55 m. ago Fifa seeks advice over banning league games staged overseas amid regulations redraft

Rules could be updated for the first time since 2014La Liga and Serie A set to play in Miami and PerthFifa has begun redrafting its regulations on staging domestic league games in foreign countries and is seeking legal advice over whether it can ban them. World football’s governing body would like to outlaw the practice but will be guided by legal opinion in its first review of the relevant regulations for 11 years.A source involved in the process said Fifa was working towards making its rulebook more robust with a view to new regulations being ready early next year. This week Uefa blamed the “relevant Fifa regulatory framework” for its decision to allow Villarreal v Barcelona to take place in Miami in December and Milan v Como to go ahead in Perth in February. That is understood to have caused considerable irritation at Fifa because under existing regulations it is not their decision to make. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago 6 highlights and takeaways from Broncos' final London practice

6 highlights and takeaways from Broncos' final London practice  Broncos Wire

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17 h. ago England Ashes selection won’t lead to a rivalry with Ollie Pope – Jacob Bethell

Pope has been the long-term incumbent at number three but Bethell’s rise to prominence has cranked up the competition.

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17 h. ago WeightWatchers menopause programme: tailored support from £16.95/month

Discover how WeightWatchers Menopause Programme provides expert advice, practical tools, and community support to navigate symptoms and feel your best

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17 h. ago Rangers condemn ‘shameful’ attack on Smith statue; fans respond to Tuchel criticism: football – live

⚽ All the latest going into weekend’s internationals⚽ Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Michael with any thoughtsDjed Spence is at it again. The England defender has a history of boasting on social media about “locking up wingers” after good performances and following England’s win, the full-back has done Spurs teammate and Wales winger Brennan Johnson dirty in his latest post. Scroll to the fifth image to see.“YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEVITABLE LETS TAKE A WALK TO THE PENITENTIARY BROTHER”, writes Spence in the caption. Brutal.I actually broke my hand, I don’t even know how I did it, I think I went to grab someone and then I felt a crack,” Burn told Chronicle Live. “It was early in the second half, so I went for the scan and I have seen a specialist. I’ve been told I can play with it. I am ready for Latvia, I am ready for Newcastle and I’d have been ready to play tonight. I will not be missing any time for a broken hand! This is nothing, I have had worse injuries than this. I am re...

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18 h. ago Rangers condemn ‘shameful’ attack on statue of former manager Walter Smith

Footage on social media showed a section of the statue had been set on fire

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18 h. ago Rangers condemn ‘shameful’ attack on Smith statue; Tuchel criticises England fans: football – live

⚽ All the latest going into weekend’s internationals⚽ Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Barry with any thoughtsDjed Spence is at it again. The England defender has a history of boasting on social media about “locking up wingers” after good performances and following England’s win, the full-back has done Spurs teammate and Wales winger Brennan Johnson dirty in his latest post. Scroll to the fifth image to see.“YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEVITABLE LETS TAKE A WALK TO THE PENITENTIARY BROTHER”, writes Spence in the caption. Brutal.I actually broke my hand, I don’t even know how I did it, I think I went to grab someone and then I felt a crack,” Burn told Chronicle Live. “It was early in the second half, so I went for the scan and I have seen a specialist. I’ve been told I can play with it. I am ready for Latvia, I am ready for Newcastle and I’d have been ready to play tonight. I will not be missing any time for a broken hand! This is nothing, I have had worse injuries than this. I am read...

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18 h. ago High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managersHigh street slot machine shops are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose, the Guardian has learned, prompting condemnation of the “appalling” reward scheme from MPs and campaigners.A network of 1,451 “adult gaming centres” (AGCs), most of which are open 24 hours a day, has spread through the UK in recent years, concentrated in the most economically deprived areas. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Pope Leo's bombshell alien claims as he makes 'life on other planets' statement

The Vatican has, since the dawn of Vatican time, stayed away from ever officially commenting on aliens and what officials known about them . . . until now, it seems

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19 h. ago Glasgow crime: Walter Smith statue 'set on fire' outside Ibrox as Rangers condemn 'shameful’ behaviour

A Rangers spokesperson said the club ‘strongly condemns’ the ‘shameful’ behaviour.

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21 h. ago ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital causes widespread blackout

At least 20 injured after hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles target energy infrastructure in KyivA massive Russian drone and missile strike has wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, plunging Ukraine’s capital into darkness early on Friday in what Volodomyr Zelenskyy condemned as a “cynical and calculated” attack.Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said Russian forces had targeted “critical infrastructure”, and fragments from downed drones struck several parts of the city. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Why you should NEVER drink bottled water after its best before date

While it's unlikely that your bottled water will go bad before you get round to drinking it, experts have warned that the plastic its stored in can degrade overtime increasing the risk of bowel cancer.

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22 h. ago Three major supermarkets to remove best before dates for special reason

Some confusion among UK shoppers has moved retail giants to amend one of their food practices in store

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22 h. ago ‘Visual medicine’: Jamel Shabazz’s evocative photos of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park

The photographer’s new book collects his pictures of the mammoth New York City park from the 1980s up until nowThere is, allegedly, a commonly held belief among landscape architects familiar with New York City: for Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, the designers of both Central Park and Prospect Park, the former was merely practice for the latter.Located in Brooklyn, Prospect Park, 300 acres smaller than the Manhattan landmark, has a specifically insular quality. A surrounding urban horizon is obscured from view by old-growth forest and 175 species of trees; the park is beholden to its own rhythms, with natural waterfalls, grand lawns stretched across the borough’s glacial rock formations, and fewer adjacent towering buildings. Visiting feels like a quiet reprieve. For the Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz, Prospect Park has long been, as he writes in his newly released book, Prospect Park: Photographs of a Brooklyn Oasis, 1980 to 2025, “one of my best teachers a giver ...

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23 h. ago Ryanair calls out online travel agencies for overcharging customers by up to 176 per cent

Ryanair has called out 'harmful practices' used by online travel agencies, which the airline claims are over-charging tourists across Europe.

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32 h. ago What practical reason does Philippa Gregory need a Charles Dickens novel for on her desert island?

Philippa Gregory answers our burning questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

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32 h. ago You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalistsThe pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago 7 highlights and takeaways from Broncos’ second London practice

7 highlights and takeaways from Broncos’ second London practice  Broncos Wire

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37 h. ago Inside 'high priestess' Charlotte Church's witchcraft retreat where she chants and performs rituals

Celebrity Traitors star Charlotte Church has found a new passion in life practicing witchcraft and offers a course at her retreat to help others ‘heal the witch wound’ and connect to magic

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37 h. ago Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

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