2 w. ago Zelenskyy employs strategic optimism to highlight Russia’s abundant bad faith

Ukrainian president has learned Trump’s team demand positivity and there is little point in trying to ‘inject reality’At a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, explaining where initial US-brokered peace negotiations had got to, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, struck a notably different tone. Long gone is the tetchiness on display in London in the aftermath of the Ukrainian leader’s catastrophic trip to the White House. In its place was a degree of optimism so high that it could only be interpreted as political positioning.Though he complained about comments made by Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, that four Ukrainian regions wholly or partly occupied by Russia consisted of people who wanted Moscow’s rule in an “overwhelming majority” – these were “in line with the messages of the Kremlin”, Zelenskyy said – he insisted that had advantages too. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Premier League confirms extra June transfer window for Club World Cup

Summer window will open early from 1-10 JuneIt will then reopen on 16 June and close on 1 SeptemberThe Premier League has confirmed it will have two transfer windows this summer due to “exceptional” circumstances surrounding the Club World Cup.The first transfer window will open early, and run between Sunday 1 June and Tuesday 10 June. It will then close briefly before reopening on Monday 16 June. The second transfer window will run as normal before closing on Monday 1 September. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump breaks silence on leaked messages fiasco with 11

Trump on Tuesday in a brief interview with NBC News' Garrett Haake downplayed the incident as "the only glitch in two months" of his administration "and it turned out not to be a serious one"

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3 w. ago Reo Hatate on his unseen Celtic request from Brendan Rodgers after 'natural parting' chatter lingers

Hatate is hoping to make his breakthrough on the international scene as he eyes more silverware with the Hoops this term

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3 w. ago New Olympics chief Kirsty Coventry backs blanket ban for trans athletes from all female events

Former Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry, 41, was today elected as the new Olympics chief, pipping Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch to the position.

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4 w. ago Tuesday’s briefing: Antonio gives positive update and Russo eyes silverware

Arsenal are preparing to begin their Women’s Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.

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4 w. ago Football Daily | A final that meant more to Newcastle and their camera

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Considering how long it took them to finally get their hands on some domestic silverware after a 70-year pause, in the end it was remarkably easy for Newcastle United. While the supercilious slogan “this means more” is more readily associated with Liverpool Football Club, prevailing in Fizzy Cup on Sunday clearly meant an awful lot more to Eddie Howe, his players and the travelling Toon Army. Yes, they finally rid their club of the giant baboon on its back on an afternoon when the ever present and significantly larger and autocratic elephant in the room went largely unaddressed.People have always doubted me. My mental strength is something that I’ve always believed in. This is just another setback and it is not going to stop me” – West Ham striker Michail Antonio is staying positive after the horrendous car crash that left him with a shattered femur and says he is “100%” sure he will play again.Thomas Tuchel reminds Colin Reed (lett...

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