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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Only four teams remain as we head into the final week of Euro 2024, with Spain taking on France in the first semi-final on Tuesday for a place in Sunday’s final.England will come up against the Netherlands on Wednesday and are looking to reach their second-successive European Championship final after they got to a third semi-final in major tournaments under Gareth Southgate with a penalty shoot-out victory over Switzerland on Saturday.Here, the PA news agency looks at…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsRescuers picked through the rubble of a children’s hospital in Kyiv after it was hit by one of dozens of Russian missiles in the heaviest and deadliest wave of airstrikes on the city in almost four months.At least 41 civilians, including three children, were killed in the strike, Ukrainian officials said as the death toll surged in the early hours of Tuesday.Parents fled with babies and sick youngsters after a daylight aerial attack on the…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes former Netherlands international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s knowledge will prove “useful” as the England assistant coach looks to help down the Dutch in Wednesday’s Euro 2024 semi-final.The former Leeds, Chelsea and Middlesbrough striker has been part of Gareth Southgate’s coaching set-up since March 2023 and was lauded for his role in Saturday’s quarter-final shoot-out win against Switzerland.England star Jude Bellingham praised assistant coach Hasselbaink for his penalty nous after a triumph that set up a…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA United Airlines flight has landed safely in Denver after one of its wheels fell off during takeoff on Monday morning.The Boeing 757-200 aircraft was departing from Los Angeles International Airport just after 7:15am when it shed a wheel, according to United Airlines spokespeople.It is the second time that a Boeing aircraft operated by United has lost a wheel or tire during flight this year, and the latest in a long line of mechanical issues and…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Craig Bellamy is expected to be named the new Wales manager on Tuesday.The PA news agency understands that Bellamy will succeed Rob Page – who was sacked last month – after turning down the opportunity to stay at Burnley under new Clarets boss Scott Parker.Bellamy, 44, is a former Wales skipper who won 78 caps for his country between 1998 and 2013.Craig Bellamy (left) worked alongside Vincent Kompany at Burnley and Anderlecht (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)The Football…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAnti-abortion groups were still behind Donald Trump after Monday’s announcement of the draft platform to be adopted by the Republican Party at its convention in August.But there were clear signs that at least some on the far right are miffed at the obvious efforts by Trumpworld to chart a less restrictive (and maybe more electable) position on reproductive rights as the battle against the Democrats comes into focus and the incumbent president’s campaign makes clear that the Supreme…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Defiant France boss Didier Deschamps has insisted he does not care if people have been “bored” by his Euro 2024 semi-finalists.Deschamps, who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2018, will send them into battle against in-form Spain in Munich on Tuesday evening with some onlookers less than impressed with the form they have shown in the competition so far.Asked by a Swedish journalist at his pre-match press conference about accusations his team has played “boring”…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flatly denied that President Joe Biden is being treated for or has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder Parkinson’s Disease after reporters pressed her on why a specialist with expertise in the disease has visited the White House on multiple occasions.“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No,” she said after a heated back-and-forth with reporters…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Former Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara says he feels “grateful” after announcing his retirement from football.The 33-year-old became a free agent following the expiration of his Anfield contract after the 2023-24 Premier League season and has decided to hang up his boots rather than seek out a new employer.The ex-Spain international, who won 46 caps, took to X to announce the decision he came to after four injury-plagued years with the Reds.He wrote: “I will always be willing…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThree senior officials at Columbia University have been removed from their posts for sending text messages earlier this year that “disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes,” the university told community members in a letter, The New York Times reports.The officials—Cristen Kromm, former dean of undergrad student life; Matthew Patashnick, former associate dean for student and family support; and Susan Chang-Kim, former vice dean and chief administrative officer—will remain at the university, but are on indefinite leave,…