25 h. ago Football Daily | Welcome to Swansea: Luka Modric joins the top table of celebrity Jacks

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!With bitter rivals Cardiff in the Championship drop zone and their club comfortably ensconced in mid-table after three wins put paid to any lingering relegation concerns, Swansea City fans could have been forgiven for being delighted even before news broke that Luka Modric had become a minority shareholder in their club. While he may lack the Hollywood glamour of Catherine Zeta-Jones and the comedy chops of podcasting’s Elis James, by investing in the Welsh club the Real Madrid and Croatia legend has immediately catapulted himself into a VIP place at the top table of celebrity Jacks.Your lead piece about the Premier League’s end-of-season whimper (yesterday’s Football Daily) should not cause fans to lose heart. As Liverpool sleepwalk towards their 20th crown, simply cast your eyes down a little to the battle atop the Championship. Four games to go Leeds and Burnley both on 88 points Sheffield United ‘wobbling’ a-la Forest in third p...

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34 h. ago I was right about Hibs bragging rights now Hearts are shivering in minus 13 wilderness

Hibs hero predicted the capital crown would head to Leith this season - and the league table has already proved him right.

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45 h. ago Chelsea top Premier League table with £60.4m spent on agent fees in 2024

The Blues topped the standings once again, with their payments to agents totalling nearly as much as those paid by the entire Championship

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48 h. ago Chelsea top Premier League table for agent fees after spending £60.4m in 2024

The Blues have once again helped line the pockets of the agents this season

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2 d. ago Barnes’ double inspires Newcastle to emphatic win over Manchester United

No one knew if Eddie Howe was well enough to watch his Newcastle players from the hospital bed he has occupied since Friday night but they ultimately put on the sort of show he would have relished.As England’s manger Thomas Tuchel took a seat in the directors’ box, Tino Livramento pressed his international claims with an excellent game out of position at left back as goals from the similarly outstanding Sandro Tonali, Harvey Barnes (twice) and Bruno Guimarães lifted Newcastle to fourth in the table. A Champions League place appears well within their grasp. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago BBC had unofficial league table of best and worst British accents, says top correspondent

BBC believed some accents ‘drove people nuts up and down the country’, says Kate Adie

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4 d. ago BBC's 'most hated regional accent' revealed as veteran war correspondent Kate Adie claims some dialects 'drove people nuts'

The veteran broadcaster Kate Adie has revealed that the BBC once kept an unofficial league table of regional accents - with one local dialect poorly received 'from one end of the country to another'.

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4 d. ago Birmingham accent ranked ‘most hated’ on BBC’s unofficial league table, Kate Adie reveals

Journalist shares details of broadcaster’s dislike for Brummie accent as archives of her life and career to be cataloguedThe BBC had an unofficial league table of the most loved and despised accents, the war correspondent Kate Adie has revealed. And the most hated? Brummie.Geordie was liked, she told an audience in Sunderland, but from one end of the country to the other it was Birmingham that was particularly disliked. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Newcastle back ‘where we need to be’ after boosting Champions League bid

Newcastle moved level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea with a game in hand and are eyeing up a return to Europe’s top table

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9 d. ago The moment that showed Manchester United are finally playing in Ruben Amorim's image

Man United are not moving up the Premier League table but they are improving under Ruben Amorim.

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1 week ago Premier League table: Latest standings, fixtures and results for gameweek 31

Arsenal drop more points as Liverpool close in

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2 w. ago Manchester United paid the price for Ruben Amorim's two mistakes at Nottingham Forest and he knew it

Man United lost for the 13th time in the Premier League this season and remain 13th in the table after Nottingham Forest did the double against them.

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2 w. ago Premier League table: Latest standings, fixtures and results for gameweek 30

Leaders Liverpool host Everton in Merseyside derby while Arsenal meet Fulham and Manchester United face Nottingham Forest

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2 w. ago Liverpool get huge double injury boost ahead of Merseyside derby as title run

Liverpool have nine games left to make sure they hold onto their lead at the top of the Premier League table and Arne Slot has received a timely double injury boost

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2 w. ago Britain leads the world on surging benefits: Health and disability handouts have been rising faster than other rich nations, warns IFS

The IFS has highlighted the pace of the increase amid fears that Britain is climbing the international league table for welfare costs.

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2 w. ago Fantasy Premier League players left stunned as Susan Clarke, 67, tops overall leaderboard

Susan Clarke’s more basic approach to the game has shocked players and fans, with her ‘Ruby Reds’ topping the 11-million-player table

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2 w. ago RB Leipzig sack Marco Rose amid poor campaign in Bundesliga and Europe

Leipzig sixth in table after early Champions League exitClub thought to be interested in Palace’s Oliver GlasnerRB Leipzig have confirmed the sacking of manager Marco Rose amid a disappointing season in the Bundesliga and in Europe.“Marco Rose has been relieved of his duties as RB Leipzig head coach with immediate effect,” said a club statement. “The club will announce who will take over the head coach role on an interim basis in due course.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Leeds v Swansea, Bayern Munich v St Pauli, and more: football – live

Follow updates from Saturday afternoon’s kick-offsLive scoreboard | The latest league tables | Mail EmilliaLeeds starting line-up: Meslier, Bogle, Byram, Struijk, Rodon, Ampadu (C), Rothwell, Solomon, Aaronson, James, Piroe. Substitutes: Darlow, Firpo, Schmidt, Gruev, Tanaka, Guilavogui, Ramazani, Joseph, Gnonto.Swansea starting line-up: Vigouroux, Key, Fulton, Cabango (C), Darling, O’Brien, Tymon, Franco, Cullen, Delcroix, Ronald. Substitutes: McLaughlin, Allen, Vipotnik, Eom, Bianchini, Christie, Naughton, Cooper, Parker.Reims v Marseille (4pm GMT)St Étienne v PSG (6pm GMT)Monaco v Nice (8:05pm GMT) Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Luke Littler highlights Luke Humphries weakness after dominant Premier League win

Luke Littler trounced world No 1 Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final in Newcastle to extend his lead atop the Premier League Darts table

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3 w. ago Arsenal told they are just one signing away from being 'big, big title favourites'

Arsenal are 15 points behind Liverpool in the Premier League table after being hurt by their lack of forward options - with Mikel Arteta forced to play midfielder Mikel Merino as a makeshift centre-forward amid their injury crisis

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