7 h. ago Man City are about to make their biggest tactical change in eight years after £30million deal

Manchester City have a new goalkeeper on their books and the change in style will be noticeable for Pep Guardiola's side.

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23 h. ago Man City's biggest issue from last season is unsettling Pep Guardiola again

Manchester City look well short of their best, but they also look well short of a full squad for Pep Guardiola

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46 h. ago How will Arne Slot change his Liverpool tactics to get best out of Alexander Isak? | Jonathan Wilson

Swede is not a classic central striker, but could his signing herald tactical tweaks and what does it mean for Salah?On the face of it, it’s not hard to see why Liverpool would want Alexander Isak. He will not turn 26 until later this month and has scored more than 20 Premier League goals in each of the past two seasons, something matched only by Erling Haaland. But he offers more than just goals; he’s a very modern centre-forward.Thirty or 40 years ago, when 4-4-2 was still the dominant formation, strike pairings tended to come in two forms: either target-man and finisher, or creator and finisher. These days, the very best centre-forwards combine traits of all three. This is not entirely new: the days of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush or Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips are long gone and football has been familiar for some time with players of the ilk of Didier Drogba, Andriy Shevchenko and Radamel Falcao, forwards with pace and some blend of physicality and technical ability. Continue ...

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4 d. ago Brits are moving to Dubai for the glossy lifestyle, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Increasing numbers of British people are upping sticks and heading to the UAE’s biggest city. Katie Rosseinsky finds out why it has become so popular for young expats, and considers the other side to the Dubai dream

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5 d. ago ‘The surfers were methodical and mesmerising’: Ed Templeton’s best phone picture

The US photographer watched on enviously as young people enjoyed the artificial wave in the centre of MunichEd Templeton had woken up in Zurich, Switzerland, that morning, but by the early afternoon he’d arrived by train in Germany. He was visiting the city of Munich, and after dropping his bags at a central hotel, he walked to the city’s Englischer Garten. “It’s one of the biggest parks in Europe,” he says, and home to the Eisbach river’s famous artificial wave. “The surfers follow unwritten rules based on respect that are fascinating to watch. They line up on either side of the river and take turns. When one surfer falls off the wave and is swept away in the current, another jumps on, and everyone cheers each other on. It’s methodical and quite mesmerising. It takes great skill to jump from the wall into the wave, and manoeuvre back and forth in such a narrow space.”He took this image from a bridge, because “while the banks on either side of the river create a perfect amphitheatre...

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6 d. ago Wrexham get green light to surpass £30million on transfers after £14m deal agreed

Wrexham are closing in on the signing of Southampton midfielder Will Smallbone as the Red Dragons look to bolster their squad, with another deal potentially paving the way

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1 week ago 'I visited fascinating city after Virgin Atlantic resumed flights following ten year break'

Fall for Toronto - the biggest city in Canada goes large on sport and adventure, says Richard Garnett, who was blown away by the diversity of the city and its skyline

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1 week ago Scotland's 'biggest Halloween party' hosted in the capital city with no phone policy

The massive indoor event will be held in Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre on November 1.

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1 week ago Italian guide collapses and dies while leading Colosseum tour in searing heat

Rome tour guides call for attractions’ opening hours to be reviewed after death of Giovanna Maria GiammarinoTour guides in Rome have repeated their calls for a rethink of the summer opening hours of some of the city’s biggest attractions after one of their colleagues died of a suspected heart attack while showing a group around the Colosseum in baking heat.Giovanna Maria Giammarino, who was 56, collapsed in the amphitheatre at 6pm on Tuesday. Despite the efforts of tourists and the emergency services, she could not be revived and died at the scene. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Forgotten Man City star sends clear message despite £46million debut impact

Tijjani Reijnders stole the show but Man City’s biggest boost vs Wolves was forgotten star

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2 w. ago 'I was first on world's biggest cruise ship that's giant city with epic waterpark'

The world's biggest cruise ship has set sail on its maiden voyage - and I was lucky enough be on board the mega-ship with 20 decks jam-packed with family attractions

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3 w. ago Arne Slot to make Liverpool tactical change after conceding ELEVEN goals in pre

Liverpool have shipped 11 goals in six games ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League season, including two in Sunday's Community Shield defeat, and Arne Slot wants to tighten up their defence

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3 w. ago Growing pains: can rice production in Africa keep up with demand?

Africa Rice initiative aims to give farmers more control over their land in order to reduce flooding and increase yieldsSalmata Ouattara remembers 2023 as the turning point for her rice farm.June is usually the peak of the rainy season in Ivory Coast, but in the preceding years she and other farmers in M’Be on the outskirts of Bouaké, the country’s second biggest city, would wait weeks for rainfall. Then in September, they would watch helplessly as their farmlands were flooded. Some abandoned their farms, frustrated by fluctuating crop yields. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I live for a chance to leave Iraq’: how I survived torture and slavery at the hands of Islamic State

A decade on from being freed, a Yazidi woman tells how she endured being abducted by militants when she was aged nineMy childhood living in a village in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul was rich in happiness despite the lack of resources. I was fond of my school and friends and enjoyed a warm family life filled with laughter. That all vanished when Islamic State forces invaded our area.When we heard of their approach [IS took control of large areas of northern Iraq and its second biggest city, Mosul, in 2014], we tried to escape but were surrounded by five IS vehicles. The men were separated and they took my father and one of my cousins and shot them in front of us. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I humiliated Jude Bellingham and Co – now I could get big move thanks to Benjamin Sesko'

Newcastle have been forced into a change of transfer tactics after Benjamin Sesko opted to join Manchester United, and one star with happy memories in England could fill the void

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