94 m. ago Inside Sheffield Wednesday's spiral out of control – and how fans are fighting back

EXCLUSIVE Sheffield Wednesday won't stop protesting against their ongoing ownership troubles with more protests planned for the weekend against Stoke

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4 h. ago Government take action on Sheffield Wednesday crisis as Owls fans plan 'funeral march'

Sheffield Wednesday fans will step up protests against owner Dejphon Chansiri this weekend while the government has responded to concerns over the club's future

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2 d. ago Wout Faes fires late winner as Leicester sink Sheffield Wednesday amid protests

Martí Cifuentes has cleared his first hurdle as Leicester manager. The former QPR coach took the time to do a lap of the King Power Stadium while his players warmed up, introducing himself to the home supporters. A late header from his substitute Wout Faes ensured that those fans went home happy – but for much of a testing opening game against Henrik Pedersen’s Sheffield Wednesday, who have had to face plenty of obstacles before a ball was even kicked this season, that looked an unlikely outcome.For Wednesday, it was an achievement to even be here. Placed under a transfer embargo by the Football League because of late payments, they have only 15 senior first-teamers on the books and cancelled their final pre-season fixture, against Burnley, after the players refused to play. They and the staff were paid their outstanding July wages on Friday after solidarity payments from the Premier League came in. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Faes fires late winner as Leicester sink Sheffield Wednesday amid protests

Martí Cifuentes has cleared his first hurdle as Leicester manager. A late header from his substitute Wout Faes completed a comeback victory but for much of a testing opening game against Henrik Pedersen’s Sheffield Wednesday, who took a first-half lead amid fan protests against the club’s ownership, that looked an unlikely outcome. There will be no illusions over how difficult an immediate return to the Premier League will be for Leicester.“The Championship is a ruthless league,” said Cifuentes, who succeeded Ruud van Nistelrooy this summer. “It was a good lesson for everyone to understand that we cannot take anything for granted.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer

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7 d. ago Sheffield Wednesday fans to fly plane over season opener at Leicester as protests ramp up

The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust has raised over £13,000 to fund protests against the ownership of under-fire Owls chairman Dejphon Chansiri

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3 w. ago Stephen Colbert’s Late Show shockingly cancelled after 33 years

CBS pulls the plug on The Late Show amid political firestorm over Paramount’s $16 million Trump pay-out

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4 w. ago Republicans move to block Democratic effort to force release of Epstein files

White House has come under fire for not releasing documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey EpsteinUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican lawmakers have moved to block a Democratic effort to force the release of the so-called Epstein files, a near-mythological trove of undisclosed information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the center of an internal political war among US conservatives.Democrats had been pressing for an amendment to cryptocurrency legislation that would have forced the release of information and exhibits itemized in a list of evidence held by the justice department from the 2019 child sex-trafficking case against disgraced financier Epstein. Continue reading...

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