2 h. ago Man City predicted XI vs Fulham as De Bruyne farewell call made amid Kovacic replacement dilemma

Pep Guardiola has some big decisions to make ahead of a season-defining game at Fulham

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3 h. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Pull the other one! Police probe 'beer puppet' at Jeremy Clarkson's pub 

A drinking game taking place in the Cotswolds pub Jeremy Clarkson owns was investigated by police after a rather po-faced complaint was made that it encouraged 'irresponsible' alcohol consumption.

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4 h. ago How Renee Slegers and Arsenal masterminded the ‘game of our lives’ to take down Barcelona

A defensive masterclass from Arsenal led a 1-0 win over Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final

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6 h. ago Amorous Or Loving? by Rupert Gavin: Who really invented Twitter? A) Jack Dorsey B) Jeff Bezoz C) Geoffrey Chaucer D) Elon Musk E) Mark Zuckerberg

A new book on the origins of some of our most evocative English words reveals the surprising answer...

Technology

7 h. ago Jamie Carragher told to 'f*** off' by Nottingham Forest owner after Gary Neville ban

Nottingham Forest have banned Gary Neville from the City Ground for their final game of the season against Chelsea and owner Evangelos Marinakis was left fuming with Jamie Carragher

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7 h. ago Born to run: Arne Slot says Springsteen and Salah can inspire a title repeat

Liverpool coach went to see the Boss at Manchester‘At 75, he does three hours on stage with no rest’Arne Slot believes his Liverpool players can take inspiration from Bruce Springsteen as they aim to repeat the success of winning the Premier League next season. The Dutchman went to see the Boss behind enemy lines in Manchester on Tuesday night to witness a masterclass of a different kind.Liverpool will be awarded the Premier League trophy by Alan Hansen after their final game of the season against Crystal Palace on Sunday. The next challenge for Slot will come when his players return for pre-season training on 8 July and the Dutchman waits to see if his squad can build on the glory days achieved during his first season in charge. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago A day at the Melrose Sevens: Spanish armada, pain for hosts and jewel in crown

Greenyards event continues to showcase some of game’s best talents

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9 h. ago Women’s Champions League triumph will redefine how Arsenal see themselves | Jonathan Liew

Gunners’ victory was built on a multi-layered courage that respected but was not overawed by Barcelona or by fatalismThere is always a little more time than you think. A red number 7 blinks across the pitch from the fourth official’s board. Seven minutes of injury time: it’s a lot. Against Barcelona, it’s an age. Against this Barcelona, in this heat, in this game, it may as well be all of eternity.But you push through. You pace yourself. Beth Mead goes down under a challenge; there’s 30 seconds right there. Kim Little rolls the ball up the left touchline to no one: eight seconds. Daphne van Domselaar hesitates over a free-kick, squeezing out those seconds like drops from a towel. You push through because whatever happens in these seven minutes, however those minutes make you suffer, seven minutes is still less than 18 years. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘It’s the best game ever invented’: is padel the new pickleball?

Pickleball might have developed legions of new Australian fans, but padel is snapping at its heels as a contender for the best tennis-alternative in town It was Darren McMullen’s obsession with padel that led him to missing an audition and changing the course of his life. Known for his role as Alex Larden on House Husbands and for presenting shows such as The Voice Australia, he had increasingly been sucked into padel tournaments.“My agent went crazy: ‘What were you thinking? What’s your bread and butter?’,” McMullen says. “I was like, ‘God, you’re right. I should open a padel centre.’” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist

Mike Berners-Lee tells Hay festival audience to make spread of political deceit more socially embarrassingPeople should confront their family members who read news from “nefarious” sources, suggests the environmentalist Mike Berners-Lee.“Challenge your friends and family and colleagues who are getting their information from sources that have got nefarious roots or a track record of being careless – or worse – with the truth, because we need to make this sort of thing socially embarrassing to be involved in,” said Berners-Lee, the brother of the World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Jack Grealish looks out of time at Manchester City now Guardiola has moved the goalposts | Jonathan Liew

In the Premier League’s shifting landscape, this struggling team can no longer carry a winger lacking straight-line pace and a goal threatJack Grealish is prowling. The wind tousling his hair, the ball at his feet, the way it was always meant to be. In front of him a wall of Bournemouth defenders jumpily stands guard, eyes wide like stags ready to bolt. Grealish shuffles inside, body feinting, hips dancing. You want to know what happens next. What happens next is that the referee blows for full time.It’s the 97th minute; Grealish came on in the 91st. In that time Bournemouth somehow managed to score a goal. It wasn’t Grealish’s fault, but it did eat up most of the time in which he was hoping to make an impression. No matter. As the game ends, the cameras hunt down a treble-winning City legend making what might well be his final appearance at the Etihad Stadium. Kevin De Bruyne takes his handshakes and his tributes. Grealish slips quietly down the tunnel. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Arsenal win Women’s Champions League in final glory and dethrone Barcelona

Euphoria. Complete and utter euphoria. Stina Blackstenius’s second-half goal stunned the three-time European champions Barcelona to deliver Arsenal’s second European title. On the final whistle it was red and white pandemonium as stunned Gunners seemed to not know what to do with themselves – hugs, tears, disbelief.They started so brightly, playing with the freedom and joy that they had not afforded themselves until they had reached this final. There is nothing to lose once you pass that semi-final hurdle and everything to play for in a one-off game and a free-scoring Barcelona, who scored 128 goals in 30 league games this season, looked slightly shocked by the resistance they faced. Continue reading...

Sport

11 h. ago Brits stripping for naked for tournament in UK beauty spot playing wild street game

The British Naturism national Petanque competition is on, where competitors can strip off for a battle of boules, and then party at a casino night where they are invited to BYO body paint

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11 h. ago Sunderland need to learn lesson from Premier League trio after winning richest game in football

Sunderland will play Premier League football for the first time since 2017, after producing a stunning comeback to defeat Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final at Wembley

Sport

12 h. ago Exhausted Saints fall short again as Bordeaux’s colour and passion wins out | Michael Aylwin

French club offer a blueprint for how to thrive in the modern game and it was all too apparent on and off the field in CardiffA new name is on the cup. They reckon Union Bordeaux Bègles are the best-supported rugby union club in the world. To be in Cardiff was not to be disabused of the notion. Rugby is massive in France, on a par with football, and bigger in the southern half of the country. It creates a different kind of animal.Northampton were proud, brave, inventive – but in the end overpowered. The narrative was wild and, Saints might say, liable to have gone either way. A raucous stadium – for Northampton are one of the best supported in England – was treated to crazy fluctuations in fortune, tries scored and overturned, penalties, knock-ons and high tackles subject to review after review. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Tommy Watson: I dreamt of coming on to fire Sunderland back into Premier League

Eliezer Mayenda had earlier dragged the Black Cats back into the game.

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12 h. ago DUP minister vows commitment to all sports as he attends first senior GAA game

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

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12 h. ago Arsenal vs Barcelona LIVE: Underdog Gunners holding firm in Women’s Champions League final

Arsenal will play their biggest game in a generation as Barcelona target a hat-trick of titles

Sport

12 h. ago Sean Williams seizes rare Test chance as Zimbabwe show love and pride in defeat | Andy Bull

Veteran’s 88 was full of crisp cuts, punishing pulls and swingeing sweeps – delighting the visitors’ dancing, singing and chanting fansOn 11 June 1890 a column of three hundred colonialists crossed the Shashe River to begin the annexation of Mashonaland on behalf of Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company. They brought cattle, horses and wagons, rifles, revolvers and field guns, a searchlight, a steam engine, tents, food and water. Each man carried a slouch hat, a spare shirt and pair of socks, a water bottle, a sewing kit, a belt, a bandolier, a hundred rounds of ammunition and a hand axe. And, of course, this being a very English endeavour, in among it all someone packed a bat and ball.So the first game of cricket in what would become Zimbabwe was played just over a month later, on 16 August, between the Pioneer Column’s A Troop and B and C Troops, on a patch of land at Providential Pass at what would become Fort Victoria. Nobody knows who won. “Probably A Troop,” wrote one of ...

Politics

12 h. ago ‘I’d never date a Tory’ – but apparently, Reform voters are fair game

‘I’d never date a Tory’ is a familiar line on dating apps, but new research shows younger singles are surprisingly more open to Reform UK voters than Conservatives

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