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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 There are types of transfer. There are free transfers and record-breaking transfers. There are statement signings and desperation signings. Now there is a new addition to the genre: PSR transfers (for the uninitiated, PSR stands for Profit and Sustainability Rules). The flurry at the end of June reflected a new cut-off point in the calendar: the end of the footballing financial year.So 30 June became a different kind of deadline day: the point by which the imperilled…

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 emailsThe case of a farm worker who bled to death in Italy has sparked outrage across the country.Even President Sergio Mattarella has weighed in on the case, referring to what he said was the “cruel” exploitation of workers and “inhuman” conditions in which seasonal farmhands often work in Italy.Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled to death when his…

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 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has hailed new Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca as a key driver behind his move to Stamford Bridge from Leicester.Dewsbury-Hall thrived under Maresca’s management in the Championship last season and has followed the former Leicester coach to London for a fee of around £30m.The 25-year-old has agreed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge in a deal that aids Leicester’s attempt to stay within the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules.The midfielder made 120 appearances for the…

Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summitFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsUkraine is not ready to compromise with Russia and give up any territory illegally occupied by its forces since the invasion to end the war, a senior aide of Volodymyr Zelensky said.Kyiv would listen to any advice on how to achieve a “just peace” in the war, he said. “But we (are) not ready to go to the compromise for the very important things and values… independence,…

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 Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer was struck by an item seemingly thrown by Turkey fans during the second half of their Round of 16 defeat in Leipzig.With Austria trailing in the hunt for a quarter-final place, Sabitzer repeatedly had several items hurled in his direction as he went over to take corner kicks in front of a section of Turkey supporters.Having earlier had cups tossed at him, a smaller item appeared to hit Sabitzer, who fell to the…

Hurricane Beryl hits Bridgetown, BarbadosThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USHurricane Beryl is barreling toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm with 155mph winds after charting a deadly path through Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines, destroying buildings and killing at least six.Beryl intensified to the earliest Category 5 storm recorded in the Atlantic overnight before weakening back to Category 4 on Tuesday. The storm made landfall in the Windward Islands on Monday, where it “flattened” Carriacou Island within half an…

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 Europe’s best strikers are vying for individual honours as well as team success as they aim to top the scoring charts at Euro 2024.The quadrennial continental tournament is currently taking place in Germany with many of the world’s top marksmen on show and battling it out for the Golden Boot.Cristiano Ronaldo became the leading scorer in competition history with five goals at Euro 2020 taking his overall aggregate to 14 and sealing the Golden Boot in the…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USBuc-ee’s superfans were left heartbroken after the original location of the iconic chain was destroyed in a massive Monday fire.Emergency services from multiple agencies responded to the blaze around 10.30am at the store in Luling, Texas, and blocked off the area as fire crews fought to control the blaze.Photos shared online by the Luling Fire Department showed enormous plumes of smoke, contrasting with the chain’s happy, smiling beaver mascot.Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management later said…

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 Turkey were supposed to be Euro 2020’s dark horses. Maybe everyone whose predictions looked hideously bad when they crashed out with no points and a lone goal merely got the wrong tournament. Three years later they are quarter-finalists, with a plausible route to the final. If Austria were perhaps the best side of the group stages, Spain apart, they were swept out of Euro 2024 by Vincenzo Montella’s team, subjected to an assault on the eardrums from…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJoe Biden claims the reason for his poor performance at last week’s presidential debate was due to being tired after traveling “around the world a couple of times” in the days before the deabte.The 81-year-old said he “almost fell asleep on stage” on Thursday during his clash with Donald Trump. It comes as many, including those from his own party, have further questioned the president’s cognitive ability and whether he would be up to the role for four…