13 h. ago Pep Guardiola will not close door on Jack Grealish’s Man City career

Grealish will be unable to play when Everton take on his parent club City on Saturday.

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49 h. ago ‘I can’t keep living like this’: Ali Riley on ending her stellar soccer career

Angel City and New Zealand defender on injury pain, losing her childhood home in LA’s wildfires and why the sport needs to talk more about IVFUnder a blazing-hot sun, among a crowd of 90,185 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on 10 July 1999, an 11-year-old girl was standing behind the goal where Brandi Chastain struck the penalty that won the World Cup for the United States, soaking in pure inspiration. Ali Riley, now 37, captain of New Zealand and a veteran of five World Cup campaigns, looks back on witnessing that moment in person and says: “That made me want to be a strong woman that could show her abs in front of the entire world and be on the front page of a newspaper. I think about how uncool it was to be good at sports, back then, and that moment was pivotal for me to see those women do what they did and be celebrated for it.”On Sunday it will be Riley being celebrated at what is being billed as her farewell match at her home-town club Angel City, who named her as their first capt...

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4 d. ago England legend Sir Geoff Hurst labels Jude Bellingham's dad as an 'absolute disgrace' after he confronted Borussia Dortmund coach who subbed Jobe off early

Hurst, 83, is best known for scoring a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final, while he also enjoyed a hugely successful club career for the likes of West Ham and Stoke City .

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2 w. ago Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra review – crashing waves of refined harmony

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPerhaps the band that can best justify a mid-career gig with classical backing, the extra heft of the orchestra adds power to the Icelanders’ beautiful crescendosOn Sigur Rós’s most recent album Átta, their first in a decade, the group reversed course from the intriguing industrial experiment of its predecessor Kveikur and returned to safe ground – leaning back into the grand orchestral crescendos that defined their best-loved work, as glacial in pace as they are in beauty. It makes sense, then, that the USP of their current tour is a collaboration with a different set of classical musicians in every city.Though mid-career-band-joined-by-orchestra sets so often enlist classical musicians to fill the holes left by fading creativity, leaving awkward blends between the two parties, that’s not the case tonight. The Icelanders meld seamlessly with the London Contemporary Orchestra, musically and visually, with both camps all in monochrome, mingled together under ...

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2 w. ago ‘I didn’t help myself’ – Jack Grealish reveals where it went wrong at Man City and how David Moyes transformed him

JACK GREALISH has admitted he “didn’t help himself” with his partying antics at Manchester City. The playmaker, 30, was exiled from Pep Guardiola’s squad before being shipped out on loan during the summer. Although he played an important role in City’s treble-winning season, and is now enjoying a career revival at Everton, he still left...

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2 w. ago ‘Find it in your heart to seek the truth’: Epstein survivor pushes for lawmakers to release files

Jess Michaels says authorities are ‘completely ignoring’ hers and dozens of other victims’ statements about Epstein’s traffickingJess Michaels was in the prime of her life. It was 1990 and Michaels was working as a professional dancer. A colleague in Brooklyn needed a roommate and Michaels took her up on the offer, moving to New York City.Michaels’ career swiftly took off; she even landed an 18-month contract in Japan. “I worked with MC Hammer,” Michaels said, recalling that she also worked as a backup dancer in an Aretha Franklin video. “I was thriving.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Manchester United icon Ryan Giggs 'leaves' Salford City as career 'plan' made

The latest Manchester United news features an update on Ryan Giggs following his involvement with Salford City

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