leave the club

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8 hours ago Manchester United revoke four players' 'untouchable' status as part of new transfer plans

Four players were not for sale at Man United in the summer but the team's spiralling form has seen those statuses revoked.

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7 hours ago ‘Ancestral’ herb could combat cramps, high blood pressure and help weight loss

Sprinkle this ancient herb on your next dish and you could see a world of difference in your health and weight loss journey

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4 hours ago Former Rangers star Andy Halliday and wife Jilly Isabella share baby gender reveal

Scottish influencer Jilly Halliday and the ex-Rangers player have been flooded with support on their happy pregnancy news, which comes after the pair tied the knot in Glasgow last year.

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34 hours ago Chelsea can make £70m Marc Guehi swap transfer happen with perfect bargaining chip

Chelsea are eyeing a move for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi this summer, and the Blues could use one opportune player as a makeweight in any potential transfer

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9 hours ago Man City transfer priority clear as new target emerges to put four players on alert

A new Manchester City transfer target has reportedly emerged as 18-year-old Vitor Reis could be on his way to the Etihad Stadium this month.

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8 hours ago Real Madrid XI vs Mallorca: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Spanish Super Cup today

Vinicius Jr is available for the Supercopa de Espana semi-final despite his LaLiga red card against Valencia

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4 hours ago When's EA FC 25 Numero FUT Team 2 released? All leaks as Arsenal star due incredible card

EA FC 25's latest promo, Numero FUT, continues with Team 2 this week — here's all we know so far, including leaked players like Arsenal star Martinelli and Allison

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8 hours ago Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg avoids jail after abusing ex

Montpellier player made MBE in New Year Honours list previously pleaded guilty to domestic abuse of ex-partner Gillian Hogg, including shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages that were alarming and distressing in nature

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5 hours ago South Africa’s sports minister joins growing calls for boycott of Afghanistan

Afghanistan to feature at upcoming Champions TrophyEngland and South Africa are in group with AfghanistanSouth Africa’s sports minister has joined calls for a boycott of Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, adding his voice to those of British politicians who have called on England not to play them next month.England and South Africa share the same group with Afghanistan in the competition and are under pressure to boycott the fixtures in response to the Taliban government’s crackdown on women’s rights since returning to power in August 2021. South Africa are scheduled to open their Champions Trophy against Afghanistan in Karachi on 21 February but McKenzie urged his country’s cricket governing body not to honour the fixture. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago History made: Habib is 1st Lebanese player in Open era to play in a Grand Slam men's singles draw

Hady Habib isn’t likely to find anything too daunting at the Australian Open now that he’s become the first Lebanese player in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam men’s singles draw

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10 hours ago Man City get major injury boost after five months as team news hint dropped for FA Cup

Manchester City welcomed back one of their long-term injured players to training this week as six youngsters joined Pep Guardiola's squad ahead of the FA Cup clash vs Salford.

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5 hours ago The Traitors 2025: Kasim Ahmed breaks his silence on BBC cast after elimination

Kasim Ahmed was the latest player to be eliminated from The Traitors 🔪

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11 hours ago Rodrigo Bentancur latest as Tottenham player provides update after ‘worrying’ incident

The midfielder was strechered off the pitch after receiving around eight minutes of treatment at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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20 hours ago Jurrien Timber fires warning to three Man Utd players as he issues demand to Arsenal stars

Arsenal host Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday, with Jurrien Timber hoping to avoid the same nightmare as Trent Alexander-Arnold against the Red Devils

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5 hours ago Adam Jones picks his dream rugby team including six Wales legends and 'unbelievable' cult hero

The legendary Wales prop has shared the pitch with some of the greatest players to ever play the game

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20 hours ago Tottenham player ratings vs Liverpool: Antonin Kinsky shines on debut as Lucas Bergvall impresses again

Spurs kept a rare clean sheet to give themselves a lead to take to Anfield

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25 hours ago Terrifying decline of Scotland's curlews is robbing us of its unforgettable music – David Gray

A landscape that is completely out of balance has seen numbers of predators like foxes and crows go through the roof, putting enormous pressure on ground-nesting birds like the curlew

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5 hours ago Reeves facing calls to cancel controversial China trip as pound tumbles

Labour chancellor under pressure as government borrowing costs surge, piling pressure on her spending plans

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25 hours ago When is Australian Open 2025? Dates, schedule, British players, how to watch, prize money and latest odds

A new year brings a new tennis season and it is about to kick into gear as the world’s best battle it out at the Australian Open.

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25 hours ago Jason and Travis Kelce answer fan’s burning question about jockstraps in the NFL

The Kelce brothers said there was a more efficient item of clothing that NFL players prefer to jockstraps

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5 hours ago The wrong trousers: how sporting dress codes can create an image problem | Emma John

Magnus Carlsen’s jeans put the spotlight on chess’s sartorial intransigence but it is not the only sport struggling to adaptWallace and Gromit is a festive TV staple in many a household – but it wasn’t their wrong trousers that scooped the post-Christmas headlines. That honour belonged to Magnus Carlsen, disqualified from a chess tournament in New York for wearing jeans.The orld No 1 – who also happens to be the only current chess player most people can name – had balked when he was told to change his attire ahead of his third-round match at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Walking out of the event, Carlsen shrugged that he would “probably head off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer”. Instead, he returned three days later after governing body Fide had agreed a more “flexible approach” to its dress code. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago 10 Scotland players to watch in January transfer window including possible Celtic, Rangers and Hearts moves

Steve Clarke squad members to keep an eye on this month

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26 hours ago Moment brothers who plundered mansions for luxury cars and golf clubs are arrested as they are jailed for crime spree in footballers' Surrey enclave

Jonathan and Timmy Casey, 41 and 37, stole two Audis, a VW Golf and a Jaguar from across across Cobham and Esher in Elmbridge, Surrey.

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6 hours ago Man United's Nuno Mendes transfer stance emerges after stumbling block

Manchester United have once again been linked with a move for one of Ruben Amorim's former players

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27 hours ago Premier League star accused of rape: Police pass evidence to CPS for them to weigh up as player continues playing for his club

The Metropolitan Police passed on the evidence relating to an international player in his 30s who was first arrested at his home in London in July 2022.

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28 hours ago Tragic final four words of teen who was left quadriplegic after eating slug for dare

Sam Ballard, who died at the age of 28, ate a slug at a friend's party for a dare while still a teenager. The consequences would prove to be catastrophic, resulting in the keen rugby player requiring 24/7 care for the rest of his life

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8 hours ago Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a tense portrait of coercive control

Trapped between a controlling partner and a housing system in crisis, a mother in Dublin struggles to protect her children and herselfAbout a quarter of the way through Roisín O’Donnell’s unbearably tense debut novel, the protagonist finds herself in the foyer of a Dublin hotel. She picks up a brochure, which advises her to “escape the pressures of everyday life at the Hotel Eden”; the problem is that Ciara and her two young daughters are not trying to escape everyday stresses, but Ciara’s coercive and domineering husband – and crucially, this time they are trying to stay away for good.Ireland’s housing crisis means there is nowhere, physically, for them to go. Ciara’s family are based in the UK and Ryan has put a block on the girls’ passports, while his controlling ways have cut Ciara off from all her friends. She is also completely financially dependent on him. What follows, then, is a nightmarish attempt to navigate the housing system – a series of cramped wai...

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28 hours ago Three Man Utd players they're desperate to axe as major January transfer issue exposed

Few will be exempt from Manchester United's proposed fire sale as Sir Jim Ratcliffe looks to slash costs and boost Ruben Amorim's transfer kitty with a major overhaul at Old Trafford

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32 hours ago Frustrated Cameron Norrie throws tennis racquet into crowd and hits spectator

Tennis player Cameron Norrie accidentally threw his racquet into the stands, hitting a spectator during his first-round defeat to Facundo Diaz Acosta at the Auckland Classic in New Zealand on Tuesday, 7 January.

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8 hours ago Martin Keown savages Craig Levein for Leicester City 'torture' as he reveals what ex Scotland boss was 'useless' at

The former Arsenal defender claims the Hearts stalwart was a 'black belt' in finding faults with players

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28 hours ago Mikel Arteta told which Arsenal player to build his team around after Bukayo Saka blow

Arsenal academy graduate Ethan Nwaneri has also had a fantastic impact on the Gunners’ first team and has been backed to enjoy more opportunities under Mikel Arteta in the future

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33 hours ago Ruben Amorim open to Man United transfer firesale as 3 'untouchables' free to go

There's set to be a major overhaul at Old Trafford with the club willing to listen to offers for any player

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8 hours ago BBC Traitors star admits show moment that left him 'holding back tears'

The Traitors viewers were left stunned as three players who left the game at the start of the series made a surprise return - but their second chance at playing came with a catch

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29 hours ago Australian Open 2025: There really isn't much time off in the offseason for tennis players

If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.”

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34 hours ago Will there be a new grooming gangs inquiry and what did the previous one find?

Labour government facing pressure over its response to grooming gangs

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8 hours ago BBC The Traitors fans point out Faithfuls major mistake as 'easy' way to catch Traitors uncovered

It came as the group of players banished another Faithful, giving more power to the Traitors

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30 hours ago England rugby player Tom Voyce's car found in 7ft of water, inquest hears

The former wing's body was discovered in the River Aln following days of searches

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34 hours ago Harrowing moment extreme cold swimmer gets trapped under ice and drowns in frozen lake

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Cold water swimmer Lu Man is believed to have taken on a challenge to dive under a frozen lake in Hunan Province, China, when he got into difficulties

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9 hours ago Pound under further pressure as government borrowing costs keep rising

Sterling fell nearly 1% to just under 1.23 US dollars – its lowest level since November 2023.

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31 hours ago Manchester United know who to blame if they are forced into transfer decision fans will hate

Man Utd are having to consider offers for every player in their squad in a bid to raise funds and it means academy stars such as Kobbie Mainoo or Alejandro Garnacho could depart.

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36 hours ago Three breakfast foods that could help slash risk of 'silent killer' condition

Having high blood pressure puts you at significant risk of heart attacks and strokes among other health complications

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9 hours ago Ruben Amorim promotes four wonderkids to first team ahead of crunch Arsenal clash

Ruben Amorim has taken the opportunity to blood some of Manchester United's academy players into first-team training ahead of Sunday's FA Cup third-round trip to Arsenal

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31 hours ago Peter Hain urges South Africa to boycott Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy

Anti-apartheid campaigner plea to governing bodyWomen’s cricket team disbanded under Taliban ruleThe veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to challenge the ban on women’s and girl’s cricket in Afghanistan before next month’s Champions Trophy.In a letter seen by the Guardian, Lord Hain urges the Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, Pholetsi Moseki, to take up the issue with the International Cricket Council before South Africa’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan in Karachi. In a particularly striking passage, Hain also draws direct parallels with the struggle of black and brown players under apartheid with the Taliban’s oppression of women’s rights in Afghanistan. Continue reading...

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40 hours ago Man Utd transfer news: Marcus Rashford exit terms revealed as Ruben Amorim hits problems

Manchester United are expected to be big players in the January transfer window, with Ruben Amorim looking to boost his squad and Marcus Rashford eyeing an exit

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