20 h. ago Venezuela says none of 11 killed in US boat strike were Tren de Aragua members

Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ amid rising tensions over US military strike on boat in CaribbeanNone of the 11 people killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean last week were members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s interior minister has said, as the South American nation deployed troops amid heightened tensions with the US.The administration of Donald Trump has said the boat was transporting illegal narcotics, but has provided scant further information about the incident, even amid demands from members of the US Congress for a justification for the action. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Manchester United lose their boots and first leg against Brann in WCL qualifying

WCL 3rd qualifying round: Brann 1-0 Man UtdIngrid Stenevik scores header in 76th minuteManchester United’s hopes of being involved in the main draw of the Women’s Champions League for the first time are hanging in the balance after a disappointing first-leg loss away in Norway in the third qualifying round.Some poor defending at a Brann free-kick allowed Ingrid Stenevik to head home with 14 minutes remaining. The second leg is at Leigh Sports Village next Thursday. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Brazil’s supreme court finds former leader Bolsonaro guilty of plotting coup

Case against former hard-right president has divided the South American country

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57 h. ago Britain's cocaine 'superhighway': How Ireland's tiny navy of just eight ships is to blame for South American cartels flooding UK with drugs

Buffeted by high winds, special forces soldiers leap out of a helicopter and rush down fast-ropes onto the container ship as it sways from side to side in the roiling Irish Sea.

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3 d. ago Oleksandr Usyk to feature in legends football match despite postponing world title fight

Oleksandr Usyk has been announced for a legends charity football match next week just days after he was granted a 90-day extension to negotiate his mandatory WBO title defence against Joseph Parker

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3 d. ago Ché Adams on target as Scotland cruise to victory against Belarus

The stodginess of Scotland’s performance before Ché Adams broke the deadlock ultimately proved irrelevant. In a truncated qualifying campaign the Scottish task was not to make the road to the World Cup an even longer one within one double header. Job done on that front, with four points out of six a wholly acceptable return. The visit of Greece to Hampden Park next month is hugely significant.Belarus lacked the nous and guile to inflict a bloody nose on Scotland. Still, recent struggles against packed defences meant nobody of Scottish persuasion could rest entirely easy until a 65th-minute own goal was added to the earlier Adams effort. Greek success and a comfortable one in Glasgow in March serves as a warning. Still, the Scots would have readily taken this position and opportunity before a Group C ball was kicked. Back-to-back clean sheets to start Scotland’s campaign bodes well. This looks like a robust, well-drilled team once again. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Declan Rice header keeps unbeaten England rolling in trudge past Andorra

It was nothing more than a contractual obligation fulfilled. There was little to see here at Villa Park. Or get excited about. England beat Andorra, as they always do. They did not concede against them, as always. And Thomas Tuchel’s record in World Cup qualifying Group K now shows the maximum number of points from four ties – and four clean sheets. The manager had talked about bringing greater aggression; more speed and penetration, helped by a cleaner and simpler approach. But it was not a game that demanded intense analysis. Rather it was one to tick off and move on from.It was better than the away fixture against Andorra, which was played in Barcelona in June, when England grubbed home by the only goal after a flat performance, hearing boos at half-time and full-time. But long before this one was over, the thoughts of most supporters had begun to turn to the tie against Serbia in Belgrade on Tuesday. That promises to be hostile; the acid test of qualification. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Beaming Kate Middleton ties back her lighter locks as she cheers on England at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Kate, 43, is attending the women's team's match against Australia in her role as Patron of the Rugby Football Union, while her husband Prince William watches Wales take on Fiji.

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6 d. ago Beaming Kate Middleton ties back her newly blonde locks as she cheers on England at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Kate, 43, is attending the women's team's match against Australia in her role as Patron of the Rugby Football Union, while her husband Prince William watches Wales take on Fiji.

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6 d. ago Olivia Smith ignites Arsenal’s comeback win over WSL newcomers London City

Smith scoring for Arsenal? It just feels right. There was a standing ovation for the women’s game first £1m signing, Olivia Smith, on 61 minutes as she exited after a phenomenal debut goal in Arsenal’s defeat of London City after her high profile move from Liverpool.Smith is a different profile of forward to the legendary Kelly Smith, who is now part of the Gunners’ coaching staff, but at a club that lives and breathes its rich women’s football history it felt like a moment. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago College professor dies in devastating accident when cable car broke loose in Portugal

A South Carolina college professor was confirmed as the sole American killed in a shocking cable car crash in Portugal, which claimed the lives of 16 people.

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6 d. ago Scotland XI was mangled mixture of twisted logic but what followed was textbook Steve Clarke – Big Match Verdict

Our man Keith Jackson was in the Parken Stadim and was scratching his head at the team sheet but Clarke was vindicated...again

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6 d. ago Hamano strikes as Chelsea open WSL season with win over Manchester City

A new season, a new opposing manager, new signings, but the same old story: a Chelsea win. Only just, but a win is a win, especially in a tricky opening-night fixture, as Sonia Bompastor’s side embark on a quest for the club’s seventh consecutive Women’s Super League title.It saw Andrée Jeglertz lose his first game in charge of Manchester City; Bompastor, by contrast, is still yet to lose a league fixture in English football and Chelsea remain unbeaten in the WSL since May 2024, a run of 26 league games. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Guyana's president leads following general election in country awash in oil and gas wealth

Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, is poised to serve a second term in this South American country flush with money from oil and gas production

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7 d. ago Teenager believed to be armed with guns spotted in crowd at Premier League football match

Watch as a teenage suspect believed to be armed with guns walks past a busy crowd outside a football stadium.

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7 d. ago Teenager believed to be carrying guns outside busy football match tackled by unarmed police

Watch as a teenage suspect believed to be armed with guns in a busy crowd outside a football stadium is tackled by unarmed police.

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7 d. ago Play dead! Footballers suddenly hit the deck as match is suspended for bizarre reason

Players, referees, and a cameraman were forced to take evasive action in Babati, Tanzania during an encounter between City FC Abuja and JKU FC.

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7 d. ago Football match suspended as frightened players lie still on the pitch

Remarkably, no one was stung.

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7 d. ago Footballer appears to slap female referee after receiving red card

A Colombian footballer appeared to slap a female referee in the face after he was given a red card.

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8 d. ago TNT Sports presenter told his wife 'I want to die' as mystery illness struck on live TV

Darrell Currie hasn't presented a live football match since September 2022 and the 43-year-old continues to battle a chronic illness which puts him through agonising pain

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