By framing criminals as sex objects, we’re not only vindicating them but their behaviour, writes Olivia Petter. What message does it send to other young men who might go on to become offenders?

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Arne Slot’s side have spurned chances and need to restore scoring touch in time for Manchester City on Sunday The path to Munich suddenly looks more complicated for Liverpool, with Paris Saint-Germain and potentially Real Madrid standing in the way of a Champions League final appearance. Scant reward for finishing top of the 36-team group stage. Sunday is an opportunity to make the road to a record-equalling 20th league title run smooth in comparison, as perhaps it already should be.Liverpool encounters with Manchester City have been often decisive in Premier League title races and the latest could be no different, although only where Arne Slot’s team are concerned. There is an end-of-an-era feel to Pep Guardiola’s side, wounded by an early exit from the Champions League on Wednesday and desperate to react against adversaries intent on taking their Premier League crown. Deepening City’s malaise, however, would be secondary to rediscovering title-winning form for Slot and deflating A...

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Pep Guardiola has hinted that the older players in Manchester City's squad may not be suitable for his future plans and Kevin De Bruyne is out of contract in June

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City find themselves in an unfamiliar position outside the race for top spot this season.

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Pep Guardiola has turned Manchester City into a different beast during his tenure, which was why he was top of Sir Alex Ferguson's list to succeed him at Manchester United

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Sunday’s clash between declining champions and their likely successors is a far cry from recent title battlesThere has been something pleasingly old-fashioned about the Premier League title race this season. It may be a modern phenomenon that the side top of the table have lost only one of 26 games, and that the side in second have lost two, but after the years of champions habitually racking up 90 points and more, the general fallibility has been refreshing.Liverpool are still on course for 89 points but they are not implacable, remorseless winners in the way Manchester City so often were. They reached a peak in their 2-0 home win over Real Madrid at the end of November and, although they were comfortable winners over City the following Sunday, there has been a sense since of a side, if not quite clinging on to the mountain top, then at the very least not striding quite so confidently along the ridge. Continue reading...

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Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola have each transformed football in Manchester, but had things been different, the latter may have been managing the Red Devils

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There was frustration for Sarina Wiegman’s England and another clean sheet for Burnley in Friday night’s action.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spent £170million on new recruits in the January transfer window and is expected to make further changes to his squad in the summer

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LEICESTER CITY 0-4 BRENTFORD: Ruud van Nistelrooy could only watch on from the sidelines as his team failed to turn up and allowed a rampant Bees side to run riot

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ANALYSIS: Conservatives vocally defended Trump’s tack on Ukraine and Russia and his calling Zelensky, a dictator, Eric Garcia reports from CPAC

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Julia Wandel, 23, from Lubin, Poland, has been remanded into custody after appearing at Leicestershire Magistrates' Court this morning.

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Pep Guardiola is still getting used to facing Liverpool without having Jurgen Klopp in the opposite dugout and the Manchester City boss is reluctant to compare his old rival to new foe Arne Slot

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Manchester City will remain indebted to Kevin De Bruyne, but his time at the Etihad Stadium could be nearing a conclusion.

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The conviction of the former Spanish FA president for sexual assault sends a powerful message not just about consent, but about how seriously women are takenThe verdict delivered to the disgraced former president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales is a victory, but one that leaves a bitter aftertaste.The 47-year-old was found guilty of sexual assault on Thursday for a non-consensual kiss planted on the Spain forward Jenni Hermoso during the 2023 World Cup final medal ceremony. The result is a fine of more than €10,000, a ban from going within 200 metres of Hermoso or communicating with her and €3,000 in compensation to the striker. Continue reading...

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Guardiola conceded time may now be catching up with some of his squad

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!A Bigger Cup needs a Bigger Draw. Last year Uefa set out the tournament brackets from the quarter-final onwards, showing Real Madrid which particular jails they might need to escape to win the competition for the 15th time. This year Uefa have gone one better by doing the draw for the rest of the tournament at the last-16 stage. It’s a punch up the bracket for Manchester City, who can now empathise with every failed Bullseye contestant. Look what they could have won: Atlético Madrid in the last 16, then Arsenal or PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals, then maybe Liverpool in the semis. Continue reading...

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Manchester City are heading into their biggest summer transfer window since Pep Guardiola took over at the Etihad Stadium.

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The stunning Real Madrid TV host who once caught the eye of Conor McGregor stopped traffic as she stunned in some jaw-dropping social media snaps

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Arteta needs his forward to rediscover his form ahead of Saturday’s home match against West Ham

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