6 h. ago Messi v Müller in MLS Cup as Inter Miami and Vancouver Whitecaps advance

Tadeo Allende hat-trick leads Miami to 5-1 win over NYCEarly Vancouver goals sink expansion San Diego FCMLS Cup matchup repeats CCC semi-finalLionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Messi to meet Müller in MLS Cup with Inter Miami set to host Vancouver Whitecaps

Tadeo Allende hat-trick leads Miami to 5-1 win over NYCEarly Vancouver goals sink expansion San Diego FCMLS Cup matchup repeats Concacaf semi-finalLionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams

A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentalityEarlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back.In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe their most evocative tactic is whistles – coded blasts for when a convoy is suspected to be ICE agents, a different code when it’s confirmed. They have numerous accounts of undocumented migrants warned ...

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23 h. ago Scotland 'set' for Argentina clash as Lionel Messi to get preview of what Tartan Army bring to World Cup

Reports in South America suggest we're set to run it back to 1979 with a clash against the World Cup holders

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67 h. ago Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump since Greenland row

US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrolThe Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night’s Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps.The night watch starts at 5pm each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said and took place, the Politiken newspaper reported. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Chelsea wonderkid Estevao eclipses Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi with Barcelona heroics

The Brazil youngster has settled well at Chelsea and continues to make headlines since his summer move, as underlined by his performance against Catalan giants Barcelona.

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3 d. ago Estevao outshines Lamine Yamal to earn Lionel Messi comparisons and send Chelsea hype soaring

Enzo Maresca will find it difficult to keep a lid on excitement surrounding teenage superstar’s potential after special showing against Barcelona

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4 d. ago How Estevao conjured up Lionel Messi memories on special Chelsea night against Barcelona

Chelsea 3-0 Barcelona: Estevao scored a brilliant solo goal on a night when perhaps the two best 18-year-olds in world football shared the same pitch

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4 d. ago Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on Estevao and Lionel Messi comparison: 'I think it's too much pressure'

Brazilian’s goal against Barcelona in Tuesday’s Champions League clash drew comparisons with the legendary Argentine

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4 d. ago Erling Haaland makes brutally honest Cristiano Ronaldo admission

Man City striker Erling Haaland has yet again taken the Premier League by storm this season, but insists he shouldn't be compared to Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

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4 d. ago After this shower of Establishment flummery, if I were Trump I'd ask for $15billion: QUENTIN LETTS watches BBC bosses being grilled

Samir Shah, under-attack chairman of the even-more-in-the-mire BBC , tiptoed into the Commons culture committee.

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5 d. ago After this shower of Establishment flummery, if I were Trump I'd ask for $15 billion: QUENTIN LETTS watches BBC bosses being grilled

Samir Shah, under-attack chairman of the even-more-in-the-mire BBC , tiptoed into the Commons culture committee.

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5 d. ago Lionel Messi stars as Inter Miami create club history with dominant win

Lionel Messi was involved in all four goals as Inter Miami thrashed FC Cincinnati on Sunday night

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7 d. ago Barcelona’s new chapter begins in familiar surroundings as life returns to Camp Nou

More than two years of redevelopment at the storied ground later, feelings of relief and comfort greeted Barça’s return to time-honoured turfThere was no sign of Laszlo Kubala or Johan Cruyff, their statues still safely packed in storage, and Lionel Messi had sneaked in alone under cover of darkness a fortnight before but FC Barcelona’s current players were finally back at the Camp Nou as 45,157 fans and a handful of men in high-vis jackets and hard hats watched them return home 909 days later. It was like old times.Athletic Club, ideal guests, had not won here in 30 matches and after two years away they didn’t win this time either, the last of four goals conceded soon followed by fireworks on an afternoon of reunion. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens as Trump gives Mamdani warm reception

No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely wellThe armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and “total nut job.” The incoming democratic socialist New York mayor in turn had called the Republican US president a “despot” and “fascist”.But anyone expecting to see fists fly and shirts torn in the Oval Office was in for a disappointment. Trump, 79, and 34-year-old Mamdani actually got on rather well. In fact beautifully, bewilderingly, bizarrely well. Instead of Batman v Superman, this was Toy Story besties Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mikel Arteta told to sanction transfer exit for Arsenal star who is 'like Lionel Messi'

Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri has been unable to make himself a regular this season, such is the squad's depth, and Mikel Arteta has been urged to consider a loan exit

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9 d. ago BBC face investigation by US watchdog over Donald Trump speech edit

The BBC are reportedly being investigated by the broadcast regulator in the US following strong criticism that the Panorama documentary had misled viewers by editing a speech

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9 d. ago Watch the video that prompted Trump to call for the arrest of ‘traitor’ Democrat veterans

This is the video from Democrat veterans which prompted Donald Trump to call for their arrests.

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9 d. ago US watchdog led by Trump ally investigates BBC Panorama edit of January 6 speech

Brendan Carr, head of FCC, asks if programme ever aired in US which is seen as key to any future litigationA US media regulator led by a close ally of Donald Trump is examining whether an edition of the BBC’s Panorama broke US regulations in the way it edited one of the president’s speeches.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Brendan Carr, has written to the BBC’s outgoing director general, Tim Davie, asking whether the programme was ever aired in the US. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago BBC being investigated by US watchdog over 'deceptive' Donald Trump Panorama programme

FCC chairman Brendan Carr wrote to executives at the BBC as well as US broadcasters PBS and NPR to find out whether the programme was aired in the US and had broken FCC regulations.

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