9 h. ago Arsenal ‘here to win’ Women’s Champions League after rollercoaster road to final

Visit from 2007 winners comes ahead of facing Barcelona in the club’s first Champions League final in 18 years

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10 h. ago Arsenal’s comeback queens face ultimate Barcelona test in Champions League final

New chapter in Arsenal’s storied history awaits as they aim to end continental drought in a sold-out Lisbon finalAfter 18 years, Arsenal are back in the biggest game in women’s European football with a dream to end their long wait for continental glory. They face the holders, the favourites and the much-revered Barcelona, who are aiming to win the Champions League for a third consecutive season on a picture-perfect weekend in Lisbon.Strolling along tree-lined paths through the Portuguese capital’s sun-kissed Parque Eduardo VII, as a group of Barcelona fans cross paths with two Arsenal supporters wearing full red-and-white kit and exchange a few friendly quips about Saturday’s final, it is hard not to feel a pang of sympathy for the 3,467 attendees who saw Arsenal lift the Uefa Women’s Cup – as it was known in 2007 – in the somewhat less glamorous surroundings of Boreham Wood FC’s Meadow Park. In those days, the competition concluded with a two-legged home-and-away final. Arsenal fol...

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11 h. ago Arsenal XI vs Barcelona: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for Women's Champions League final

Daphne van Domselaar appears to be winning her battle to feature on Saturday evening

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15 h. ago ‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water • Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last yearWildfires engulfed vast swathes of South America last year, devastating ecosystems, closing schools and grounding flights. With its worst fire season on record, Bolivia was especially hard hit. “We felt powerless and angry to be unable to protect what is ours,” says Isabel Surubí Pesoa.Surubí Pesoa was forced to migrate to the nearest town after the spring that fed her village in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands dried up after the fires and the drought that preceded it. “It’s very painful,” she says. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Is Arsenal vs Barcelona on TV? How to watch Women’s Champions League final

Arsenal are through to their first final since 2007 as Barcelona target a hat-trick of titles

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22 h. ago Manchester United give full backing to Ruben Amorim ahead of crucial summer rebuild

Despite overseeing United’s worst season in decades, including defeat in the Europa League final, Amorim will lead the team into next season

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22 h. ago ‘It can start the cycle over’: Arsenal’s Champions League inspiration is their own past

Barcelona are the clear favourites in Lisbon, but Arsenal have the chance to bring their journey full circle - while raising what it means to another level

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33 h. ago Manchester United face urgent dilemma: ditch Amorim or revamp the squad | Jonathan Wilson

Not many at Old Trafford are suited to the manager’s trusty 3-4-2-1 but replacing them will cost hundreds of millionsEverything always seems clearer in the morning, and in the cold grey light of Thursday, the prognosis for Manchester United is bleak. While Tottenham face an awkward calculation – weighing up whether the delirium of a first European trophy in 41 years offsets their worst league season in terms of proportion of games lost – for Manchester United the equation is far starker.Ruben Amorim will only play in one way. He is committed absolutely, uncompromisingly, irrevocably to the 3-4-2-1. Liverpool considered him, looked at their squad, realised the two things did not go together, appointed Arne Slot and won the league. Manchester United looked at their squad, flinched at the horror, and seem to have reasoned it was such a mess that it was impossible to find a manager whose philosophy would fit. There was a dissenting voice, Dan Ashworth, but at the court of Sir Jim Ratcli...

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40 h. ago Barcelona are big Women’s Champions League final favourites despite ‘worst’ season

Blaugrana face Arsenal after what Caroline Graham Hansen calls an ‘emotional’ campaign under a new managerNormalising the extraordinary. Even in their “worst season”, Barcelona are going for a second quadruple in a row and fourth consecutive Women’s Champions League title. Few may have predicted that late last year, after a defeat at Manchester City prompted a new narrative: this was the season they were finally not going to win anything.In the end, they won the Liga F title but only after losing twice. That may not sound terrible but it is the first time since the 2018-19 season they have been defeated more than once in the league. So a crisis of some sort. The loss at City also prompted some soul-searching for a team in their first season with a new manager, Pere Romeu replacing Jonatan Giráldez last summer. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago This is rock bottom for Manchester United and the Glazers are still not listening

After the worst Man United season since the club was last relegated, it is time to rip it up and start again.

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42 h. ago How Mariona Caldentey elevated Arsenal on road to Champions League final

Spain’s World Cup winner will come up against her former team when Arsenal meet Barcelona after an impressive debut season in England

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53 h. ago Luke Shaw questions squad’s quality after Europa League final defeat

The Red Devils’ worst top-flight season since relegation in 1973-74 was compounded by a 1-0 loss.

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54 h. ago Luke Shaw tells Manchester United players they should consider their futures after dismal season

Man Utd will end their worst season in more than a generation on Sunday and defeat in the Europa League final is a bitter pill for the club.

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54 h. ago Ruben Amorim offers to quit Manchester United if board want new manager

Europa League final defeat confirmed this season as Man United's worst in 51 years and Ruben Amorim admitted he would quit if he is no longer wanted.

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65 h. ago Arsenal vs Barcelona: Women's Champions League final prediction, kick

The Gunners will face Europe's best as they chase a second UWCL title

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5 d. ago Sonia Bompastor looks to Europe after Chelsea complete domestic treble

Side were humbled by Barcelona in Champions LeagueFA Cup secured with 3-0 win against Manchester UnitedDespite completing a treble of major trophies without losing a single domestic game in her first season managing in England, the Chelsea head coach, Sonia Bompastor, was still not fully satisfied as she set her sights on adding a first European title to Chelsea’s honours list.Bompastor’s team, who were 3-0 winners against Manchester United at Wembley to finish their 30-match domestic campaign unbeaten, were outclassed by Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals in April. They celebrated the club’s sixth Women’s FA Cup in 10 years on Sunday, but Bompastor said: “We are super happy but we didn’t win the Champions League which was also one of our goals. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Pep Guardiola only has himself to blame for his worst season as a manager

Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City: Guardiola’s big decisions, from his FA Cup final line-up, to his penalty taker, backfired in a shock Wembley defeat

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6 d. ago Netflix fans say this is the worst Black Mirror episode ever

The season seven episode has been branded the worst of the series by fans, but Kimberly Nhundu has leaped to its defence

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7 d. ago 'Worst start to season for years' in Spain as restaurant bookings down 50%

There is panic on one popular island after a huge slump in customers amid rising anti-tourism protests

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8 d. ago Forecasters say US is facing worst tornado season in more than a decade

Forecasters say there have been more reports by mid-May than any another year since 2011

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