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Slot: ‘There is a belief we can do special things’ Luis Enrique tells his players to beware ‘pitfalls’ Arne Slot has said Liverpool do not face an impossible task against Paris Saint-Germain but must produce the perfect performance to overcome the European champions in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Liverpool require another stirring Anfield comeback in Tuesday’s second leg to salvag…

⚽️ Premier League updates from 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Table | Top scorers | Email Michael here If you are wondering where Kobbie Mainoo is , he’s injured, which means Ugarte comes in for a rare start. The Uruguayan, a €50m purchase in 2024, has been linked with a move away this summer, with Newcastle a potential destination. Harry Maguire is suspended, so Martínez gets the nod. Continue reading...

Former Arizona Cardinal dies in head-on collision Payton-Jones had built career in content creation Former NFL cornerback Chris Payton-Jones died in a car accident Saturday night in Florida. He was 30. Payton-Jones was driving a sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 24 in Gainesville when his vehicle collided head-on with a pickup truck, according to News 4 Jacksonville . The three…

Defender thought to have medial knee ligament damage Argentine may still recover in time for World Cup Tottenham’s deepening relegation concerns appears to have been heightened by the loss of their captain, Cristian Romero, for the remainder of the season. Romero was reduced to tears as he left the pitch after 70 minutes of Sunday’s 1-0 loss at Sunderland , following a coming together with the st…

Northern Irishman moves the needle like no one else in his sport, even more so after his thrilling Masters defence Levels of greatness need not always be defined by numbers. Nick Faldo’s six majors to Rory McIlroy’s five prior to events at Augusta National on Sunday gave the Englishman the edge in the eyes of many in respect of Europe’s finest ever golfer. That McIlroy had already won the career …

Former executive chairman received £5.76m Pay exceeded combined wage bill of women’s team Daniel Levy, the former executive chairman of Tottenham, was paid more during the 2024-25 season than all 64 players and staff at the club’s women’s team combined, the publication of their latest financial accounts has shown. The highest-paid director, widely understood to be Levy, received £5.76m in remuner…

Restrictions have been in place since 2022 invasion Ukrainian athlete says move will spread propaganda Swimming has become the first Olympic sport to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete without restrictions under their own flag and anthem since 2022, prompting joy in Russia and outrage in Ukraine. The decision by World Aquatics, which also oversees diving and water polo, adds further…

Marie-Louise Eta has been tasked with saving Union Berlin from Bundesliga relegation in a groundbreaking appointment For Marie-Louise Eta, it may feel like another day at the office. The wider significance will be greater, though, when she oversees Union Berlin in their crunch Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg this weekend. History will be made and another barrier broken: it will be the first ti…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! They say that if you’re expecting a kick in the swingers but only receive a punch in the face, you can probably consider it a good result. Because he probably wasn’t expecting his Arsenal players to ship a hoof to the collective crown jewels from Bournemouth on Saturday, Mikel Arteta understandably failed to find any positives as he told one pos…

Midfielder faces seven charges of rape in total Judge says trial may be delayed until early next year The former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to two new allegations of rape. The 32-year-old appeared at Southwark crown court on Monday to deny raping a woman twice in London on a single day in December 2020. Partey, who left Arsenal for Villarreal last summer, was charged …

Expansion and political influence have made soccer’s showpiece too big for one region to handle responsibly Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter In retrospect, the 2018 World Cup in Russia looks like a gentle genuflection, a dainty little bow before its strongman leader. Vladimir Putin and his Russian project of gradual conquest were most definitely centered and validated eight years a…

Noyes ‘deeply concerned over a lack of transparency’ Unexpected intervention echoes pressure on Nandy Dr James Noyes, one of the key early advocates of affordability checks for online gamblers, has joined calls for Lisa Nandy MP, the culture secretary, to instruct the Gambling Commission to “pause” the implementation of checks “until there has been adequate evaluation and scrutiny” of a pilot sch…

The reigning world champions have a new coach and some new faces since losing the Euro 2025 final to Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses Eight-and-a-half months after they locked horns in the final of Euro 2025 , England and Spain meet again on Tuesday night in front of more than 70,000 spectators at Wembley, continuing their qualification campaigns for another tournament in which they met in the final la…

Thierry Henry loves him. Didier Deschamps made him a France player at 17. And Luis Enrique says he is ‘spectacular’ By Get French Football News When Warren Zaïre-Emery ran the show as a 17-year-old in a 3-0 win against Milan Thierry Henry said “ the sky is the limit” for the midfielder. His stratospheric rise led him too close to the sun, though, and the crash back down to Earth was a rude one. B…

Teenager’s landmark night delivers derby win that confirms what has been clear for weeks: this title race has been over in spirit long before the maths agrees Lamine Yamal had not crossed the line yet but he was celebrating already, everyone else following him. It was not over, not officially, but it was done: the derby and the whole damn thing. The nights Barcelona took their last two league tit…