22 h. ago Alexander Isak injury: Eddie Howe confirms latest after striker suffers scare ahead of Carabao Cup final

Magpies set to be without Anthony Gordon following red card against Brighton

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28 h. ago Pep Guardiola has same Mikel Arteta complaint as Man City survive FA Cup scare

Manchester City beat Championship side Plymouth Argyle 3-1 in the FA Cup on Saturday but it could've been more comfortable had Pep Guardiola's men converted more of their 29 shots on goal

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36 h. ago Sunday’s briefing: Mateta suffers ear injury and Man City survive FA Cup scare

The Eagles striker was caught on the side of the head by the studs of Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts as he came out to clear the ball.

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45 h. ago Manchester City survive early scare to beat Plymouth via O’Reilly’s double

Manchester City are in a period of transition, requiring the new and the old to avoid an FA Cup shock at the hands of Plymouth Argyle. The academy graduate Nico O’Reilly scored two headers before the club’s most-decorated outfield player, Kevin De Bruyne, ended the resistance.Plymouth could not have done more as they fought to contain City, even taking a shock lead through Maksym Talovierov but a happy ending never looked likely. The Premier League champions were made to toil by the well-drilled Pilgrims, who will rue conceding from two set pieces. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A Thousand Blows review – the irresistible new boxing drama from the Peaky Blinders creator

Steven Knight’s latest series is a hugely fun journey into the murky world of Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. It’s a ripping yarn full of audacious dialogueSome will come for the boxing. The Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight, has set his latest endeavour in the East End of London and the shadowy underworld of late‑Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. The new series is called A Thousand Blows, and this is an understatement. Some will stay away because of the boxing. This would be a mistake, because it is about so much more. It is about all kinds of violence – that perpetrated against children by those supposed to protect them, against the increasingly poor by the increasingly rich, against women by men, against the colonised by colonisers – and what happens when you throw people together in the melting pot of a rapidly industrialising city where only the fittest can survive.There is a lot going on – narratively, thematically and cartilage crunchingly – in Knight’s historically ...

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1 week ago How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm

Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighborhoods underscore a stark lesson -- water utilities generally aren’t designed to respond to the large urban fires growing more common as climate change worsens

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