12 h. ago Cartel queenpin dubbed 'The Fat Lady' finally caught after rival's brutal murder

A drug cartel boss known as 'The Fat Lady' has finally been arrested in a huge raid where cops discovered drugs, a gun, and phones - this comes months after a rival crime boss was brutally murdered

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15 h. ago Barcelona’s rebirth and one last job for Szczesny: La Liga season review

It’s the Sids! Barça reclaimed the title as Madrid’s giants faltered while Athletic, Celta and Rayo shook up the European placesThe day La Liga 2024-25 began, Wojciech Szczesny was sitting on the beach in Marbella lighting up a cigarette, enjoying his retirement. The night it ended, he sat in the dressing room in Cornellà, 1,000km round the coast, and lit up a cigar instead. He had walked away in August, at 35 years old, unwanted and his heart no longer in it, or so he thought. Nine months on, here he was surrounded by kids half his age, a footballer again and winner of every trophy his new home country had to offer. He had not lost a single league match en route to becoming a champion.“I’ve arrived where even my imagination wouldn’t even dare to take me,” Szczesny had said when he retired. And if he hadn’t dared imagine that, there was no way he could imagine this: a Copa del Rey, a Super Cup and a Champions League semi-final to go with the title. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘I will never forget you’: Simone Inzaghi leaves his post as Inter head coach

Inzaghi departs after heavy Champions League final lossLed Inter to Serie A title during four-year spell at clubSimone Inzaghi has left his position as manager of Inter, the Serie A club confirmed on Tuesday.The 49-year-old is departing three days after a humiliating 5-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final and with Inter having missed out on the domestic title, to Napoli, by one point. The Nerazzurri also lost 4-1 to city rivals Milan in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘La débâcle’: Italian press turn on Inzaghi after Inter’s night of misery | Nicky Bandini

Writers bemoaned Inter’s ‘climax of suffering’ in Munich but saved their harshest words for Simone InzaghiOn the front pages of Italy’s newspapers, the Champions League final was told as a “nightmare”, a “humiliation”, and a “rout”. Tuttosport at least found room for humour with a “DisIntergrated” pun. La Stampa, in deference to the victors Paris Saint-Germain, went instead with a French phrase: “La débâcle”.Any team can lose a Champions League final but Internazionale were the first to do so by a five-goal margin. The final indignity of a season in which they aspired to repeat the treble they won under José Mourinho, only to come unstuck at the last: losing the Coppa Italia semi-final to neighbours Milan and then missing out on the Serie A title by one point. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Paris Saint Germain fans riot near ground as fires set and missiles thrown at police

Trouble has flared outside PSG's stadium as fans gathered to watch the club compete in the Champions League final, with fires set alight across the city and cops charging fans near iconic landmarks

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7 d. ago Paris Saint Germain fans riot as fires set and missiles thrown with hundreds arrested

Trouble has flared outside PSG's stadium as fans gathered to watch the club compete in the Champions League final, with fires set alight across the city and cops charging fans near iconic landmarks

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7 d. ago Waratahs’ Super Rugby finals hopes crushed in ugly thrashing by Blues

Blues 46-6 WaratahsNSW finals hopes crushed in seven-try drubbingThe NSW Waratahs’ season of promise has ended in despair with an ugly, record-breaking 46-6 Super Rugby Pacific loss to the Blues in Auckland.The Waratahs needed to defeat the defending champions for the first time at Eden Park in 16 years to keep their finals hopes alive. Instead, Dan McKellar’s depleted side copped a seven-tries-to-nil drubbing at New Zealand rugby’s burial ground on Saturday. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Peter Tobin detective to reveal how cops finally caught serial killer

Retired detective David Swindle will take to the stage to talk about his biggest cases including the capture of a notorious serial killer.

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8 d. ago True Crime Live: Murder – A Search for the Truth with International Crime Expert David Swindle

This is a rare opportunity for true crime fans in Irvine to go behind the scenes of Britain’s most chilling murder investigations with international crime expert David Swindle – the man who exposed serial killer Peter Tobin and created Operation Anagram.

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1 week ago Serial knife carrier caught with blade for the sixth time is jailed again

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that he had dialled 999 himself, prompting officers to attend.

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1 week ago Hollyoaks second death 'exposed' as fans 'work out' twist that changes everything

Hollyoaks viewers have been left on the edge of their seats following the latest episode of the popular Channel 4 soap as corrupt copper DI Banks was finally exposed

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1 week ago Hollyoaks fans 'work out' second death twist as sick exploitation gang exposed

DI Alistair Banks' sick exploitation gang has finally been exposed and the corrupt copper has seemingly met a grisly end in Hollyoaks but fans think he's not the only one

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2 w. ago David Squires on moving scenes and mind games as Crystal Palace win the FA Cup

Our cartoonist on the joy, emotion and overthinking that made the Wembley final captivating for onceBuy a copy of a cartoon in our Print ShopDavid’s new book, Chaos in the Box: buy it now Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death row cop killer executed by lethal injection as last words and final meal revealed

Benjamin Ritchie was given a lethal injection more than 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – he was denied a last minute stay of execution by the courts

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3 w. ago 'I worked backstage at Eurovision and here's how Graham Norton copes with the live final'

A volunteer worked backstage while the singing competition was in Sweden last year

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3 w. ago Lewis Ferguson sparks AC Milan fury as bloody nosed Scot runs risk of Coppa Italia final disaster

The Bologna captain was on the end of Rossoneri calls for a red card twice in the first half

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3 w. ago What TV channel is the Coppa Italia final? How to watch Bologna v AC Milan in the UK

TV and live stream details for the Coppa Italia final

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3 w. ago How to watch AC Milan vs Bologna in UK: Live stream, TV channel and team news for Coppa Italia final

Lewis Ferguson could lead the Rossoblu to a first trophy triumph in over 50 years

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3 w. ago Lewis Ferguson hopes to achieve 'amazing' Graeme Souness feat amid frenzied Napoli transfer links

The Bologna captain and Scotland international will lead his team out for the Coppa Italia final against AC Milan

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3 w. ago Can watching sport really improve your wellbeing? The science suggests it can | Sean Ingle

Couch potatoes and die-hard fans rejoice; all that time and money spent on your sports addiction may just be worth itAnd still the feast goes on. Since Rory McIlroy won a Masters for the ages, fans with multiple satellite TV subscriptions – and irregular sleeping habits – have been able to gorge on an extraordinary amount of dramatic sport. Seesawing shifts in momentum? Late twists? Huge shocks? We’ve had them all.It says something when Barcelona’s epic 3-2 victory against Real Madrid in a Copa del Rey final was only their third-most exciting match in the past month; and when my sober-eyed colleague Robert Kitson describes Northampton’s 37-34 Champions Cup win at Leinster as “one of the all‑time great knockout heists”. Continue reading...

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