18 h. ago 'World's sexiest footballer' Alisha Lehmann blasted for over

Lehmann joined Juventus last summer, with her partner Douglas Luiz also signing for the men's team, and she has managed  to lift the Serie A title in her first campaign in Turin.

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23 h. ago How the Serie A title could be decided by a penalty shootout

The title race between Inter and Napoli could come down to a 90-minute playoff

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44 h. ago Serie A title playoff a tantalising prospect as weary Inter stumble | Nicky Bandini

Champions looked leggy in defeat at Bologna but fatigue could lead to a rare and dramatic finale with Napoli“The season does not end here,” repeated Simone Inzaghi at full time: to Sky Sport, to Dazn, to anyone who would listen. An undeniable truth, seeing as there are still five rounds to go, yet the more he said it the more you started to wonder who he was trying to convince. Himself? His players? Beppe Bergomi back in the studio?Why should he even be troubled by this idea? His team were still top of the table. A 1-0 loss to Bologna meant Inter finished the weekend level on points with Napoli, but officially they remained ahead courtesy of Serie A’s second tie-breaker. Both head-to-head meetings ended in 1-1 draws, but the Nerazzurri’s goal difference is far superior. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Serie A title could be won on PENALTIES as Inter Milan and Napoli face potential play

Inter Milan and Napoli are both vying for the Serie A title but are currently level on points and also can't be separated by head to head - so officials could have to organise a play-off game to decide the Scudetto

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2 d. ago Scotland duo inspire shock win in relegation fight as World Cup winners' title hopes suffer major blow

Defender continues to shine for Canary Islanders

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3 d. ago Max Verstappen claims Saudi GP F1 pole after Lando Norris hits the wall

Championship leader will start race from 10th on gridOscar Piastri qualfies second with George Russell thirdAlready struggling for confidence in his car the world championship leader, Lando Norris, suffered another serious blow to his title ambitions, crashing out in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. His Red Bull rival Max Verstappen claimed pole position, one-hundredth of a second clear of Norris’s teammate, Oscar Piastri.McLaren and, indeed, Norris had looked strong all weekend, but on the first of the final runs in Q3 at the Jeddah circuit he took too much kerb through turns 4-5 and 6 and it spat him out into the wall, taking a nasty hit on the front. He was unhurt but declared himself an “idiot” when speaking to his team. The session was red-flagged and Norris will start from 10th on Sunday, his title lead hanging by the slenderest of threads and his self-belief perhaps once more undermined. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Gossip, gowns and Agas: could Ladies of the Cotswolds be reality TV’s next big thing?

Grand Designs team to make show set in wealthy English countryside that promises to be part glittering social whirl and part bloodbath The Cotswolds had better steel itself: reality television is upon it. A series is planned (rumoured working title: Ladies of the Cotswolds) and it sounds posher than most. It’s made by the company behind Grand Designs and set in the “chocolate box” town of Charlbury, in the Evenlode valley.Names are being proposed for the series, such as Gabriela Peacock (nutritionist entrepreneur married to hedge fund banker David Peacock, and pals with Joan Collins and Princess Beatrice). Plum Sykes (author of last year’s Cotswolds-set novel Wives Like Us) is thought to be scripting the voiceover. Then there’s “Suzie Jet” (Suzannah Harvey), CEO of the local airport. How marvellously down to earth and relatable they all sound. Though of course they don’t, and that’s the point. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Awesome Arsenal silence Madrid and set up PSG semi: Football Weekly Extra

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Philippe Auclair as Arsenal win 2-1 in Madrid to knock the holders out of the Champions LeagueRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: a brilliant performance from Arsenal at the Bernabéu, winning 2-1 in Madrid and 5-1 across the tie, they were close to perfection with Declan Rice probably the standout performer in a team of standout performers. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago #1 Happy Family USA review – a truly special comedy that’s packed with 00s nostalgia

Ramy Youssef’s surreal tale of a Muslim family in post-9/11 America is quietly subversive TV that’s full of laughter – and painfully realNot content with co-creating the brilliant (albeit frequently watch-through-your-fingers) dramedies Mo and Ramy, and starring in the latter, Ramy Youssef has turned his attention to a riotous animation for adults. Like the Egyptian-American comic’s previous work, #1 Happy Family USA is all about the modern Muslim experience, feeling adrift from the world, and the extent to which you should change yourself to fit in. And what better way to underscore this often excruciating, existential experience than to make our lead an insecure, hormone-plagued teen, coming of age in the wake of the September 11 attacks.For real Ramy heads, this show will almost certainly call to mind the flashback episode from the first season of his self-titled series, set during 9/11. There, we saw a young Ramy anxiously fight off accusations that he was a terrorist (“Egypt’s ...

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7 d. ago Ex Celtic man fuming with Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour as Napoli superstars wowed by strugglers

The Scottish trio went head to head in a Serie A showdown as title-chasers Napoli ran out big winners to keep the heat on Inter

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8 d. ago European football: Scott McTominay double keeps Napoli on Inter’s title trail

Napoli three points off top after beating Empoli 3-0Atlético overcome lowly Valladolid 4-2 in La LigaNapoli cruised to a 3-0 home win over Empoli on Monday, with Scott McTominay striking twice and Romelu Lukaku also on target as the hosts kept pace with Inter.Antonio Conte’s side were feeling the pressure after Inter’s 3-1 home win against Cagliari on Saturday, but they cut the gap back to three points with six matches to go. Napoli are also seven points clear of Atalanta in third as the Serie A title battle narrows to a two-horse race. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Scott McTominay keeps Napoli Serie A title fire lit as red hot Scot downs Empoli with a double

Antonio Conte's team are breathing down Inter's necks at the top of the table thanks to a 3-0 win at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

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8 d. ago ‘Don’t you besmirch Super Mario Bros!’: how video game adaptations became prestige TV

From The Last of Us to Fallout, the days of ropey dramas stemming from consoles is over. Television insiders open up about why high-end shows and gaming now go hand-in-handTwo teenagers plan how to dispatch their latest undead enemy: a kill-shot to the head, or a knife in the side of the neck? One of them throws a glass bottle, distracting their prey. Then she goes in for the kill with all the breezy confidence of a kid playing a video game on easy.It’s a rare moment of playfulness in the second-season opener of The Last of Us, a show that generally takes its storytelling deadly seriously. While the wildly lucrative Minecraft movie strip-mines its IP for laughs, this celebrated HBO series, adapted from the PlayStation titles of the same name, is as focused on taut character drama as the thrills and spills of the zombie genre. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ranieri ends undefeated in Rome derbies thanks to Soulé’s stunner | Nicky Bandini

‘As a fan it’s beautiful to finish undefeated,’ said retiring Roma head coach after 1-1 draw with city rivals LazioPerhaps we ought not to believe Claudio Ranieri when he tells us that this the last time. He announced his retirement from club management last May, delivering what seemed like a perfect storybook ending, saving Cagliari from relegation. The club where he made his name three decades earlier, raising them from Serie C to the top-flight. An island, Sardinia, where the locals think him as one of their own.Yet Ranieri’s first love has always been the city he grew up in and the team he supported, Roma. He had managed them twice before, but when they called for a third time in November he found himself unable to say no. The club was a mess, having already fired Daniele De Rossi and Ivan Juric 12 games into this Serie A season. They had won only three of those. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Disturbed' Black Mirror fans issue bleak warning over first episode of series 7

Black Mirror series seven recently landed on Netflix and the first episode, titled Common People, has a storyline so dystopian that streamers have been left feeling "uncomfortable" and "depressed"

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1 week ago Declan Rice stars on a famous night for Arsenal – Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Nick Ames as Declan Rice scores two incredible free kicks to help Arsenal beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finalRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today;:Declan Rice scores a free kick for the ages and then somehow follows it up with a second free kick for the ages just 12 minutes later. Arsenal put on a brilliant second-half performance to blow away Real Madrid at the Emirates. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC Doctor Who branded 'predictable' as first episode of new series has 'ludicrous' ending

Doctor Who is back for series 15 this weekend and the first episode, titled The Robot Revolution, has divided critics

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2 w. ago Lewis Ferguson and Scott McTominay suffer double injury setback as Bologna deal Serie A title blow to Napoli

Scotland duo forced out of Serie A showdown

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2 w. ago Igor Tudor injects fury into Juventus to rev up race for Champions League | Nicky Bandini

New manager has transformed mood and on Sunday halted the seven-match winning streak of Claudio Ranieri’s RomaIgor Tudor was on the pitch, stepping out of his technical area and on to the playing field as he gestured frantically at his defenders, jabbing a pointed finger so close to Stephan El Shaarawy that it appeared he might tap the Roma forward on the shoulder. It has been a little over 20 years since Tudor played his last game for Juventus, but all that time away does not appear to have lessened his passion.The Bianconeri had needed this, needed something, an injection of purpose, of fury, of life. All their energies seemed to have expired under Thiago Motta, four defeats in six games telling only a part of the story. Anyone could lose a match to Atalanta, but 4-0? At home? And to follow that up with a 3-0 thrashing by one of your club’s favourite victims, Fiorentina? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Max Verstappen defies McLaren duo to win fourth Japanese F1 GP in a row

Dutchman led from pole to win fourth Japanese GPMcLaren duo Norris and Piastri finish second, thirdWhile it may have been short on thrills, the Japanese Grand Prix was at the very least a demonstration of intent from Max Verstappen. ­Formula One might prefer the spectacle and drama but it is all a bagatelle to ­Verstappen in his pursuit of a fifth consecutive world title.His victory at Suzuka, ground out with a relentless series of controlled laps while hounded to the flag by the two McLarens, was a pointed reminder that the Dutchman will not go quietly into the night. At the close he had beaten Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into second and third by just over a second. They had been on his tail throughout, ready to pounce on any moment of weakness at a track that punishes the smallest errors. There were none. Continue reading...

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